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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1940. MEDFORD&t&TRIBUNK ft- Um M-all VlhM.- Mil ftirvvt raay. HMhKoHU PHINTINO North fir St. Pbon 3141. rtOUKKT W RUHU 64. tot. RNKrr ft OIUTHAP. Uanagw. tort Urgo. MiMtar 4el ( k rh t. Mis) tlHAJKIfl ION RATES r Mall la naoci Osliy and Sunday ua yaar ... .If M Uaiiy aunly an moatha. .. I Dur a4 Sunday hrm aioaih. ! 0llr ana iMlr-o month... ft f i:rrir ! Arivaaca H4toi4, Aaa land. Central Point, Jftchaonvllia. Hilt Rgua Rivar. phaaali, TlL ad aa motor rout oat Pallr an4 tfuntap aa r. . .II- Pally an4 lludar 1 -ono tmtntb.. .la All Urmi eaah la a4aa. OffWtal Papar at U t Hy -W Mrtffa MtlNHKH Itlk ilMKM lAiril VUkMt alalai frail LmimI Kir Swrto Tna Aneiaia4 fraaa u ielaalaty aa tit 14 ta tna mm for puattoatloa af all aawa tfispatehaa ara4iia4 ta II nr thmr kin ar4iia4 ta thia pa par. anfl Ala I tfea local oawa eubliahad haralo. All riartia for auhiioatioa of tlapatahaa haraia aa alaa raaarvad. HCHBKR UK UNI'I'KU PKftU A4vartialoa Rap.tma.tal.tM WB4T-UULMUAV CuMPANf. INC Ottl la N Vara, rhtetgo, Datrelt aa Pranolaca lo Angaloa. Kaattia. Fartla.04. itt, Lauia. ALU nit. Vanaouvar I O -SB"" Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Great is the hullabaloo and hysteria over Col. Lindbergh's latest radio broadcast, and vials of wrath are heaped upon the head of a forsher national idol. Many an alien agitator running hog-wild with free speech, has preached revolution and over throw of the American form of government without causing statesmen to scream in hatred. On such occasions run of the orchard citizens were not Inter ested enough to raise an eyebrow In reproach. Only when Col.. Lindbergh expounds his philos ophy, be it right, or be It wrong, does the nation gird itself for a tantrum. ... "Drink more milk, it'i good for your bones. You may get hunchbacked unless It's from the Siskiyou Dairy" (Siskiyou (Cal. News) Horrible consequences mixed with candor. ... In the wilds of eastern Jack- ' son county last week-end, 830 pickers garnered 1,100 gallons of huckleberries, without anybody mistaken for a huckleberry bush or picked up for an empty bucket. ... JUST LIKE THAT I (Shrevepori (La.) Times) "His small brain directs the driving power of hundreds of horses, hurling tons of metal through the air. He merely pushes a button, moves a lover." . The Republican presidential nominee will confer with Messrs. Landon and Hoover before his acceptance speech August IT. Something like this may be said: Gentlemen! I appreciate your aid. but for Heaven's sake! No speeches! The expression "a howling hell" was used by the ambas sador to Belgium to describe pos sible famine conditions In Eu rope this winter. It seems to fit Congress, as of today. ... "HAPPY CAMP, Aug. 8. Mr. Inskip of Happy Camp had the misfortune in cutting his ear quite severely while cutting wood." (Siskiyou News) Too bad, but how did he manage? ... Affirmative arguments were filed at Salem this week for a measure to be voted upon in No vember, repealing the state milk control board. Repeal would re sult In more contented water faucets. ... An Arkansas cult had a cop perhead snake bite a six-year-old girl as a test of religious faith There would be more sincerity In the rites if the deacons let the snake bite them, ... TERRORS OP ERRORS (Society Page) "Upon her return from her wedding trip, the bride will . begin housekeeping with her broom in the now home, a gift from her father." ... Germany now claims a "secret weapon to be used In the Blitz- krieg of Britain, if the latter ever comes to pass, though long threatened. Scheduled for this week when the English Channel tides were highest, it has appar ently been postponed until next week, because the wind was In the west. The suspicion arises the "secret weapon" Is so secret not even the Nazis know what it is. Cow, 2t Be. ! Charlotte, N. C. (.11 A wreck which sent two persons to a hospital was attributed to a frisky cow on the road. A bum blebee was the came of an acci dent that sent one perscn to the hospital. The Old Hocus-Pocus THE regular weekly clip sheet of the Democratic National committee is at hand. As usual, there is a suggestion for an editorial therein. Here is an extract: "By now moit people throughout tht country are fully aware the Wendell Willkie nomination waa conceived in Wall Street, and underwritten by banker, utility combine and groupi like the National Association of Manufacturer. The government will now be run with the methods and aims of Big Business and Private Business. How well the ex pectations of his sponsors and Mr. Willkie'i own Intention dovetail! No, Mr. Willkie will not disappoint big business. He's their man!" "ERTAINLY practical politics is nothing to mess around with if one has no sense of humor 1 For a person without a sense of humor, reading such a