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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940. MedfordJWTbibune "ETryoB la ftoothmi Orfaa Rm.Ii th Hall TrlbDM." Dally Kxrpt Saturday. Publlahtd by MEDPORD PRINTINO CO. M-IT-1 North rir 6L Pfaen U. ROHKRf W. AtlHU Editor. ERNEST R GILSTRAP. Mnar. Am In depend ant Nwtpapr. Entered Meond -eta m matter at Med lard. Or in. ander Act of March I. lilt. LUSCRIHTION RATES T Mall I- Advanca: Dillr and Surdajr on year ... 11.91 Dally and Bunday ait tnontha. 110 Dally and Bun lay three montha. tot Dally and Sunday one month.. .Tl By Carrier In Advance Medford A'h land, Cantral Point. Jarkaonvlll. Oold Hill. Rofua River, Phoanli. Tlnt, and an motor routes! Dally and Sui.day ne year 11.00 Dally and Sunday -ona month... Tl All tarma eaah In advance. Offlrlal Pdr of the t Hy of Mrrlford. Official Paper of Jarkaon County. MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED ITU eS I Awaiting Full LMd Hire Bentra. Tha Atanriated Praia la exclusively antltltd to tha use for publication of all niwi dlanatchaa credited to It or other vlii eradttad to thla pa par, and alao to tha local nawa rubhuhert haraln. All rlrhta for publication of apaeial dlapatcftaa haraln ara alao raaarvad. MEMBER OF UNITED PHEH8 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising Rapraaantatlvaa WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offleai In Naw York, Chlrarr Detroit, flan Franclaco, Loa Anitalaa, Beanie, Portland. St. Loula, Atlanta, Vancouver, n r Ml Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. A number of editors have started to wonder In writing what "Old Hickory" as Andrew Jackson is known to fame, would say about some of the speeches made in his honor recently. He would probably call some of the orators Old Slippery Elm. In San Antonio, Texas, a butcher was arrested for snatch ing a purse from his wife, who beat him off In the dark. At the police station, he confessed to three recent hold-ups. He might have been, afraid to go home. ... "FOLSOM PRISON, CaJ, (CP) Complete movie and sound equip ment have been Installed tn the pen itentiary here for the double pur pose of pleasure and punishment." -(Presa Dispatch) A muffled knockl . College basketball Is getting warm. This sport does not cause the raptures among the old grads as football, with its "Downtown Quarterbacks." Bas ketball has no Downtown For wards to worry. FOXINESS OF MAN (Eugene News) "He then proceeded not only to tuck sheets Into the hot auds but a pair of brown socks as well. At sight of th, pinkish linen a little later, I Just naturally had hysterics. He put In a proper period of mounting and then aald, "Washing elothea doesn't corns sntural to me, aa It does to you." Cunning, that man. Ba knew that never again would he be called upon to bs 'mother's little helper.'" ... The womenfolks will wear tropical turbans the coming spring, which can be shaped into designs to suit the fancy of the wearer, fashion experts report. They will be no trouble, and as easy to put on as a towel In housecleaning time. Older Girls should not forget and wash the windows, Instead of going to the bridge party. ... One of the Bates Boys dropped and broke a bottle of his favor ite revenge on a shaved cus tomer Wed. ... The Oregon Wool Growers' association has asked removal of reciprocal trade treaties, and the wool pulled over their eyes by the said pacts. ... It Is now proposed as a matter of national defense to form girl's pistol clubs throughout the na tlon. Practice will be held week ly and should be more fun than hitting a dishpan with a dlahrag , John Ragsdnle of the cthse cigar stand has installed a soft drink still that functions when a nickel is dropped into its vitals. ... Leaders of Oregon democracy announce they are not fighting among themselves, as reported. What looks like fighting is lust an mi I break of peace, and har mony is raging. SCHOOL REORGANIZATION MEETING AT GOLD HILL Gold Hill, Jan. 11. (Spl) The Jackson County School Dis trict Reorganization board will hold a meeting In the Gold Hill high school gymnasium this eve ning at 8 o'clock. All school patrons of voting age are urged to attend the meeting. Washburn Named Salem, Jan. 11. (;P) Carl G. Washburn. Eugene, was ap pointed by Governor Spragtie today to serve on the legisla tive Interim committee to study the rate structure of the work men's compensation law. He succeeds J. C. Mclntyre of Portland, resigned. 