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By Arthur Pertf
MirinM. made prisoners of
war after the capture of Guam,
liave been put to hard labor by
their Japanese Jailers. Nippon
ese diplomats who talked peace
at Washington, D. C, while the
Tokyo war set prepared for the
Pearl Harbor treachery, still
loaf and loll t a fancy Virginia
resort hotel, and mix and min
gle with Axis diplomats and at
taches similarly Inconvenienced.
All are eating everything but
their native rice, and sauer
kraut, at the expense of the
American government, and not
earning the salt they put on It
This Is diplomatic courtesy, that
comes close to coddling vipers.
The Russians have launched
n offensive against the Nazis,
on the ice of Lake Lagoda near
Leningrad. Arena skaters be
ginning to learn fancy didoes,
can alone appreciate what the
Reds are up against. Beginners
trying to execute the "figure 8"
are apt to put down the na
tional war debt, before they can
sit down.
YOU'RE MIXED UP' TOOI
(Medical Journal)
"Since as matter of pure
chance there is likelihood
that two cars will be likely
to want to occupy the same
space at a given time posses
ses a chance relationship ex
pressed in a number of oc
casions but, due to rules of
the highway such as 'stop
streets,' rights of way, and the
fact that traffic flows on one
side of the highway In the
same direction while that In
the opposito direction finds
itself on the other side of the
highway minimizes the num
ber of cars which will occupy
that amount of highway."
Since the Senate committee
Investigations, $1 per year men
are regarded as in need of leg
islation. They should not be paid
a cent, and forced to return to
the Treasury, the first million
they rake in on defense con
tracts. And, by the way, what
ever became of the anti-proflt-eering
bill In Congress a few
years back, that was going to
eliminate mushroom growth
millionaires Just like thatl
The Mayor of Portland, re
turning from Washington, D. C,
reports the rwple of the land
are in for a loss of luxuries,
and making of sacrifices, the
likes of which they have never
seen before, and may never see
again. The people will be right
up agMnst the "covered wagon"
days, and no oxen to pull It.
His Honor reports the two pants
suit for males "Is out the win
dow," and darkly hints, he who
has one pair will be lucky. And.
vests, they are gone, gone, gone.
We only know one man who
wears a vest every day, and are
not sure that he does. (Later:
the gent In question reports the
only time he wears a vest is
when his wife makes him go to
Ashland on Sunday).
.
Farm groups have protested
Daylight Saving anyway It's
saving something. Under It, the
claim is voiced, the hired man
will be getting up, before he
goes to bed.
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The G. Corum twins exhibit
ed their newly gained walking
cblllly In public Sat. Either one
or both, can fall down with
more emphasis, and less notice
than anybody else on earth.
They never land on their face.
More than half of all the hos
pital care in the United States
is for patients with nieutal diseases.
Important Meeting Tomorrow
It Is the wise and sensible course for Pacific
coast communities to take practical precautions
against air raids or other possible enemy action.
Trouble is not expected, yet members of the Jackson
County Defense Council are determined to be pre
pared if it does come. Loss of life and disruption of
normal living may be materially lessened if we are
alert to the danger and adequately prepared for any
eventuality.
Poth the alarmist and the cocksure optimist
should be ignored.
There IS a possibility of air raids and it should
be recognized. The public should not become unduly
alarmed and at the same time there should be no
lack of sensible preparation.
THERE will be a meeting Wednesday (tomorrow)
afternoon, sponsored by the Jackson County
P.-T.A. council, for which we urge a large attendance.
Officials of the local defense council will be on hand
to freely discuss all phases of their work.
DARENTS of school children will want to know.
about the system of evacuating school youngsters
in case of emergency a plan in which THEY will
play an important role. The program of air raid
warning, means of administering first aid, medical
direction, the best ways of coping with incendiary
bombs, plans for comrnunicatiiis in critical time
all wil' be discussed at this afternoon session.
ALTOGETHER, there are 134 clubs, patriotic
" groups and fraternal organizations in this city
and practically all have joined with the P.-T.A. in
taking a lively interest in civilian defense. All are
showing a commendable willingness to lend a help
ing hand in this common effort.
The success of such a program as this quite ob
viously depends upon general public understanding
and participation. The P.-T.A. meeting at the Lin
coln school gymnasium tomorrow afternoon will give
to all who attend a much clearer picture of the EN
TIRE defense plan and will better prepare the entire
community for any eventuality which may arise.
