EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wtdntsdty, Ftb. it, 191
MEDFORD J.TWBUNB
Daiij tieepi tatardar
Puhltthed b
MEUrOKn PRINTING CO
tT-SSjiorlt. fir 8t PhuMUM
ROBLRT W RUHl" ltor
(RNEST R OII.STRAP Uanafa.
HEHB OKCT Aa"ertlsini aUT
C FEROUSON Mnln MltM
ARTHUR PERRY Sunday ld'lf
' MRS OLIVl STARCHER Sw I M"
. GERALD LATHAM ClrinlUn MP
; An Indepandenl Nrwpapr.
Entered as Mmd ilui
Mediord Oregon under Act
March 3. I ?;
SUBSCRIPTION BATE!
By Mall -In Advanc .
tally end Sunday on ..TJP
Dally and Sunday -al roonthe 4 00
Dally and Sunday --throa mo III
Daily and Sundayn month 7
By Carrlar In Advance Madlorfl
Aahland Central Point, aeiuon
Till.. Gold Hill PhnmU Talent and
on motor routea:
Dally and Sunday-one rasx., IMJ
Dally and Sunday one montb It
All lerma mm In adyance
Official Paper ef the City el Medford
OflleUI Paper of aacksoa County
United Preae roll mm wtf
""member or Auprr burEao
OF CIRCULATIONS
Advert llni Repreaentatlrd
WIST HOUllDAY &MPAN. CNO
Ofllcca In New York Chicago Da
troll tan Pranctoco Los !
attta Portlend. St Uoula Atlanta.
VancouyeiIB;CMM.
P V t LIS ME tX T 1 0
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
TVia crrnplnna and char-mint
First Lady recommends the use
of common sense In the Amer
ican family. The idea is a dandy,
but does not take in enough ter
ritory. For 12 years common
sense has been defied, resisted,
and used sparingly only as a last
resort, In governmental manage
ment. The nation is In need of
leaders, who reek with It, and
use it more extravagantly, than
4V. an Ar tha fimlVDnr Mlh. '
e
The national curfew law is
now in full force and effect, and
puts a bridle on after midnight
skylarking. It is vehemently pro
tested in a number of cities, that
before the war, rolled up their
sidewalks at ten, and viewed a
midnight movie with alarm,
i
The Dick Phalr boy Dick has
'been bitten by a dog. This would
have been news, had the boy
bitten the dog, out he didn't
think of it in time. . ,
PORK CHOPS, COMINO VPI
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Keene,
' Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hickle,
and daughter Carol, Mr. Don
' Keene, Mr. and Mrs. James
Wilson and son Philip, and
nr, n-iuiam unmet wan au
di? visitors of Mr. and Mrs.'
Bart Hlnlrla a.nrl Ganraa Tu ee
rily. For tentertainment they
butchered some hogs."
e e
Snow now adorns the high
ridges and bald-headed peaks. It
comes In response to the Older
Girls demands for a 'white
Christmas' last December, and
the recent pearmen's ultimatum
for Irrigation water next July.
Weather conditions being ripe
for It, also had a hand In the
blessed event.
Astrologlsts predict March,
due tomorrow, will be a lucky
month for people, as a nation,
or individually. It Is, however,
too much to expect the war and
the legislature to end on the
same day.
Word comes from London,
Gestapo Boss Himmler is con
ducting a shake-up of defenders
of Berlin. This will be a chanKC
for the defenders, who have al-
ready been shaken up by Allied
bombers. ,
The lawgivers at Salem pro
posed a tax on cigarettes to pro
vide a new uurce of revenue
The cigarette Is a favorite tar
get for taxes and, in the man
date of th- people has always
quashed such notions. The me
tropolis and other population
centers of thn state always have
a plethora of jaywalkers, ever
lastingly activating a traffic
problem on busy streets. A Jay
walker tax is in order.
e a
"After supper, the audience
sang old songs, and a speech by
hte county Judge finished things"
(Orleans News) The muffled
KnocK.
MOST WORTHY HUMDINGER
(Emporia (Kan.) Gazette)
"An Emporia business man
today figured he belonged to
20 different civic organizations
and was a member of 18
boards of directors. In addi
tion, he has the reputation of
being a mpdel husband and has
the best garden in his neigh
borhood." The lipstick Is blamed In Ten
nessee as the cause of divorces,
and labeled as a dangerous wea
pon. Husbands come home with
red marks on the shirt fronts and
collars, and the little woman
forthwith sees lawyer. The
lipstick user Is the cause of the
trouble. If shi alms at the vic
tim's mouth, and hits him on the
shirt bosom, she has a noor tense
(of direction, and needs more
target practice.
The Red Cross Drive
The Red Cross is asking the nation for $200,000,'
000 to carry on the work of that organization for an
other vear. When we consider the tremendous scope
of the Red Cross, and its
not excessive. Every dollar will be well spent
To provide life-giving blood plasma for on-the-snot
transfusion to men desperately injured in battle,
To give kindly, much needed assistance to families
of service men, ana to men
a rate of several thousand
To aid in rehabiliting
hichlv necessary morale
clubmobiles for men at isolated posts.
