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By Arthur terry.
PrnirMi made another stride
here with the installation of the
Aim nhntin vstem. Hereafter,
ny wrong number is the fault
of the user s lorennger, uisu:au
of the "Hello Girls."
...
Creat Britain reports air raids
aver Germany, the past three
months have "virtually de
stroyed" the port of Hamburg,
largest In all Europe. On the
basis of previous sad reports to
this nation, bemoaning British
Inferiority In number of planes,
the destruction was wrought by
planes they didn't have.
...
Preparedness will be mixed
with politics, as the campaign
gets hotter. Already high of
ficials and candidates, no matter
what they do, have been "In
nM!nif Hffonse area." When
no ar hysteria is prevalent,
this trick is known as "fence
fixing."
'
The Hay Fever Society of
America has announced a cam
paign against sneezers who yell
"Gesundheit" (Get-tight-soon!) or
make other vocal detours when
they sneeze. Peoria Bill Gates
thus discommoded, broadcasts
"Who is she?" Another school of
local sneezers wind up a rafter
rattling snort by demanding
"Whiskey!"
...
Ol SAY CAN YOU SEEI
(Lakvlw Examiner)
"The 'E,' missing for several
weeks in Lakevlew'g new Zeon
sign, sprang to life this week
with receipt by workmen of a
ropy of the missing letter of
the alphabet. Its first bright
nicker brought a sigh of re
lief from spectators and now
it's ours if we can only keep
up the payments. It certainly
gives the town 'Oomph' and
leaves little doubt, even In the
mind of an illiterate, that he
has been somewhere."
...
A Portland wrltcr-to-the-editor
complains anent barking dogs,
and indicts them "as worse than
the incessant auto horn tooting
nuisance." The latter may be
what makes the dog bark.
...
Farmers have started nailing
"No Hunting" signs on fences.
By doing his bill-posting early,
the danger of having both ham
mer and sign shnt out of his
hands Is minimized.
...
"Some people don't know
what thev are talklnir nhnut
Others talk about politics and
foreign arrnirs." (Wlnfield
Courier) Or, international
banking and bankers.
...
The watermelons of S. (Farm
Fresh) Morris, the T-rk. tiller.
will soon be ripe enough to steal,
upon his personal Invitation.
...
Disgruntled Democrats are
plentiful. There are also a num
ber of gruntled Republicans
.
The Nazi mlers of France pro
pose to abolish the three-hour
lunch period long popular with
french business executives, a
dispatch states. Next thing the
conquerors will force executives
with two desks to stay at one of
them.
The dog days are here. A
back-door poll favors letting the
dogs have them.
...
"At one point In Scotland no
bombs were dropped and no
planes were seen." (Press Dis-
patch) So what! item.
W..th.r
Northern California: Fair to-;
night and Tuesday, but consider
able fog or clnnd nn the coat;
not quite so warm in the in
terior Tuesday; gentle variable
wind off coast.
Epithets Not Arguments
14 OW we all do love epithet 1
There's that potent and popular one "Pro-German"
for example.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh gave his third radio
broadcast on the war situation from Chicago yester
day. When he had concluded one attentive auditor
burst out indignantly : "The damned pro-German !"
A FEW hours later General John J. Pershing also
spoke over the radio, and his subject also was the
European war.
Instead of advocating appeasement with Ger
many, General Pershing advocated what would vir
tually amount to entering the war AGAINST Ger
many, i.e.: "
Sending a minimum of 50 U. S. destroyers to aid
the British fleet in its defense of England.
Needless to say the General's speech was gener
ally approved and the Colonel's speech was gener
ally condemned; nevertheless, in certain quarters the
former did not escape the lash of an indignant epi
thet, for example :
"If the old war monger loves England so much why
doesn't he go over there, Join the King's forces, and prac
tice what he preaches!"
CO there you are. We the people, or some of us,
cursing out both speakers as un-American, enam
ored of some foreign land, and thus dismissing their
arguments, instead of making any analysis or answer
to them.
THERE is really no more cause to dismiss Colonel
Lindbergh as a pro-German, than to dismiss Gen
eral Pershing as a pro-Britisher.
There is every reason to believe that while they
radically differ in their views, one is just as loyal
and devoted to this country as the other. onlv thev
jsee this country's best interests served in different
ways.
1XE grant it is far easier to dismiss them both with
uncomplimentary epithets than to reason with
them and disprove or approve their arguments, but,
after all, that isn't the American or the democratic
way.
