PAGE FOUR
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1941.
MEDFORIUtl&TSIBUNI
Bmii the Mall TrikdBt."
Daily Sitwpft ftatvrday
Published by
VBDFORD PRINT. NO CO.
tf-lff North Fir Si. Phtm U1
ROBERT W. RUHU Editor.
RNEflT R. OIZTRAP, Mtn(r.
An Iedpndnt Nwspapr.
Entrd Meond ela mttr at Med
ford. Orttfon, under Act of March . 171
UBSCRIPTION RATES
By Mull In Advance:
nlly and Sunday one reaf MM
Daily and Sundijr- l month... I.I
Daily and Sunday three monthi !.
Daily and Sunday one month... .11
By Carrier la Advance Medford. Ash
lend, Centrai Point, Jacksonville, Oold
Mill. Rosue River. PhoeDla. Talent,
and on motor routect
Dally and Sunday ona year
Dally aad Sunday one month... .i
All terms caah ta advance.
Official Papor of tha City mt MfdfoH
Official I'apwr of Jackson Couaty
HKMIU K OP THE AMHH'IATKD PRESS
ReceJvlns Foil 1-cuard Wire ftwvlr.
The Aasoelated Presa Is escluelveiy
entitled to the use for publication of all
news diepaichea redtted to It or other
wise credited to thle paper, and alao to
the local news published herein.
All rlfhte for publication of special
dlspatchee herein are also reservad.
MEMBKR OP UNITED PRESS
MEM BEH OP AUDIT IHIREAU
OK CIRCULATIONS
Advertletnc Rsprssentatlo
WEST-HOL.LIDAY COM PANT. INC.
Offices In New Tork, Chlesio, Dotro It.
Sap Pranclaeo. boa Angelea. Seattle.
Portland, St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver.
PoiusneR44-sociTi M
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Pttj
That fn V mcS wUl result In
many new faces after the next
election, In the hall of Congress,
expert! predict. New candidates
with suave and glib promises,
will solemnly assure the ever
trusting voter, as heretofore, his
threats to whack thou In two,
are iron-clad and gilt-edge, but
after election, fall to perform
the amputation. It wll be the
same old promises, pouring out
of different mouths.
V . .
In the week-end football re
ports. It was frequently noted a
sophomore halfback had scored
touchdown. In many accounts,
the reader could almost see the
pained expression on the sport
writer1! face, that such a thing
should happen. Such antipathy
Is illogical ai the sophomore
score counts as much as if made
by a bow-legged senior, who has
no business on the team In the
first place. Some action should
be taken to keep the soph thus
disgracing himself, from being
listed with the vilest sinners.
It begins to look like this
state had been granted a re
prieve, and la no longer in
Jeopardy of a special extraor
dinary session ot the alleged
legislature.
The nation starts off this
week with crisis for every
finger, and an emergency for
every toe.
Winter officially arrived Sun
day. The esteemed Oregonlan
did not arrive in time for break
fast, and hundreds felt like go
ing back to bed.
To rid the pantry shelves of
red ants, wipe them with dena
tured alcohol every few weeks."
(Household Hints) One at a
time, girls)
.Oregon State has been elected
to Rose Bowl, and will play
Duke, who does not toy with a
football like a Duchess.
HOW'S THE SUPPER CLUBf
(Dorrls Times)
"The Breakfast Club meet
ing was postponed this week
on account of the illness of
some of its members.
"The Dinner Club meeting
for this week was postponed
on account of the illness of
some of its members."
...
Finland advises tha Democ
racies, she Is well aware of their
hostility by reasons of her affair
with tha Nails, but has 'good
reasons' for not "refusing Ber
lin's Invitations.' 'Poor, brave
Finland,' as she used to be
called, Is not Juft 'Poor Finland.'
PIONEER NEWS SCARCITY
"Our town at the present writ
ing Is unusually, monstruostly,
dadrattedly dull. Everybody
waiting for water and nobody
retting what they are waiting
for. This is a terrible state of
affairs; not an Item to be had.
and nothing to manufacture one
out of. We have two doctors
here, but they are of no account
or they would furnish the paper
with more than one death In
two months, and a birth at least
once a week. Then there's the
minister guess we won't say
anything about him. but we
know the ladies like to see mar
riages, and whose fault Is it that
tpey are disappointed? We'd
like to be Informed." (Dutch
tint (Calif.) Enquirer. Nov. 28,
1863.)
