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Newspaper Page TextPAGE POUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPrORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941 UEDTORDUtJ&feTBIBUNI MEwr ta muthmrm ImiU Um Mall TrtlWM.'' Mtflt Hortk ru St. ltoM tWI ROHBBT W RUHU mT. IINCIT OILATRAK M (. wrM twM iliN mstiM at Mad torC Oraso. mmAm Aol l Mawli a. .Ht UUi:RITIUM RATES My Mail is Alaacai Dally aaa gnrtaf m faar M ' DaJly a4 ionrtar-n manihi... 1 to Daily at Sunla thraa waotM. M Dally , untir om month... II My Carrtacla Alaaca Marnl Ath Mud. CMrtl Pom. Jaekaonvllla. Qo'4 . MHL. tWu Rlvar. Phoanla, TaJaat nl aa mviar rontaai Dally tad unaa na jaar l.t DaJly aa1 oortaf ia moalh. .It All Mnna aaah is a4 vaaa. OtftoUl lapa at lb City a Madfar OrfloaaJ ai rwM inmi MMHKMOt IHKAWMH lATaUrNU artlrtni nil lwaai wir aarviaa. Taa AMootaiMl ltaaa aielaaiali atlilafl a tba oaa tot DuHailea all Mffi tiapalcnaa aradlia4 u M w athr Wlaa ara4na4 ta this papar. and aJaa U t laaal pulwihart aaratn. Ail rigaia far aualleatloa af apaotav dtaaaiH a rata ara aiaa raaarat. ME MB Bat Or UNI1BD fRKM MIMBCH Or AUDIT H'iRBAO Of CIRCULATION Adaartialog RapraaaatatlvM WBTHOt.lIPAV CUM PAN! I HO. Offlaaa ta fork, r.nictsa. Detroit, Baa rranolaaa. Laa Angaiaa, (. irlUML lois. AUania, VMeaar. B e jaWavjadaal Oiito((ruitriMa tise)4sociTiM Hi o?3 Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry v... onrv. after a two weeks r.tiima to tha allotted Journalistic space, and extends grateful tnanxs w "" and generous contributors, who spiled him' during the fort Thn all did noble, in cluding Fletch Tish, the boomJ day tenor 01 rnoenix, m one of the lot not actively en gaged In scribbling for a living His offering was something of a surprise. He was asked to donate first this time in 1939. and came through with a rush two years later, all tuckered out Writing is not a habit with him, and If put to it, as a means of ' keeping body and soul to gether, would never get much dally bread on a biennium basis, which is the way the legislature operates. Tn h. nast two weeks, the world has been rolling along in its customary ornery way, only mora so. The nation Is Inching along towards participation in the European mess, about the way Mark Twain predicted n would, in his classic essay on war, written many years ago. Today that distinguished author would be rated as an 'appeaser. get 1awled ouf by a White Hmiu eerretarv. and ala Col. Lindbergh, have to stray out Into an Oklahoma cow-pasiure to write It For five days Messrs. Hitler, Mussolini, et al conferred close to the eastern front but not close enough. Press reports re veal most of this time Herr Hit ler, was energetically cussing Senor Mussolini. They could hear Der Fuehrer profanity above the roar of the Russian cannons. It proved nothing ex cept there is a little bit of good in the worst of men. The nation. In a gay and semi-Idiotic manner, la running shortage. It is alleged, of what it was supposed to have the mostest. one item being gasoline. Citizens feared, so severe was tha 'shortage' painted, mania- nlta bushes would start sprout ln from their sasoline tanks while standing ear deep In the fluid. ! Secretary of the Interior Ickes en vacation, visited the North west, and filed a demurrer to a three-man board to run Bonne ville Dam and Coulee, tinder the CVA. or Columbia Valley Authority. He snapped a three man board was needed about as much as three presidents of the United States. Be that as it may. there is a strong public sentiment, a couple of extra secretaries of the Interior would be nice, but try and get even a tew one. Rumors that filter out of Washington, D. C, and way points concerning the proposed cantonment still need filtering. Tha Eagle Point Grange held their annual chicken and noo dles dinner yes. and the inner man, and the Inner woman i satisfied. Everybody ate like hayhands, and felt sorry for the hungry of the conquered lan.is of Europe. The more tender hearted dropped a tear for Americans, still looking for their breakfast Horny-handed tillers of the soil waited Uble. and wore their wives best aprons. One pro tern hasher said he felt like he had on a Mother Hubbard. He said he was opposed to plump ladles wearing soldiers' pants, or bib overalls to get out of putting on skirt Closing tuna roe ClMslfled Ads a. m loo