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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGVST 1, 1940.
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By Arthur ferry.
A social expert for the gov
ernment propose! to combat
yen of southern hillbillies to set
forest fires with fiddling, borne
of the mountaineer fiddling in
the north is enough to make a
man set fire to the timber.
"Uncle Sam should use her
"buried pile of gold" to develop
Latin-America and get ahead in
the "coming commercial blitz
ricg." (Oakland, Calif., Tri
bune). Don't you mean Aunt
Eamantha?
The Portland zoo has re
ceived a wolf from Canada,
with no permit to enter this
country. All the native wolves
re too busy loafing around
kitchen doors and riding on run
ning boards, to spend their days
sleeping In nice iron cages,
while the multitude gawks.
"THE CHEAT AWAKENING"
(La Grande Observer)
"This coming Saturday
night will be the last one
when ' you can shoot a can
non down the main drag at
8 o'clock without hitting any
body or arousing any curios
ity. Beginning August 10, La
Grande will stage a come
back as a "Saturday-nlght-town."
A California slayer has been
sentenced to five life terms in
prison.. This is to insure him
serving one of them, if he is
not pardoned five times faster
than usual.
LACK OF SERVICE CLUBS
NOTED (Baker Democrat
Herald hdlinc). There should at
least be as many service clubs
as service stations, within the
corporate limits.
Virginlo Gayda, the favorite
scribbler of II Duce, has himself
a job, and, now announces the
world need not look for a
speedy invasion of Great Brit
ain. He, however, slips in a
puff for Messrs. Hitler and Mus
solini. It is Virglnlo's daily
stunt to keep the Italian masses
exuberant with national pride,
while in constant danger of one
or both, of his dictator masters.
making him the victim of a
personal blitzrieg, because they
don't like the looks of the com
ma, in the third sentence of the
fifth paragraph. He has sank
the mightiest of English battle
ships times without number
and nailed the pelt of the Brit
ish lion to the editorial door.
He has dropped his typewriter
on Gibraltar so many times, It
should be by now, nothing but
an abandoned gravel pit.
...
The Elks tom-cat Is recover
ing from an eye Injury, that will
leave him as good as ever, with
the exception of a permanent
and coquettish wink.
"When the history of this
revolutionary age is written at
last, with its turmoils far be
hind and its alarms forgotten,
a long chapter will have to be
devoted to the naive imbecility
of contemporary opinion in
America." (Baltimore Sun)
The good old gay and semi
idiotic days.
Mistake- Victim Recovers.
Salem, Aug. 1. M't Lester
Garrison, 60, of Central..
Wash., will be released today
from a local hospital, having
recovered from shotgun wounds
received Tuesday ninht when
he was miitakcn for a maraud
er on the property of E. G.
Fuson near Aumsville.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Adi is 1.30 p. m.
Vat MtU In d mis waut 0s.
Editorial Correspondence
Victoria, B. C, July 30th The woods in Canada are full
of movie start. Just ran into Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan
and daughter. Might have had disastrous result for Mrs.
Morgan is on crutches with one leg in a leather boot, and a
spill for her might have been serious. As it was we only
knocked over the nephew, and hi two for a dollar camera
but got a look from the usually amiable Frank, we shall not
recall with pleasure.
Sorry the collision couldn't have happened at Banff with
Mickey Rooney who was there with hi manager, body guard
and :J000 silver plated golf club. Mickey and our "young
man" we are quite sure, would have found some amicable
adjustment they have much in common and we are not at
all sure Mickey and hi body guard would have gotten the
best of it.
We learn from the papers the Frank Morgan have been
on a yachting and fishing trip up the coast, are leaving this
evening for Hollywood via Seattle, turning over the yacht to
Mr. and Mr. Spencer Tracy.
Isn't turning over a yacht to a friend rather like turning
over a house with 30 servant, a turquoise swimming tank
and ten-oar garage, nothing to do of course except to take
care of the OVERHEAD!