To keep mail, packages of food, vitamins and
medical supplies going to war prisoners.
To carry on emergency foreign relief; teach first-
aid and tram nurses aides
literally millions of surgical
VES, the work of the Red
1 fied for definition. It does so much to make the
suffering of war a little less horrible a little more
bearable. With time-tested
understanding,' the Red
time job of lightening the burden of sorrow, of calm
ing fears, and easing the pain of the wounded of
bridging the gap between
home front.
Of course, we must keep
ness" during the critical months of decision that lie
ahead. Of course we must keep the Red Cross at the
side of our fighting men on distant battlefields and
bivouacs.
VIITH American fighting men storming the bas-
tions of Cologne, with Marines slugging it out
with the desperate defenders of bomb-shattered Iwo
Jima, with Superforts riding the skies over flaming
Tokyo, we simply cannot let down our war effort
here at home. This Red Cross drive IS a part of the
war effort a mighty important part. Failure to give
generously in this current drive would amount to
skirting an obligation and
good American citizenship.
e e
WTE'RE hearing now, first hand, just what Red
" Cross aid to war prisoners really means hear-r
ing it from men rescued from prison camps in Ger
many, from Santo Tomas, Cabanatuan and other in
ternment camps pf the Philippines. Precious Red
uross packages have meant the difference between
life and death, between hope and desperation.' Now
that we know how the Japs
war we cannot take much stock m the assurance of
Japanese propagandist Sadao Iguchi that prisoners
211 I A A - 11J. A, -aft- .a
win De ireaiea Deuer in tne iuture. we must keep
these Red Cross packages going forth. If just a frac
tion of them reach their destination the investment is
justified. But this is just
your Red Cross dollars., ,
IN THE 1945 Red Cross drive, which begins here
and throughout the nation tomorrow, a quota of
$54,000 has been asked of Jackson county people.
T tm . i. i i i i .
i. to up tu evei vuiie mj give
generously. H. G.
A Fine
ArVifTl rnmn AXThifa orA
Jackson county, it is natural to expect the work of
All. t1rr D-J fMnnn mUa4-aH I l 1 J.1 " 1
mm uyvu avcu viusa uiaier
chapters in some parts of
. If it. n rtrtA at
iviore man d.ouu iamuies or service and ex-service
men have received kindly advice and assistance
from thfl lonnl Rod
-w ov-wmb a.w XSftWUUj 1114 jr 1 M otiii wining
at the rate of 150 a month. The longer that service
men are away irom nome tne more complex becomes
family problems at home. The need for an under
standing and experienced helping hand from the Red
Cross is only too apparent. The Jackson county chap
ter has performed truly "distinguished service" in
this field.
INDEED, citizens of Jackson county may well be
proud of the wartime record of the Red Cross
neht here at home. For pvAmnlo a miiiinn or,A
I " -
quarter surgical dressings
aun county ana snipped overseas. Nearly 7,000 hos
pital garments for wouuded men have been sewed
by hard working, patriotic women here. Well stocked
overseas kits 5,489 of them have been fashioned
by volunteer workers here at a cost of over $10,000.
YES, Jackson county has 29 busy sewing units, an
nu.- K . urey
White'8 station hosnitnl. a
gram, a motor corps on call day and night, and an
auuve if umor rtea tross.
The untirinry work of Hi
workers should inspire grateful citizens here to great
er Kenerosuy in tne current
aig aeep to match such patriotic effort I H. G.
Editorial Correspondence
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 25: When we left Medford we had no
idea of coming down here. But here we are at the old nostalgic
U. S. Grant hotel. In these war times it isn't where you want to
go. it is wnere you can.
We hflrl turn ureeVa n hnlnl 1
- - - - w. iiuiv,
three or four times as much
nau a,, r,Klll lo expect, -me man wno was responsible for secur
Ing the accommodations still doesn't know how it happened
and If be doesn't certainly we don't.
a a e a
Rut It mmm ra.t',,1 ..4
-- - - - miiu uici,iii
from MeHfnrH alnra Ik. Ohl.ann
. . u vuivogw uii.tiiMuii., II.VC
Hiked to have itayed on few more days, but after consulting
global service, this quota is
now Deing aiscnargea at
each month.
the wounded: to build
with overseas clubs, and
here at home; produce
bandages.
