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The Nominate Wlllkle Dem
ocrats" have opened headquar
ters at Chicago, where the Dem
ocratic convention opem today.
It is enough to make the
blood of an Old Democrat boll,
and a Young Democrat to tear
his hair, while waiting for his
blood to come to a boil. Nom
inating Mr. Willkie would be
dramatic enough even to suit
the occupant of the White
House, who adores the spectac
ular In politics. But, there is
no danger of It coming to pass.
It would be far too sensible. '
fretting about the war In
Europe is declining as an emo
tional pastime among the peo
ple. The Dalles Chronicle re
ports, it has noted bridge play
ers who ignored the 10 p. m.
broadcast, to keep on playing,
they were that bored with blood
and thunder from overseas. Fav
orable signs exist locally. Even
the super-fretters who piled out
of bed at 3:30 a. m. tp tune
their radios to the latest have
quit It was too much, when
the only linguist, translated the
opening crow of a bantam roos
ter. Into a message from Dus
eeldorf. PLAIN CHASTLYI
(Coqullle Tribune)
"This recalls that a man
was not long ago fined on a
liquor charge and, as it was
haying season, ha decided to
serve out the fine at $2 a day.
Imagine his disgust in a few
days when his wife appeared
at the sheriff's office and paid
the fine."
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"STARVE THE WAR AND
FEED AMERICA" (Headline
American Guardian). Y o u'v e
got something there, Mister!
S. (Farm Fresh) Morris, of the
T-Rk. district, has returned
from where he has been. He
announces If Wall St., as in
past campaigns, chases him dur
ing this one, they will catch
him early.
The Mayor of Salem last
week Issued a proclamation,
proscribing all citizens wear
1840 duds, to celebrate the
100th birthday of that burg, or
be, among other things, dunked
in a horse-trough. There has
never been such a ruffling of
th civic dignity, and the edi
tors of both newspapers have
been busy explaining on the
editorial and the front pages,
the burgomeister didn't mean it.
Nobody's feelings will be hurt,
by baptism in a horse-trough,
that somehow throughout the
years, has escaped destruction
by a midnight speed-Idiot.
...
BLITZQUITOES
(Oregon Cattleman)
Teabo was sitting, so ha
said, in the bunk house one
evening, when two mosquitoes
come in and louked him over.
Said the first mosquito, in '
audible tones, "shall we kill
htm and eat him here, or shall '
we pack him down in the
swamp and eat him there?"
"We'd better eat him here,"
said the mosquito. "If we
pack him down into the
swamp, the big mosquitoes
will take him away from us."
...
The grandson of Henry Ford
was married Saturday. He was
calm, and unrattled.
Italy continues to claim vie-,
lories over ine tiriiisn navy in
the Mediterranean. Planes arm
ed wltn ,73mm. typewriters,
harass the enemy fleet, and
cause It to retreat twice daily.
You'll enjoy the Fresh Br Poods
from Hoiia, 133 1 etb.
Closing tun rot Too Ult to Clae
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Editorial Correspondence
Chicago, July 13 Business of personal and pressing na
turs has seriously interfered with this correspondence the past
few days. During this period we have travelled from Washing
ton to New York, to Boston, to Great Barrington, Mass., and
on to Buffalo, all by DAYLIGHT!