When we are really so concerned with the sur
vival of the American way of life, and democratic
principles, it does seem as though we should show
some interest in upholding those principles and prac
ticing them.
We are certainly not doing so, when we have no
tolerance for those who express views contrary to our
own, and try to drive them from the public forum by
calling them names!
If Britain Is Beaten
IN this particular case, we happen to agree with Gen
1 eral Pershing, not because we are so enamored of
England, but because we are convinced the defeat of
England, by Hitler, would be a crushing disaster to
the United States.
Therefore, we are for doing everything that can
be done, that we are PREPARED to do, to prevent
that disaster, and if in the opinion of a military expert
like General Pershing the dispatch of 50 destroyers
would be a material help, then by all means let it be
done.
IX7HAT is going on, as we see it, is not only a war
fT between Germany and England, but a world
wide revolution between democracy and totalitarian
ism, with England defending the last stronghold of
the former in Europe.
Now if England could go down, and European
democracy with her, without drastically affecting
the United States, in fact, without in all probability,
involving this country in a world-wide struggle for its
democratic life, we would agree with Colonel Lind
bergh and other isolationists, let Europe fight it out,
and let this country keep entirely aloof.
DUT, as we see it, that can't be done. The defeat
of Great Britain will not only mean the destruc
tion of democracy in Europe, it will mean the triumph
of Hitlerism, both in Europe and in the Far East, ex
tending that pagan, revolutionary doctrine from pole
to pole and sun to sun. With England and its fleet out
of the way, we would then have TOTALITARIAN
and well-armed Europe on one side, TOTALI
TARIAN and well-armed Japan on the other, and
Uncle Sam, without a formidable ally caught in
between !
We may be mistaken in that diagnosis. (No one
would be more delighted if we find we are!)
DUT we are convinced we aren't mistaken. And that
being our conviction, not because of any love for
England. in fact, without any feeling for ANY
country but this one, its welfare and its security.
we are for doing EVERYTHING that can be
done (unfortunately a great deal CAN'T be) to keep
that war away from this country, by confining it to
Europe. And this war certainly can't be confined to
Europe, except by the checking of Hitler, and
eventually his defeat
CO in a very practical and real sense. England today,
u in defending its tight little isle against Messrs.
Hitler and Mussolini, is fighting for us.
If we, by giving such meagre aid as our state of
preparedness allows, can bring success to that ef
fort, it certainly would be a paltry price to pay for our
own security, for eventual world prosperity and
preservation of the American way of life.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed totters pertaining t perianal health nS Infirm, aot U laa
summit or treatment, mil b ntwered by Dr. Brady If a kmM etl
addressed envelops U cnetotea. Letters hosld be krtef end wrtttea la Ink.
Owing to the Urs numbers of letters received onlv a few eaa bo answered.
So reply eaa bo mad to qaertet pot ronfarmtnf to Inttractlons. Addms
Dr. Vlllllsrn Brady. MS El Comma. Beverly Hill. CaJIf.
HOW OLD IS FirTYf
A postcard query the other the great splanchnic pool the
day depressed and exasperated j great network of veins in the
the kindly conductor no end. abdomen where nearly one-.
writer expects
me to send
some personal
answer but it
depressed m e
because it
seemed to indi
cate that my
health teach-
ings don't get
under the skin
of the people who most need
health education, and it exasper
ated me because it reminded me
that notwithstanding all the ef
forts of numerous agencies to
arouse popular interest in posi
tive health the great majority
of laymen become interested in
conserving health only when
they realize theirs is gone.
This was the substance of the
postcard query:
"Do you advocate rolling
somersaults as a daily health
habit? How is a person past
fifty to attempt such acro
batics?" "Acrobatics"? Did the writer
of the query pass fifty in the gay
nineties or is he or she under
some misapprehension concern
ing the meaning of the word
somersault?
.Unfortunately Webster and I
are at loggerheads concerning
the meaning of the word somer
sault. Webster says a somersault
is a leap or jump in which a per
son turns his heels over his head,
forward or backward, without
touching the ground with any
portion of the body. I call that
an air spring. I say a somer
sault is simply crouching and
rolling the body, forward or
backward, without ever losing
contact with the ground or floor
any playful five-year-old child
can show you what I mean.
That's my definition of somer
sault, and Webster may take it
or leave it.
Turning air springs, I admit,
would be acrobatics. Turning
somersaults Is lik trolling off a
log for any one who is still able
to get about under his own
power at sixty or seventy.
