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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1939. MedfordUWTribune "He-aryoaa la Bonlhmi Orefftm RwU tha Mall TrlbOM." Dally BattfH tarnrtfay. Pub!Uht4 br MHOrOKD PUINTINO CO. N-tT-II North Fir 8L Phone HOnidlT W. RDHL, dltflr. KRNRST H OIL8TRAP, Manafftr. Aa Indapandant Nawapapar. VnUrad Mcond-eltM miiur at M4 ford. Or ion, under Act of March I. J7. CUaSCRIWlON RATIO Bf Wall I Art vine.: Dally and Sunday n a yaar ... M.M Dally anil Sunrtay alt months... 1-iO Dally and Sunday thro month. I. Of) batty and Sunday ont month... -Tl By Carrier Tn Advanca Martford. Ah. tin 4, Central Potnt, Jaekaonvllla. Q'Aa Hill. Ru River, PhoanlB, Talant, and on motor routaat Dally and 8urilay one year $MJ Dally and ll un day on a month. t. Tl All (trtni caah In advance. Official Paiier of tha .Iff of Hedford. Offlrlal I'aprr of dnrkaon Cuonty. MKMRRR OP TUB AHMCIAir.D MLM RecafTinf Pnll Leiiaed Hire Hmlri. The Aemolated Preai la exeluatvely fititled to tha uie ror publication of all ewe dlepatchea credited lo It or other Wtee credited to thta paper, and also to h local nwwa publlihed herein. All rights for publication of special ilspatehea herein are alto reserved. HKMDEH OP t'NITBU PRBHS UEMHKR r,p AUDIT HURICAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advertlatns; Rapreaentatl ves WBBT-HOLMDAV COMPANY. INC. Offlcea la New York, Chlcaia. Detroit, sn Pranflico, l,oa Ameiea, Heaitle, Portland. St. Lou If. Atlsnta, Vancouver. n. c Msiorjtas(fiiM Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Hrry. A rnlrl in Clackamas COUntV Saturday produced two itllli, 100 gallons of mash and six gallons ol liquor. So aome of the boy are drinking "'Old Methuselah" whiskey, made very morning, and cooled on the way to town. Soviet Russia, In an author ised statement alleges she is "not waging or Interested In waging a war against Finland." From the way things are turn ing out, and the Finns are fight Ing, Russia Is "not interested in waging a war against Finland," at least not as much as she was. PLAIN ENOUOHI (Lakeirlw Examiner) "TJnlesa willing to tact the truth, pleas remain at home this Sunday. 10:00, Sunday school hour. 1:00, Sunday evening worship hour." The Graf Spee, German "pocket battleship" departing from a neutral port where she sought refuge from destruction by British battleships, was scuttled with colors flying, and part of her bow showing above the waters. Such Is war and owners of small launches expect to reap a harvest, carrying sight seers to the spot. "WANTED Child of grammar school age to attend Bogus School to keep It going. Will give good home. Board and room free." (Yreka, Calif., JmirnnU. Education hits a crisis. ' Now come the complaints from various cities, the shop pers have again this year failed to heed the "Do your Chrlst- mas shopping early" warning. The lack of results Is discour aging. The week-end. It seems, would be a good time to launch the 1940 "shop early" campaign. A Baffled Printer (Castelle, Cal., News) "Rain began to fall quietly Friday about noon and tha de lightful sound kept right on all through tha night. Such a Mlaf from tha bang and roar ol wind, reo baseelwasyonehora sound" Many of the Older Girls have started their annual hoping for a Mid-West, or "white Christ mas" with snow, from force of habit, but secretly hope, they do not get. ... ODE TO Til Tl.V When your back la brbka and your eyes are blurred, And your shlnbonee knock and your tongue la furred, And your tonalla squeak and your hair gets dry, And you're doggone sura that you're going to die, But you're "akrered" you wont and afraid you will Jutt drag to bed and hay your chill, And pray the Lord to eee you through For you've got the flu, boy. You're got tha flu When your toea curl up and your tummy goea flat. And you're twice aa mean aa a thomaa eat. And life seems a long and dlemal extrse, And your food all tastes like a hard boiled hea-se; When your bonce all ache and your head's a-burs. And nothing la aa It ever Here ara my sad regrets to you You're got tha flu. boy. You're got the flu- Whet la It Hue thla blamed old nut Aak me, brother, for I've been through. ft la mtaery, eroaaed with deepslr; It pulla your teeth and eurla your heir; It thins your blood and drlea your bonee. And fills your craw with moana and groan. And sometime, maybe, you'll get well Some call It 'flu' I call It h'llt" (lira Wlllj Heywood Broun IT wag Emercon, we believe, who declared there Is so much more kindliness In this world than la ever expressed. We are particularly Impressed by that fact today. For Heywood Broun Is dead, and we believe this Is the first time, or practically the first, we have ever mentioned him In this column. Yet, ever since the year 1920, we have not only had a kindly feeling for the former New York World sports writer, but (to shamelessly confess it) a deep and abiding affection. In fact the only reason we subscribed to the San Francisco News was to read his column. And at the last two national conventions we tagged him all over the place, just to get a whiff