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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1943
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry '
In military circles contro
versy is now going on over the
merits and de-merits of daylight
and night bombings. As long as
the bomb explodes, scattering
the enemy war plants over the
abutting scenery, what differ
ence does It make whether It
happens at high noon or black
midnight.
The dogs that last summer
were running through the Vic
tory gardens of the Older Girls
are now busy tracking mud on
the front porches.
...
Commentators now agree the
Narl "morale is cracked." Why
only mention their "morale?"
The Mikado, In a high state
of jitters, reports to the Diet,
the war situation .Is "truly
grave." The military forces are
urged to become "a ball of
fire." The loss of more than
800 planes in recent Allied
smashes indicate they are at
taining this end faster than by
investigating an empty gas
tank with a lighted match.
A COMPLIMENT BACKFIRES!
(Klamath Falls Herald-News)
"She laughed that off with
the statement that women
would know when the offer
was legitimate and would
- gladly accept such a ride.
We got the Idea that she didn't
' think any woman would
hesitate to ride with us, and
we weren't sure we liked that
quick conclusion. Ah, to be
dangerous for Just a dayl"
' (Malcolm Epley Writing.)
Tha Russians' drive for Krlvol
Rog. Tha place sounds like the
nam of the villain In movie
horror picture.
The rains put the ground in
shape for fall plowing and
caused farmers to rejoice. Some
came to town to do it and others
went duck hunting.
...
Sentiment for Prohibition in
Oregon is growing, reports say.
The non-rationed rum now dis
pensed by the state saloons
should be given the lion's share
- of the credit.
....
"COUPLE KISSES ACCI
DENT BY INCHES." Hdline
Del Norte (Cal.) Triplicate.
Smacked by luck.
...
There Is now a shortage of
Bibles. There Is also a colossal
lack of following of Its teachings
in general and Golden Rule In
particular.
.....
CLASSIFICATIONS!
(Red Bluff (Cal.) News)
"Out of tho mouths of
drunks, babes, radicals and an
occasional politician and big
' business tycoon comes words
of amazing intelligence. For
the Immediate occasion we
pass up the babes and the
soused and quote business
men, politicians and profes
sors." ,
...
The price of shingles has gone
tip. This will not affect the ris
ing tide of Juvenile delinquency.
Once they were on a par with
the hair-brush as a cure but are
now used exclusively on roofs.
...
Local prophets without honor
any place, predict snow and i
G-pee victory over the late now
erful Peiicans of K. Falls to.
night
. ,
Country sausage is now on
Up, mostly in the country. It
contains nothing but pork and
none of the welliknown soybean
artificially colored to look like
h0- ...
Joe Louts, heavyweight cham-
plon Is scheduled to cavort at
Camp White this eve. Citizens
who for months have boasted
they felt good enough to lick
' him are not feeling so well.
IM MaUIrtbuoe Wul Ada.
' What IS the 5. P.?
What is the Southern Pacific a private business
cr a public utility?
The answer of course is the latter it is a public
utility, one of the largest in the United States.
But one would never imagine this after reading a
statement by Mr. F, S. McGinnis, S. P. vice president,
circulated recently over the state under the title: "The
Facts About Southern Oregon Train Service."
.....
MOT a word in the 16-page brochure about any obr
ligation of public service in Southern Oregon:
any duty that should be performed by reason of that
fact particularly to the thousands of soldiers now
training in this section of the state.
Not a word !
But word after word, and page after page, show
ing WHAT? In a nut shell merely this: That of the
two S. P. routes maintained from Oregon to Califor
nia, the Klamath route is straighter, lower grade and
cheaper to operate.than the Medford route, that's all.
Therefore, the Southern Pacific must send ALL
through passenger trains over the Klamath, send
NONE not even ONE through passenger train over
the Medford route!
MOT that cost is admitted as a factor. Quite the con
' trary. It is explicitly denied. The war, and short
age of rolling stock, particularly helper engines, are
given as the main reasons for depriving Southern Ore
gon and Camp White of any through passenger serv
ice. But analyze this alibi for a moment:
IT is admitted that extra epuipment including en-
gines can be and have been rented by the Southern
Pacific. That while the S. P. is using all its equip
ment, other railroads are not, and extra equipment,
therefore, can be had.
If then money IS no object, and the desire to give
Southern Oregon adequate passenger service is the
S. P.'s earnest wish as claimed WHY not rent, say
one engine (and making the total 20 instead of 19),
one helper engine, and four or five cars, and run one
train a day from Medford to Dunsmuir, California,
a distance of only 100 miles7
a
jtORE should be done of course but that is all the
people of Southern Oregon and the command at
Camp White have demanded just one train a day
to be combined say at Dunsmuir with a through train
to San Francisco.