The fundamental benefit one
derives from rolling a dozen
somersaults first thing every
morning and last thing every
night is, I believe, equalization
of circulation. The maneuver
(it is hardly an exercise), tends
to remove stagnant blood from
Washington, D. C. Aug. S.
Proposed compulsory military
training is raising such a storm
of protest that it may become
a factor In the com' g elections.
This view Is taken by most of
the 435 house members who
are seeking re-election in No
vember, and the 30-odd mem
bers of the senate who want
another six years In that delib
erative body. A congressman
rarely votes agiilnst the way
the folk back home feel on a
subject, and opponents are so
vocal that the congressmen say
the average ratio Is 10 to 1
against.
ponnor for the conscription pro
gram alleg that as th. regular army
cannot be recruited by volunteer.
th draft null be pplled The sd
tutant general who should know.
rvporte that en July 10 th recular
army, with Philippine scout, num.
bred 353 000 snd on August SO he
eipects to hev 380 000. Further, the
adjutant general state thst the 95.
000 Additional authorised to bring
the armv to its full strength of 375.
000 haa not been released to th re
cruiting service for procurement.
Thus. It cannot he aeeerted that vol
unteers are not available alien 0.V-
000 hav not been given the oppor
tunlty to walk up to th recruiting
01 fleer.
According to the (t)utnt general s
figures, the army h filled every
quot with volunteer. It I contend
ed tht the rmv can find any num
ber of volunteers, soo ooo or more.
If th term of enlistment la reduced
to one war instead of three.
'
CANADA hA copiwnpttcn. Jut
tArt!P TTr twill t Ar A
fAt irmitM BtA: t In no wAr
fcr no a rr or id month, aa th
eompul!orr milHAj-r iTtir MM intl
tji irmr off..m pmpof. but for
on tvonth- SO 1ai Pi u t to
dA frr ,-h dv tn uniform, mn
tdnMT mor thun rm!if Arm?
par fh rnld Arnt Ar to
Of four v truimnt p.iinnNl fnr
th conwrtpt unrt tliA ttunl
A'ird i t not t h mimiil ot A-m
And wjua'Aa n,ht. Tt-imn will b
Brady. M. D.
Not because it fourth of the entire volume of
was a postcard blood in the body may gravl-j
I don't mindtate and remain more or less
that unless the out of circulation. In the too'
sedentary, too dignified old
geezer.
I particularly commend som
ersaulting to people, young or
old, with mental depression or
the blues not due to known
cause; to individuals who have
neglected or abused their health
and as one consequence suffer
with insomnia; and to young
women or women of mature age
who suffer from functional ir
regularities or disturbances.
The most enthusiastic testi
monials I have received in ref
erence to the benefits derived
from rolling somersaults have!
come from men and women in
their sixties and seventies. I
It takes only 30 seconds to
roll a dozen I just timed my
self on the floor in front of my
desk and that is the most prof
itable Investment of time I can
suggest for sedentary folk who
do not get enough general exer
cise. QUESTIONS AND ANSWER,.
Signed Letters rertalnlng to Hvflene.
The Instruction to correspondent
or the rule for nsder wbo seek In
formation or sdvlc pertaining to per
sonal health and hyglen. not to dis
ease, dlanot I or treatment, will b
nawered br Dr. Brady If a stamped
3e aelf-addreoted envelop la en
eloaed." Many reader choc to
Ignor the rsonsbl re
quirement and send unsigned
letter, postcard, loco atamp In
lieu of stamped elf-addreed en
velopo or requet for symptom to
try on, tor diagnosis or for treatment.
These uncompllabl one raise a fear
ful squawk when Ol (Meanle) Doc
Brady elects to glv all of hi time
nd attention to correspendents who
beed the rule.
Examination Jitters.
PI tell m again bow to tak
qulnln for examination Jitters. K.
L. W.
Answer Send stamped onvelop.
bearlns your address and k for
folder "Qulnln In Modern Medicine."
Begin at least two week before the
ordeal, whether examination or pub
lic appearance, taking on grain of
qulnln sulphate (pill, tablet or cap
aule) three tlmea a day, and con
tinue this up to th time you go
on or In, or down, or crasy, as th
caae may b.
(Protected by John F. Dill Co.)
Ed. Note. Persons wishing to
communlest with Dr. Brady
fthtiuld send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D I6S El
tsmlno. Beverly Hills Calif.
In th manipulation of t&nlu. truciu.