H. G.
Bad News and U. S. Morale
A good friend, and an old one, who fought in the
Spanish war, thinks there
regarding the present conflict, so much it is impair
ing national morale.
He particularly resents a recent speech by. Gov
ernor Sprague, in which our state executive pointed
out the "cruelties" which the people must expect to
suffer as the fight goes on. Says he :
"Why man alive, if this sort of thing Is kept up the
rank and file will get so Jittery, we won't be worth a
lick. If this psychology had prevailed when we fought
In the Philippines before, how far would we have got?
They didn't tell us we were outnumbered, cut-off and
doomed to die. They told us the yellowbellies had a hill
and we were to take it, and we did, and we didn't count
up our losses until afterward. That's the way to fight.
Not sit around and figure up you're licked before you
start!"
Well, there is probably something to this, and
we think the term "cruelties" a rather unfortunate
one for the governor to have chosen, it smacks too
much of conquest.
But we also think the point our Spanish-American
friend misses is the complete absence of any
similarity between the present war and that triumphal
military and naval parade against the tottering Span
ish empire, in 1898.
Men fought bravely and died gallantly in the
Spanish war, often against heavy odds BUT neither
on land or sea was it ever an equal fight. Certainly
never a fight in which the enemy, in preparation,
numbers and equipment, had the better of it
But that is the case in the Philippines and the
Far East today, and we can see no point in trying to
dodge the fact, and thereby not preparing the people
for the probable sacrifices that confront them be
cause of this fact
MOT that the lads over there, fighting, in the Philip
" pines, Wake Island, Guam or anywhere else,
should be, or are, given any different fighting ord
ers than they were 43 or 44 years ago. General Mac
Arthur for example, we feel sure is following pre
cisely the line his famous father did, when the Philip
pines were conquered.
If a hill is to be taken, the boys undoubtedly are
told to take it, and they do take it, counting their
losses later.
DUT the morale of the army is one thing, the morale
of the rank and file back home is quite another.
And to maintain this morale back home we favor
the British example, rather than the French: Win
ston Churchill's "blood and tears," rather than Game
lin's impregnability of the Maginot line.
And only for one reason, and one alone, because
we believe the American people like the British "can
TAKE it," because we believe the truth however dis
couraging, instead of breaks their will to win. will
I only strengthen it; that
narder they will fight
A ND ABOVE ALL because if they are NOT told
the truth, if they are not prepared morally and
physically, for future shocks and disappointments
which in all likelihood can't be avoided; then when
the bad news does come, they will naturally be com
pletely unprepared, suddenly realize their leaders
have deceived them all along, and while we know
such a national debacle as swept over France would
4 L . l. 1 !
iueer uix-ut, me nei results as iar as national morale
is concerned, WOULD be costly and MIGHT be, tem
porarily at least disastrous.
is far too much pessimism
the tougher the going, the
Personal Health Service
Br William
f lined letters pertalalng to perianal health sad bTflrne, not ta dlKut
dlegnoel.. or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad If a stamped self.
addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should bo brief and written In Ink
Owing to the tarie number of letters received on It a few can be answered
hers. No reply can be mad to queries not conforming to laotrnctloas
Addrees Dr. William Bradr, tss CI Camlet, Beverlv Hills. Calif.
OMERSAULTI A
Regular morning rolls, which
I recommend for every adult
who is not incapacitated by
senility or di
sease, execut
ed as describ
ed and illus
trated In the
"Invitation to
the Somer
sault auqua" !
(lor copy send
stamped envel
ope be a r I n g
o v ereome
"poor circula
Dr. Brady
tion.'
Tyros will please be advised
of the controversy between
Webster and OV Doc Brady
about the meaning of the word
somersault. Webster, in his ob
stinate way, asserts that it
means leap or jump in which
a person turns his heels over his
head, forward or backward,
without touching the ground
with any portion of the body.
Brady firmly but gently insists
that somersault means simply
rolling or turning heels over
head but with some portion of'
the body always in contact with
the ground or floor. Brady
maintains that what Webster de
scribes as a somersault is an air
spring (as distinguished from
handspring) and challe n g e s
Webster to give a name to what
Brady describes as a somersault.