1 940 Starts Out Well A T the end of each year businessmen have a habit of taking inventory of their prospects for the new year, as well as taking stock of their tangible goods on hand. It's just good business for ALL of us to do that so that we may know where we stand, and have a gen eral idea of what we may expect for the coming year. Looking at statistics and economic facts, and tak ing into consideration politics, the war and other fac tors which will affect the future, it appears now that "good times" should be with us again in 1940 IF a general feeling of CONFIDENCE can supplant fear and uncertainty in the minds of the American people. The return of prosperity is impossible without this confidence! We must THINK in terms of prosperity if we are to achieve it that goes for the nation, and for the Rogue River Valley, as well. I ET us take a brief glimpse into the crystal and see 4-1 just what these prospects are for the coming year that seem so reassuring. According to the Alexander Hamilton institute, 2,000,000 persons have found employment during the past year. Although the ranks of unemployed were not reduced in the same Hcdtpp hpranso nf tha nrlHi- tion of new unemployables, 1 I S ! 1 arop aDoui a minion ana one-half in 1939 that indi cates progress in the solution of our unemployment problem. Present estimates nf the instir.nrp uotr.ho jobless total at 9,827,000 i. i - J , 1 i u-avei in mis line, nowever. , Ontimism is reflected also in nrprliVrinna mnAa hv the National Association ror large numoers of manufacturers, bankers and wholesalers. It believes that the political campaign win De too snort to nave any major effect on business; it sees America's participation in the European wars even less likely than before: . RESPITE present crop surpluses, income from agri culture should increase 10 per cent. War activity may increase it even more. Generally, the farmer may expect a better year in 1940. Even the normal lull in January seems not to be as acute as usual. Railroad and building industries are standing up well. During the past year the Southern Pacific Company alone expended $2,000,000 for light-weight, modem passenger cars; purchased 50 new locomotives at a cost of $8,000,000 and spent an other $4,000,000 for new track. There was a 37 per cent increase in U. S. home building last year and the anticipated volume for 1940 will exceed 1929 levels, according to an authori tative article in the annual statistical review number of American Builder. Jackson poimt.u hoc, a rlofinitp stake in the building industry I Xf ITH 3,710,000 motor vehicles sold in this country ' during 1939, the automobile industry set a pro duction gain record of 40 per cent over the preceding year. There is every indication that the progress in this industry will continue this.year. There will be higher payrolls generally in 1940 and this will be reflected in more jobs for currently unemployed. It is expected that new efforts will be made to consolidate the CIO and AFL in the interest of labor harmony. Because of their present lag behind earnings, securities should reach a healthier condition in 1940, according to economic "dopesters." More widespread use of abundant credit, with ab normally low rates, should have the effect of revitaliz ing general business. DUSINESSMEN generally are realistic people. If the picture is dark, they can be depended upon not to misforecast it. Thus, with businessmen more hope ful, their confidence should spread quickly. It looks as though we are now on the right track. Business graphs for 1940 should look a lot better. , THE highly satisfactory last-minute-Christmas busi ness in Medford and Jackson county has put busi ness men HERE in a far better frame of mind. We have just smashed all previous sales records in fruit gift boxes and even greater gains in this new in dustry may be expected for the present year. The manufacture of lumber should proceed with out interruption because of the nation-wide building program. Because of this the "Owen Oregon" cor poration has not closed down for the usual winter re cess. Tublic construction in the U. S. for 1939 amounted to 2.8 billion dollars, and there is every in dication that it will be exceeded this year. Jackson county's sizable payrolls in this industry will be an im portant part of our income again in 1910. California people, who make up the major portion of our summer-season vacationing guests, have already seen the Golden Gate Exposition, There is good reason to expect an increased number of them here this year and the tourist industry is most im portant to southern Oregon's prosperity. . A ND so it goes. We might go on and on, taking this inventory of 1940 prospects. One thing is certain. An honest appraisal of local conditions and future expectations should dispel pessimism and discourage ment hereabouts, and justify a renewed spirit of good cheer and optimism. H. G. Ex-Publisher Diss I Fish Storage Up Walla Walla. Jan. 11. (I Washington, Jan. U. (,r Dempster W. If ft. 62, former The fisheries bureau said today publisher of the Walla Walla I cold storaitc holdings of fishery Union, died last night, two days j products December 1.1 totaled after he had suffered a stroke. ' 92.717, 5R9 pounds, compared Funeral services will be hcld;with 90,7 11. 313 pounds (lie cor Saturday. 