But that has been refused, as practically every
other request that Southern Oregon has ever made of
the Southern Pacific has been refused unless the
S. P. could see a sure and handsome profit in it
.....
AND so it all does come down to dollars nd
then all that the operation of such a train would in
volve would be extra money, and very little, enough
to operate a short train one hundred miles over a
steeper grade, than over the Natron cut-off. That's
all. Then why not do it?
DUT if money were no factor, if all the statements
in this pamphlet were true which they are not
the fact would still remain the Southern Pacific is not
a private business that can do as it wills, but a public
utility that has obligations of public service. And re
gardless of profits, or anything else the S. P. there
fore nas certain obligations to the public which should
oe performed.
And one of them is unquestionably to mve ade
quate train service, particularly where a monopoly is
enjoyea as is uie case nere in Southern Oregon and
the service is urged by the army in time of war!
a a
THIS principle is recognized by every public utility
in wit; vuuiiujr cAtcpb uio u. . xttivc uie cuiioyi-
vania railroad, for example. It has two routes be
tween Chicago and New York as the S. P. has between
Portland and San Francisco. One is direct and short
ertherefore cheaper the other veers south to Col
umbus, Ohio.
If the Pennsylvania did as the S. P. does. ALL
passenger trains of course would be run on the more
direct, shorter and cheaper route. None on the longer
and more expensive one. In which case Columbus,
Ohio, and one of the most thickly populated sections
of that state would have no through passenger serv
ice whatever.
IMAGINE the Pennsylvania railroad trying to get
1 away with a thing like that! Yet that is precisely
what the S. P. IS getting away with in this state, as
lar as Medford and THE MOST THICKLY POPU
LATED SECTION OF OREGON (outside of Port
land; is concerned.
QR take the California-Oregon Power company,
v another public utility. We have no statistics at
hand but no doubt to furnish electricity to a ranch in
tne Appiegate costs more than to furnish a ranch m
frospect or a house in Medford. It might even be
true that a single Appiegate operation would lose
money.
But would Copco refuse to furnish electric service
to all ranches in the Appiegate? Hardly. Copco
WOULD if it followed the Southern Pacific prece-
aemi
SO one might go on indefinitely thruout the public
lltilltv ODIMM n ft rf iViA .imimIw T- iviJ ,1.3 tt.t 1 am
social principle could be more clearly established
than this one of public obligation. Yet as far as this
official S. P. statement is concerned the Southern
Pacific has never heard of it. And certainly as far as
this section of the state is concerned the S. P. ha3
never PRACTICED it I
THAT is why we have public utility commissions to
1 FORCE public service corporations to give the
people adequate and economical service at a fair
price when such is refused. And if the problem here
were an INTRAstate instead of an INTERstate one,
the Public Utility commission of Oregon would have
forced the S. P. to give Medford and Camp White the
through train service demanded, long ago.
But unfortunately it isnt However, the O.D.T.,
which has interstate jurisdiction, has been consider
ing the problem and the complaints of both this com
munity and the army for some time. Hope for relief
from that quarter has not been entirely abandoned.
But hope of the S. P. ever remedying the condition
unless COMPELLED to by some authority stronger
than it is, HAS BEEN and this official statement by
the vice president of the company merely confirms it
Personal Health Service
Br William Brady. M. D.
ai(n.d Utl.r. pertaining to pemnii taealtb and bTjIena, not ta dlMU.
dlainoili or treatment, will b uu by Or. Bradj If a stampad wll-.
addreaied .nv.lop u encloatd. UtWrt should be brief and written la Ink.
Owing to tba large number of letters reeelred only a few ean v. answered
here. No reply can be made to querlea not conforming t. Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady, tea O Camlno. Beverly HUH. Calif.
THE VALUE OF CALCIUM
Whether taken as food or as
medicine calcium controls neuro
muscular (nervous) irritability,
aids vigorous contraction of the
heart muscle and therefore, in
my opinion, may be regarded as
a heart tonic,
at least for
those who suf
fer from calci
um deficiency.
A nor m a 1
adult requires
13 to 18 grains
of calcium dai
ly; a growing
child or youth
up to the age
of IB years
requ ires 20
grains a day.