A well turned somersault
takes few seconds and requires
that you come up on your feet
smiling or at least not particu
larly flustered or perturbed I
just rolled half a dozen on the
floor before my desk in fifteen
seconds.
Another condition somersault
ing tends to prevent or over
come Is mental depression or
the blues.
A good many old geeters from
thirty-five to seventy-five, I find,
choose to think I am facetious
about this. Well, I'm sorry for
them, but perhaps there are
many more younger readers,
younger in body and mind, who
ran comprehend that I am ser
ious about it, when I say that
I'd as soon go without breakfast
as go without my morning rolls
on getting out of bed. Somer
soults ar one of the few medi
clnes I'm willing to take myself.
Now and then some corres
pondent informs me he or she
suffered virtually a broken neck
trying to turn somersaults. Some
time ago one such correspondent
threatened to sue me. But that
doesn't worry me at all. I mere-
News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
(Continued Prom Page One)
ed to put on a major demon
stration for the conference of
American foreign ministers In
Rio. The timing proved better
than the results.
The army and navy are
rather proud of the way they
broke up the initial Jap sub at
tack on Pacific coast shipping,
although FDR's warning against
excessive submarine-s Inking
claims has prevented them from
saying much. Officially they
claimed only a few, but they
thought they bagged many
more, judging from such incon
clusive evidence as nil spots.
Swift cessations of the attack
confirms their private estimates.
Such prowling enemy forays
so far from home bases ran
have no real military effect
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IT ,1s never the rules of censor
ship that are oppressive,
only the personal application of
them by individual censors,
each varying in temperament
I and preferences. The rules an
nounced by Censor Byron Price
merely are those long ago adopt
ed voluntarily by news-men
here at the suggestion of var
ious government departments.
startl
H
ng hack long i before Pearl , m shropsh'ire.' leang a 10--T.
Few violations have de-i ' . ' ' " "
harbor
veloped.
But Mr. Price should require
each censor to hang above his
desk this following counsel
from the Harvard Law Review
("American Economic Moblllia
tion"): "Winning the war Is para
mount, but it would be a sorry
commentary on American ideals
if this demanded a sacrifice of
basic freedoms."
SUBSEQUENT developments
i suggest Mr. Roosevelt's pri
mary purpose In hastening the
Nelson reorganiratlon announce-
! ment was to blunt the timell
ness of the Truman report crltl
cirlng Inefficiency
production setup.
In the old i
The Truman
Brady. M. D.
ND CIRCULATION
ly say here they are turn 'em If
you like, but of course at your
own risk. Nothing ventured
nothing won. At that, I won
dtr if people who darn near
break their necks' trying to turn
somersaults are not confusing
Webster's with mine. Webster's
kind is good trick it you can
do It we kids in Canandaigua
In the gay nineties could do
lYVebsterian somersault on any
lawn but I do not recommend
it for ordinary folk.
your address), l tl
will help toi?od'rc,m h 8".nt splanch-
nic pool to the circulation
About one-fourth of the blood
in the body is contained in the
vast network of small and large
blood vessels in the abdomen. In
sedentary persons more than
one-fourth stagnates there. Turn
ing a few somersaults Is one way.
perhaps the easiest way, to get
this stagnant blood back into
circulation.
Qt'ESTIONS aNSIVEBS
When In Botno
Tou soy you bsto to coll your
friend "Doc". Then why do Its Coll
him Doctor. Kb one con poeelbly ob
ject to thot. I enjoy your column,
and the pamphlet you bsto sent be
have been helpful.
(O. O.)
Answer But members of his own
family refer to him Invariably ai
"Doc". Betldea I have heard another
physician, who Is even more squeam
ish than I am about It, call him
"Doc". 6o there wo are.
Colloidal Gold
Am there euch things as colloidal
fold and i yoxyune? It to. what are
they for? w. T. O.)
Answer Colloidal gold solution Is
used to test tha spinal fluid In dlas
noela of paresla. Olyozaline Is the
name of a substance In blood and
tiasuea from which histamine la de
rived, t know of no medical use for It.
Carrot Jnlre
My eyeattht Is poor. Ray boon ad.
Ttaed to take carrot Juice for It.
Pleas tell me how much to taka a
day. Have cooked carrot any vitamin
"lueJ (Mrs. C. B.)