Later: On C. P. R. Princes Margarette en route to Seattle
First clear evening for almost a week, and extremely cool,
so much so few people brave the winds on deck, but crowd
inside and listen to a four-piece orchestra play all the poptilur
hit about 3 degrees off the key. There ara about 90 Chinese
aboard, from the BIO Empress liner which docks at Vancouver.
They seem to like the music, should think THEY would !
Many signs on the main street of Victoria suggesting that
the loyal citizen aid their empire by investing in a few Canada
war savings certificate. The Dionne quint it seems have
invested 500 epiewe, which is the maximum allowed any
individual.
Last night coming over on the boat from Vancouver a
company of Scotch Highlander were making merry after a
six weeks training period somewhere in the north. A finer,
fitter body of young men we have never seen, husky strong
limbed and erect, pink cheeked, full of animal spirits.
Several rosy cheeked Scotch lassies were hovering around
before the boat departed, there wa much merry making, hunter
and some impromptu dancing (please page that famous Scotch
sword dancer of Oriffin Creek !) When the boat docked at
Victoria at seven in the morning, the "ladie of hell" were off
first and drew up at attention as a visiting officer reviewed
them. They certainly looked as though they could whip their
weight in wild cats, the trouble about modern war seems there
are no wild cats to fight one lias to fight only cold metal
and senseless, BLOODLESS machines!
The boat was late leaving Victoria, the reason being, more
care in U. S. immigration regulations. Having been warned
in advance, secured a birth certificate when in Kockford, which
shot us through without a hitch.
The man behind u with wife and sou had no such luck.
He had a Kivrani card, driver's license and various business
cards, which the customs inspector icily observed didn't show
he was an American citizen necessarily. The longer the inspector
talked the more excited and distressed the poor man became,
until he introduced the woman accompany him as his duimliter
(when she was his wife, and looked it) and couldn't recall his
son' place of residence, until the son came to his rescue. Have
seldom seen a mature person more completely flabbcrgusted,
it being quite obvious the customs inspector was taking a
malicious delight in it. Finally the man produced a membership
card in the American Medical Association (he was a doctor
from a little town in Ohio) and that ended the ordeal, though
certainly more aliens belong to that organization than to
Kiwanis, but we have an idea the customs official decided
he had pestered the poor man enough.
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Deliciously cool in Seattle, which always impresses us as
an active and enterprising place,
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iuer a guou iiigius sieep, nau a coupio oi nours uciore our
train left during which friends motored us out to the new
pontoon bridge across Lake Washington just why the pon
toons, we were unable to find out. It's another big government
project and cuts 17 miles off the motor route lo Spokane, or
something like that.
It was nice to see the Oregonian again on the hotel news
stand. The young man was much shocked wheu we took one
and left a Canadian five cent piece to pay for it, he now
being an expert iu the rate of currency exchange between the
l S. A. and the Dominions, maintaining we owed the news
nmn tvo cents. The controversy was finally left to the native
Scattleites for. settlement, the decision being Canadian five
and ten cent pieces are generally legal tender in Seattle. Ud
the young man not completed his monetary exchange arrange
ment the uiiiht before the Seattleite would have had t. pay
a pretty rriny for their decision for he had a great cullction
of Canadiau nickel and dimes to get rid of!) '
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Still later: Home at last after a journey of close to 7,300
miles, according to the r. r. log. Some day" we will figure up
how many miles we have railroaded since "that first trip from
Chicago to New York in 18S8. Might come close to half a
million miles.
And let us herewith depose and declare that in nil that
traveling from coast to coast there is no r. r. trip that can
come up to that from Portland to dear old Medford, "in all
the world no trip like this!"
It's the only trip iu a passenger train where there are more
freight cars than passenger cars.
It's the only regular r. r. passenger schedule of over 12
hours during which the passenger has no chance to get a
decent meal, either on the train or through a station stop.
(And the news butcher ran out
It's the only trip possible in
f 'Jit miles an hour rant' be
an hour anil a half late.