Antl-atrcraft guns, ground crevt for
the air corps. Enlisted mn sr to
hsv a court In Applied mAchsntrs
And b sbl to tak spArt Anything
from a raAchtnsi gun to a tank to
se whit mAkt It tick. Such trin
ln Is Impoiwlbl In 30 dAys.
Most potent toIcas heard in con
gress are thos of farmers snd labor.
And these groups sr protesting con
scription. Fsrmers And labor usually
get whst thsy want out of congress.
a
THE question of national defense
does not enter Into the fight on
the conscription mewure. Congress Is
unanimous for defense preps rat I cms
snd has Toted for every dollAr the
president has suggested, but the
method of building up the Army
through draft when It has not been
demonstrated thst sufficient enlist
ments sre not possible through vol
unteers, and the Add It ton Al fact of
Invoking conscription In peace time.
Is a different mstter. On of the
best Arguments th opponent will
use Is th report of th Adjutant
general.
Three Democratic aenstors, none of
them new dealers, have been working
on sn Amendment to be proposed
to the Burke-WAdsworth bill which,
they hope, will meet with th ap
proval and votes of a down or more
senators who win not support the
Burke-Wsdsworth meAsur In the
form it emerged from the committee
on mllttAry sffslrs. Th three aen
stors hsr submitted a copT to vsr-
lous colleagues inviting suggestions.
Ther wish to take the sting out of
conscription, if posslbl.
' The new secretary of war. Henry
L. StliTison. en Ardent Intervention-
1st. is Actively lobbying for support
for the bill Among th handful of
RepublicAn Isw mskers. This in
j cresses the suspicion thst back of
j the conscription Idea is a foreign
' wsr. and this suspicion ts being
! spread by the National Council for
! the Prevention of WAr. JtecretApr
PMrnson s quite ImpAtlent with
members of the senate military Af
fairs committee who questioned the
advlsAblltty of conscription; becsm
j Ansry when a Republican senator
, told him flstly he was opposed to
I forced military service in time of
I peace. ,
! s
W ASHINGTON A Homer T. Bone
Intends having something to say
on th dnift legKiatlon. It haa very
little to commend It In his eves An
srmv general explained to th sen
ator thst in 191? there was plenty
of time to drsft snd train Amer
1 k-An soldiers, but conditions sre dif
ferent tolsy. And lb Cnlted StAtes
needs a trained srmy which car go
into Action at the drop of t hat
snd the wat to tntjcipt th hst
dropplrg la to get ttArted Imrned
ATe'.T And put 1 500 000 men through
a courw of spnut
Caa Mail Trlbun. want ads.
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
By JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
tontlDU4 from Pag On.)
for example, reference was pub
licly made to an American am
bassador close to the president,
now home on leave, who posi
tively predicted the English
would be beaten by November.
The reference seemed to point
direct to William C. Bullitt, since
no other American diplomat
qualified to judge England's
chances fits the description. Yet
if the ambassador referred to
was Bullitt, he must be talking
in very different ways to dif
ferent people, for he has made
precisely the opposite prediction
to most people with whom he
has talked.
Actually, the competent judges
in the war and navy departments
believe that if England gets the
destroyers, her chances will be
at least even. Only if the de
stroyers are withheld do they
think a German victory is clearly
in sight. Thus the issue presents
itself in rather definite form. Is
this country to bet fifty de
stroyers on England at even
odds? Or are we to sit passively
by, acknowledging our interests
are deeply involved in the strug
gle, yet refusing to lift a finger to
affect the outcome?
A
THAT to th way th cholc before
th country ts put by th high
American officuis best Able to Judge
the matter. Another widely dissem
inated theory la that the service mn
tn th navy are flatly opposed to
letting so much aa a rowboat cross
th Atlantic. This may be true of
men In the lower ranks, who are
not required to think In terms of
grand strategy. But the highest naval
officer join th president and vir
tually every other man In th gov
ernment to whom th facta Are
known. In firmly believing that the
needed destroyers ought to be made
promptly available. It ws a nsval
Authority who put th situation most
clearly.
"It's a difficult strp," hs said,
"but It's th best way I know of
erring our own national welfare.
Under those circumstance, difficult
ies ought not to count."
THCRB ar, of course, great dif
ficulties in th way, both pol
itical and legal, domestic and Inter
national. Tet unless most of the
wisest men In th American govern
ment hav gone collectively mAd, the
price of InActlon will be frightful
indeed.
The price of Inaction will probably
b German victory at an early date.
On Item In the price will b loss
of th British navy, without whose
help in the Atlantic we CAnnot be
sure of defending this hemisphere.