Answer Carotene or provitamin A
Is not aolubl in water. Tou get
more of it by eating tht carrot than
you can get drinking the Jules.
Whether carotene or even natural
vitamin A will Improve poor eyeiljht
Is questionable. It will Improve dark
adaptation or ability to ee In dim
ll,;ht or In the dark. If there Is any
degree of night blindness. Drink all
the carrot Juice, or eat all the raw
or cooked carrot you tike. Cooking
destroys the vitamin C (which Is sol
uble In water) and Is largely present
In the Juice, but haa lea destructive
action on the carotene provitamin
A) and the vitamin B complex in
carrot.
(Copyright 1943, John F. Dill Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing ta
communicate with Dr. Brady
hnutd send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D, tSS El
Camlno. Beverly Ullla, Calif.
criticism was thus, In way,
made obsolete. This has been a
i favorite Roosevelt strategem.
I e
pAVORITE Washington story
, is the one about a lady
civilian defense official who
j called in a group of labor lead
ers to impress them with the
necessity of making the country
1 more war conscious. Flanked by
'several other obviously approv
ing ladies, she said steps should
be taken to prepare the chil
dren psychologically for bombs.
She suggested this way:
Get a group of children to
gether, and arrange to have
some hard missile, dropped In
front of them from above. Have
some grown-up official say,
when It hits the ground: "Boom
boom!" Then have the child
ren repeat In a chorus: "Boom
boom.
The CIO and AFL leaders
present did not immediately
Jump at the plan, but pleaded
perhaps a larger gathering
should decide, so the matter
seems to be In abeyance. But
one male guest suggested to an
other while walking out:
"I think it would be better
If we would all slip carefully
up behind Mayor LaGuardia
and Mrs. Roosevelt, and. In a
chorus shout "Boom boom! It
might do more good."
NOTED DEAD
London, Jan. 30. Pl Vis
count Gustavus William Hamil-
In a house of tragedy.
The grandson Is Gustavxu
Michael George Hamilton-Russell.
His sister Charmian, was
killed In the fall of an elevator
shaft while his parents were at
tending the coronation of King
George VI. His father was kill
ed in action at Dtinkerque and I
his grieving mother was sooni
fatally stricken.
COAST SECTOR EXTENDED
Astoria. Jan. 20. The
coastal sub-sector army com
mand has ordered 16 miles of
beach from the Columbia river
to Seaside closed to the pub
lic. Cat Mall Tribune want ad.
Kelly's
Comment
rion Washington. S. C
Ship Contract To
Northwest Yard
Astoria, Portland
Will Get Dock
. Br Joha W. Sell
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20
Admiral Land, chairman of the
maritime commission, 1 promis
ing great things for the north
west. There is a nrosneet of at
least 200 cargo carriers being I
allocated to yards in that region, -
Columbia river and Puget sound.
Present indications are that
more than $320,000,000 will be
contracted by the commission in
the shipyards, and this does not
take into account other millions I
to be assigned by the navy de
partment. The ships for the maritime
commission will be of two
classes: the regular freighter
type and the "C" type, which is
the commission's own design.
The "C" type cargo carriers have
heretofore been built in the Ta-coma-Seattle
district and the ad
ditional "C" boats will be as
signed there. The "C? type, by
slight changes, can be made in
to an airplane carrier and dozens
of these are planned; eight have
already been devised from "C"
boats on the Atlantic coast. For
the west coast the carriers will
be part of the great armada des
tined to cross the Pacific and
crush the Japanese.
Edgar Kaiser of the Oregon
Shipbuilding Co. has been in the
national capital in conference
with the maritime commission,
discussing how much of the ex
panded shipping program that
yard on the Columbia can han
dle. The commission will pro
vide additional ways and there
is talk of the Columbia river
yard being assigned approxi
mately 90 of the proposed
freighters, or about double the
original order now being turned
out. The average cost of this
type freighter Is $1,600,000; the
"C" type constructed on Puget
sound costs much more, is a
faster vessel and generally more
refined.
Navy department is planning
on availing itself of full capacity
of yards in the northwest, estab
lishments which now have navy
orders. In demand are more de
stroyers, mine sweepers and
coast patrol boats. The destroy
ers will be assigned to the Ta-coma-Seattle
district where
many of these craft are now
under construction or on order.