Nineteen million dollars Is
available to the quartermaster
corps this current fiscal year
for purchase of tactical army
vehicles, according to tha war
department.
Kettle on the Curb
THERE is something heart-warming about the
Salvation Army kettles, which make their appear
ance on the streets at this time of year. No other one
thing seems more reminiscent of the old-fashioned
Christmas.
The world has changed a great deal since these
friendly little kettles first appeared on Los Angeles
streets nearly a half-century ago. And in the swirling
confusion of this present-day stream-lined existence,
there are some who entirely miss the true significance
of Christmas observance. To them the simple Yule
tide joys are entirely lost in the fuss and flurry of
hectic holiday shopping, parties and entertaining.
DUT somehow, the "Army's" kettles seem to turn
our thoughts once more to the true spirit ot Christ
masthe Christmas with the great yule log, Tiny Tim'
and "Silent Night".
Probably it is because one of our earliest Christmas-season
recollections is of a Salvation Army kettle
under the flickering glow of a gas lamp on the street
corner of a great eastern city. On a nearby corner
was a hymn-singing group with drum and tambou
rines, seeking out wickedness and sin..
But isn't that typical of the Salvation Army a
combination of religious zeal and an unswerving
determination to relieve suffering, sorrow and dis
tress? Yes, it is a combination that accomplishes
wonders, too 1
THE Christmas kettles seem to typify the generous,
helpful spirit of this truly Christian organization.
Sixty years of service to humanity and the "Army"
has never lost the true spirit of the Samaritan. It has
been essentially an idealistic program rigidly follow
ed by this organization ; yet it has been carried forth
in a thoroughly practical, business-like, common
sense manner.
THE yearly Christmas kettle campaign is no excep-
tion. The pennies, nickles and dimes dropped into
these street corner kettles will go a long, long way
toward bringing .Christmas cheer to the needy and
deserving.
And you may depend upon the "Army" to see that
every penny is spent RIGHT.
The heartening note of the tinkling bell, the street
corner kettle why they are as much a part of Christ
mas as tinsel balls, the traditional feast and old Mr.
Claus himself I
In the true spirit of Christmas, let us fill to over
flowing Medford's Salvation Army kettles! H.G.
Puff for Gift Pears
THOSE who wish to know just how the large and
luscious Rogue River valley pears found their way
into Christmas gift boxes and thus brought a sizable
industry to this area will be interested in Frank J.
Taylor's article appearing in the current issue of
Country Gentleman.
"Oregon's Mail-Order Farmers" is the title of this
article. From it, people here are certain to derive both
pride and information.
THE author presents, with typically modern tech-
nique, the story of the fast-growing fruit gift box
industry from the standpoint of the Bear Creek
Orchards. While the story of" Harry and David" de
mands the major portion of the article and right
fully so, for THEY were the pioneers in this field of
endeavor there is much valuable advertising for our
own Rogue River valley. It might also be mentioned
that advertising, used extensively and wisely, has
been an important factor in spreading the pleasant
and profitable habit of giving fruit boxes throughout
the nation.
VES, the Rogue River valley's "glamour pears", in
artistic wrappings, have built a winter-season in
dustry for this area which has clone much to level
out seasonal payrolls. As this industry expands the
economy of this valley correspondingly improves.
"YTHER Medford packers, who are now featuring
V gift-packed pears, are mentioned in this Country
Gentleman article. The author points out that
"i no less alert, rival shippers offered surprise boxes,
too. One included a brace of wild pheasants grown on a
game-bird farm near Medford."
Yes, unique packs of fruits and tasty tidbits, yule
tide clusters of Oregon greenery, have helped to put
the local fruit industry on its feet and Medford on
the map. H.G.
High School News
by
STUDENT REPORTERS
By Thalma Kaplon
At the regular A S H. assem
bly Wednesday a varied mu'lcul
program was presented by Miss
llclene Leach, music director.