of his Inimitable com ments on the amaiing assortment of stuffed shirts, sitting on the platform. He wasn't so popular then, with the "active press", as he had been. For he had become a Communist, or so It was reported, and had been the militant leader of the radical Newspaper Guild, which raised all sorts of trouble in the editorial counting rooms and the Journalistic upper-brackets. e e e e BUT that made no difference with the worshipful country editor from Medford, Oregon. Ever since that one and only chat 19 years ago, in the sanctum of the now-defunct "Leslie's Weekly", we knew, or thought we knew, all there was to know about the REAL Heywood Broun, his delicious sense of humor, his keen penetrating mind, and above all, and before all, his kind heart and genuine Interest in, and devotion to, his FELLOW-MAN. YES and then his CHARM. For the big, rambling, unkempt hulk of a man, had pure, unadulterated personal charm to the nth degree, at least for the skipper of this somewhat pedes trian column. It was not only what he said and wrote, but the casual, Mona Lisa-smileway he did both. And yet, and one was aware of It all the time with all that gentle, superficial negli gence he was deadly serious underneath, and wrote some of the finest and most stirring things, appearing in the American press, In tha entire post-war epoch. SO, as above stated, we have read everything Broun has written for nearly 20 years, or at least everything we could find, and at least a hundred times, after reading something we particu larly enjoyed, have been on the point of writing the man and telling him so, and then for some reason (or more likely for no reason at all) never did. So here Is concrete evidence Emerson was right, as usual, when he said there is so much more kindliness and good will in the world than is ever expressed. Heywood Bround died, entirely Ignorant at least of one of his most enthusiastic and devout wor shippers, In the newspaper profession, out In the wide open spaces. AND now we are on the eve of the annual Christmas festival, when peace on earth good will to man, Is expected to over flow, and when for a few days at least It WILL overflow, In countless directions, over this troubled earth and land.. An appropriate time, say we, for Heywood's friends and fol lowers throughout the land to do him homage. For, before closing, we might as well go the whole hog, and also confess that the real secret of Broun's appeal as far as this department was concerned was our conviction, from that first meeting, that at heart Hey wood was really a TRUE Christian, a Christ-like person, some thing exceedingly rare these days, or those and especially so in the newspaper profession. YES, Heywood loved his liquor, betting at the races, sports of all kinds, even a shady story now and then provided it was a good one, but we don't use the term "Christian" in any theological or sanctimonious or even historical sense, but in the sense of the true ESSENCE of Christianity and OF THE MAN, his complete simplicity, his unquenchable passion to serve and make better, the lot of the average man. Yes, that's the truth about Heywood Broun, as we knew the man. That IS at least the Impression our one meeting made, and It Is an Impression that was only strengthened by a pretty faithful perusal of his writings thereafter. And finally we liked Broun's cloak for an extremely sensitive and serious nature beneath, which took everything else and everyone else SERIOUSLY, but NEVER himself! Yes life is pretty uncertain, So now Heywood Broun is no more. And Just a week ago, from his bed, he dictated the following: The medical man thumbed me over with a somewhat disapproving eye. "I don't like your bronchial tubes," he said, and when his exploration had gone a little further he also spoke dlsaparaglngly of my liver. This annoyed me somewhat, slnca I had not entered eithor my lungs or my . liver into any contest In which blue ribbons were to be awarded. My only comment over the phone when I called the good gray physician was. "Doc, I've got a nasty cold and I'm coughing my head off. Could you come around and give me something to make me sleep?" Naturally I assumed that he would talk gloomily of hot whisky or hot rum, or the two in combination, with a little sugar and nutmeg so that I should wake In the morning bright as a lark and right as a trivet. But this time the Doc said nothing, or next to nothing, about the medicinal values of alcohol. Instead, he remarked gloomily, "I don't see how you can leave your bed for at least a week." e e e Of course, I gave him two to one on that, but he added, "I think you ought to go south. You need a change of climate. I want you to get to Florida and play a little mild golf and occasionally take a flyer on the horses." "That's very nice of you, Doc," I told him. "But I doubt whether you could afford it. I play sixty-to-one shots, and they don't come in very much. I suppose that's why they are sixty-to-one shots." "What I had In mind," continued the medical man, "was the assumption that as a columnist you could get