Dr. Brady A qUart 0f
milk contains approximately the
adults daily requirement of
calcium. There is as much or
more calcium (lime) in an ounce
of milk as In an ounce of lime
water. Whether all of the cal
cium' In milk can be assimilated
is a question, but anyway plenty
of milk and cheese, as well as
egg yolk, fresh leafy vegetables
or greens, in the everyday diet
will best supply the requirement
of calcium for child or adult.
Exposure of as much of the
body surface to daylight (direct
sunshine or the light in shaded
places or such light as filters
thru cloud, mist, fog, when there
Is no bright sunshine) as circum
stances, custom, prejudices or
delusions about "taking cold
win permit promotes optimal
assimilation and utilization of
calcium in the body. This has
much tb do with efficiency of
the circulation and efficiency of
the digestive functions.
Since vitamin D is always es
sential to Insure assimilation and
utilization of calcium, whether
in food or medicine, any one
who takes calcium In any form
for any purpose or who follows
a high calcium diet, should take
an optimal dally ration of vita
min D too optimal meaning
several times as much as may
be necessary to maintain normal
nutrition or normal health.
This explains, I hope, what
I mean when I say calcium is
a heart tonic in many cases.
As it seems to me there Is solid
There they sang until the city
firemen, whose sleep was dis
turbed, threatened to turn the
hose on them.
KISS-STARVED SOLDIER
PAYS $100 FOR SMACK
Seattle, Oct 29 U.B Mrs.
James Anderson, a 35-year-old
stenographer, today was $100
richer, the price paid by a U. S.
soldier for his "first kiss in 18
months" after duty in the Aleu
tians. Mrs. Anderson, who works at
the Seattle Port of Embarkation,
caught the eye of the soldier as
he left the ship, and with a mili
tary policeman as go-between
he negotiated the first kiss.
FINE ON DANES
By United Press
Nazi occupation authorities
have Imposed a 5,000.000-kroner
fine (approximately $2,268,000
at the prewar exchange rate) and
a curfew on Copenhagen follow
ing a time -bomb explosion last
night which killed four persons
and injured 40 others, the Dan
ish home radio said today.
The broadcast said the dead
included two German soldiers,
a German policeman, and a
Danish woman. Fourteen Ger
man soldiers and 26 Danish men
and women were Injured when
the bomb exploded in a restaur,
ant.
The broadcast, heard by U. S.
monitors, said the curfew will
be effective from 8 p. m. to S p.
m. and will last "until -further -notice."
Dae afall Tribune Want Ada.
HIGHEST CASH
PRICES
Paid for Good Used Cars
HUMPHREY MOTORS
33 So. Riverside Dial 4980
scientific and Dractlcal founda
tion for this view, as contrasted ;
with the explanations modern 1
pharmacologists offer for tne ;
actions of digitalis. !
To counteract the dlficiency
of the ordinary refined diet mn-1
ture and elderly folk generally!
should take B complex and D!
l.kl. J. 11.. 1 HM.H.IUI,
mis is nutrition, xooa, aieiary
supplement, not medicine. Grow
ing children and y6uths should
do likewise, but the supplement
for them should contain rela
tively more vitamin D and less
vitamin B complex.
Calcium for Rheumatls
1 sent a clean dime (no gum, glue,
sttckum or adhesive plaster on it)
and a stamped envelope bearing my j
aaareBs, lor your dookhe ine jit
Called Rheumatism." I began taking
calcium and vitamin D aa outlined
In the booklet, and the rheumatism
(or whatever it wae) that partially
. cw wu; WMVUW ,WUlfC
now, nothing to cramp my atyls. i
(H. a.) I
Answer Thank you, sir. All I know
Is that taking calcium and vitamin D !
aa outlined In the booklet can do no j
harm In any case. For copy of book- '
let "The Ills Celled Rheumatism";
send 10 cent, and stamped envelope i
bearing you.- address. Pleas, omit;
chewlns gum, adheslv. blaster, due. :
staples and the like. ;
BOOK
Three young people have been :
troubled with Insomnia, their Dhysl- 1
clan advised them to take some wine, '
which baa come to be a habit with !
them. I lear. ( , D. D.) I
Answer It sems a pity, first, that:
physician can be so lacking in '
resources that he can do no better'
than introduce young people to alco- i
hollo Indulgence; and second, that'
young people can be bo weak, so,
poorly educated that they must re- 1
sort to a narcotic In order to get !
their alleged minds off from them, i
selves.
Where A Man Belongs :
Neighbor elngs praises of her son.
In-law. She says among other thlnas: !
