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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
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v t Tv, Brun-Fwick.
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box w returned to the original
18 1 8 Dcmarcst home hers.