your work done just aa well from the clubhouse porch at Tropical Fark in Miami as from a bed in Stamford, Conn." I shook my head regretfully. "It can be done," I ad mitted. "But it's not the best way. As a physician you ought to know that life is real and life is earnest and that this is no time for comedy. It Isn't even a good time for that last year's model bedside manner of yours. Turn it In for a new one." My friend, the doctor, took the tirnde calmly and per sisted, "But I do mention that in your rase, as In the case of many newspaper columnists, this is a time for comedy, or at any rate, a time In which you should stop writing as if you were all-wise about the affairs of Europe or any other spot, for that matter. It's bad for the bronchial tubes and for the liver So start off every day setting down your hatred of Hitler. Does it really become twice as strong if you say It twice as often? And In addition to driving your selves a little unbalanced by ronstAnt pressure against your favorite diplomatic villains abroad every last one of you has begun to work with a dagger on some conferere at home." "That," I cried Indlgnanty. "is a libel against the craft In which I am employed. Columnists may have a liltle spat from time to time, but under real pressure they stand as happy-go-lucky manner, that and subject to sudden changes. brothers in tha bond. Only the other day I had an anniver sary. It wag one of those somewhat significant celebra tions which marks a man a veteran in his vocation. And from far and near, from people I hardly knew, I got picture postcards and blotters and letters and one telegram. Don't tell me that newspapermen haven't a deep and abiding sense of fellowship. Why, a former sports writer who live down the lane almost gave me a crooked smile for my birthday. You got It wrong, Doc. We're all little pals to gether. But naturally it Isn't a bad idea to check your good name at the door." Tha old Doc continued to shake his head. "I want to sea you gay and spirited and carefree." "Have It your way," I agreed reluctantly. "But before I kick up heels you get the carbon out of my pipes." Personal Health Service By William Signed letter pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dlien dlagooila or treatment, will b answered by Dr Brady If a stamped evif addreaaed envelop I enclosed. Latter ehould be brief and written la Ink Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be mad to queries not conforming to Instructions. Addraaa Dr. William Brady. Iti tl Camlno. Beverly Bills, Calif. YES, ALLERGY Yesterday when the bell rang I conceded that some Individ uals who insist they do "take cold" If they get their feet wet or are subject to undue exposure may have some extenuation for their silly notion. Were it not for this allergy, which Is quite frequent today and in my opinion steadi ly increasing in frequency (remind me to explain why I think so, later) and for the wide- spread chronic rhini tis (nasal ca tarrh, to old timers) no doubt the draft and wet feet dllusion would have been rele gated to the Victorian archives long ago. A person subject to either of these conditions is likely to be smug, mulish and exasperating In his insistence that by gosh some people may not mind cold, dampness or change of weather but he knows he takes cold whenever he gets in the slightest draft or even goes out without his hat or necktie on when it Is at all chilly. In the case of allergy with nasal reaction of course this in ference the individual draws from coincidence. That Is, sup pose his hypersensitivencss hap pens to be to parrot feathers or to cat hair; every time he drops in to say hello to Aunt Carrie who keeps a parrot, or stops to pass the time of day with the corner druggist who keeps a cat, the poor fellow begins to stuff up, sneeze and run at the nose, and to review his recent life to discover wherein he erred ah, yes, he crossed the drafty hall In his nighty this morning or maybe it was when he went out on the doorstep without his hat to get the paper. It Is no good unless you keep your man wrapped in wool and em ploy guardians to see that his environment never varies from what he deems ideal, he can always find an out which, how ever absurd It may seem to you, seems perfectly satisfactory to him. Seriously,, the high incidence or frequency of "occurrence of allergy in the general popula tion, together with the compar atively small proportion of al lergic persons who know the nature of their trouble, is today a grave obstacle in the way of progress in preventive medicine in the most important field of preventive medicine from the viewpoint of morbidity statis tics or sickness rate, the preven tion of respiratory infections, which, according to surveys made by the federal public The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by Toe North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington. Dec. 18. The state of mind of Joseph Ken nivlv ! nn nhipcl lesson for the times. To anyone who comes within hailing distance, our am bassador to England freely pre dicts the collapse of