ute Classify mo p Cat Uau rruiu want acv Editorial Correspondence Vancouver, B. C, Sept 7th. Headed by kilty drum and bagpipe corps, a regiment of the Women's Army Service In smart blue regalia Just marched by the hotel swinging their arms far up and down and marching with (almost) West Point precision. Soon after came a military band in khaki, leading a regiment of World war navy veterani in dark blue uniforms with brass buttons, white cap with black visors, and many medals dangling, they swung their arms too with a certain exaggeration but not quite so far and wide, the navy band was playing "Our Director," which if we are not mis taken was a popular football tune, In New England, 40 YEARS AGOl Both groups were going to attend church aVrvtee and Join in the "national day of prayer." In other words, there Is much more war atmosphere in Vancouver than was the case, when we were last here, a year ago. e . Then (August, 1940) It was hard to realize Canada was at war. Now there are too many soldiers, sailors and aviators about the streets, to leave much doubt And there are more recruiting of fices, too, not only the abandoned Canadian Pacific bote), but branch offices here and there. Also on the Hudson Bay corner, a pink-cheeked clear-eyed photogenic Miss with a huge St. Bernard dog at her side, accepting contributions to the British Red Cross. a And yet, strange as It seems. street here, is less keenly interested In the World war today, than his prototype in Medford, Oregon. For two days now at least we have wandered about the streets of Vancouver, talked to all sorts and conditions of the genus homo, and have yet to find a single individual particularly concerned seas. We have also kept the editorial ears open in stores and street cars and on main-stem comers, and not a word about World war No. 2 have we overheard. ee.ee Walters and taxi drivers have a single instance haa the war been the subject first, and then the ablea. What's the answer? Durned ence is exceptional, Canada, having been in the war two years, has less interest in It, than the United States, not in the war, of ficially at least Which Just doesn't make sense. a a One reason may be, the man at least) thinks it'i all over but the recent tough-going Adolf is we don't know, but there is no Germany is ALREADY beaten, the only question being how long will it take Jerry (or Heinle) to realize it? A year ago the pre vailing view here was quite different, with London getting bombed night after night, and a German invasion expected every other minute. And yet even then (aa recorded in this column) at the time there was nothing approaching dismay or alarm, nothing even approaching war excitement Business as usual materially and spiritually, was everywhere apparent . e Perhaps the Canadian Is far more phlegmatic and self con tained than his second cousin in the "states." Or there may be a natural disposition to avoid war talk with American tourists, the latter not being very difficult to distinguish, apparently. Then again, there is undoubtedly a certain cleavage between the man-ln-the-street and the intelllgensia, so to spak. Including the newspaper profession, among the latter at least, the one editor we have talked with doesn't share tha supreme self confidence of the Vancouver rank and file, and frankly ad mits he is concerned about it. "Yes, it's true," he said "that tha people here as a whole, no longer conceive Britain's defeat as POSSIBLE, and totalitarian defeat is regarded as equally certain. There la no Justification for such self confidence and we are doing all we can to dissipate it, but particularly since Russia came In on the allied side, we haven't made much progress. It's bad all around, and it Ger many should knock out Russia, and the war drag on for another vear, the situation as far as Canada Is concerned might be serious. 