Comic highlight of the affnir
was a short three-act humorous
Interpretation of grand opera
by the boys' quartet. The cast
was as follows: the heroine, Leo
Mlksche; the hero, Ivan Cherry:
the villain, Harris Jnnrs; and
the fairy, Elmer Bashaw. En
tertainment was also furnished
by the mixed cfcorus; a mono
logue by Mike Thorniley: sev
eral selections by the girls' sex
tet; and group singing. Piano
accompaniment was furnished
by Roger Wolf, and Meryl
Dawes.
To honor Mr. Everett Hardy
of Portlnnd, Northwestern coun
cil leader of Hi-Y. members of
that organization discussed
plans for a pot-luck dinner for
, fathers and sons next Monday.
The boys are also planning a
iHi-Y review for next week.
Sophomore class officers, at
a meeting Wednesday noon,
elected new program chair
man, Joan Elliott, and the fol
lowing committee to assist her,
Phyllis Fields, Don Knips, and
Bud Nordwlck. Senior class of
ficers also held a meeting Wed
nesday, presided over by R. B.
Webber, president, at which
time they decided to follow stu
dent council's lead In taking ar-
' tion on the question of caps
and gowns for graduntlcn.
To publicize National Tuber
culosis week and to educate
students regarding it, a motion
picture was presented to the
i student body Friday morning
I which demonstrated action of
the germs of this disease and
ways of avoiding contagion
Tha picture "Another to Con
quer," was under the sponsor
ship of Miss Olive Curry, school
nurse.
Personal Health Service
By WUllam
Signed letters pertaining ta personal health and hjflene. Dot ta dlaeate
dlagooelt or treatment, will ba antwend ky Or. Brady It stamped self
addreeeed envelope Is endow. Letter snoald be brief asd written la Ink.
Owing to the bug number of letters received only a few caa ba answered
here. No reply can bo made ta qoertea mot conforming ta lattraetlona.
addru Dr. William Brady. Iti CI Candno, Beverly Hills, Cailf.
MILK FOR
How should one go about
choosing the right milk for chil
dren 8, 10 and 12 years of age,
in a city where
several differ
ent grades of
milk are sup
plied? (asks a
reader) We
use large quan
tities of raw
milk from an
acc r e d 1 1 e d
herd regularly
tested for tu
berculosis and
Bang's disease,
but recently
we have Ben Told (Ben gets
around as always!) we take
many chances of contracting
undulant fever, septic sore
throat and other diseases by us
ing raw milk and that we should
use only pasteurized milk, espe
cially for the children. (R.C.D.)
R. C. D. adds that the children
dislike the taste of pasteurized
milk but are fond of the raw
milk, but that he wants to do
wht is best for the health and
safety of his family.
For many years I have en
Joytd the next best treat to raw
milk fresh from the crow, milk
before it hat had time to cool,
Grade A Raw milk from tuber
culin tested and Bang - tested
herd. It is a premium milk, cost
ing, I believe, the same amount
as Certified milk costs. I never
cared so much about pasteur
ized milk, although I doubt I
could distinguish by taste alone
a sample of pasteurized milk
(milk that has been par-boiled,
heated to 145 degrees F. for
thirty minutes to kill any di
sease germs it may contain)
from a sample of ordinary raw
milk or Grade A raw or Certi
fied milk. Probably R. C. D.'s
children can tell the difference
by taste alone certainly a good
many people can Vet somehow
I have enjoyed drinking Grade
A Raw from tuberculin-tested
and Bang-tested cows via milk-
truck and refrigerator almost as
much as, In the halcyon days, I
enjoyed driving sixteen miles to
see the faithful old collie bring
the cows from the woods across
the stream down In the valley,
up the green hills to the barns
where I stood at the bedside
at the cowside ready to dip Into
the pail as soon as the first
quart or two permitted oh,
boy, I'd drive a thousand miles
and walk 60 for the chance to
recapture that thrill now.
If I were R. C. D. I'd keep on
giving the children large quan
tities of the raw milk from tuberculin-tested
and Bang-tested
cows.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued Prom Page Ona)
I streets and he may have to fight
;for them, street by street.
e
THE reds started buying mi
, chlnery and building ma
terials here two years ago to
construct secondary munition
plants, hydro-electric dams and
other Industries at every point
along the trans-Siberian rail
road. A hydro-dam has just
been completed in the Irtysh
river there to furnish 240.000
kilowatts. Other similar proj
ects are near completion.