complete and unmitigated falsehood as that might suffer a stroke, instead of breaking out in wild gales of laughter. POR to those who attended the convention, at least, not only is that charge untrue, but it is the precise reverse of the truth, and it is also practically word for word what every supporter of Mr. Willkie ad mitted WOULD be said about him, More than that. It is what the Republican Old Guard at Philadelphia DID say about him, in a des perate effort, which came closer to succeeding than most people realize, of defeating him. IN other words, instead of that section of the Grand Old Party which represented, and has always repre sented, Big Business and the old post-bellum high tariff, full dinnerpail ideology being responsible for the Willkie nomination, the nomination was only se cured over their dead bodies, and their strenuous last ditch opposition. AS before stated, the Willkie movement was from " the outset a spontaneous, amateurish, essentially youthful and (from a partisan standpoint) REVOLU TIONARY movement, which had the Old-Line Re publicans at Philadelphia, irritated and resent ful and finally thoroughly alarmed, fundament ally because they realized that if Willkie got in they would have to get out, and the Big Business control they represented would have to get out with them. THAT'S the literal, honest to goodness TRUTH. v v-i jr nilgai wai vuoenci Wltu ttlieuueu Ulc convention will AGREE it is the truth. More than that. In this same clip sheet, the Democratic National Committee inadvertently allowed an item to get in from one of their own Democratic papers, which clinches the matter, which proves it's the truth, for it is a confirmation from the enemy camp. Here it is, from the Northern Idaho News (Demo cratic) : "It Is beginning to dawn upon the Old-Line Republicans that the nomination for President of a Johnny-come-lately like Willkie, who until a few year ago was voting against them, was an awful blow to the wheel-horses of the party who have stood fast in prosperity and adversity. The sea toned veterans have had to take a rear seat while the new recruit steps right into first place. Ho is the commander-in-chief, although he has never fought a battle." And finallv anvone who pan hp marl tn holiavn the Willkie nomination was conceived in Wall Street and underwritten by big bankers and big business must also believe the Renuhlioan Old Rnnrrl at Phila. delphia, with every weapon iougni against, mose interests. Anyone who could believe THAT, could certainly believe ANYTHING ! N Another Wendell Willkie? SPEAKING of Wendell Willkie, our view concern inrr tlia wot ih T.1, . I . . me nm in uuiuic is cii.iiig muie unit inure lu resemble our view of the Willkie nomination on the eve of the Philadelphia convention. We wanted Willkie to rrpf that nnminatinn tho worst way, but didn't believe that, short of a political miracle, it could be done. Well, so we want England to drive the Germans back across the Rhine the worst way, but to date haven't believed that, short of some sort of military miracle, IT could be done. THE longer this hiatus goes on, however, the nearer this amazing summer comes to an end with no de cisive action, the more hope we have, (just as the days Passed and the Willkie drive cnt. stronrrer onrl stronger at Philadelphia) oe periormeu and that somehow, someway, democ racy and the American way of life, after all, are to be saved. X7Eadmit things don't look too bright on paper. let mis mucn is LbKi Great Britain's chances of coming out on top are no worse than Wendell Willkie's were when the Re publican convention opened. As one of the most experienced and shrewdest politicians in the Republican party declared at lunch eon that first day: "I don't know who is going to be nominated at this con vention, but 1 know who ISN'T, WENDELL WILLKIE!" Well, so a great many of the wise boys hereabouts have been pontificating: "Don't know v. ho Is going to win this war, but know who isn't. Great Britain:" It may be a far-fetched analog-. Nevertheless, we have a hunch that old John Bull is going to do just that. as the next big surprise in this surprising war, pull a "Wendell Willkie 1" they could get hold of, that another miracle is to AI.N. 1 Personal Health Service Br William Sljn.d letters perttlBlnf tm personal healtk an aftn. Bat ta Iimm 4Ucno.lt or treatment, am be sn.werrtf a? Dr. Braa If a .tamped stir sddrrM4 rnvrlope U enrlotcd. Letters should bo brief and arltua la Ink. Owing to ths lars numbers of letters recetted only a few can ba answered. Vo reply ran be made to querlea not conforming to Instructions, address Dr. William Brady, MS El tamlne. Beierly Hills. Calif. IT IS STUMD TO 8 It Is astonishing how many people who purport to be of fair Intelligence suffer from the manifest effects of piles ( hemorrhoids ) yet either do not suspect the nature of the trouble