"Why, Prank sits at the bedside and ,
holds Joan's bsnd until the baby is
born." Altho I am only an old bache- i
lor It has alwaya eeeroed to me that
there la the place a father or pros
pective father belongs. IE. R. W.) I
Answer The husband's place la by j
hi wlfe'a side, not only when shs
visits the doctor for prenatal lnstruc- !
tlon. etc.. but also when aba la eon.
fined. I
(Copyright 1943. John I. Dili. Co.)
Id. Note Persona . ensiling to !
commankate with Dr. Brady I
should Mnd letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, H. D. Ml D
Camlno, Beverly UlUa, Calif.
Flight o Tune
M.diord and Jackson Co. His
torv from the files oi tha Mat
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 29, 1933
Ot was Tuesday)
Greece denies extradition ot
Samuel Insull, Chicago power
magnate, whose business empire
collapsed early In depression.
Probable rain and unsettled.
High 69, low 38 degrees.
Foot of snow falls In Crater
Lake park.
Gold price boost revives mln
Ing in Appiegate district.
British experts say depression
remedy ot Roosevelt fruitless
and will cost billions.
State police open drive to
check pedestrian deaths on Pa.
clflc highway.
' Nude figures on Portland
building on Alder street are ord
ered taken down by Nicholas
Ungar, owner, when women-file
protests.
Fair and cool.
31 degrees.
High 56, low
France Issues ultimatum that
Germany's war debt must not be
lowered.
Siskiyou bandit suspects show
up in New Mexico, Maine and
Toronto.
Local restaurants served bak
ed apples in honor of National
Apple week.
Stephen T. Mather, director
of National parks, to be guest
at Chamber of Commerce forum
lunch.
Hallowe'en party on East
Main street gets rough and cele
brants are marched to city Jail.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 29, 1923
(It was Tuesday)
District Attorney Rawles
Moore resigns.
DUTCH BOY PAINTS
Full Stock
YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE
SERVICE CO.
31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419
ELKS
HALLOWE'EN
PARTY
Exclusively For Elks And Their Ladles
SATURDAY NITE, Oct. aa
CDCC Admission Also Fret J I I
riltL Lunch served it Mid- W W
night!
served it Mid
Elks Temple.
ANHDEEI3'3
Thrift Marhet
Medford'f Popular 2-Fronl Slore
Headquarters for Things You Need for the
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
PRICES GO5d FOR FRI., SAT., SUN. & MON OCT. 29, 30, 31, NOV. 1
PUMPKIN
IVi Site
Can
2 Fr 25t)
Cranberr Sauce 2 33c
POTATO CHIPS
13,99 OK.
Package tU
ROAST BEEF
Steam Roasted
14 oz. cans
49c
PORK FEET 14 29c
KARO SYRUP 15c
not RATIONED,
23c
WHEATIES
2 PKGS.
SOFTASILK 7
CAKE FLOUR Hi
iJaSSPlO
DRIFTED SNOWehrichedFLOUR
DRIFTED SNOW
ENRICHED FLOUR
If
Home -Perfected
INFORMATION '
Brown Stamps C-D-E-F
void Sat., Oct. 30. .
Green Stamps A-B-C,
Book Number 4 valid
' Nov. 1 for processed
foods.
Green or Blue Stamps
may be used for
Jams, Jellies, Pre
serves after Oct. 31.
Brown Stamps G good
now; H good Sunday.
Sugar Stamps 14-15-16
, void Oct. 30.
Stamps No. 29, book
No. 4 valid for 5 lbs.
Sugar Nov.- 1st.
CRACKERS
Tasty-Maid Slightly Salted
- Large 2-lb. Box
27c
Whole Bean Cof feeiS 29c
SPECIAL
Beef Roast lb. 25c
Fine Shoulder Cuts
Rib Steaks lb. 29c
Tender Fresh Beef
POTATO
LETTUCE
Locil Crisp Tender
2 Hd, 19c
Storage facilities are Inadequate. Uncle Sam asks that you
store your share. Buy your winter's supply-now.
100 lbs. U. S. No. 1 GEMS $2.98
25 lbs. U. S. No. 1 GEMS 89c
50 lbs. U. S. No. 2 GEMS 79c
Ml t-$
APPLES
PUMPKINS
EXTRA FANCY
JONATHANS
SMOOTH MEDiUM
SIZE POUND
3 -bs. 35c
3c
CRANBERRIES
Coos Bay Fancy
Large Red
2- 45c
CARROTS
Local, Long Crisp,
Tender!
3 Bunches 14c
Thrift Market
Ask for Your Green Trading Stamps
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