It's the only trip in the V. S. A. where the ventilating
system practically guarantees you will emerge with a cold in
the heaj and have to shave in cold water, the niorniii); after.
No fooling, in all the world no trip like this!
R. V. IJ.
P. S. : Sorry Roaey, we know if they let you run the line,
everythinir would be very different!
Dam Near Done.
Bend, Aug. 1. (,1V-The Crane
Prairie dam, which will oper
ate in coordination with the
new Wickiup reservoir In irri
gating Jefferson county's north
unit lands, will be completed
this week. Pi a tic S. Stuver.
Deschutes reclamation project
engineer, said today.
Daath ca Crossing.
Albany, Ore., Aug. 1. '.A
Albert O. Waggener, "7, Ilaliey,
was killed outright last night
in the collision of his automo
bile with a northbound South
ern Tacific passenger train two
but lacking in charm somehow. I
t '
of milk :)
a Pullman car where a schedule
maintained but the traiti rolls
miles south of Hal.scy.
gener's car wus carried
mile.
Wag
i halt
8. P. Fireman Diss.
Eugene, Aug. 1. ($') Keith
A. Kendall, 29, Southern Pa
cific railway fireman, died yes
terday of burns suffered Mon
day when a locomotive over
turned on the Natron cut off
southwest of here. I
Besides all of their
Other
equipment, the American rail- the army authoritiea in advance Por I .ub.titute bill If ha doee, ha will
roads operate 1.989 steamboats. I , number of practical reasona. they i he to ask for one mm he de
tugboats, barges, car floats, for-1 were unenhuiatlc. from the prea- min.li a substitute, the Bvirks-Wsds-ries
and other units of floating j idrnt s critics came a re-hipe un-1 worth Mil is the only bill resdv for
'equipment
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal health ana gleeia, sot ta 41mm
dlagnuals or treatment, mil be answered bjr Dr. Bred? If a stamp eelf
addrceaed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should b brief and written In Ink.
Owing lo the large numbers of letters received only a few ran be answered.
No reply ran he made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady, 263 CI Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
WHEN A MAN GOES ON A DIET
Eastern real estate and in
surance man, ago SO, height 65
inches, weighed 183 pounds in
January, 1940. May 31, 1940,
he weighed
16.1 pounds, his
girth had re
duced two and
a half inches,
an.1 he report
ed he felt fine.
He said he
would suggest
that in the
next edition of
the booklet
"Rules for Re
d u e I n g" I
should insert a
warning that
readers who follow the sug
gestions in the booklet reserve
enough money to buy new suits,
overcoats, shirts and collars,
because after reducing they will
not be able to use their wear
ing apparel.
When it comes lo that, any
one who follows the regimen
laid down in the booklet (copy
mailed on request if ycu inclose
25 cents coin and stamped en
velope bearing your address)
should save enough on food.
superfluous food, to buy the
smaller size clothlnff or to oav
for remodeling the old cloth
ing.
The realtor says his vest mea
sure is now 37 inches and asks
what it should be.
Vest measure? Might as well
ask how long long underwear
should be. As I recollect, the
vest measure is the mean be
tween the chest measure and
the waist measure.
A man past 40, 85 inches tall,
should weigh about 150 pounds.
Any man past 30 should wor
ry some about this rule: For
every inch by which the waist
measurement exceeds the chest
measurement one must deduct
from one to two years from
one's life expectation.
Thse other day a woman re
ported that by following the
"Rules for Reduction" for I
forf,ct how onR bu no
very Ion, she had reduced 100
pounds, and was she delighted?
She seemed happy over the ne
cessity of getting new clothes.
A chef in a state institution,
age 59, reports hat he works
hard every day for ciflht hours
and he doubted he could stick
to the reduction regimen laid
down in 'RuIes for Reducing"
and carry on with his Job. but
he had a got at it. weighing
240 pounds when he began, and
has reduced to 210 in ten weeks.
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNEP
Released by tha North
American New-paper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 1 The con
scription bill, which the army
and navy consider vital to the
national security, is not unlikely
to be the first victim of election
year politics. It is privately
sponsored. It is the target of
the isolationists' loudest oratory.