This moving picture of the great industrial East hss not been
particularly cheering, scores and scores of closed factories,
some of them actually falling to pieces with chimneys down
and window panes stoned out. Add to this many railroad sta
tions in the hinterland abandoned, boarded up, and those func
tioning unpainted and down-at-the-heel, doesn't indicate the
long-awaited war prosperity has arrived in this section of the
country as yet
Some day we intend to visit Boston, instead of pass through
on the run, as has been our habit of late. No more interesting
and romantic city in the world than good old Boston, and it
has a specisl appeal for the undersigned, as he spent five of
the gayest years of his life within a few miles of the Old South
Church. But for various and sundry ressons we hsd to take it
between trains, again this time
caticrht the Boston and Albany
Went to the good old Parker
last visit there having been at
Mouth all watered for those Parker House rolls, eotuits and a
stein of Bass, not disappointed in that direction, but the
Parker House itself is no more, a modern "hostelry" has
been built in its place, with express elevators, coffee shops, and
uniformed factotums bowing all
We did find some of the ancient oil portrait and one or two
of the post-bellum air-brnsh efforts depicting the burnside whis
kers of Messrs. Parker and w
old Parker House has gone,
Victorian institutions, where the
It was interesting t stroll out of the hotel after breakfast
and find yourself looking through an ancient iron fence at the
headstone on the Grave of Samuel Adams 1 yes, there is the
peaceful revolutionary graveyard, unchanged through all these
years, on one of the busiest corners along Tremont street.
Like Philadelphia the most
outskirts and nowadays practically everyone who can, lives
there, but the most interesting part is in the civic center.
Walked around the Common in the pale moonlight, a beau
tiful evening, always a shock to see the highly intellectual resi
dents of this Athens of America behaving approximately as the
genus homo does elsewhere, under similar conditions and bio
logical urges I
Had a chat with one of the editors of the Atlantic regarding
Mrs. Kiasnnovsky, the Russian emigre now living in Eugene,
who won the $10,000 novel priie.
two weeks, guest of the Atlantic, and when she departed
nothing could convince her it all had not been a special dis
pensation from Heaven, a miracle performed by the Almighty
himself. We have an idea she would find more support for that
theory in Boston than in her native land at the present time.
Before leaving New York did a One-Eyed Connolly, crash
ing the gate at the exclusive Nassau Club at Glen Cove, Long
Island, where we saw a chap from Oakland by the name of
Kovacs, win the tennia title
after five hard seta.
Keep your eye on Kovacs, he haa one of the sweetest back
hand strokes we have ever seen, and is apt to he tennis tops
before he is old enough to vote.
We pulled for our own Portland product, and it looked for
a time aa tho the Beaver stater would win, hut he couldn't quite
cut it. Cook is short and stocky, with unruly black hair which
he tries to keep down with a comb he carries in his pants
pocket, without much success.
An overnicht stop in the beautiful Berkshire, even though
it rained puppies and pussy kittens, was restful and pleasing.
Nothing cheering here from a prosperity standpoint, however,
what farming remaina being flooded out, one farmer trying
to plant corn between showers on July 10th, believe it or not!
Thev had a kil ing frost the
end to the growing season the first of September, so few hens
that eggs sell for 35s a doien and abandoned farms no longer
bring a fancy price in the New York real estate market.
In the horse and buggy days
tions in New England, polo,
huge summer estate after huge
have been abandoned, styles
are too expensive to keep up
thickly wooded hills, with crystal clear lakes dotted through
them, form one of the most charming sections of the entire
country. Dairying ia the only stable industry, tho a dude ranch
haa been started near North Barrington, and is declared to have
been a sensational success, combining both summer snd winter
sports. This industry might develop and rescue the place economically.
The first person we met in
Medford, Oregon, inquired at
surn marvellous pears out there,
box.
It has been cold and rainy in
taxi driver. He testifies the Democratic convention promises
to be a flop the hotels aren't half full, and it'e so far out to the
Convention hall only Economic Kovalists can afford to taxi
there, and what would E.R.'s be doing at a Roosevelt love
feast I
There are other reasons for
tho we just had luncheon with a perfectly literate resident
of this fair city, who had several bets, at pretty good odds,
that the nominee will be JIM PARLEY e tried to get some
of that, but he said he had suspended trading night before last.
One other reason is, of course, that Mr. Roosevelt renomi
nating himself promises to be in
We will say this for Chicago,
front section look cleaner or more attractive, while the wea
ther today is as refreshing as rain-washed fruit. R.W.R.
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
Rlud by th North
AmtrlctD Nwippr
AUUnc. Ine.