1 don't mean there would be any disposition to quit but morale so high now would get an awful kick In the seat of tha pants. The present government, none too popular, would have to bear the brunt of that, and it would be no Joke, either politically or from the standpoint of war effectiveness. The unpopularity of the present government was indicated at the movies last night When the newa reel in England there was faint scattering applause, purely perfunctory. When the King and Queen appeared, also the Duke of Kent, there was loud applause while later the figure of Prime Minister Churchill, barging along with a street crowd "somewhere In England" brought down the house! Incldently there la an old boy here, walking about Grenville street (we have met him twice) with a Churchill flat top "derby," a long black cigar, striped trousers and short black coat, yes and he totters along with a Churchill stoop, but, a tobacco stained white mustache waxed at the ends, rather spoils the "Win nie" effect! However, we think there about such venerable aping of the popular Prime Minister' sar torial effect. It was King Edward VII we believe, who finding his girth Increasing, unbuttoned the lower button on his waist coat so he could better get his breath, British tailors promptly were forced to provide the lower vest button with no button hole, or the one there wa stitched up and that has been a popular style on Bond street ever since! m t Another factor In this war Indifference, is the absence of a ry racrifires as yet. and of course no "bombs bursting in air," this side of the English coast. A nail bomber off the banks of New foundland or a Jap U-boat here in the Pacific, would of course make a tremendous difference. Very different during World war No. 3. as far as sacrifices were concerned. The Canadian casualty lists after two years of f'ghting in France were terrific. but now w are told, there have been practically no Canadian casualties except In the air, and they have not equalled the numbers killed In Canada air training, on this side of the Atlantic. The Sunday "Province" for example prints today the largest Canadian casualty list of the present war. only SS dead and missing, and five from British Columbia. Com pare that with the hundreds killed over one holiday week-end, by motor accidents, over In the states and the scores of thousands In 1914. Again, unlike England, there are no restrictions here except slight ones regarding "gas." Canadians have all the butter and jugar and bacon they wtsh, ditto vegetables and fruit and milk. Utters from their friends and relatives In England, make them feel farther than ever from the war and therefore very contented indeed, with their lot. The bus to the airport is driven by a girl, nattily dressed in the aviation gray-blue uniform and swanky "service cap" far over on the side of her hair-do. Very well driven. But there are few women In civil employment. no need of them as yet. for except for young men of 21 there has been no draft in Canada, It's all volunteer, and comparatively few have been sent overseas to date. Canada has In all about two divisions of infantry "over there" and 13 squadrons in the air force. The total casualty list in the latter after two years of war. Is less than 700! W have tried to get soma slant on the Canadian attitude to- we would say the man-in-the- about what is going on over also been contacted, and in not broached. We had to bring up replies were largely monosyll if we know. Unless our experi - In - the -street (here In Vancouver the shouting anyway. Whether having In .Russia is the reason, doubt if popular opinion here,- Premier Bennett was shown on ta something typically English ward the United States and World war No. 2. but have made little progress. At tha air field a flying lieutenant paid hi respects somewhat profanely to Lindbergh and Wheeler, and also opined Roosevelt's bark was apparently far worse than his bite, his frankness was explained by tha fact we had mentioned spending a summer at Cadboro Beach, Victoria, many years ago, and he assumed we still lived there. This was the only approach can participation is concerned, that we obtained. Tha consensus elsewhere appeared to be that Uncle Sam la more valuable as a supply depot than an active belligerent and why should he mix in it anyway? After all Canada Is a part of the BRITISH EM PIRE and tha U. S. A. Isn't. On the street corners of markers showing the familiar features of Winston Churchill and F. D. R., the Stars and Stripes and Union Jack as background and the title in bold letters: "Our standard bearers." Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining ta perianal health and nygleae, not ta dlseaat diagnosis or treatment, will bo answered hy Or.. Brad If a otamaod self addreaoed envelope la endoard. Lottera ahonld bo brief and written la Ink. Owing ta the targe number of letters recelred only a few can bo answered here. No reply can bo made to qnerlea not conforming to Instructions, addrss Or. William Brady. 