And since the president has not
seen fit to give the bill the firm
backing of the administration,
its future in the senate is ex
tremely insecure, and in the
house very dark indeed.
eVrloua as It Is, the situs Hon Is so ruins for lack of defense, they sol
Improbable that It has a certain emnly described this defense meas
srint comedy about It. Every offl
ctal qualified to siak In the atate.
war and navT departments aaree.
that a time of grave national peril la
at hand. The European traeedT quite
elearlr teachea that waiting to pre-
j threatens ta the shortest, pieasantrst
wny to diMkoter. No one is more fully
aware of this Irason than the presi
dent, or more conscious thst arms
without men. which Is wast we shall
have If wa do not pa.a acme aort of entlr memberhlp muat face the
military aervlce me.Mire. are quit al votera In the fall, terror apread
uelea aa men without arm. I through great proupa of men on both
Yet the prwnt bill waa orwlnally j Plrtra of the alale. Thus the Burke
tfot up, not by the pr-sklrnt and hla wdworth bill la now triply threat
military advlarrt. but by a croup ot ! ened. b. crippling aenate amend-
private rltlrerts hearted by the New
York lawvrr and fr'.low of Harvard.
(Irenvllle t'lark It waa Introduced
not by the majority leader, of the
house and .ertate or other tvm.vrats
acting fur the prrinrnt. but by Re
publican representative James W
Wart.worth of New York and the an
ti-new d-.l PemtxTstle senator. Ed
ward H
rke of Nebraska, mid at
that time the president showed no
axna ot heme readv to bless the bill
or any slmilsr measure.
Tbe president . proposal. Ic.vtead
Ior ' vtn,,'cr,A1 service for
j offered the plan without consulting
(merited chuua of ho;a at hwror
Brady. M. D.
works hard every day.
and
feels like a two-year-old.
The secret of successful re
ducing is, first, a sne and mod
erate regulation of the diet to
bring about a gradual loss of
two or three pounds a week,
no more; second, consistent ad
herence to the regimen, once
you begin it will not do to
stuff yourself today and tomor
row with the ever so earnest
promise and intention to get
back on your diet next week;
and third and most important,
to supplement the restricted
diet with an adequate daily ra
tion of the essential vitamins.
Although the women are gen
erally more concerned about
reducing than men are, a great
many men who are overweight
and gradually becoming more
so ought to adopt come reason
able dietary rules to prevent the
breakdown, the premature
breakdown which inevitably
comes sooner or later in the
course of obesity.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Roll Your Own.
Do you advocate the practice of
turning aomeraaulta m dally health
habit? How In the world is a person
past fifty to attempt such acrobatics?
A. M. O.
Answer Prom the way you view
the matter you might have passed
fifty In the gay nineties. If your ar
teries are extremely brittle perhaps
you had better not try to unbend
now. Illustrated monograph tells
how to roll somersaults and why. Pot
copy send stamped envelope bearing
your address. In one way it Is de
pressing and In and! her way exasper
ating that so many readers bestir
themselves to conserve health only
when they sight a certain grim fel
low lurking In the offing.
A (Id rem Your Own.
Two weeks ago I sent a Set stamp
and requested a pamphlet on "Tyes."
I received no reply. E P. P.
Answer I have no such pamphlet.
In any case. If youx expect a reply
please conform with the rules In
close a stamped 3c) envelope bear
ing your address. Neither loose
stamps no postcards will do.
Monographs.
roll owing nv oographs are available
ion request- lose stamped envelope
bearing x address. If you a&k for
more than one. inclose ten cents In
coin for each two requested: Shingles.
Stuttering, Ivy Poison. Hives. Insomla,
Mosquitoes, Cockroaches, Acne. Ec
eema, Allergy, Psoriasis, Menstrtru
atlon. Leucorrhea, Tumor and Dis
placement. Menopause.