The mine sweepers will go to
both the Columbia district (Wil
lamette Iron Works has been di
rected to take mine sweepers,
according to advices), and to
yards on Puget sound which
have been producing this class
of craft.
In addition to using the dry
dock at Bremerton, the navy
will expand the drydock of Port j
ox fortiana ana later approve vi
a floating drydock at Astoria to
cost $5,000,000. All facilities
for repairing vessels (some from
Pearl Harbor) now existing and
to be built In the northwest will
be used, as the navy cannot de
pend upon such facilities In Cali
fornia ports alone. Among ten
tative plans is a 1,000-foot fit
ting out dock to be located be
tween Swan island airport and
Mock's Bottom, on Willamette
river, where the freighters can
be equipped after they are
launched.
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THERE is a prospect of the
navy ordering additional mine
layers, which cost $12,000,000
each (two are now being built in
a northwest yard, the only craft
of the kind building on the Pa
cific coast), as well as the flotilla
of mine sweepers on the pro
gram. Mine layers and sweep
ers are Intended to protect west
cols, harbtoi
on the Alaskan coast East
coast will have its own mine
fleet. The sweepers will give
particular attention to the en
trance to straits of Juan de Fuca,
mouth of Columbia river and en
trance to the Golden Gate, all
of which are outlets for north
west vessels, but wherever there
Is a harbor with even casual
shipping the sweepers will oper-
ate.
Plan of the maritime commis
sion calls for the building of
freighters through 1942 to 1945.
Present orders In northwest
yards will keep them occupied (or each Jap injury. (If you've
into 1943 and the new contracts been reading the news from con
will carry on Into 1945. No estl- quered Europe, you know where
mate has been made as to the j they got that idea.)
increased employment that will The point is that the Filipinos
be available in the shipyards. AREN'T going over to the Japs
but it will run into thousands Instead, they are risking torture
and be an all-time record, great- nd death to oppose them,
ly in excess of shipyards em-1
ployment In the first World war. O , , PU""h b 1 by
The shipyards have a contract ' . ,. Mtl' u"i" he JP order
with the union to furnish the dtrbing the peace.
woTktn ; ioIatioo of military orders
e e .espionage, concealment of requi-
VOLUNTARY enlistment, in : '''" f"0' circulation of
Washington up to December 20. p;" """i'ng the Japanese
last were 28.501, or 1 53 per ,
cent of the population. Inducted C"VERY time the Japs have
under selective service as of De-
leember 16 were 7.708, or 0.44
' . T m "!,.
per cent oi puutauuu. ... -- ,
gon the voluntary enusimenw
were 19,04 or 1.75 per cent; in
ducted under selective service
4,192. or 0.38 per cent. In Idaho
I voluntary enlistments were 7,
I 826, or 1.49 per cent; inducted
I were 3,240, or 0.62 per cent.
For all the states the percentage
of volunteers to population ex
ceeds Oregon only in North
Carolina 1.93). Washington
is exceeded only by North Cro
ilina, Oregon. Wyoming (1.82)
land Oklahoma (l.S9). Idaho,
in percentage of volunteers to
I nooulation. is in sixth place.
The figures have been compiled
by the legislative reference serv
ice of the library of congress.
New York volunteers were more
than twice the number for Idaho,
Oregon and Washington com
bined, but the percentage to
population was only 0.89 per
cent.
By FRANK JENKINS
rpHE newg from the war in the
a Parifir haa Its brisht SDOIS
and its dark spots. Today (Fri
day) Is one of the brighter days.
AUSTRALIANS go Into ae
" tion in Malaya, jolting and
checking the attacking Japs.
Only time can tell whether the
check thus administered will be
permanent or only temporary.
From Singapore today comes
this tribute to the tough Aus
tralian fighters: "News that the
Aussies had seen action sent a
thrill of expectancy through this
British stronghold even as Its
residents prepared to defend It."
More allied planes are being
heard from at Singapore, lead
ing to the hope that reinforce
ments are arriving.
T"u.
navy reports that the
S. Asiatic fleet has sunk
three Jap transports and two
large cargo ships, bringing to
24 the number of Japanese
ships, both combatant and non
combatant, sunk since the war
began on December 7.
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pOR two days Jap bombers,
supported by fighters, have
been attacking the Dutch naval
base at Amboina, on the Island
cf Cerara, midway between New
Guinea and Celebes. Other is
land attacks along the southern
rim of the Dutch East Indies
have been reported from time
to time.