But even tha successful trans
migration of a nation will cause
delays and sharp diminution of
production. Hence, these facta
do not mean Russia has been
saved only that the Nazis will
find little or nothing in the con
quered territory.
The fall of Moscow would
give the Germans control of
what was formerly 75 per cent
of Russian industry. It would
be physically Impossible to
move that much of a nation's
production without dangerous
hiatus.
Consequently, long range hope
for Russian success beyond next
Mny is shared by only a portion
of officials here. This govern
ment's unspoken opinion is that
unless the U. S. gets large quan
tities of materials in through
Vladivostok before spring, the
Russians cannot hold out.
a
C ABOTAGE la suspected In the
increaing number of pas
senger railroad wrecks, yet in
terstate commerce commission
authorities are not attributing
them to foreign agents. Septem
ber and October of this year
recorded a 20 per cent Increase
In the number of wrecks over
the same two months last year,
an increase of 29 4 per cent in
the number killed and 9 5 per
cent in the number Injured. Yet.
o
Brady. M. D.
CHILDREN
Formerly I recommended Cer
tified milk tor people who can
afford it, especially for infants,
invalids and young children.
Certified milk Is the or was
the purest raw milk available.
But in recent years some pro
ducers of Certified milk have
evidently lost faith in it them
selves, for a considerable num
ber of them now acknowledge
that the milk requires parteriza
tion. If milk must be par-boiled
or pasteurized to make it safe
for infants, children. Invalids or
anybody, then I'd as soon have
the cheapest kind of milk the
markst affords, and personally
I'd prefer to buy the milk as
fresh as possible and cald it
myself that is, bring it to a
boil for just one minute which,
in my opinion, makes any ordi
nary market milk perfectly safe
for Infant, child. Invalid or
adult, whether the milk is non
descript from a neighboring
farm or dairy, from the village
store or market, or whether it
bears a Grade A or Grade B
lebel or no label at all.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
advlter
Husband., accountant, flndt be caa
do eight er ten noun of heavy con
centration dally If he takes two or
three tablet of vitamin Bl daily
each tablet containing 3334 Interna,
tlonat units. He has been taking these
a year and has never bad better
health or efficiency. But our druggist
asks If he ever stopped to realize that
little la known about vitamins and
that It might prove that the amount
my husband takes will be dangerous.
(Mrs. H-S.O.)
Answer Jlv the druggist cre'dlt
for honesty aad sincerity at any rate.
So far at I know, there It no possible
harm in continuing the treatment
which, after all, gives your husband
approximately the amount of Bl the
average adult got from the average
diet a hundred years ago
Htvet
X received remarkable relief for con
ttantly recurring hives by following
the Inttructtont In your pamphlet
"Relief for Allergy". Thank you for
thlt and many other helps We have
found in your column. (C.W.L.)
Answer- On request, accompanied
with stamped envelope bearing your
address. I am glad to tend a pamphlet
on "Hlvet" and one on "Relief for
Allergy".
Head Nonet
T have constant humming or ring
ing or whittling notae In my ears and
am partly deaf, though Z hear con
versation when there Isn't much
noise roundabout. (Mn. U K.)
Answer Send ttamped envelope
bearing your address, for pamphlet
"Tlnnltua and Deafness.
Ed. Note: Feraem wlthlng ta
communicate with tr. Brady
mould tend letter direct ta Dr.
William Bradv. M. n ts El
Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
'there were only 18 wrecks of
sufficient consequence to war
rant ICC investigation.
ICC authorities are Inclined
to think most of them can be
attributed to mentally unset
tled persons. A flare-up of that
kind of crime has been noticed
since the war began.
e a
AUSTRALIAN authorities are
mora than halt-seriously
complaining that the far-eastern
issue of war or no war Is being
handled by Messrs. Roosevelt
and Hull exclusively. Said one
such diplomat:
"You ara doing tha negotiat
ing and we will have to do the
fighting." He meant on land.