capitalism, the destruction of democracy and the onset of the dark ages. He says that only an early peace, at almost any price, can save the world. As has been pointed out. It was this state of mind which led Kennrdy to come out so strongly for a third term for the president. Though a mem ber of the administration and a former close adviser of the White House. Kennedy is no new dealer. Indeed, few of the new deal's bitter foes have used such language as Kennrcly about the administration's do-1 Brady, H O. IS EXTENUATION health bureau, are responsible for three-fourths of the illness physicians attend. It impedes prophylactic effort both ways for while most persons with nasal allergy exhibit themselves as convincing examples of the causation of the alleged "cold" by drafts, etc, and thus mislead and disarm many others into carelessness about avoiding un necessary exposure to infection, there are some you supply a suitable name for them, I can't print it who take advantage of "allergy" to cover their nefar ious conduct in keeping about, at work or play, spreading in fection promiscuously, when they are in fact coming down with cri. You know, I hope, that all of the Common Respiratory Infections from coryza to pneu monia, from measles to meningi tis, are most communicable (via sneeze, cough or conversational moisture spray) in the stage of onset, before the victim feels quite ill enough to go to bed or to rest from work or play. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Sneeze Vanished. Having been troubled with con stant dally eneeztng for years, which noae and throat apeclaliata could not relieve, I cam acroea an allusion to potassium chloride in your column. As you say the flrat few doses brought relief, and X have had prac tically no trouble since. Believe me this la a great relief to me and to my family. W. T. S. , Answer Thank you. A few doses of potassium chlorlds (take a ten grain tablet dissolved in glasa of water, two or three times a day for a few days or a week, never take the tablet or powder undissolved) will give remarkable relief to various con dition of allengto character hay fever, hyperesthetlo rhlnlstls, machine-gun sneezing, chronic sinusitis. Migraine, certain cases of eczema, soma caaea of paroxysms or attacka of aathma. some caaea of recurring hives, some caeca of angioneurotic edema (giant hives). Soluble ten grain tablets of postasslum are avail able. Tha medicine 1 comparatively harmless to try for a few days In any case. It cures nothing, merely gives relief. If It relieves, one may take a few doaea (ten grains two or three tlmea a day. before or after meals, always dissolved In water) whenever occasion arises. Often considerable rlelef occur within an hour or two after a single dose. lodln Radon. Your "lodln ration" has certainly proved a rejuvenator for me feel much lighter on my feet, more peppy, my hair Is getting darker where be fore taking the lodln ration I looked quit gray. Mr. A. O. Mature adulta who look or feel prematurely old. gray, stale need iodine, generally. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, ask for Instruction for taking lodln Ra tion. (Protected by John P. Dllle Oo.) TA. Notej rervoni wlthtnf to communicate with Dr, Brady should send letter direct to Dr. Wllllani Brady, M. D 2R Rl Cam pi no, Beterly Hill, Calif. mrstic policies. But he now be lieves that domestic policy is no longer worth the trouble of cursing at. He thinks the world as we know it is on the brink of ruin. He is convinced that any man who might succeed the presi dent would take at least two years to learn his Job. He has a theory that an early peace can be achieved only by Ameri can Intervention, And rather than face the risk of ill-prepared leadership In such a situation, he has become as ardent for the third term as Thomas G. Corcor an himself. In asses-tag th value of Kennedy's oplnlona. It la Important to know how h may hav arrived at them and what aort of fellow he la. Big. genial, overflowing with vi tality, oatensaUously b-apectacled, tough-talking, and. at the same time, rather emotional, he ta th perfect portrait of the American go-getter as Imagined abroad. This, together with hla charm and shrewdness, ac count for his stlccess In England. He la savored as a picturesque bit of American local color, much aa American tourists savor the tudor cottages In the Cotswolda. At the same time, he la essentially a stock market man and financial manlpu lotor, accuatomed to reaard finance aa the main prop of capitalism. Mercurial In hla Judgments and thor oughly Imbued with the stock mar ket s peculiar point of view. Under the circumstance, H was only natural for him to form hla closest English aseociationa with the city of London and thoee English politician who essentially npreeent the city. Neville Chamberlain Is the most tninortam In this group. Ken nedy la extremely close both to th. prime minister and tha prime min iate r'a amlneno grtse, sir Horace Wllaoa. head of tha British elvU ser vice and, la tha daye of appeasement, aa much a leader ef tha appeeaere is