(Protected by Jthn P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note. Persons wishing lo
communicate with Dr. Brady
hould send letter direct to br.
William Brady. M. I)., 165 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills Calif.
Having made his proposal and been
shouted down, the president relapsed
Into a prolonged silence.
Meanwhile, the Burke-Wsdsworth
bill waa In the legislative mill. Hear
ings were held. The army's chief of
staff. General Oeorye C. Marshall,
and several of his subordinates took
the stand. They flatly stated their
conviction that mtthout some sort
of universal service. Insuring ade
quate supplies of trained men to the
national defense, the security of the
United States could no longer be
guaranteed.
Any really experienced senator
knows well, of couse. how to brush
this kind of expert teetlmnoy aside.
Isolationists like Senators Wheeler.
Taft and Vandenberg hinted thst the
statement by Marshall and his staff
were colored by a professional defor
mation by a desire. In fact, to ag
grandize the army.
Deeplt the well-known Imprsctl
cality of volunteer recruiting of large
forces of troops, they complained
bitterly that before asking for uni
versal service the army ought to at
tempt a great recruiting drive, com
plete with inflated oratory, brass
hands, and passers out of white
feathers. With most of the rest of
the world's democracies already In
ure as a threat to the democratic
process.
Opposition began to fan up in
the srnste. Pacifist and appeasement
mindrd organlratlons drummed up
letters attalnst the bill. Senators run
ning for re-election, frightened by
the tettera. beican to waver, despite
the Gallup poll'a tremendoua ahow
ln in favor of a eonacrlptlon bill
Trouble began In th military affair,
commute. In the houae. where the
menta, by a aenat niibuater from
the laolatlonl.ta. and by a final ad
vene Tote in tha bouae.
By now. the president haa rlnslngly
endorsed the conscription principle,
including a bold peragraph on the
subject In his artdreaa accepting the
ihltd nomination. Yet on Tuesday.
he refused a specific endorsement of
; the Burke-Wadsworth bill, leaving
e drtalle up to consresa." and thus
leavme the senators and repreeenta-
' tnes with the impreaMon that he
Joins them in considering conscrlp-
t t.w hAi In handle de.-l.lvel in
sn election year.
action And without presidential
Intervention in favor of It. the
Burka-Wadaworth bill Buy not go
through.
AT THE
National Capitol
WITH
John W. Kelly
CONTINUED PROM PAOK ONB
ber, the pre fabricated houses
provide work for carpenters.
There will be a rush job
building barracks and canton
ments for the mobilized national
guard, the 400,000 conscript sol
diers, and the regular troops.
As the conscripts are to be en
listed by October 1, some fast
construction work will be nec
essary to provide shelter before
the storms of winter set in.
...
TP HERE are 64 concerns in
Oregon which will receive
national defense orders. Of
these, 60 will work on army
stuff, with four receiving navy
work. Washington state has
105 establishments on the in
dex, of which 94 will have army
orders and 13 navy contracts.
Idaho has five concerns which
will receive army orders. Ne
vada is the only state in the
union which is not in on the
defense program. Army spent
$220,512 the forepart of last
month in Oregon; navy spent
$59,000. These are only the be
ginning. GOVERNMENT will build 78 plants
VJ for war munitions. These will be
for the manufacture of powder, air
plane cannon, machlna guna, shells,
etc. Also 28 plants will be established
for the chemical warfare aervlce. Any
of these could be located In Oregon,
or Washington, where soma of the
raw material la available. These
planta muat be where there la water,
power, coal or fuel oil, transportation
and a aupply of labor.
Nona of these government' planta
will be located on or near the coast,
nor Mexican nor Canadian borders.
They muat be west of the Allegheny
mountains and east of tha Cascades
(war department prefers east of the
Rocky mountains). Powder planta
could be located In the Columbia
basin, which offera wide. flat, open
country and plenty of It for scatter
ing the powder houses. War depart
ment intends locating many of Its
planta In the mid-west, where they
would be leas exposed to attack than
elsewhere.