263 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. THE WICKED WAYS OF ALLERGY A year ago (writes a reader) you told me about the use of sol uble potassium chloride for al lergy. The first time it work ed like magic. The next time not so effici ently. After that some times yes, sometimes no. I suppose al lergy is an un r e a s o n able and unpredict able manifes tation anyway. By coincidence, theory, hope and experiment I have found that for me a drop of Iodine to each ten grains of soluble potss sium chloride makes all the dif ference. Taken together they give uniformly prompt results, and they do not seem to cause any reaction as they sometimes do when taken separately, one without the other. Together they bring quick relief, and then gradual return to normal. But there is still another ele ment to the riddle (continues the reader). When I have hives I find strong cocoa, tablespoon ful to the cup) satisfies a craving and seems to activate the other. tsananas ao likewise, and as both are rich in phosphorus I wonder if that is the answer that my system needs more phosphorus. Hives is only the smallest symptom of my allergy. It mani fests itself also in sudden weak ening spells and asthma, heart irregularity, extreme Irritabil ity, sharp pains in head, gas in stomach, disability of the eyes to focus properly; depression to the point of contemplating sub side; besides bumps of pinhead size and larger whoeals that itch maddeningly, over the entire body. Please give a list of foods that are rich in phosphorus. Maybe with luck and patience we can get a clue to what ails us aller gies. (S. H.) What I don't know about al lergy, cnuaren, would take a long while to tell. If the improved effect the reader obtained by taking a drop of Iodine along with potas sium was not coincidence, I haven't the slightest idea how to explain it. As for increased phosphorus intake. I suspect the benefit the reader ascribes to that really should be credited to Increased calcium Intake. Calcium defici News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Pag One) control of the defense program. He is bitterly offended because Roosevelt called in Judge Rn senman, the president's very old friend and adviser, and then adopted Rojenman's plan with out consulting Baruch until aft erward. This, as much, as any thing, caused Baruch to make his unorthodox statement on the White House steps, in which he roundly criticized Roosevelt's most recent defense reorganiza tion. Rosenman, who was at the White House at the time, was equally If not more angry at Baruch for disclosing what he discussed with the president. This feud will not be healed for a long time. e e a THE administration Is prod- ding a few senators to pry the price bill loose. Mr. Hender son, the price controller, has derided he cannot get along without the legislation. Tha utmost pressure Is being exerted, and it requires the ut most. Inflationary groups In con gress have successfully blocked what all administration econo mists realize is a necessary step. Obv!ouly someone has to take hold of the price predicament, feel to any criticism as far as Ameri Vancouver, however, are metal R.W.R. Brady. M. D. ency may account for not only hives and other manifestations of allergy, or for the tendency thereto, but also several of the other symptoms the reader men tions. And nearly all foods that are rich in or good sources of phosphorus are also rich in or good sources of calcium. Cocoa and chocolate are rich in both. ttoi Dananas tho bananas are fine food any one, even for puny marasmic infants. Foods particularly notable as sources of phosphorus and cal cium are plain wheat, milk, cheese of any and all kinds, nuts, peanuts, peas, cabbage, let tuce, greens, egg yolk. Further information concern ing calcium is given in the monograph "The Calcium Short age" for copy send stamped envelope bearing your address. If you ask for it the monograph "Relief for Allergy" will be in closed with it qi'ESIIO.NS at ANSWERS Incubating Chlckenpos How long after exposure be fore the tust symptoms of chlckenpos de- lop (jgra. H. H.) Answer Two weeks. Buying Old House Would It be