Chamberlain. Th psychology of th sppeaaera, as ofMn regarded as sinister, wss. In faot. vary almpl. They wer con clnced that anything, even a Europe partly dominated by naelam, was bet ter than a war which would awaep away all th landmarks of th cap ita Hit system. Kennedy, whll hat ing nazlam aa fervently a th next man, waa partially converted to this view. When Ambassador William O. Bul litt In Paris waa th gnat apostle of activism, Kennedy was pacifism's advocate up to th eve of the war. Th appeasers, Kennedy's friends, were forced to change their policies, but not their minds, by British pub lic opinion. Iik them, Kennedy re mains convinced that prolonged war means general ruin. This must be taken to mean that either Kennedy or hi English frlenda do not believe that Hitler must be stopped. Whll they thought cap italism might survive In a Europe partly naat-domlnaed. they know general nasi rut would sweep away th landmarka aa efficiently aa a bloody world conflict. Naturally, however, Kennedy la desperately anx ious to see the war atopped as soon a possible, when he declared that It waa "stuff and guff" to aay he had talked peace plans with the pres ident, he waa Indulging In a llttl diplomatic stuff snd guff himself. Meanwhile, Kennedy haa become an excellent ambassador. Hla unfor tunate earlier habit of venting his feelings to Englishmen about Ameri can domeatlo policy haa now been .cured. He Is a compendtoua, accurate and shrewd reporter of events, and an able negotiator. American ship pers and shipping men. Innumer able American citizens, and many American export Industries, such as the movlea, hav had reason to be grateful to him since th war began. Living alone In London without his family and only hla personal hench man, Eddie Moore, to keep him com pany, he la rather lonely and gloomy. The blackout expresses him. and, In thla country, he likes to see his light burning through the night But. depressing though he finds his task and dark though his views may be, he will certainly return to Lon don to carry on. It Is Just aa well, for a pessimist la always more useful than an optimist In International af fairs. At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Pao On ) Oregon and Washington); wo men and men in domestic serv icethe maid of "hired girl" or house boy; railroad workers who are covered by the railroad retirement act; employes of the federal government; agricultural labor; those who work for a son or daughter, spouse or, If a child is under 21 years, for a parent. Also not covered are those work ing for an educational, charit able or religious non-profit or ganization. In addition there are a few exceptions in professional lines. Your newsboy la un blanketed. IARGEST groups In the Pa clfic Northwest not covered by old-age Insurance are the fishermen, the farm workers. the railroad employes. Domestic workers are not as numerous in the northwest as in the east ern and southern states. Mill workers and lumberjacks have cards; but not cowboys or sheep herders. Cards have been Issued to ap proximately 47,000,000 individ uals throughout the country. There is a personal record for each of these millions, the rec ord showing how much has been contributed. These record cards are run through a complicated machine which perforates the card and tells the whole his tory. The records are fed so rapidly by young won.en that many have cracked under the strain several girls in head quarters who came from the far northwest are in sanitariums. SEVERAL weeks ago thla apace re ported that President Roosevelt waa still planning on military hlgh waya for national-defense. Confirm ation haa now been received by Sen ator McNary from Thorns K. Mac Donald, chief of th federal roada bureau, who admitted to th Ore gon senator that a report is under way for th president and should be ready to aubmlt to congns when It meet In the regular session. Or particular Interest I th study msde for a military highway along th Columbia river, replacing th present Columbia river highway, which Is winding and scenic, whereas a military highway wants aa few sharp currea aa possible. Attention la also given to the Pacific highway for tha section from Eugene to Orant Pass. Th report will Indicate the bad spot and make recommen datlona for bringing the up to standard. Of special Importance. I the proposal for military highways that funds be appropriated directly for the purpose and no part of the regular federal-aid be used. This would permit federal-aid funds to be applied on other part of the highway system. see WITHOUT fanfare, a fund I being meed for a secretary of Prea- Ident Harding, a he la growing blind. Making th appeal Is Jo Tu multy, who waa prlvat secretary to Preiident Wilson, There Is a custom I in Washington that aa Incoming president -takes car" of the sec retary of bis predecessor, for he as pect hi own secretary to be pro vided for by bis successor. Calvin Cooling nominated ins Harding secretary for a federal ap pointment, according to precedent, but Nebraska's Noma served notice that he would oppose confirmation