There la, perhaps, a greater drive
by cities to have one of the gov
ernment planta located than for any
thing else at the moment. By fixing
the bounda the department haa elim
inated many sections, but haa In
tensified the competition within the
favored area. The airplane la causing
decentralisation of lndustrlea.
...
WASHINGTON acene: Mothera have
been the most active opponents
of the compulsory military training
legislation. They have written letters
and others have waylaid members of
cougreaa In the corridors to protest.
. . . Delay In bringing the military
conscription bill to a vote In the sen
ate was to enable the membera to
get the reaction from constituents.
. . . At the next session of congress
Senator McNary will renew hla effort
to have Crescent Ctty harbor au
thorised for full development, as
recommended by the board of army
engineers. The navy department Is
giving more thought now to harbors
of refuge on the Pacific coaat. Two
such harbors could be Crescent City
md Port Orford.
Just before congresa took a-tfe-ess
for the Republican conventloipV bill
was slid throuch which it now de
velopa enables the president to take
over any Industrial plant and oper
ate It If terms cannot be made with
the owner. Under this extraordinary
authority the president could cap
ture tha plant of Henry rord. Be
fore ihla act was passed Ford refused
to make airplane engines for mg.
land, but waa ready to turn them
out for the United States, . . . Sev
eral years ago two railroad guna were
assigned to the coast artillery at
Port Stevens. Ore., after a lot of
wire-pulling by Merle Cheesman and
the lae Senator Frederick Stelwer
The guna never reached their destin
ation: they could not go by rail to
Aatoria ior by boat.
PORTLAND LANDMARK
DOOMED BY PROGRESS
Portland. Aug. 1. 0P The
St. Charles hotel, once "the
grandest building in Portland."
will go under the wreckers'
hammer soon to make way for
an automobile parking lot.
The hotel, on Morrison street
near the waterfront, was erect
ed in 1868 and was for many
years the principal gathering
place for the great and near
great.
A railroad dining car. fully
equipped, carries approximate
ly the following stock, not in
cluding food and provisions:
600 tablecloths. 2.000 napkins.
1.000 towels. 650 pieces of
chinaware, 700 pieces of silver
ware, 240 pieces of glassware.
300 items of pantry and kitchen
ware, 200 aprons and 150 wait
ers' coats.
The railroads deliver approx
imately 4.000 carloads of food
and fuel In New York City
and suburbs every 24 hours, on
the average.
S25.00 REWARD
mil be paid by the manufacturer
foe any t orn or Calkins c.Kt 1
IIIHIMOPHIR rti'lTHl CORN
all.tR rann,t remove. SSc al Yoot
MttTlR.N IIIRIIt SI Ufa.
'.. . .
In The !
I Day's
I . News "
By Frank Jenkins
ITALY is reported to be rush
ine in "token" forces to help
in the battle of Britain. (A token
force is one just large enough
to show that you're in on the
doing).
One of the first laws of gang
sterdom is that if you're not in
on the doing you can't be in
on the getting.
EIGHT of the nation's 25 larg
est cities lost population in
the past 10 years. The auto
mobile, making it possible to
live in the suburbs and work
in the city, is of course respon
sible. Thirty years ago, when the
automobile first began to be a
real factor in American life,
there were predictions that this
would be the case, but it is only
in the past 10 years that they
have begun to materialize.
Big shift's in people's living
habits take time.
AL Smith and Samuel Sea
bury, big shot Democrats,
announce that they are for Will
kie and may even campaign for
him.
With Hue deference to Smith
and Seabury, who have a liberal
background m politics, u isn i
the big shot Demicrats whose
riesertinn of the third term gets
the headlines that will count.
If Willkie is elected, it will
be the votes of everyday, run-of-the-mill
independent thinkers
that will turn the trick.
HENRY Ford reached his 77th
birthday on Tuesday in
excellent physical condition and
more optimistic than ever about
the future.
"I was never more confident
than I am today," he told an
interviewer, "that the future
will bring happiness, content
ment and prosperity to our peo
pie."