Other Items will b th transforma
tion of Europe into a Oerman-dom-lnated
slave state, the transforma
tion of the British colonies Into this
slave atate's slave-managed store
houses, and th dominion of world
trade by Germany, Italy. Russia and
Japan. Adding th Items up. It Is
not surprising that th state, war
snd navy departments sre united
In preferring any other rtsk to the
risk of psylng such a price. The sur
prise, rsther. lies In th fact that
an effort to tackle th problem of
the destroyers has been so long de
layed. Meteorological Report
itv r. . wF4Twm itt'Rrr
Forecasts
Medford and vletnlty: Fair tonight
and Tuesday, continued warm and
dry.
Oregon: Pair tonight snd Tuesday
but locl fogs on th rout, contin
ued warm and dry In th Interior,
moderat northerly wind off the
coaat.
Loral Pats
Temperature a year ago today:
hlgheat M. lowest S7.
Total monthly precipitation, none:
ece or deficiency for th month,
none.
Tma! precipitation alnrs Septem
ber I. less, :?so Inches: scea for
th sesson 4.70 Inch.
Relative humidity at I p. m. yea
terday 10 percent; a. m. today
S8 percent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise t ot s. m , .un
set 7:29 p. m.
Observations Taken at 4:10 a. m.
Ita Meridian Time.
Si
City-
is U J
51 II
ill pi
Bols SO B.I .00 Clear
, Boton ,. 8 M 00 P Cloudy
Chlcgo 01 7S .00 P Cloudy
Denver 4 M T Cloudy
Eureka SS S3 .00 Clear
Havre 71 .00 Cler
l Lo Angeles... SS SO .00 Cloudv
j klediord . M 61 .00 Cloudv
New Tork S3 M .00 P Cloudy
Oman S3 5 .7J p Cloudy
Phoenll 103
Poruid ... , as s 00 Clear
Reno . 70 00 Clear
Roeermrw 8 fl 00 Clear
, Slt Lk . S M 00 P Cloudv
San Francisco 73 SS 00 Clceidy
Sesttl 7 sn .00 Clear
?oksn s S3 .00 Cr
j Wash . D. C to M .00 f Cloudy
! Taklma . as S3 .00 Clear
British. Dutch and French!
possessions tn South America
cover 208.812 square mile and
have a population of 343,440.
Day
si
' -'ti fiTii didrtf hps
Br Frank Jenkins
TWO big-time Japs (the Lon
don representatives of the
great Japanese banking houses,
Mitsubishi and Mitsui) are ar
rested in England. Alleged spy
ing is supposed to have been
the reason.
A few days ago, you will
recall, the Japanese arrested a
w...mK.a imnortant British
' Kiiiini men irDose:dlv (the
published reasons in both cases
are vague) tor spy activities.
The British insist that what
they have Just done is not re
taliation for what the Japs did.
As to that, you will draw your
own conclusions.
Tirw more important to us.
because closer home, is this
statement by Walter Fitzmaur
.... tVoctKlntyton rorresDondent
of the International News Serv-
"Th now hi oh command has
advised President Roosevelt
that a war between the unuea
States and Japan would prob
Kiv tinA the Jananese suing
for peace within three weeks
after hostilities began.
Three weeks, the navy high
.nmrnanfl KUDDOSed to hfiVe
reported. Is calculated as the
approximate time me u. a.
fleet would require to sweep
T.wAtinoai naval forces off the
high seas, after which Japan
would face the choice oi im
mediate capitulation or slow
starvation by blockade.
ASSUMING that what Mr.
Fitzmaurice reports is true,
a little reasoning leads to these
conclusions:
I. The navy high command
didn't Just volunteer its opin
ion. What it said must have
heen in answer to a question
asked by the president.
2. If the presiaent Kea iu.n
a question (knowing the navy
wouldn't rely that the Japs
would lick us) he must have
had a reason.
So this question arises in our
minds:
What was his reason?
IN seeking an answer to this
question, these recent devel
opments occur:
1. Japan has Just installed a
new and supposedly hard-boiled
government.
2. This new Jap government
is showing signs of a desire to
work closely with Germany and
Italy even, if necessary, with
Russia.
3. Britain, though hard-press-I
hnme. is displaying a
bolder front to Japan, although
probably knowing that as tnings
now stand she can't back up
any bluffs with force.
PUTTING all these things to
gether, . it looks as if a
squeeze play is being directed
at Jnnnn for the purpose of
scaring her out of the Hitler-
Mussolinl-Stalin camp, and that
we are in on the play.