aafe to buy an old house and live In It. If It la Just aa It waa wnen two eonsumptlvea lived In It for several years? (B. a. K.) Anawer Yea, Ortlnary soap and water washing of floors and wood work, painting or repaperlng of walla grossly soiled, and an ordinary ainng would make the bouse perfectly safe for any one to live In. No expensive cusiniectlon or fumlcatlon la necoe eary. Infant Constipation our three weeka old baby seems rery constipated. (Mrs. I. R.) Answer Not enough food, or food formula too weak. Perbapa tho mis take of plying the baby with castor oil or other physic haa been made. Send ten cents and atamped enve lope bearing your address, for "The Brady Baby Book." Itrhlng Dandruff Several yeara ago you gate a recipe for dandruff, a pomade to be rubbed Into tha scalp, and It waa the moat satisfactory thing wa ever used. The recipe waa lost. (F. R.) Answer Salicylic add 90 grains, precipitated aulfur 1 dram, fresh cold cream (ointment of rose water) enough to make one ounce. Rub In a Itttle on flngertlpa by parting hair here and there, covering a quarter of tha scalp area each nlht. Sham poo one night a week. Continue this for three weeka. at Intervals aa need ed. (Copyright 1M1 John T Dill Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing ta communicate with Dr. Bra4y should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D, tS D Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. as it appear now that the ad ministration is going to exert the necessary political courage to do it e e e CENATOR Harry Byrd pulled w a fast one on the administra tion when he got the senate finance committee to adopt a resolution calling upon the budget bureau to say how it would rut non-defense expendi tures. A billion, a billion and a half or two billion dollars, if It were called upon to do so. Byrd, being a gentleman, first discussed the matter with the budget burru. They told him such a movi would be illegal He called their attention to an almost forgotten provision of the budget act of 1921. It gave committees in congress wide discretion in calling upon the budget bureau to aid. "You've got us." replied budget officials, laughing I'nder the committee resolu tion the report is to be made by October 15. No Phones Sofia. Bulgaria Among i Bulgarian Jews, only doctor are I permitted to have telephones in i their homes, under a new minis 1 try of communications decree. jJewa may not have telephones I In their business offices if busi ness and home are in the same building Radios were forbid den to all Jews. Hard Winter Ahead Bethlehem. Pa.. Sept. 8. Weather Prophet Herbert S. Bickert. who relies on the Au- j gust "apple sky" for his Infor- mation. predicts 33 snowfalls this winter. Cat tun matins want ada. Kelly's Comment Frees WasMagtoa Judges) Divided On New District Canadian Wage Plan la Eyed Tin Shortage Faili To Arrive Br Jeha W. Kelly (Note: During the absence of Mr. Kelly on vacation his daily column will be written by Mr. Paul Dunham, member of our Washington. D. C, staff). By Peul Dunham Washington, D. C, Sept. 8. Proposal to carve the Eleventh circuit court of appeals district from the Ninth federal district has developed a controversy be tween two sitting federal Judges. Now before congress is a pro posal to take the pacific north west states which form part of the Ninth circuit and create them as a new district. Most members of the bai in Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska are in favor of the proposal be cause It would save them time and money. Opponent of the proposal Is Judge William Dtnman, mem ber of the court of appeals, who ha." wVTt en "and issued ! " . . : . . : . . i a DooKiet of two aozen pages. Advocate of the new circuit is Judge Bert E. Haney, a colleague of Judge Denman. These two Judges have not always seen eye to eye In matters brought before them. Judge Haney, former democratic national committee man for Oregon, as a member of the old United States Ship ping board disagreed with the policy of President Calvin Cool id se and resigned In a blaze of letters. His present appoint ment (for life) came from Frank lin Delano Roosevelt Judge Denman also had been on the shipping board. He was ap pointed to the bench by Presi dent Hoover, and has been a re ceptive candidate for appoint ment to the United States su preme court. OREGON-BORN. Judge