Chirago, 111., July 15. The
Drmocratie convention rem
bin nothing o much at a badly
managed puppet-show in which,
for want of firm management by
the p ippvt -master, the string
moving the figures become en
tangled, and th figures them
selvea go In all direction butj
all tuckered out when we finally
at Backbay station.
House to revive our youth, our
a class dinner in the year YW-.
over the place.
hippie, but as a whole the good
with many other excellent mid-
woodbine twineth.
,
beautiful part of Boston is in the
She came down to Boston for
from Elwood Cook of Portland
last or June, and usually nave an
this was one or the smartest sec
fox hunting, tennis, golf and
estate. Most or the Isrge places
have changed, and such places
if not utilized. However, these
Lenox, hearing we were from
once how they managed to raise
she, too had had a Christmas
Chicago also, according to our
believing as the taxi driver does.
the nature of an anti-climax.
never have we seen the lake
the right ones. The president,
apparently, lacks the Stromboli
touch.
jMrnt mt th fmwnnt, ths itrtng.
ar wry b4tr Ung ltd indt-rd Dpit
th asprtutnt lnTlubiuty of Utf
prM.dvnt't rvneam Inst ion tnd accvpt
ttnet, lh prMidfnt, attll pitying
"now you mr mm. now you don'l.
hu mad no dnnlt arriscmfnts
to bring lh lnTttabi to pmm sim
ply and tatlly iVrrrUry of commvrct
Harry t. Hopkins and his tntnuraf
ho ar Insult, in a spex-lsl hkln
wsy at th Rlaclition hot!, com
rloftor than anyon flat Ut twlng
tha prasldfnt'a nronl rprwnta
tlrta. Unfortunately, ih boat own
manUry on tha character of " their
d tractor! a I affona is tha fart that
Hopkins, harinsf fatlM to b alatted
a dflta from his nattvs towa, ts
forred to attend tha ennrentlon la
tha gutaa of an aaautant aenyaant
at -arms.
H-Tk'ne aaf qmt frank :r that
ha? h&a no poamra authority to pak
tee tha president. N'everthelaa, ha
and Uva ami hie 'fat oat, rrtnt
Personal Health Service
Br WUliaaa
Signed Isttm sartatalag to earaaaal health ana byflena, sot ta dleeaa,
eiataosls or tnatauat, aIll ka anamrae k; Dr. UrmH; u a stamp mrtl
mtlmi aaiclop, la aadoaM. Lrttars ahoulS ka bnf aa4 anttaa In Ink.
Oalfif ta lha larta aamkars a Mtara nceliae only a eaa ka anawarrd.
Ka reply caa aa aiaaa ta ajoarta aat eaatonalnt ta InMroctlona. SSdraas
Dr. stuilaia Brady, aes (J Camlae. amrl; Hilla, calif.
MAINE IB Fit EE
In this column recently, quot
ing from an article punished in
a leading medical Journal, I
said:
"Maine, with
more smallpox
than any other
state, haa a
conscientl o u s
objector 1 a w
In respect to
vaccination.
"Verm ont,
which has
neither a gen
e r a I vaccina
tion law nor
even school
attendance law, ts second to
Maine tn the prevalence of
smallpox.
"Kentucky ..."
The commissioner of health
of the state of Maine declares
this is absolutely Incorrect and
libelous, and that as a matter
of fact the last case of small
pox in Maine waa In the year
1929. The commissioner there
fore believes that I should
acknowledge my error and pub
lish a suitable correction.
Now, having consulted the of
ficial tables of the prevalence
of communicable disease regu
larly published In Public Health
Reports of the U. S. Public
Health Service, I agree with the
commissioner that I owe the
state of Maine an apology for
a gross misrepresentation of the
health standard of the state,
and I hereby do apologize, and
express sincere regret for the
error.
It goes to show that one can
not rely on what one reads in
a medical Journal. For that mat
ter, there Is a good deal more
poetry than truth In most med
ical publications, especially the
absurdly cooked up medical
textbooks which are being pub
lished nowadays by writers
whose sole claim to eminence
is literary industry, not out
standing skill or ability as med
ical practitioners.