PROSPECT EXTENSION
UNIT HOLDS MEETING
Prospect, Dec. 1. Spl.V
I An Interesting home extension
meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. Fred Middlebusher Fri
day with Miss Marion Farrell,
demonstration agent, giving a
.talk and demonstration on car
' Ing for the sick in the home.
Mrs. Middlebusher, chairman,
-presided over the meeting.
I Attending were Mrs. Carl
Kludt, Mrs. Gus Ditsworth. Mrs.
Kellev Wright. Mrs. Ted Bevlns.
Mrs. H. Hertager. Mrs. E. J.
Flynn, Mrs. Wm. Mooney, Mrs.
j David Neville, Mrs. Clifford
; Kemohan, Mrs. Richard D.
Gray, Mrs. S. T. MorTison, Mrs.
Paul Algeo, Mrs. Rogers, Miss
Farrell and Mrs. Middlebusher.
j Next meeting will be in the
jhlgh school, Dec. 12. Leaders
will be Mrs. Barbara Tubman
and Mrs. Maxine Pierce and
they will demonstrate cooking
the cheaper cuts ot meat
OREGON 4-H GIRL IS
ALTERNATE CHAMPION
Chicago. Dec. 1 P The
National 4-H Club congress yes
terday named Franclne Sharp,
Clackamas, Ore., at second alter
nate to Beth Gill. 17. of Nesbltt,
Miss., national 4-H club cham
pion among girls.
The priia la a silver trophy
and 5300 college scholarship.
David aarnoft. of the Radio Cor
poration of America, was once a mee-
i aenrer on the old New York Herald
it W I week.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
More Competition
From Argentina,
Army Equipment
Hint Expansion
Expansion Sure
Or Costly Error
Br Joha W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, Dee. 1.
Agriculture of the Pacific north
west ia to receive new competi
tion from Argentina. Negotia
tions are in progress by which
Uncle Sam will purchase surplus
commodities in that country the
same as the surplus commodities
administration is doing in the
United States. It is to be an ex
tension of the surplus commodi
ties program for the purpose of
preventing Argentine surpluses
being available to Herr Hitler
and hit associates in the axis..
Listed as among the items to
be bought are casein, wool and
hides, all of which are produced
in the northwest. In addition
there will be purchased quanti
ties of strategic materials to be
added to the stockpiles now
being built up by Metals Reserve
corporation. The proposal being
discussed would have the United
States purchase every ton of
tungsten produced in Argentina
until 1944. Before the United
States will take over the sur
plus commodities it is insisted
that Argentina shall not dispose
of any to Germany, Italy or
Japan. On this point the negotia
tions are said to revolve.
State department conducts its
negotiations so secretly that it
never makes an announcement
until a transaction is completed,
but Argentina is less close
mouthed. Without definite in
formation, it is rumored that the
casein, wool and other articles
will be brought to the United
States for processing and not dis
posed of In England in the raw
state. All of these Items are pro
duced in this country. It the
policy of Jesse H. Jones is pur
sued whatever purchases are
made will be imported without
paying duty.
e e e
WAR department reiterates
that it has no plans for increas
ing the army nor for an expedi
tionary force, yet there are signs
to the contrary. The present
army consists of 1,500,000 offi
cers and men. Officers buy their
own uniforms and equipment;
the men are furnished their
clothing. Bearing this in mind,
it is interesting to do a little
checking, and these are some of
the results: -
For every man the quarter
master department has already
bought 10 pairs of shoes (foot
covering for an army ot 10,000,
000); 49 suits of underwear; 14
pairs of cotton khaki shirts: 26
pairs of flannel shirts; 50 pairs
of sox; 8 pairs of gloves; four
barrack bags; 9 pairs of cotton
trousers; 3 pairs of herringbone
twill trousers; 4.5 pairs wool
serge trousers; 4.5 canvas leg
gings; 3 herringbone jackets; 3
field jackets.
Each man of the present army
of 1,500,000, in addition to the
foregoing, has 39 yards of wool
serge; 28 yards of flannel shirt
ing; 4.5 yards wool overcoating;
eight yards wool lining cloth; 40
yards cotton khaki twill; 34
yards herringbone twill cotton;
40 yards cotton uniform cloth;
20 yards cotton lining cloth; 32
yards cotton khaki cloth; two
yards cotton Jean: 21 yards cot
ton drill; 1.5 yards of melton;
1.5 yards of elastique cloth.