IT May be necessary for our
ultimate best Interest that
we should be In on the play.
Certainly the president, with
full access to state department
inside information and army
and navy intelligence reports,
is in a better position to judge
as to that than this small-time
country editor.
But the whole situation does
illustrate graphically the fact
that sole power to get us into
war or keep us out doesn't rest
with congress (as we are In
clined fatuously to assure our
selves). The president, using the im
mense powers now vested in
him. can get us into situations
where war will be inevitable
if something slips.
THAT being true. It Is unbe
lievably important to us to
have a president who isn't
given to acting on impulse or
going off at half-cock.
10 VIE IN KENTUGKY
Louisville. Ky., Aug. 3. t.T)
Senator A. B. (Happy) Chan
dler. Democrat, and Walter B.
Smith. Pineville Remibllcan.
will vie in the November elec
tion for the right to fill out
the remainder of the late M. M.
Logan's senatorial tjrm.
Less than one-fourth of Ken
tucky's 4 341 precincts re
mained to be counted as tabula
tion of Saturday's light primary
voting was resumed today.
Kentucky's nine incumbent
repreentatives In the national
house eight Democrats and
one Republican apparently
won renomination.
The "simple, unspoiled savage
tribe" in almost any region has
more traditions and taboo than
a scholar can ever record.
Flight 0' Time
Medford nS Jasksoa County
History from th fine at th
NMall Trlbun 1 and to years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August S. 1930
(It was Tuesday)
Local boy trewitter informed
ha will hava to come down and
go to school when school opens.
Rains come to cool heat baked
east and middle west.
Forest sen-ice heads warn
against use of matches and fires
in woods, as they are like tin
der from long dry spell.
First car of Bartletts for east
ern market shipped. Growers
ignore cannery offer of S2S per
ton. One offer of $30 reported.
Local couples qualify for mid
get golf tournament.
Huckleberry picking starts In
Union Creek district
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 8. 1920
(It was Thursday)
G. W. Ager resigns as county
school superintendent, and Miss
Susanne Homes Is named to
post.
Bolshevlkism imperils peace
of Europe; British hint at block
ade of Russia unless peace sign
ed with Poland.
Oregon census shows a pop
ulation of 783,283, a gain of
16.4 percent.
Mitchell Lewis In "King
Spruce" at the Liberty; "The
Law of the Yukon" at the
Rialto.
Police receive reports of
many thefts of gasoline, garden
hose, and home-made beer.
Ye Poets Corner
Da Ducks.
You want to know what became
of my crop.
And why I cannot pay?
Well, Mister, it's a sad, sad tale
That happened this-a-way:
I couldn't "see" the buyers-for-cash
(They were about a dime too
low).
So I told the boys who prom
ised "more"
To pack 'em and let 'em go.
The fruit was the finest ever
raised:
The answer to our prayer.
"The very type of a crop to
consign,"
Said the chap with the sllck-ed-down
hair.
So they packed it up (at our
expense);
Pre-cooled an' stored almost
froze.
To hold for a rise In the market,
(The market that NEVER
rose).
After six long months of wait
ing. It sold at a "handsome price."
We figured It out at a dollar
net.
This turn of the auction dice.
An' then we settled down to
wait
The closing of the pool:
Ma patched up the kids' ol'
worn-out clothes
An' sent 'em back to school.
Then, like a blast from the re
gions of Hell
Came the devastating tale.
They deducted the haulin' and
packin'.
They deducted for damage by
hail.
They deducted for freight and
for icin".
For auction an' storage an'
then.
When it left a thin dime for the
grower
They started deductin' again.
They deducted for ads in the
papers.
(Inspection both ends of the
line).
For Fruit Growers' League and
the Winter Pear crowd.
For assessment, penalty, fine.
They deducted for grades an'
for sizes:
Deducted for fun an' for spite;
Deducted for wires to their
brokers.
An' for overtime workln' at
night.
So I can't pay you, Mister, this
winter.
What's left of my crop is the
shucks:
The part I had figured for pav
in' my bills
Was gobbled up whole by
"De Ducks."
Jas. E. I'dmiston.
Took His Time
Denver iTi Forty-five years
ago John O. Yeiser of Omaha
was a guest at a Denver hotel
and walked away with the key
in his pocket. Recently his
grandson. John O. Yeiser. III.
registered at the hotel and re
turned the key. "Grandfather's
been meaning to mail it back
for a long time but never got
around to it," said John.
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