Maine, I am happy to. say. Is
fine place to spend a vaca
tion whether you are vaccin
ated or not. Nowhere would you
be less likely to be exposed to
smallpox.
As yet I have not heard from
Vermont, Kentucky, Maryland
or Manitoba, although I men
tioned them all in the article
to which the Maine health com
missioner objected. I hope my
references to these places, also
taken from the medical Journal
article, were correct. I said Ken
tucky has or had a law prohib
iting employment of unvaccin-
Walker; tha celebrated new deal un
tie r-cover man, David Nltes, and on
or two others hava been laboring
manfully to achieve aeveral rather
definite objective. The firat of these
la to hava the president's showing
on tha initial ballot aa large and
aa spontaneous-seeming as possible.
Tha aecond. in real importance. Is
to induce Jamee A. Parley to atay
On aa national chairman and man
s? tha Democrats' campaign.
Evidently it had never occurred
to tha maater-mtnda tn tha Black-
atone hideaway that three two ob
jectives could poaalbly conflict. Thus,
on tha one hand, they hava been
bringing every kind of pressure on
Parley to change) his mind about
reinlng hie post mhen tha conven
tion ands. And on tha other hand,
they hava also been bringing every
kind of pressure on tha Parley dele-
gmtaa to desert Parlay and vote for
Rooaevelt.
Hopklna did not coma to sea Par
ley until some time after ha had
arrived in Chicago. Tha president haa
not communicated with Parley, di
rectly or indirectly, sine their In-
trview st Hyde Park. Parley haa not
been consulted one by the maater
mlnda before any of their major de
cisions. Vet while Ms master-ratnda
are busily putting the alow-bum on
Parley with one hand, they are
plucking at Hie Sleeve with the other
and asking him to coma along and
be a nice fellow.
To dat. they hav been much
more aucoeeaful with their slow-burn
technique than with their efforts to,
make Parley go along. Some tnatght
Into tha quality of their tart may
b gained trom tha fact that when
trying to Indue Parlay not to hava
hie name present) to the conven
tion, they uaed th argument that
ha would be "humltiatd" by the
smsllness) of tha rot for him.
Undsr th, clrrumstancs,. tt ln"t
aurprtslng that Parley la about aa
ansry aa a reasons 01. man can b.
Last tvanlng h, darlaird that h
a wild hav, hla nam, prasrntad to
th, conrvntlon. rocn, hall or n'gh
sratsr. tt, also Indlcatae that n
was dad oppose to th, various
rathar obvious llttl, derlr-a, such as
th, omission of a rollraii ahcmirs
support for othar mn. b, hk-h
th, maatrmtnda hav, wantad tn
mak, th, drat of th, prtstd.nt
a,m mor unanimous and apontan.
aoua.
rurthtrmora. aom, of tlv-, closest
to nlm ,xpct to s him send
sn ultimatum to th, tnastrmlnds.
-amir tham ,lthr to l,t lh. Par-
l,v d.tojatta. and particularly th,
Maatachuattta d,l.ar,a s'-v tn.tr
votaa a, pladfd. or lo ,ipa.-t Par
ity to clos, tha ronvvption by rcm
In, out acainat a third term. Paced
Mh such an ultimatum, th, master
minds aou'd of course scurry to
ormsly ai'h Parlays tarm. But U
Brady. M. D.
FROM SMALLPOX
ated persons, even prohibiting
unvaccinated persona from
crossing the state line. Mary
land vaccinates all infanta in
the first year of life the best
time for vaccination and re
quires vaccination certificates
from all school children. Mani
toba quarantines conscientious
objectors to vsccination in time
of epidemic, exempts persons
whose religion holds vaccination
unnecessary.
The quarantining of persons
who do not believe in vaccina
tion has but one effect, it seems
to me, and that is protection
of persons who neglect to be
vaccinated. It is certainly not
advantageaua for persons who
believe in and are vaccinated
for they have nothing to fear
from spossible exposure to
smallpox.