Every other man in the army
of 1.300.000 has a complete white
uniform for baking or butcher
ing. This may mean that 1,000,
000 men will cook for 500,000.
There are nine neckties per man.
A clinic thermometer has been
provided for every man in the
army, and bathrobes and pa
jamas costing $3,042,534, these
latter to be used In hospitals.
There are 78 feet of mosquito
netting per soldier and 14 yards
of canvas tent cloth. Bought al
ready are 10 blankets per man
and beds and mattresses for ten
million. There are 2.5 macki
naws a man; nine hats and caps.
Such are some of the pur
chases figured out on a per wan
basis. There are winter combat
trousers, winter combat jackets;
sleeping bags, parkas costing
from 57 to $24.25 each and 519
costing $114.82 each; waterproof
bedding rolls. Anticipating ex
panding the "mountain brigade"
8992 pairs of ski boots have been
purchased, plus a pair of arctics
for every present enlisted man;
flying shoes, felt boots and over
shoes. Viewing all this equipment
(and more is constantly being
ordered) either the war deoart-
i ment intends expanding the
j army to from 8.000.000 to 10 -j
000.000 or else, when the emer
gency is over, there will be army
goods stores in every town In
the United States selling the ac
cumulation. e a e
BRINGING these purchases
Into a nearer view, it means five
pairs of shoes for every man, wo-
man ana child in Washington
i and Oregon: a raincoat for every
one; four pairs of gloves: 22 suit
iof underwear; 13 flannel ahirU;
Buu
Christmas
Seals
25 pair of cotton and wool sox;
seven cotton shirts; 29 yards of
mosquito netting; halt the popu
lation of the two states with a
clinic thermometer, and all with
a bathrobe and pajamas; every
one with a work shirt, etc.
If the army is not expanded,
someone has made a costly error
in buying equipment. The sen
ate committee on defense ex
penditures is striving to learn
the answer.
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S (Saturday's) news Is
full of hints and highlights, Its
and maybes, of bluffs and counter-bluffs.
It is barren of decisive devel
opments. 1
OVERSHADOWING everything
for the moment ia the situa
tion in the Pacific.
The Jap press and radio are
attacking the U. S. bitterly.
Here are scattered samples:
"America has no sincerity."
"America has broken the
peace."
"The United States ALONE Is
responsible for what seems al
most Inevitable now."
SAVAGE chieftains, working
their warriors up to the fight
ing pitch, set the tom-toms to
throbbing. Modern dictators turn
loose their heel-dog press and
radio.
The purposes are the same.
Only the methods differ.
IN Tokyo, Tojo's cabinet. In
what the correspondents de
scribe as "an atmosphere reflect
ing alternate gloom and bristling
hostility," meets anew to delib
erate on Japan's final stand on
the negotiations with Washing
ton. .
JAPAN, according to "respon
aihle Fnr Fatim anfhnHti"
quoted by the Associated Press
today, has two choices:
1. Accept U. S. terms. Quit
the axis. Get out of China.
2. FIGHT.
THESE Far" Eastern authorities
' think it isn't in Japan's char
acter (ruled as she is by a mili
tary dictatorship that must fight
or lose out) to knuckle under to
the U. S. and quit.
So they think she'll fight.
Their prediction is that the
Tojo government, which sent Ku
rusu to make a last-minute peace
try, will FALL and will be suc
ceeded by a government FULLY
COMMITTED TO WAR.
FDR leaves Washington for
Warm Springs, giving rise to
two opposing schools of conjec
ture: 1. That he wouldn't have left
If any hope remained of further
negotiations with Japan.
2. That he wouldn't have left
if the Jap crisis was really ex
pected to get worse.
Take your choice.
IN London, an "authoritative
source" says:
"U. S. aid in the battle of the
Atlantic has enabled Britain to
delegate to the Pacific the sort
of ships (that Is. battleships)
needed to meet a "really great
naval power."
Japan is one of the great naval
powers, with a navy built around
BATTLESHIPS, which are fight
ing ships. London "authoritative
source" (whoever he is) is saying
to Japan:
"If you fight, you'll have to
fight a combined U. S.-British
fleet with more battleships than
you have."