or, if they do know they have piles, drift along from one "at tack" to sn ot h c r, from poor health to worse, w 1 1 fl out seeking proper treatment. Internal piles, the presence of which can be determined ONLY by visual examination through the speculum and don't let any trick doctor pre tend he can tell whether you have piles without such ex amination often give rise to reflex disturbances that lead to egregious errors in diagnosis and a great deal of ineffec tive treatment. Among the con ditions which may be wholly due to neglected internal hem orrhoids are these, front actual clinical records: "Lumbago," "sciatica." "bladder trouble," "prostatic obstruction." "peptic ulcer." "colitis," and various pelvic complaints in men and women, as well as complaints of "indigestion." A good many persons with painless internal piles develop advanced anemia from frequent occult or unnoticed bleeding and get ints a deprnved state of health before thoy even con sult a capable physician. By capable physician 1 mean one who Insists on a thorough ex amination before he undertakes to treat a patient, and of course such examination includes rec tal examination by the aid of speculum which reveals the unsuspected lesion. It is not clearly understood by the general public that an "attack of piles" means in flammation of the piles, and when the "attack" is over the piles remain as before so that it is a matter of time and cir cumstance until the piles again become inflamed and pain and other symptoms return. Piles being essential varicose veins, dilated or enlarged veins, no local medicament and no sys tematic medicine can cure them. The only cure is oblit eration of the varicose vein (as by the modern injection treat ment) or excision of the vari cose vein or destruction of it (by the old time clamp and cautery operation). (With this article Mr. Kelly starts a survey of political senti ment which will carry him across the continent to Oregon. The survey is believed justified because of the interest the Pa cific northwest has in Oregon's Charles L. McNary, Republican nominee for vice-president.) Richmond, Va.. Aug. 7. In the southern states, traditionally Democratic, there are 1M elec toral votes. Although the Roose velt Garner ticket received all of those votes in 1932 and 138. the Roosevelt-Wallace) ticket finds many leading southern Democrats In revolt. Attempt ing to capitalire this feeling. Wendell Willkie plans nmking a drive in the southland. He may knock over a few of these electoral votes. Virginia finds both Its sena tors at loggerheads with Mr. Roosevelt. Senator Ctrtcr Class was Insulted at the Chicago con vention when he placed the name of James A. Farley in nomination against Mr. Roose velt. Harry Pyrd. the junior senator, has consistently pro tested the waste and extrava gance of the administration and no Republican has performed a better Job of submitting facts and figures. As governor of Virginia. Byrd was a buiiget balancer. To punish Glass and Byrd. Mr. Roosevelt attempted to give all the state's federal patronsge to the governor and endeavored to force the nom ination of a federal Judge through th senate, which was blocked by Pyrd an.l Gla. aid ed bv a!mo't all the otlu r ir.em hers of that K.Jy. rs..ors Glass and DjrJ art political!' Brady. M. D. UFFER FROM PILES The injection treatment of piles in the hands of a phy sician skilled tn th method is painless, readily administered in th doctor's office, does not detain the patient from regu lar work or activities, gives highly satisfactory results in practically all cases. It i in deed the method of choice to day in all of the foremost med ical centers. If your quaint doctor doesn't approve of it or if he damns it with faint' praise, you may be sure that, is because he is far behind the progress of his profession and you may tell him so with my compliments. The injection treatment is applicable only to Internal piles. . External piles are best cured by ligature under local anes thesia or, if thrombosed (if a blood clot has formed) by rad ical incision and removal nf the clot. About four-fifths of all cases of piles are internal piles, but when inflamed and swollen in ternal piles may protrude and ! require replacing after each evacuation. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Iodine Does Iodine loose strength on stand ing? I waa going to give all the fowl and atock a nip of Iodine by placing It In their water, Juat aa wa take It, but our feed man saya It Is tuelrsa to do so. R. M. D. Answer A few drops of Iodine In the drinking water once or twice a week Is a good way to Iniure a suit able ration to stock and fowl. On long standing the Iodine may evap orate, but not If the water la treated Just before the stock Is wstered. Hrnrla Kindly Inform me whether a truss worn for Inguinal hernia would cause or tend to cause enlargement of the saphenous velo In the leg? J. DeN. M. Answer Not If the truss la fitted or adjusted by a physician. Trusses fitted and worn without medical ad vice and care often cause unpleasant or serious results. Why go through life so handicapped? Send stamped envelope bearing your address, and ask for pamphlet on Hernia, rheiimia What vitamin was It you said should be given for maceration and cracking or insuring st the corners of the mouth? B. 8. O. Answer Vitamin O (otherwise called B, riboflavin.) It la one of the entltlea In vitamin B complex. Capsules (now capsules of vitamin B complex are available, each contain ing 400 International unlta of Bl, 400 gramma of riboflavin, etc.) three of the capsules dally would provide op Umal Intake. (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Cd. Note. Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. fttlham Brady, M. D J6J El Camlno. Beverly llllli calif. powerful, and the state may go in the doubtful column. ... . THERE Is still resentment sgslnst Mr. Roosevelt In Georgia, where he. In person, invaded tht atate and asked Democrats to defeat Senator Walter Oeorge because the senator voted against tha court packing bill. The presidents own candidate for Oeorge a Job waa anowed under and Senator George waa re-elected by a vote which disclosed the feeling of tha people against this Intrusion. It was sfter publicly denouncing blm that Mr. Roosevelt threw an arm around the shoulder or Walter Oeorge and said: "Clod bless you. Walter, may we always be frlende." In Alabama tha Dcmocrata are burning up because their favorite son. Speaker Bankhead, was rejected by Mr. Roosevelt In favor of Henry Wallace, secretary of agriculture, tn Alabama Wallace la not considered a Democrat: he was not born In the party tha only Simon-pure Demo crat a southerner recognises. They catalogue all the Items In the new deal which Speaker Bankhead put through the house, and they argue ha waa entitled to better treatment than the raw deal he waa given at Chicago. gven the women are eharrtned. The president of the Alabama Demo cratic Women's clubs has announced herself for willkie. The Bankheads (the speaker and hie brother, the senator) ran the s:ata politically. They have not bolted Roosevelt and Wallace, but they win not tear thalr thlrta to help them. ... MARTLA.VD Is not certain tor Mr. Roosevelt this year. He under took to purge Senator Millard Tvd Inga. unsuccessfully aa usual, in a campaign that reeked with person alltlea. Tvdlngt married the daughter of Joe Davles, now unor-ecrtarv of state, who haa turned over one of his wife's several manilona to the rmal ref'areei from Lusembourgh. Varrland Democrats rejected the candidate the president selected o defeat Trdlnga. although as In Oeoe gla. Mr. Rooeerelt personally cam paigned the state. They still boait of the "free .tare of Maryland " As an Inducement. Mr. Roosevelt prom ised a nice, new bridge which he had formerly opposed. Senator Tyd tngs haa not declared he win bolt, but he will go on a sit-down strike during the campaign. In North Carolina the Hsnea family 1 Important politically. As a cxd Democrat and new dealer. John W ! Hsnes a-as regarded. P waa undr- semtarr of th. treasurv and with , pro. When he flr.lsed his chore at i the mssurj Mi. Reosevtlt thanked Mm profusely for bis aamcoa la a lector addiwaatd, so "Dear Johnny." Recently vnen Haneo announced blmeelf for Willkie and McNary the prwMent aald poor Johnny waa mora Interested In dollars tban ta human ity. And that aroused the anger of th Hanea clan and tneir political followera. As vlth other southern Democrats, the leaders In North Carolina do cot approve of a former Republican being the rlce-prealdenttal nominee on their ticket. ... I If any study of southern political condition It should always be remembered that regardless of bow antagonistic a Democrat may feel toward all or part of nil presidential ticket, h la first, last and always a Democrat and rather than vote for a Republican be will absent himself from the polling booth. Soma of them did slip serosa the Una tn 1(38 and vote against Al Smith for Herbert Hoover, but the South la not being ystemaUcally sroueed against Mr. Rooaerelt as it waa against Smith. THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT XINTNER (Continued from Page One.) concerned admit it will take months before contracts can be signed for the entire $2,654,000, 000. ... WITH considerable less than one tenth of the plane program In tha construction stage; the nsturai impulse la to talk bitterly of "pro grama on paper and to blame the defense commission. The commis sion deserves no blame, however. In tha first place, the army, navy and plane manufacturers are short of the personnel needed to arrange auch huge contract In a abort space of time. In the second, the existing tax law make It almost Impossible for contracta to be