If you ask me about vaccina
tion I say the state should offer
vaccination . to everyone who
wants it. and if anybody does
not want it that is all the state
should do about it. As long ss
I am well vaccinated I don't
care whether you elect to take
your chances unvaccinated.
Ql'CSTIONS A.M ANSWERS
Training for DlabVtra
Hava you any Information or ad
rlca for peraona with dlabetee? (A.
H. UcD.)
Answer Thra ara 400.000 dtabatlci
In th. United Statu. Authority, rat
Imata nearly one-fourth of the en
tire papulation ara hereditary r
rlera of dlabetea or tha tendency
thereto. I have a monograph "Train
ing for Diabetes." for diabetica and
for potential dlabeUce. For copy aend
10 centa coin and atamped envelope
bearing your addresa.
Plmplea
What will remov, plmplea acna.
tha doctor called It. Medicine the
doctor prescribed aeemed to have no
effect. lUC.l.t
Answer Send a atamped envelop,
bearing your address. I will mall you
Instructions for treatment of black
heads and plmplea.
X-Ray Tared Skin rancer
An article on akin cancer In your
column many yeara ago saved my
father from akin cancer. He had two
on his cheek bones, for three or four
yeara. and tha X-ray treatment you
recommended cured them both. He
died many yeara sfterwsrd. but never
had any sign of cancer again. IF. M.)
Anaver Thank you. Any sore on
th, akin that persist, mors than a
few weeka ehould be regarded with
ausptclon. Early examination by a
phyatclan, and If necessary X-ray
treatment msy cure.
(Froeted by Johr. P. Dllle Co.)
Cd. Note: rertsoni wUhlng to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should aend letter direct to Pr.
William Brady. M. O- 63 El
Cam I no, Beierly HI Me. Calif.
fact that Parley waa considering tha
step gives the best indication of tha
point affaire hava reached.
Tfor is tha situation between Par
ley and tha master-minds uncharac
teristic of the general quality of tha
convention On all minor points,
such aa tha Tic presidency and the
platform. Chicago ta filled with a
thousand winds of conflicting rumor.
The convention Is officially a sur
prise party, in which the president
Is supposed to hav no hand at all.
Aa the turpi- was known to tha
meanest voter several months ago.
th party does not have much sip
Aa the president must be officially
aatonlahed by tha outcom, however,
ha ta not able to make hie will
known aa to th arranfmenu.
There ta constant telephonic com
munication, of court, between tha
Whit House and the maater-mlnds
In the Blsckstona hideaway. Trou
bla now see ma to be blowing up
over tha platform's foreign affairs
plank. Tha effort to get other can
didates to give way to the president
ha come to nothing. Each hour
add a new vlca presidential aspir
ant. Meanwhile everyone knowa what
the convention s moat Important ac
tion la going to be. and th vast
majority or delegates ara growing
either bored, or Irritable, or both,
tn truth, unices tha president can
rescue the situation by one of the
dramatic turns at which he la so
adept, th convention doea not euttur
well for anyone escept tha Chicago
merchants and hotel-keepers.
Communications
Ean. Heli Quoud
To th. Editor:
t submit a portion of a letter
Just received trom Sen. Holt of
West Virginia, as I believe It to
be of goners! interest. Sen. Holt s
letter follows:
"There are too many indi
cations that there are certain
government officials who are
intervening in the quarrels of
Europe. If tha war continues
snd the Intervention policy con
tinues, the I'm ted states will
be "in the war. That would be
mass suicide. It is said we must
enter the war to save democ
racy. We were told that 25 years
ago and instead of democracy
being saved, dictatorship sprang
up throughout th, world.
"Today, w are told that this
is a battle for civilization. We
were told the same thtng 2J
years ago. We know our en
trance in this wsr will destroy
our democrsry here and will
hurt civilization. We must keep
our country at peace as a g'ow-
ing sign for the entire world
to see that democracy does pay,
that democracy can work. We
are told that we are in danger
of a German attack. Part of this
fear is sincere, but not informed.