CROM Manila comes a dispatch
asserting that nazi agents in
the Far East are making a deter
mined attempt to bring about a
negotiated peace between Japan
and-China.
The nazi Idea, of course. Is to
get Japan out of the mud In
China so she will be free to fight
the United States and Britain.
VOU may think you have seen
poker games in your time.
This writer ventures the opin
ion that all the poker games vou
have seen in all your life if piled
one on top of another would bear
about the same relation to tlvs
poker game in the Orient as a
handful of sand to Mount Shasta.
The USO intends to operate
at least one large clubhouse at
every U. S. naval base. Con
struction it already under way
at many of the bases.
In The ;
Day!s;
1 News '
t I. 1 I IJMUJL
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackton Conntv
Hlitorj from the flirt of the Mall
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 1. 1931
(It was Tuesday)
Capt. Frank Hawk on flight
from Vancouver, B. C, to Mexi
can border forced to make land
ing In Siskiyous due to dizzy
spells.
Rain and warmer weather
predicted. High 48, low 25 de
grees. Parting of ways seen for Eng
land and Mahatma Gandhi over
India problems.
Prosecutor of Tom Mooney,
serving life In San Quentin for
Preparedness Day bombing ex
presses doubt of Mooney's guilt
in hearing before Gov. Rolph.
Fire sirens will call children
to view toy displays in local
windows as Christmas season
opens.
nurai rcaiuciu icbciiu vuukc,
slash for county library.
County approve Medford
budget for coming years.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Dacamber 1, 1921
(It was Thursday)
Marshal Foch of France,
World war hero, greeted by
entire city and valley when his
special train stops for a short
time on way south. Commander
MacNider of American Legion,
talks, and was introduced by
Attorney George A. Codding.
Marshal Foch is introduced by
Attorney Frank P. Farrell, who
spoke In French, and his re
marks were interpreted. Crowd
is more reverent than demon
strative. Threat to kill Roscoe Ar
buckle, film comedian on trial
for manslaughter as he is ac
quitted received by authorities
at San Francisco.
Offer new peace plan to set
tle factional row in Ireland.
Widespread rioting in Vienni
leave city in ruins.
,falr and colder. High 45.5,
low 34.5 degrees. Rain, .40 inch.
Prof. Reimer tells West Side
P.-T.- A. of his experiences in
Chtna.
Ye Poets Corner
Country Dane
Away back before the age of
swing
Life was not such a complex
thing
The old schoolhouse was all
alight
For theuntry dance on Sat
urday night,
Then buxom belles and stalwart
swains -
Came strolling down the coun
try lanes
From far and near, the gather
ing host
Tied their nags to the hitching
post '
In the good old days it was a sin
To call a fiddle a violin.
So the fiddle rang out clear and
loud
The clarion call to the eager
crowd
They circled, around with a
do-se-do
They swung their partners heel
and toe
There were homemade dough
nuts, cider in the jug
Those folks never heard of
cutting a rug.
They didn't give two whoops
and a holler
For the thing we know as the
almighty dollar
This modern world brings a
mourful yen
To live in the days of away
back when.
Life was not guch a complex
thing - .
And the country dance was
devoid of swing
Carma McCarty.
. Trail, Ore.
Chrlttmat
Before
Tinsel and ribbons
Tissue and seals
Hasty made beds
Hasty cooked meals .
Shoving and' pushing
Riding the ears
Armchair and slippers
Nursing our scars
Last package wrapped
Now it's all done
Who ever said
Christmas shopping is fua
'ter
Tinsel and ribbons
Tissue and seals
Nutshells on the carpet
Dried orange peels
Leftover turkey
Money, we've none
Christmas it over
But wasn't It fun?
Carma McCarty.
Trail, Ore.
LAST VETERAN
Tillamook. Ore.. Dec. 1.
Lycurgus Monroe Butler, 94.
i Tillamook county's last Civil war
j veteran, was buried yesterday
at Independence. He died Fri
day at Wheeler. He served with
the Arkansas cavalry during the
: war, afterwards becoming a
: circuit rider. He retired as s
I Saptiit minister.