'responding day a year ago. the number of jobless DID ... - so we've a long road to of Credit Men, spokesmen Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertain. jg to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, trill be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self add retted envelope Is enclosed, letters should be brief and written la Ink. Owing to the large numbers of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply ran be made to queries not conforming to Initructlons. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 EI Cam 1 no, Beverly Hills, Calif. SO YOU HAVE TROU Fortunately when I was a boy in Canandaigua the physics class, under Professor William B e n n e tt, by dint of brisk fric tion, on rare days in the school year, con- trived to get up enough static to pro duce a faint snap, shock or discharge o n contact with a door knob, 1 1 g n t fixture or another body. Otherwise I would dismiss all the complaints I receive about the body being full of electricity as crackpot fancies. Here is a fair example of the sort of thing: Dear Doc. Brady: (The lady saves herself from a C rating by the per iod). I have a problem for you what is a problem. While em ployed as a telephone oper ator my body has become so charged with electricity that at times it is impossible to touch anything even a fry ing pan or a bar of soap. I can cause more static on a radio than any weather condi tions we have here. In short, anything I touch produces a shock which, al though not too bad, neverthe less has become very annoy ing. I blame the (telephone company) for my jolts, but perhaps I'm wrong. Have you anything to offer as to cause, or, what is more important, a cure? Sincerely, (Signature typed) Westward ho on a bright day toward the end of October we paused in Albuquerque. Well up toward the roof of the hotel there I experienced the shock of my' life. 1 swear a spark jumped at me when I tried to turn on or off a lamp. Ma'am I was . indignant. The matter must be attended to at once. It was intolerable. I would have it out oi: somebody's hide. I leaped to the telephone to lodge a protest with the management, and dad .blast if the telephone didn't gtva me another and harder shock,, which felt like a deliberate crack on the knuck les. What the inarticulate sput tering blniosl The place was a trap just' then came an'outcry from the bathroom had my first wife along and she, too, had suffered a shock when she tried to turn on the shower. But that time it had dawned on me that the trouble was not that the electric system had gone haywire but that we had developed static. The experience reminded me of an implied or expressed wish of many readers of early articles in which I pointed out that there is no such malady as "rheumatism" s o m e readers who purported to have It pre THE CAPITAL PARADE By JCSEt I ALSOP and HOBER'I KINTNEH Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Jan. 11 If the president and the state depart ment would take the initiative in proposing it, a handsome loan to Finland would probably go through congress like a breeze. The real mystery Is why the initiative has not been taken, considering the presi dent's known sympathies, the anguished appeals of the able Finnish minister, Hjalmar Pro cope, and the desperate needs of the Finns. In the senate, for example, pri vate expressions of approvs! for ft loan of S50.000.000 or S60.000.000 have slready corns from such In fluential Democrats as the msjorlty lesder. Alben W. Berkley; the chair man of the foreign relations com mittee. Key Plttman, and the ma jority's ablest strategist, Jsmes P. Byrnes. The chieftain of th, Re publlsns. Charles U McNary. Is not adverse to a loan, so long as tt Is not specifically announced aa being for armaments. The- vlce-chleftatn. Warren R. Austin. Is expected to bs personslly active tn promoting the loan Idea. Every one of these men la con vinced that ft Plnnlsh loan bill would pass the senate without ser ious opposition, unless th extreme Isolationists should suddenly Changs their present tune Only three days ago, at an Important conference. senate leaders of both parties screed i that sll that was now required was I for th president to giv th go j signal. sfss&y .-r gig Brady, M. D. BLE WITH 8TATIC? dicted I would perhaps know better some day when I devel oped a case of it. Timidly I experimented. I found that walking quickly across the room developed a considerable charge and gave a sharp shock, snap or actual spark (in the dark) on contact with almost any object. But -if you lolled or stood or sat for a while before you touched the object, no static. Atmosphere in places of con siderable altitude is clear, dry. Favorable conditions for static. Remedy? I know of none. Hu midity or dampness diminishes static. Perhaps proper air-conditioning, especially evaporation of a few gallons of water daily in the office or room would abate the nuisance, and at the same time benefit health, tem per and efficiency of all the op erators at work in the room. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Cataract. What causes cataract to form in the eyes?. ' Do they develop rapidly? Is it advisable to have them removed? If so at what stage? Is the operation expensive? I am an elderly. If not a very old reader, and I have con fidence In your teachings. Mrs. B. J. P. Answer Cause not yet determined. Cataract is a grandual change of de generation In the crystalline lens In the Interior of the eyeball, the lens, first clouding and eventually be coming more or less opaque. Predis posing factors In the opinion of com petent ophthalmologists are diabetes, Brlght's disease, exposure to extreme heat or light, aa In blast furnace workers, electric welders, prolonged eyestrain. Improper, glasses, heredity (especially congontlal cataract, pres ent at birth). There la some evi dence that deficiency of vitamin A and vitamin C over a prolonged time may predispose to development of cataract. When the vision fails so that the patient cannot read or get about comfortably, the operation should be done. In regard to the cost fslr arrangements are always made If the patient Is honest about It. Potassium mid Calcium. In your monograph on Dally Re quirement of Calcium you mention calcium chloride. In your mono graph on Relief of Allergy you men tion potassium chloride. W. B. C. Answer If your trouble Is of al lergic nature I advise you to follow a high calcium diet and take addi tional calcium and vitamin D as well as trying occasions! doses of potas sium chloride as you might use ad renalin. For more detailed Instruc tions, send stamped envelope bearing your address and aslc for monograph "Relief for Allergy" and "Calcium Feeding." What Do You Mean. Colds? Please print your complete direc tions for the prevention and manage ment of common colds. H. T. Answer ft fills several pages of the 66-page booklet "Call It Crl" which also deals with stus, bron chitis, catarrh, adenoids, tonsils for copy send twenty-five cents coin and stamped addressed envelope. (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.. 26.1 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. I Indeed, the senate lenders went still further, flenatora Barkley and ! Plttman are reported to have stated j they were surprised they had heard i nothing on the subject from the ! White House, but Imagined that the president would get around to It In I time. The leadership of the house, where the bill should originate. Is understood to want to avoid th Issue. But ths house Is not only , more responsive to the president's requests; it Is also likely to be In I fluenced by sentiment In the sen- ate, within whose natural province fall questions of foreign relstlons. j Thus It Is plain that the presl dent has tt In his power to help the Finns If he chooses to give the word. Bills for this purpose have already been Independently Intro duced In both house and senate, by Representative Frank K. Hook and Senator Prentiss Brown, both of Michigan. They only lack the administration Imprimatur, or. If they are not found suitable, other bills eon be Introduced tomorrow. Furthermore, ft perfectly good precedent already exists for lending to the Finnish government. Lest year, after a long struggle. Secre tary of the Treasury Henry Mor genthau Jr. obtained th president's spproval for an export-Import bank loan of Sa5.000.000 to the Chinese. The Chinese were Just as much at war then as the Finns srs now. Arrangements were msde for amort isation In. shipments of tting oil. but some sort of satisfactory ar rangement for amortisation of the Finnish loan could also b msde. Financing through ths export Import bank Is at present not avail able to the Finns, both because the bank's cupboard Is pretty bare, and because its directorate has tsken th position that the bank will make no loans for arms purchases But a direct S60.000.000 loan to th Finnish government, without string sttsrhed. such as Is pro posed in the Brown snd Htmk bills, would eertslnly not b opposed either by tn stst department or th president. At present, the dif ficulty Is that th president and th congressional leadership are playing a gams of "sfter you. Al phouse " Css Usll Trlbun siftnt ads. In The Day's ;News By Frank Jenkins THE Hatfields and the Mc- Coys, Kentucky and West Virginia feudist families, de cided last year to play basket ball instead of "laywaying" each other, according to time-honored feudist custom. The McCoys won, 37-35, and NO SHOOTING followed. This year they've decided to do it again. QUESTION: If the Hatfields and the Mc Coys can work off their rivalry complexes in a peaceful bas ketball game, why can't the na tions of Europe do likewise? The inherited hatreds of Eur ope can't be any more bitter than the inherited -hatreds of the mountain feud country. LJERE is the answer to the " question just asked: The Hatfields and the McCoys have no diplomats and no for eign policies, and so it Is pos sible for common sense and ord inary human decency to gain a foothold among them. ITALY Is urging Hungary to make some sort of peaceful settlement of the troubles aris ing out of Rumania's getting Transylvania (former