Haney has never been happy in Cali fornia, it is said, and he would like to see tha new circuit in the northwest, with the possi bility of his being transferred to the north. He says that on the basis of population, litiga gatlon and area the northwest states and the Alaska territory have a Just contention and there should be another court of ap peals. The Judge is backed up by the important new deal poli ticians as well as the lawyers. To offset the demand for a new circuit, members of the court have announced ihey will make two visits to the north each year, instead of holding to one trip. Heretofore the court of appeals has been in session at Seattle. Spokane and Port land on the one annual tour This additional visit is designed to lull the attorneys by provid ing double opportunity to dis pose of litigation. WHILE it Is probable that poll tics will prevent the passage of any legislation for stabilization of wages, discursion of tts possi bilities continues among mem ber of congress end attention is being given the plan adopted in Canada as part of the d-v minion effort to prevent pric from rising to an unreason able level. This plan was evolved by the Ottawa depart ment of labor and under It wages are frozen as of a designated date, with provision tor a bonus to all worker of 2S cents a week for each one per cent of Increase In the cost of living as determined by a government commission. If the cost of liv irg advance as much as five per cent there is to be an ad justment in the wage schedules; the bonus situation Is to be .e viewed each three months. Whether or not this law has been a factor of influence, living costs have not increased in - n - aaa as mucn as in me uniieu.ns Th.r. must ha . States and there is less present talk of inflation COMPLAINT comes from Seattle that a flock of houses Wl- V.. II. for defense workers do not comply with .11 the re - nnlramant g4 tha hi Jim in B rrvisB. ; Ont answer given is that these are, lamnAPapv Ha'atlllnc'l Tint lit. for the duration: but others ar- gue that after the shipbuilding Is over most of these dwellings mill remain and h. occuoied and an heenme a menace. Tha feder-1 al authority Is saying nothing. Its chief concern being to pro- vide shelter for the industrial workers and let the future take care of itself. e THAT long talked of tin shortage heard throughout the. United State when Japan first threatened to move south has been silenced and the shortage i seems as remote as ever. Ac- ; cording to an official of one of the largest can companies in the United States there 1 no short- , age and every month there Is. T.cve tin in this country thsnj at the end of the preceding month. So far as reports re- ment It going to cut tha ladlea Iceived in Washington indicate, skirts shorter for the benefit o the canning factories have had defense. Well, if those gar- no difficulty in getting all theimenU go up another inch, tha supplies they require for this ladies need defense. : year's operations, although at a I considerably higher price. In the office of OP ACS it haa been stated that there is no Justifica- . tion for this price increase aside from the fear that supplies may j fall short of meeting the demand. , No information is immediately obtainable aa to the size of the stockpile which has been built up by government purchasing agencies. By FRANK JENKINS RENO Interlude: RaitawmI fivr fmm Harris. Played it. Won twenty five. Paid back the fiver. Played another five. Won another twenty-five. Net winnings, nine for one. Trousered the stuff and walk ed away. Have it yet, as a mat ter of fact. And this Is Salt Lake City. fONTRITE confession: The fiver was a nickel. It wag played on a slot machine. Two cherries came up. The nickels rattled down. I Played again on another slot machine. Two cherries again. And once more the nickel rat tled down. Such was the extent of the gambling. (Feel decidedly better now that it's off my chjst. Honest confession Is good for the soul. It' swell fun to play the big shot and boast of winning with the best of them, but after all honesty Is the best policy.) e e e TTIESE wide open space are ffrMt nrnmnteri of nhtloso- phy. So here goes for a load of it. Gambling money ISNT money. Whoever thinks it is i a sap. If you buy gambling as enter tainment you're a wise man If it entertains you. If