"Part of this fear is generated
propaganda to put us in this
conflict st once. Turn back the
pages of the newspapers to 1915
and 1918 and the same cry can
be found. The greatest authori
ties on military, naval and air
defense say we cannot be suc
cessfully Invaded, but let us pre
pare our defenses at once so
that no foreign power can set
i up a bsse on the American con
tinent. None have been estab
lished and until they are. no ef
fective attack can be made.
"Remember, the United States
can get into this war either by
a declaration of war by congress
or by creating and provoking in
cidents that cause an act of war
to be committed by another
country. Let us stop these ac
tions that may cause such an act.
Hysteria has been deliberately
spread to get the people ready
for war. The penalty for the
conclusion of such a policy Is
death and disaster. Shall we
sacrifice our finest young men
on tne battlefields of Europe in
snother ever-occurring European
war? I say no."
Senator Rush D. Holt has de
livered speeches on this subject
in tne senate and over the radio.
One radio speech brought him
more than 25,000 requests for
copies. This outstanding speech
and discussions in the senate are
available for the asking. Merely
address a postal card or letter
to Sen. Rush D. Holt, Senate Of,
fice Bldg.. Washington, D. C.
The time to work for peace is
now. while we are still at peace.
ARIEL BURTON POME ROY,
Central Point, Ore.
Always a Fifth Column
To the editor:
We have always had "fifth
column" activities in this coun
try, the differences being only
in the degree of effectiveness.
Witness the "Tories" during
the Revolutionary war, the
"Copperheads" during the Civil
war and those who stirred up
strife against our government
during the World war and prfor
to our entry therein; and I
doubt if so much as the major
portion of them were foreigners.
I well remember a day in
July 24 years ago, when I stood
in line in the Preparedness day
parade at San Francisco wait
ing for the starting signal and
heard the explosion, only three
blocks away, that wiped out
the lives of 10 people and in
jured 43 more. The first inkling
that I had of what had occurred
was the sight on the pavement
before me of the lower half
of a woman's shoe filled with
blood.
The two men who were con
victed of this outrage are of
American birth, as is the gov
ernor who recently pardoned
them. Since the principal
"martyr" of this duo has been
released from jail, he has drop
ped from sight and his name
no longer appears in newspaper
headlines. Why? His name is no
longer useful for the purpose
of stirring up antagonism
against our Institutions and
some other martyrs must oe
brought forward.
Albert Burcn.
HP PUPPET ORDERS
deport of m
MM IN SHANGHAI
Shsnghal. July 13. (T Im
mediate arrest and deportation
of five American newspapermen
and an American member of the
Shanghai municipal council was
ordered today by Wang Ching-
Wei, head of the Japanese-dominated
puppet regime in Nan
king, following a cafe scuffle
last night involving Japanese.
Those named were N. F. Allo
man, a member of the council;
C. V. Staff, publisher of the
Shanghai Evening Post and Mer
cury; Hal P. Mills, publisher of
a Chinese language local news
paper, which has been bombed
several times: J. B. Powell, and
Randal Gould, a correspondent
of the Christian Science Moni
tor and C. D. Alcott.
'This means we'll have to
hire another bodyguard and don
bullet proof vests, which is ex
ceedingly annoying In this swel
tering weather." commented Al
cott in indicating he did not in
tend to submit.
Pioneer Diet
Portland. July IS. J
Sarah L. Byrd. 0(3, daughter of
Phillip Gearhart, from whom
the town of Gearhart. Ore., took
its name, died Saturday. She
crossed the plains from Jeffer
son county, Iowa, with her par
ents in 1848.
Swimmer Drowns
Albsny. July 1. .i Ber
nard Nepper. 20. of Albany
drowned while swimming in the
Willamette river near here last
niiihl. Fire Chief Don Hayne.
who headed a dragging party,
said he believed Nepper. a good
swimmer, suffered cramps.
C,.aic tio-e tor Too Lata to C Us
ury ada Is 140 fJ a.