Hungar ian province). The explanation of this peace making is that Italy is preparing a united Balkan front against the time when Russia feels her self strong enough to go after the Dardanelles, which Russia has always desired. DETER the Great talked long- ingly of a Russian "window to the west" meaning the Scandanavian peninsula. Peter and all his successors kept their eyes fixed on Constantinople, but (thanks largely to Britain) failed to get it. Stalin, Bolshevist despot, Is walking in the footsteps of the czarist despots who preceded him. His attack on Finland (tem porarily, at least, a flop) is a drive toward Peter the Great's window to the west. His next step (if he isn't stop ped decisively in the meantime) will be a drive on Constanti nople (now Istanbul) and the strategic straits that lead from the Black sea to the Mediter ranean. 4IUSSOLINI, who is far from dumb, knows what Is in the wind, and is organizing the Balkans to meet the expected Russian drive for the tradi tional Russian objective to the south. Realizing (because he Is smart) that a house divided against itself must fall, he is trying to patch up Balkan feuds. Communications Should be Cltlxsns or Exllss To the Editor: Dan Webster said: "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to pros per: but if we and our posterity neglect its instruction and au thority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophy may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscur ity." Our country cannot afford to exchange the Bible for Com munsim. One or the other has to go. There Is no room in U. S. A. for both. It seems to me that we are allowing our country to become a paradise for foreigners with ill-minded propaganda against us. Instead of a country where true Amer icanism and Americans have and own their homes, where we live. We should let foreigners know that they can't come here and run our country, nor be the head or ruler over any or ganization and individual. If they want to live in our roon try and be sheltered under the protecting wings of ,U. t. .v. they should be compelled to become citizens if they possess wholesome characters with clean records, who will be come law abiding beings with in our government. But only first class folks should be admitted. The rest deported. If we have no laws to do this let us make one that has teeth in It. We Ameri cans must not allow any for eigner to reign and rule in any thing over us. Carl H. Erics. Medford. ' Iceberg Sinks Ship Copenhagen, Jan. 11. m The German steamer Bahia B I a n c a. 8.500 tons, was wrecked and presumably sunk after striking an iceberg "off the coast of Iceland last night. Mar ine authorities said today. The crew of 62 was reported res cued by the Iceland trawler Haftein. AT THE National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly (Continued from Pse One ) statistics showing how the ex port market for Pacific North west fruit has been materially reduced since the treaties with European countries. Lumbermen of the Coos Bay area (Homer Bunker); of Col umbia and Willamette river (Frank Ransome, H. B. Van Duzer, etc); Colonel Greeley, representing the lumber indus try of the two northwest states, have come In person or used the long distance telephone, ad ding their versions of what the treaties are doing to the for est products. Individual stock men have sent briefs, as have mining men, and also onion growers and prune growers. PROTESTS ftgsinst ths treaties ar now coming In from organ ised labor, ths contention being thst the trsd sgreement program U a stab In the back of the wage hour law, inasmuch fts the mini mum wsge of 30 cents sn hour Is required for goods In fnterstste commerce, but not even that mini mum la paid In many of the coun tries which are and will be shipping srtlcles Into the United Statea un der the agreements. Summed up. It Is the old union opposition to com peting with foreign cheap labor. Official representative of th Na tional Grange Is assuring congress men th Influence of that organ ization la against extension of the act. So far grain growers of the Inland empire have not been vocal. The soft whit whest of Oregon and Washington continues to be export ed under the plan of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, who has cessed exports of wheat from other regions. IT adda up that opposition to the trade agreements Is because the trestles permit foreign countries to send to the United States commo dities of which this country alresdy hss embarrassing surpluses and work sgalnat ths plan of the Triple A. It la not a partisan Issue but may become one In the presidential cam paign. WHITE House salaries (except for the hesd man and his six secretaries), 'are not exciting. There are six maids who receive 80 s, month; two cooks at S90 a month; one at $110 and a chef at 133. Ths valet of the president is paid $10S a month; one butler rats 133 and his two assistants (116 each, and two lesser butlers $105. The two men who wash the