placed at all. The tax laws present two obstacles to the plane program. The first la tha amendment to the Vlnson-Tram-mell act. recently slipped through by Senator David I. Walsh, reducing air manufacturera' maximum profits from 13 to 8 per cent. The amende ment deals with gross profits. In terms of net profits. It reduces the amount a manufacturer can hope to make to about A per cent. It was ofrered Just In time to upset the first month's negotlsttons between the government and the manufactur ers. It preventa many manufacturera from getting their orders filled by sub-contractors who prefer to work on other orders not affected by the profit limitation. Yet It la regarded ss a much less sertoua hurdla than tha depreciation rulea In the corporate Income tax law. Leaving out the technicalities, the corporate Income tax law la now ao written that a manufacturer who bullde a new plant to execute' an emergency order may find himself paying heavy taxes on the plant long sfter the emergency has passed snd the plant has become Idle. ... THE President, the treasury snd the defense commission Joined to ask conrtreas to remove these tax obstaclea. Tha tax amendmenta were Included. in the general excess prof its tax bill. Thua the manufacturers have had to wait until thia big meas ure could be scted upon. In sn effort to hurry matters slong. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mor genthau. Jr, called a meeting of congressional lesders snd officials In terested In the defense program lsst Monday. An agreement was reached to act on the tax bill aa rapidly aa possible. Yet. even If prompt action followa. much precloua time haa al ready been wasted. Furthermore, the training of pilots la Just ss Important aa the bulldlns of planea, and Is going Just ss slowly. The navy, for exsmple. has only man aged to date to Increase the Intake of the Pens cols training school to 150 student pilots a month. Two or three other centers of pilot training will come Into operation tn tha autumn and winter, but the navy's bltotest new training school at Corpus Chrtstl, Texaa. will not be completed until next spring. Thus, the air sltustlon again proves the doctrine thst security can never be achieved almply by appropriating large sums of money st the last minute. National win and national courage are the sole gusrantees of a nation's security. Doctrine Is Flop Washington (.-Pi-The Monroe Doctrine is the poorest tourist attraction in Washington. When guides in the capito! were polled recently, only one knew where it was on view. None could recall when anybody asked to see it. Neither the house nor the senate copy is in President Monroe's handwrit ing. An unknown clerk penned the decisive statement of Amer ican policy. The senate copy is in a show-case in the office of Col. Edwin A. Halsey, senate secretary. The house copy is in the Library of Congress collec tion. Champion Trevor Fan Hollywood. '.-Pi Claire Tre vor of the movies never will have to write her autobiogra phy. For the past three years Miss Trevor has received an elaborate. cleverly arranged scrapbook, recording. v:a mass line and newspaper clippings the highlights in M ss Trevor s life the preceding 12 months The books are the work of Le nore Hill of Iron Mountain. Mich. In The :;:;Day,S News ' By FRANK JENKINS THE British air ministry an nounces the loss (killed, miss ing and known captured) of 3687 momhr nf the air force, includ ing ground crews, since the be ginning of the war. Another ia have been wounded. Note that the wounded are only one in ten of admitted cas ualties. THOSE figures are interesting. They would be even more in teresting If we had reasonably reliable German figures to com- nnra thm with. r - - Thev euffcpst that nlanes alone aren't enough. Men to FLY THEM are also necessary. SENATOR SMATHERS (Demo crat, from New Jersey) shouts to an interviewer in Washing ton: "Henry Ford and Colonel Lindbergh should pick up the little iron crosses given them by Hitler and go back to Germany. In fact, I'm for having this country provide them with free transportation to Germany." Senator Pepper, peppery New Dealer from Florida, asserted yesterday: "Lindbergh is the chief of the fifth column in this country." llfHEN history renders its final " verdict, free from partisan ship, rancor and demagogism, who will be set down as the more useful citizens of our re public Ford and Lindbergh, or Smathers and Pepper? JOHN CUd"aHy7u. S. ambas- sador to Belgium, says today (Tuesday): "Unless supplies of food from America reach Belgium by mid September, the Belgian people will be reduced to a condition close to famine." He adds: I understand the British min istry of economic warfare will at present refuse to allow any supplies of food to reach the Belgians." BRITAIN'S reasons for refus ing to permit food to be sent to the starving Belgians are stern and hard, but