Good for Henry. If there was
ever a time in our history when
a little genuine optimism was
needed, it is now.
There arc too many pessi
mists around.
(Maybe we'd better define the
kind of optimists we need. We
don't want those who sit and
twiddle their thumbs and chirp:
"Oh, don't worry; everything
will come out all right." If
bricks fell on all these, it would
not be much loss).
FORD, on his 77th birthday,
ronpalc hi hasic nhilosoDhv:
"There never has been produced
too much of any useful com
modity." If you want to prove the
truth of this nhilosophy, ask
yourself this question:
' Have 1 ever naa, tor my own
use, too much of any useful
commodity?"
IT may be true that your fail
ure to get even enough of
useful commodities has been due
to faulty distribution, but re
member that if it isn't produced
you can't have it.
The Cascade tunnel of the
Great Northern railroad
through the Cascade mountains
in Chelan and King counties,
Washington, is 7.79 miles in
length, and is the longest rail
road tunnel In the western
hemisphere.
oairaRhA1C!,UT,STK 'N " ' ' fncle Sara has Ms emu
parachute troopers those men whe. fight (lames In forest fires.
This man landed near Hamilton. Mont The football helmet and
the mask are designed lo prevent Injury In landing
Chinese Herbs Grand Opening
toother new lorsttoo win be estahll.tied In the heart of Medforal.
Orernn. nn.lnev. will be open en the flee day of Aiicnrt. va
eperatlnn or new drui. ne.-e.aarv. Our herb, are scientifically pre
pared fr ea. b ailment. Information gladly gliea altl.out charge
Henry Lee Herb Co.
30 N. CENTRAL. DAVIS BLDG.. ROOM A. B.
Flight 0' Tune
Medford and Jaskua County
History from the tinea of the
.SMall Tribune IS and ts jeare
aio.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 1, 1930.
(It was Thursday.)
Move launched to run Julius
L. Meier, Portland merchant.
as candidate for governor on
independent ticket, to carry out
the "electricity without cost"
plank of the late George L.
Joseph.
Espee assembles rolling stock
here for moving 1030 pear crop.
Sportsmen hope for early
opening of deer hunting sea
son, before fire hazards in
crease. Wilson boys of Sams Valley
kill a rattlesnake 46 inche
long.
Los Angeles leads building
boom in coast cities.
John Henry Mears and Henry
Brown, accompanied by Mary
Pickford's dog, start on world
girdling plane trip. Hope to
make it in 17 days.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 1, 1920.
(It was Sunday.)
Franklin Roosevelt, Demo
cratic vice-presidential candi
date, holds cSnfab with James
M. Cox on campaign plans.
Department of justice reveals
plot to increase cost ot clothing.
Claude Miles of this city, now
a resident of Pendleton, is a
member of a posse pursuing the
murderers of Sheriff Til Taylor.
"Peace, Prosperity and Prog
ress" is picked as the official
Democratic slogan.
"The Stolen Kis? at the Ri
alto: "Let's Be Fashionable,"
with Douglas MacLean, at the
Rialto.
Communications
Traveloguas Praised.
To the Editor:
I wish to express my appre
ciation of the little charts and
delightful descriptions of the
week-end outing trips in the
vicinty of Medford. I did not
appreciate how desirable it
would be to have the full lot
of them until many had been
destroyed. I bclieva it would
be worth while to have them
published in a little booklet:
they would make the very best
tourist advertising, and every
citizen of Medford should have
one or. more copies to hand to
tourist friends that would more
than double their stay In Med
ford. I notice you have neglected
to mention the Natural Bridge
above Prospect on the Crater
Lake road. It is well worth
seeing.
Yours truly,
IRA C. JONES.
P. S. I would gladly pur
chase several copies ol a book
let with these little trips as
you have published them.
I. C. J.
(Editor's Note: Reprints of
the weekly travelogs may be
obtained at the office of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. On completion of
the series, all of the trips will
be compiled in a booklet. This
has already been included in
1941 promotional plans of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.)
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