AT THE
National Capitol
WITH
John W. Kelly
COHTllfUKD PROM PAOl OW1
from the few factories manufac
turing metal planes, for these
cannot produce wooden plenes
and such planes, naturally, be
come competition.
The manufacture of airplane
engines Is a closed Industry and
has a working agreement with
the metal plane makers. This Is
supposed to be the resson the
engine manufactures are cool
toward the suggestion that they
establish branch factories In the
Oregon country.
...
AVERY Urge air station Is
contemplated for U t a h.
somewhere in the vicinity of
Ogden, but the air corps wants
a depot in the Inland empire.
Pendleton is on the list of pos
sible sites to be exsmlned by the
nfficera oondlirtinff the SUrVCY.
General Arnold, chief of the air
corps, before flying to Alaska
a few days ago, assured Senator
Rufus Holman that the selection
will be determined by the men
who must defend the country
without any regard to "pull",
political Influence or high pres
sure from local bodies.
There Is an unconfirmed ru
mor that an important airport
development is proposed for
Pnriiinri hut air officials say
existing ports at Medford and
Portland are sufficient ior emer
ffenrv rjurnoses. To the sugges
tion that the army install serv
icing facilities at Medford, the
reniv in made that 11 ana
when the army planes require
servicing the mobile servicing
unit can be flown there.
...
TIB facta about th, unprepared
neaa of tha United etatea (navy
excepted) may never be fully known,
but th, high command whoaa Job
It la to defend thla country, are
mightily worried. Much haa been
written and aald about th, efficiency
of th, army, but only insider, know
that tha army haa been treated Ilk,
an orphan In recant years. The army
haa bean robbed to aid other activi
ties tha amount of corn for th,
patient army mule haa been cut
down. Por five cents a year th,
rlflea left over from the flrtt World
war could hav, bean kept tn shape,
but th, director of the budget dis
approved of thla expenditure. Twenty-five
centa a year would hav, serv
iced th, stock of old 75's.
Army officers hav, lubmltted their
budget to th, director of th, budget
and th, latter disapproved thla and
that, things needed for defense. When
item, were deleted and th, money
for th, army held to a minimum,
tha officers were speechless aa well
aa helpless. There la a law which
would arnd an army officer to prison
if he protested tha reductions of
tha director of th, budget. When an
army officer la summoned by a way,
and means committee to explain and
Justify requested approprlatlona. th,
officer must confln, himself to th.
Items in the approved budget: must
not discuss the item, which were
disallowed and which, aa It now de
velops, were for building up defense
facilities.
Now. with an emergency existing,
high ranking officers hava been per
mitted to inform senate and house
committee, of th, army, require
ment,. Th, director of the budget
la an appointee of th, president and
takes hla cu, from tha tatter. An
army officer, of course, cannot quea
tlon th, orders of tha commander-in-chief.
...
WASHrNOTOS Scene: Shewing
how busy Mr. Roosevelt la. Wil
liam O. McAdoo. who delivered the
California delegation to Mr. Room.
velt In 1932. ha, been waiting two
weeks for an appointment with th,
president. . . . Two appointment,
are coming up In the Federal Mart
time Commission. Being recommend
ed for one of the positions Is Port
land's rotund mayor. Joseph K. Car
son. Jr., who haa backing of eastern
and west coast shipping operator,.
. . . Whet burned up member, of
th, Oregon delegation at the Phila
delphia convention was that when
constituents telegraphed them to
vote for Winnie it coat them a dime
tip every time the betlbor brought
a message and there were many
telegrams, delivered one at a time
and not In a bunch . . . tntereat I
on U. 8. aecurltlea held In Germany .
la paid but the Interest due owners I
tn The Netherlands. Belgium and
Prance la not paid for fear th, money
will fall into the handa of th, Oer
mane. Figure that one out.
Li
Gold Hill. July IS Spt.
The Gold Hill Beavers cracked
wide open here yesterday, com
mitting 14 errors, to give Cres
cent City a 18 to 5 Southern
Oregon Baseball league victory.