understandable in the light of war's stern and hard and merciless, standards. The British fear that food sent to the Belgians will be TAKEN by the Germans. CTILL, you can't blame Ambas- sador Cudahy, who is there on the spot and sees the suffer ing with his own eyes, for feel ing the urge to feed the hungry Belgian people. Will Senators Smathers and Pepper add him to their list of traitors? BUILT FOR FLOODS Knoxville, Tenn. With an elaborate system of water con trol, the Tennessee valley au thority has whipped the worst drought in the Tennessee val ley in more than 40 years. Paradoxically, the feat was accomplished with the same machinery set up for naviga tion and is regarded by en gineers as a bright spot in the TVA development. The intricate control system permitted navigation, on the river throughout the low-water period last winter, and power production was maintained at all the authority's hydro plants, source of electric energy for more than 2.000.000 valley in habitants. The key point In the battle to keep the water flow suf ficient to maintain navigation and power production, without jeopardizing either, was Norris dam on the Clinch river in east Tennessee. The man directing the fight was Sherman M. W 'AnHtfn rA chief water con'rol planning engineer for TVA. "Beginning last Ain...i Woodward said, "we were forc ed to draw on our reserve until in February of this year the Norris lake was 30 feet below I normal level. 'It was the most severe dry period in the weather bureau records." Engineers who built the dam. however, had allowed a margin for Just such an emergency, and when the lake wa. at V J I lowest ebb. heavy snows and spring rains gradually began building it up again. Through Tha Night Morganton, N.C. t.Pi Thieves spent most all night digging up potatoes in the vard of J. F. McGtmsey. Cai Mill Tribune a ant ad. DROUGHT WHIPPED Flight 0' Time Medford and JaakioB County HIMory from the flees of the K Mall Tribune 10 sad t years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 7. 1930. (It was Thursday.) Julius L. Meier of Portland to enter race for governor aa independent. Anti-Saloon league fears Dem ocratic party plans repeal of prohibition. Florenz Ziegfeld, famous stags producer of New York, on visit catches salmon in Rogua river. Local fruit grower announces he "is going to make history and revolutionize the pear in dustry." Italy starts agitation for re turn of Sardinia. Col. Lindbergh, in world wide radio talk, envisions plane as "force for peace." Stock market hits lowest levy. els in months. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 7. 1920. (It was Saturday.) James M. Cox formally ac cepts the Democratic presiden tial nomination at Dayton, O., and makes the League of Na tions the issue. Local fruit packers, to get rid of arsenate of lead spray complaints, decide to wipe and wash all fruit. Polish counter-attacks halt Russian advance. Gen. Wey gand of France to assume su preme command of Poland forces. Denver under military rule as result of street car strike riots. F. Corning Kenly returns from a five weeks' vacation trip on Puget SounH. to take charge of his Bartlett picking. Ye Poets Cornei OI Paar Pickin' Tim. The summer's dust is at its worst; It's hot as aw-get-out: The trees are straining' 'neath their load; The lugs are spread about: And one by one the pickin" tramps Pitch camp with rote and rhyme, An eager for the fun to start In ol' pear pickin' time. Pa's tightened all the ladders up: Ma's mended all the pails; An' everything is ready a sorter lull prevails; The 'punchure' test says thirty- one came down a pound or two An' everybody's nervous 'cause the equinox is due. j The sugar's comin' in the fruit and the seeds are turnin" black; The truck's been "overhauled an' now they're takin' off the rack; There's rumors flyin'. round about that labor trouble's brewin'. Pa's standin' pat at twenty, five: Ma and the gals are stewin'. The buyers shake their heads an' say the price ain't been decided, An' maybe they won't buy pear "unless and if pro vided". The growers all come djwn to earth and sell the number one They cannot use the twos at all at seventeen a ton. The market In the east Is weak; it's weaker in the west Looks like a rotten season when it should 'a been our best. "Oh Hell." says Pa to Mother t s she flecks awav a tear Buck up now. Maw quit cryin' - well sure make good ntxt year." The worms are gettin' in the fruit; the scale is spreadin' bad. Ma needs a hat 'n girdle, an' I Dad ,6C,h l0T jThe landbank wants the inter t. and we haven't got a dime: But we don't gh-e . tinkersi dam-its o1' Pear Pickin' I ime. J- E. Edmiston. Hackensack. N J ,x k "i1." X- Panted in Rev hher?Uke0f York th. ta , lia-M hnDemar' h come of he f" haV"lg bMn ;r.-inprrcoetf- v t Tv, Brun-Fwick. J. The ownnf ...- a ' box w returned to the original 18 1 8 Dcmarcst home hers.