president's automobile (also those of house guests), draw $100 a month, and the chauffeur receives $184 for his responsibility. White House laundry bill la $400 ft month ($4800 a year), for the mtstresa of the executive mansion does not do her own washing and hang It to dry In th east room ss one first lady did. To keep the man sion supplied with fresh flowers costs $8260 a year. Heat and light cost $11,200 ft year (and the bath rooms are chilly. Repairs to furni ture senators havs lost their dig nity when th spindle-legged chalre collapsed runs to $4500. Mr. Roosevelt plans iunketlng around and asks $30,000. which Is ft few thousand more than Adminis trator Raver.of Bonneville, asks, but the president's Item , also Includes entertaining, which Raver's does not. For letterheads snd envelopes the president's budget proposes $2400, which is $700 higher thsn for the current fiscal year. None of the maids, butlers, cooks, gardncrs, washers, etc.. carry a soc ial security number. Being govern ment employes they sre not covered by that act. HUNGER DOWNFALL OF 'FRISCO SLAYER San Francisco. Jan. 11 (IP) Hunger jailed Raymond W. Mug ford, sought since Saturday for the slaying of his 67-year-old aunt and benefactor. Mugford asked a former em ployer, William Potter, for food an! a chance to shave. While he shaved. Mrs. Potter tele phoned police. Booked on a murder charge, he told police his aunt, Mrs. Louise Mugford Brewer, "would nave got me if I hadn t got her." She helped gain his release from an asylum at Ukiah two months ago. Mrs. Brewer was stabbed with a butcher knife, beaten with a baseball bat and left dying in her home, where she had cared for her nephew. VyjlAUnBt StTCVItlCe EisJftaiF I'rilSLl ES j nivill V a II I I II u Flight (T Time Medford and Jackson County History from th files of the Mat! Tribune 10 ftnd to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January II, 1930. (It was Saturday) Cold continues on coast, with slightly moderating tempera tures in the valley. More than an inch of snow falls in Sams Valley. People put out bread crumbs for birds. Grants Pass defeats Medford 27 to 19. Gov. Norblad, protests car toonists depicting "Old Man Oregon" with chin whiskers. Wants state figure smooth shaven. Edward Reames is named vice president of the State High school student organization. Prink Calllson leads as can didate for head football coach at Oregon. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 11, 1920. (It was Sunday) Oregon ratifies women's suf frage. Legislature acts in rec ord time. Rogue River fish bill fight opens In legislature. William Jennings Bryan urges senate to ratify League of Nations, so America can join. Jacksonville to have both street car and jitney service. Bill introduced at Salem to prohibit showing of a pistol in a movie. Governor Coolidge of Mas sachusetts enters race for GOP nomination for the presidency. Ye Poets Corner What Would Von Do? Whst would you do with your dy If In this bed you had to lay. Your limbs bb helpless ss mine? Perhsps you would bs more ktnd. Because of 111 health which weakened your sight You dor not read, and seldom writ. To sew you simply could not try, For several years you saw no sky. What would you do with your day? Perhaps you, too, might get blue If you understood things as I do. When you longed to be up and about, Help your husband as you ought, Yet your body you could not turn Tho you tried and cried and yearned. If homey duties you longed to fulfill But you couldn't because you war ill. If your children you longed to shsr. But the noise you couldn't bear And the seconds ticked away Each lonesome hour of your dsy. What would you do with your day? Better I am, to be sure. For me they say there Is cur. So I try to keep sunny and bright. But getting well is no easy fight. And from car we are not free. Husband's heart Is weak, you se. From work the doctor ordered ft rest. For him this Is ft bitter test. With worries and bills on every sld His isn't sn easy life to sblde. I count my blessings oe'r nd net ut loved ones need me I sm sur. You see Invalids have families too Thst get 111. and lonsesome, tired snd. blue. And ss for friends, nearly Bit havs fled. Husband ftnd I ar one of their dead I Sundays or evenings we've asked them to come. But excuses they raise, each and everyone. I'm sure they have tlm for parties and ahows. Oh yes, most everyone nowadays goes. Or on Sundsy to church to pray. But the psrson forgets to come our way. Though once w gave our life, our store, Seems now we're forgotten forever morel An tnvalld. GENERAL WHITE GOES TO ARMY MANEUVERS Salem, Jan. 1 1 .(ff Gener al George A. White, command ing general of the 41st nation al guard division, left here to day for Fort Lewis, Wash where he will assemble a group of his brigade commanders and staff officers who will accom pany him on army transports leaving Puget Sound Saturday for the Joint army-navy man euvers off California. Dee Mall Trlhun want ad ICI II VITA KII I,