The win put the coast club atop
the second hsu standings.
Hanscam homered for the
winners, while Gardner hit three
singles for Gold Kill.
Score: R. H. E
Crescent City 18 11 2
Gold Hill S 11 14
R. Koll. Peterson and Term; S.
Wilson. Krenek. Bailey. Dusen
berry and C. Kell. Gardner.
Tou u er.-rr th Presh , Pood,
from Botlys. 1JA I Hit'
Flight (V Time
MedfoM aa Jackaoa County
History from lha tuea af ta.
Malt Irtkuae IS sad It eera
a a.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July IS. 1930
(It was Tuesday)
Medford to benefit from re
duced freight rates to meet wa
ter competition.
Farm Co-op here shows pro
fits for first six months of year.
Expert predicts nation-wide
television within five years.
Postoffice staff to hold pic
nic next Sunday at Elks
grounds.
Naval treaty negotiations con
tinue, and are opposed by Dem
ocratic senstors.
Prof. Reimer is named pres
ident of Northwest Pathologists
association, at final session.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July IS. 120
Germany accepts allied terms,
snd agrees to deliver two mil
lion tons of coal monthly.
. Corsey M. Kidd sells his
orchard In the Central Point
district to Percy Wells.
Evangelist Jeter deplete'
"horrors 'of sin" to large audi
ence. Chester Conkiin. film comed
ian, to appear in person at the
Page.
Tourist travel to Crater lake
continues despite walkout of
the lodge help.
: lni The (
Day's:;!
i-e.'.He . -...a--.v-yie.- ;
New.
i.
By Frank Jenkins
A CCORDING to the "officiar
tabulation Camacho. admin
istration candidate, got 94 per
cent of the votes cast at the elec
tion in Mexico.
Cynical Americans will con
clude that it was either a shrewd
Job of voting 'em or an equally
shrewd Job of counting 'em.
THESE same cynical Amert
1 cans will realize that if Tam
many was allowed to count the
votes In New York City, the in
variable result would be an ov
erwhelming victory for the
Tammany candidates. '
"THE basic purposes of politics,
since the world began, hava
been these:
1. To STAY IN If you're In.
2. To GET IN if you're out.
Wherever the people will
stand for It, the "ins" have a
tremendous advantage as In
Mexico.
IF THE tlmTever comes when
the people are willing to stand
for it. the "ins" will find ways
to STAY IN even here in our
own United States.
A MINOR slant in the news:
n Mrs. John R. Parker, moth
er of the British consul in Port
land, who left England only two
weeks a 20. deel are nn Viee
rival in Oregon that Britons are
certain they will defeat Germ
any. On that point, she adds, there
Is more optimism In Englsnd
than in America.
WERE an up-and-down lot.
Three months ago we were
all quite sure Hitler didn't have
a chance. Now we are equally
sure nobody else has a chance.
(It will take more; of course,
than, confidence to defeat Hitler,
but a fighter who lacks confi
dence is half licked when he be
gins. It must be said for the
oriusn that they've never
lacked confidence in them
selves.) CONFIDENCE in themselves
and stubborn willingness to
fight for what they want have
helped the British to build a
mighty world empire, but thev
would be a lot better off now
if their recent leadership had
been better.
Wise, far-seeing and PRAC
TICAL leadership is one thing
for which there is no satisfso
tory substitute.
Indian Fight, r Diet.
Portland, July 15. i-p, c. C.
Boone. 94. who organised the
Fairview Rangers for the Ban
nock Irdian war ii, 1877. died
at the U. S. veterans' hispital
Saturday.
Scan P O. Bids.
Washington, July IS iji
The public buildings adminis
tration said today the George
Iackson company. Portland
Ore . had subnitted a low Did
of SSa.ujo for construction of
postoffice at Tillamook, Ore.
Cloalr.g time tor too Lata to Clas
sify Ada u I JO p B
Pa, luu Tnure waa s4a
t