you gamble for MONEY, you're a dumb egg. So why shouldn't one be set up over winning nine for one, even if only pennies are in volved? a e ROADSIDE Sign: "Get Lit at the Lighthouse." Sure it means get lit Or lacquered. Or shellacked. Or oiled. Whatever happen when you take on more than your equilibrium will stand. Here in Nevada they're frank about it. Nevada has few Inhibition. see 17 LSE WHERE in America, gam- - bling 1 don behind drawn curtains, or somewhere up a stairway. Here In Nevada it's out In the open. They ADVERTISE it. It's called GAMING on tha signs. Nevada is Nevada. e e e OREAKFAST early. (6:30 a. mO Then east on 40: Lunch at Battle Mountain, served by a young woman of severe mien. This name Battle Mountain is intriguing. It fairly reek of the brave day of old. Tha histori cal research fever rise. e e THS Battle Mountain," wa Inntllra Af rVl vcima am-. m with the perslmmony expres-1 slon, "does It mean that a battle i was fought here?" I "Yes." "This battle now, was it1 fought back in the early days?" "Yes." .( "Between the Indians and the ' emigrants?" "Yes." I 1 m sjight aa well srlva It tm In the well, but the pump runs down faster than It can be primed. The young woman' mother - - " . , . " " '"'"Tw-il "I '' 'l8'" I J But she should have been Instructed that the desire for knowledge is a fire that burns j with a pure and chaste flame. I ., ... M. ov" n na " the eastern edge of Ne vada. Then over the salt flat and around the lower edge of the great and salty lake to Salt Lake City. Built on a barren, sage-grown desert, before the mighty back drop of tha Wasatch range by a man with courage and vision ! and great power of leadership. Easily one of the West's most beautiful cities. G)mmunications Short Skirt To the Editor: So our govarn- . In The. : Day's News - Materials for women's clothe are cheap nowadays, mosuy rayon or cotton. Methinks it would be more profitable for the national defense to use tha better material of men's clothes by cutting off the trousers Just above tha knee and have them wear long cotton hose (help tha cotton grower, by the way) and then lop off their coat tails at the waistline a la bell hop. They would all be better looking than in the hideous styles men have stuck to for so many years now If any of the lords of creation should happen to be proud of the ugliest Joint in the mala body they might stop the heavy cotton stocking Just below tha knee and have a Scotch accent Just leave the women alone. Does any one really like the short skirt style? Even on tiny girls, where the skirt is posasj lively non-functioning and more over makes them look like grasshoppers all legs. Doe any one really Ilka these short skirts on the pleasantly plump or the roly-poly girl? And a row of short-skirted wom en on a davenport, isn't a sight to make good eyes sore? Oh, it is all so ugly. BARBARA GREN, Phoenix, Ore. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Connty History from tha tiles of tha Mall trtbnne 10 and 20 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY September S, 1931 (It was Tuesday) Veterans Home 1 given to. Roseburg. Town rejoices. Robert T. Sawyer of Bend Is elected president of Reclama tion Congress, and Bend select ed a next meeting city. Eagle Point schools open with a registration of 126. School and club fair to open here September 18. Red Cross plans winter work for local Jobless. Cool and fair, with high of 68 and low 40 degrees. Farmer gladdened by recent rain. Encouraging signs for winter business seen by New York bankers. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 8, 1921 (It was Thursday) Posse hit red hot trail of Roy ' Gardner, escaped mail train robber. England notifies Ireland she must stay in the Empire, and hope for peace again revived. - American fashion expert de fy Pari decree women' skirts must drop to the ankla coming fall. Bolshevik! execute six Amer icans as spie. Mercury goes to 86, with low of 48.5 degrees. First carload of apples shipped from the valley. Thief trie to steal chief of police auto, and is frightened away. Bab Ruth hit 54th borne run of season to equal his own record. "You win ba famed among hosts, Oh My Matter If you ra member: Tha vary best BUY Is tha whiskey that's DRY ...PAUL JONESf arri it PmmI Jewer Csmtl Paul Jones I 1 3 JUS A QT. A W a ateWrs i oeas. fvavsee Chatlimf.