because th secretary was a "reac tionary." and Coolldge. Instead of giving a Republican aenate a chance to overcome Norrl. withdrew th aecretary'a name. Just another ol those little tragedies of Washington political 111. In 'The ; Day's By Frank Jenkins WITH a world war on and millions of men under arms-, the only land fighting is in Fin land, where a big nation is cold, bloodedly grabbing a little na tion. Interest CENTERS ON THE SEA. AS these words are written, " the world is watching the mouth of the great river Plate, where a crippled German bat tleship must decide whether to Intern for the period of the war or make a dash for freedom or death. Outside the neutral harbor of Montevideo, a powerful allied squadron is gathering, indicat ing British and French belief that MORE GERMAN WAR SHIPS than have been reported may be in the South Atlantic. JLfEANWHILE. on the diplo - matic iront, count ueieazzo Ciano (pronounced chee-onno) Mussolini's son-in-law, address ing the chamber of fasces and guilds in Rome, lets some Inter esting cats out of the bag. (The chamber of fasces and guilds is fascist window dressing designed to kid the Italian peo ple into believing that they have , some hand in their own govern I ment). "IANO discloses: 1. Germany and Italy (Hit ler and Mussolini) at their con ference in Milan last May, when they signed their alliance, agreed to avoid raising any questions which might arouse ANY NEW ' DISPUTES until both had completed their re armament. 2. Italy (MussoU.nl) then re garded three years as necessary for her to get ready to fight. Germany (Hitler) estimated FIVE years as about right. War began in Poland FOUR MONTHS LATER. PIANO'S disclosures indicate: 1. Hitler, believing Britain and France wouldn't fight, was running a gigantic bluff against the Poles. 2. When It became evident that his bluff was called, and that Britain and France WOULD FIGHT, he had to do something desperate. 3. What he did was to make his deal with Stalin, In which it now begins to appear he LOST HIS SHIRT. Mussolini, being smart, stayed out OUT 2 and 2 together and you get this: Clano (speaking for Mussolini) is probably say ing to Hitler that after the mess he made by BLUFFING TOO FAR he needn't expect much Italian help. Agriculturists predict the western chestnut, chief source of commercial tanning, will be extinct within 20 years due to blight. Christmas Cards Appealing - Different Fresh and New Thousands upon thousands of them SAY ONES FRIENDLY ONES FORMAL AND DIGNIFIED ONES CARDS FOR EVERY RELATIVE AND EVERY OCCASION. No matter what kind of card you are looking for, you will find it en our Christmas Card racks. lS BOOK jmrl r.iFT cuno im$$!Si&p f oe7 4 " Flight 0' Time Medford and Jacasoo County History from th files f the Mali Tribune I and IS yean go. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December It, 1929 at was Tuesday) Orchardists of valley to ex pend $30,000 coming year in planting new pear trees, and Installing spraying systems.. Heavy rains of past week cause Rogue River to rise. For the first time in ten days, not a trace of rain fell In the city and valley last night. Annual meeting of the Fruit growers League to be held to morrow. Santa Claus to pay city visit today in airplane, and meet the kiddies. Mabel Normand, one time screen star, dangerously 111 in sanitarium. Federal building at Ashland among projects proposed for state. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 18, 1919 (It was Thursday) Senate Leader Mondell an nounces United States expenses must be cut to minimum, and all appropriations to be pared to limit. National debt mounts. Jacksonville street car haa been running only as far as West Main street due to Ice clog ging the rails to the business district. Eggs go to $1. a dozen in Illinois, and housewives urged to quit buying at that price. Drill Iat Tricmnia oil well : regcn cUy ,n few daygi ,nd b. put in place. Price of food In Oregon goes up ten per cent in last six months. Indicted Seattle. Dec. 18. W) Victor H. Johnson, S3, former federal superintendent of Indian schools at large, was in custody here to day on a secret indictment, re turned at Portland December 8, charging him with submitting false pay vouchers and forging government checks Issued on the vouchers. Weather Northern California: Fair to night and Tuesday but cloudy in extreme north portion with light rain on extreme north coast Tuesday; warmer on north coast tonight; light variable wind off coast. Customers Got "Ylpped" Kansas City, Kas., Dec. 18. () The little toy dogs barked all right for the salesman but when, the customers got them home they wouldn't yiq a single yip. The salesman was arrested for using ventriloquism. Salem, Dec. 18. iJP) Hear ing on the proposal to establish a people's utility district In Union county was set today for January 19 at La Grande by the state hydroelectric commission. CHRISTMAS PROTECT r) iTOURHOMt tVBEROILOSfi They educate people about symp tom of tuberculosis In order thsrl medical aid may ba sought sarly. La wem s waaa o' a Thousand Thounhtful Gifts'