A glance at your map will
indicate that the Japs are trying
to close all possible routes by
which allied reinforcements can
reach the principal scenes of
onflict around the South China
Sea.
The Jrtps know that sooner or
later the allies will gather their
forces for a counter-offensive,
and are preparing for it
pROM Tokyo comes a tale that
a Jap fleet has appeared off
Sublc bay. That if It should
prove to be true, would Indicate
that the Japs are trying t-i land
troops to take MacArthur in the
rear.
It would be a reliable hint
tnat they have found his little
army too tough for a frontal
attack.
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DROOF of Japanese air and
nava! superiority In Malaya
is indicated pretty clearly by
the method of their advance
clown the long, narow peninsula
leaning to Singapore.
Time and again they have
outflanked the British defense
lines by sea. landing troops in
the REAR of the defenders and
compelling them to fall back.
(Don t take these brighter
sjiots In the Pacific war news
i - fJ-P to the
. .. nave
shot their bolt and are slowing
uown. no sucn conclusion is
Justified as yet. The Japs got
there "fustest with the mostest
men," and it will take time to
overcome that advantage.)
tS the Philippines, the Japs
nntH at fir W. j t
;of th riiii.,. r. J. ' "
t0 talte,.. " "m
They're now decreeina th.
death penalty for anyone who
injures a Jap soldier or civilian
If the guilty individual can't be
found thev eir tfv h..
1 1 V,In: TThe V
Day's
' News '
' t . - -
attacked MacArthur they
have lacked the advantage of
surprise. Always they have
found the American and Fill
pinos awaiting them in previ
ously prepared positions.
That indicates that the civil
ian population is spying on the
Japs and getting word of their
every movement to the Amer
ican forces.
LITTLE news today from Cai
ro. That indicates that not
much progress has ben made
hy the British in north Africa.
There have been reports for
several days that German and
Italian air strength is tncreas
Irg indicating that some of the
planes Hitler has pulled away
from the Russian front are ar
riving in Africa.
The Russians are straining ev
ery nerve to close their pincers
around large German forces.
On the success or failure of
these efforts much will depend.
Flight o Tune
Medford and Jackson Comity
History from the file of the Mall
Tribune 10 and to years aeo.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 20, 1932
(It was Tuesday)
Contract given for buildings
at federal experimental farm.
More candidates ready to file
for sheriff.
Miss Theodosia Elizabeth von
der Hellen of this city to be wed
on the high seas.
Rnth nartles warned nnt tn
make liquor an issue in coming
campaign.
Central Point boy Is accident
ally hurt by discharge of rifle.
Higher education unification
plan looms in state.
Eugene Thorndike la named
a member of the water com
mission. State game heads and valley
sportsmen to confer tonight
Cloudy weather continues.
High 44. low 31 degrees.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 20, 1922
(It was Friday)
California-Oregon Power com
pany to build new power line
from Prospect to Eugene.
California citrus crops dam
aged by heavy frosts.
KofP. mlnistrel show at Page
scores hit with Rollie Beach and
Ed Gore as members of the cast
Prospects bright for success
of new golf and country club.
Rain predicted. Still chilly
with a low of 13 degrees, and
high of 36.
Pope Benedict is dangerously
111.
Interest in railroad to coast
continues high in Grants Pass
and this city.
Ye Poets Corner
BIDING TIME
The months they come, the years
they go
We wonder why It should be so;
It's counting time on you and
me,
'Ere we embark for the land
that's free.
If you take the stand for what Is
right
Your fare Is paid both day and
night:
Defy the devil, money and fame
Stand true, believe In His holy
name.
With outstretched arm the
Master stands.
Beckoning us with both His
hands;
Let's go! Let's go! I say to you.
Why wait longer we know it's
true.
F. S. Brandon.
HARDWARE MEN ELECT
Portland, Ore., Jan. 20. Pa
cific Northwest Hardware Deal
ers elected Guy Bennett Van
couver Wash., president, at the
annual convention yesterday.
Hiram Groves. Lebanon, Ore.,
and A. C. Carrigan. Seattle,
were named vice-presidents, and
D. D. Stewart, Seattle, secretary
treasurer. -a Mall Tribune want ads.
Older folks M
common y
sense . .
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