Cross is much too diversi-
efficiency and neighborly
Cross goes about its war
the battiefront and the
this organization "in busi
passing up a privilege of
treat their prisoners of
one of so many places for
promptly, willingly ana
Record
on otmir aim -ffnlA VnA i
iu utj greater man similar
the country. '
fvj IM1II1U11 CitV C
have been made in Jack-
iaaies serving in uamp
nnrsoa' olrln f tn in ?r re m
pro vnh
war fund drive. We must
1f. In T aMM.1.. -.J .k.i
...a .11 mu) niigcica nnu .iin. waa
as a country editor from Oregon
..J . t..J ...
a,iu aa vv a nau nu. unn hwi
.mimbhIU.. .... i j I .
wtth our agent m L. A. decided
room ana board somewnere else,
We first consulted the "Ask
that one-time first-aid to the
The gal in charge unlike .the nice person of two or three years
ago, refused even to look up from her work when asked where
we could go for some more California sunshine, maintaining the
only thing available west of the
or the Empress up in B. C.
When we asked what the situation was in Palm Springs she
looked up from her accounts long enough to give us the horse
laugh and reply "there is none!" The upshot was "Ask Mr. Foster"
had no answers and bluntly admitted that in these parlous times
that department's hotel service
a mystery.)
'You better call up the hotels about her yourself." waa
litis." roster a parting shot.
So not relishing the idea of
did Just that with the result
more at the U. S. Grant. For how long remains to be seen, but
at least zo; one nignt.
We would advise no one to come down here from L. A. Sunday
morning, however. The 7:49 a.
of the last street car to Cambridge Saturday night, or the S. P,
Special from the Stanford-Cal. Big Game to Third and Townsend,
A very nice train as most Sante Fe trains are an aluminum
and stainless steel "Streamliner." But what a mob and what
a rush to get seats! And at least 99 of the oassensers members
or tne u. a. navy returning to San Diego from week-end "lib
erty" in Southern California's great metropolis. (The poor lads,
they no sooner hit their seats and arranged their kit-bags than
they were sound asleep!) -
It was something of tight
Los Angeles yards and curved
looicing cnaps in tneir wnite caps and navy blue uniforms, re
laxing in deep slumber as the
over the hills to the east, at a
and birdies are supposed to be
tne aawn witn renewea buoyancy
begrudge them their good times assuming they were good
Heaven knows they will have enough of the other kind!)
Am lufm ntntaj ...n 1ML
-- .caiu we m woi& uuwu ku mo union station
and on the way back still walking ran into the old Angelus
uiuia wMccb wunc wej euiycu wiLii uh neaa ox ue
family" back in the year 1905 at that time the leading hostelry
of the then up and coming Southern California "health resort."
uiusi ui tne iirsi nuur is now occupied Dy a Dans, out tne
entrance is the same, and having nothing of an urgent nature
on at the moment we entered and looked about to see if any of
the dim and distant past would be evoked, as we carefully sur
veyed the interior, but none was. Ths nines lnnlrrf v. Hinnv
ATlH tM-nnft.rata a b1a nn..inn.n. UJI..U...1 l.li i 41
1 - f aun.cwua uiuivmuai was ucjlllia U1B
desk poring over some figures, one bony hand supporting an
ev0-shnrlf
And the next thing we knew
shnn hnvino- n hnlr fi if anm.tlilt.if
o -"-----.--"a .in Ki.wiciy uupiciiivuiuuea.
But that is the way things sometimes happen. The barber shop Is
utisur. active spot ten in
tnlri tho nrnnHatni- or. ha1 ,n..Al
- l" -..v. " a.au DWJCU KVSiai UHfB Ml MB AngClUS
back in 1905 ha ffrpptoH ite s a lnno ine j ...
to his boots and handy man a venerable colored gentleman, bent
.. . V. - . 1 i.u - .1.1.1 . . . . . . . . . .
o6c onu wiiu a tmcK mat oi wnite nair like uncle Tom s,
and asked if we were by any chance related to Colonel Dixon of
Alhambra it seems there was such a striking resemblance Uncle
Tom thought we might be "kin folk." . i ,
w w
We hastened tn evnlnln tua
- f .w " - w,jr v toeing wnuuraia at
the time mentioned and now could not rate as a Golden State
iibuvb son, ana oniy Deing in tne sunkissed commonwealth on a
brief visit thus undoubtedly missing the pleasure of a real old
home week!
The old pioneer barber was
Uncle Tom" didn't knnur hie
- - - .a. wub waa uuiii a siuve
and probably wasn't far from one hundred. But the best man he
had ever had around the shop or ever expected to honest, hard
working, reliable and he didn't know what he would do or the
barber shop would do without him. The other colored men In
Los Angeles are not worth the powder to blow them up with
'and 1 guess" the barber concluded, as he relinquished the clip-
Ders for a nair nf nhonra "nM 4mo.. Ulv . i ,r
Iu mi T, j l. j. ..
that!" Undoubtedly!! . .
Well It waa nullo . n..
--- -- - ; - i.uiuu, aitiiuuail in 11 IS CXCBSS OI
hospitality (and we Imagine to make sure we got our money's
worth) the old boy worked over the editorial scone far longer
than is the Tod Pnrter i-neinm with k ....... i. i...
- ..is un .11a. ujl ifct i no
longer fits and we feel chilly without our woolen muffler!
Of all olacea we hnva aMn
Y - -
most bustlinff and definite urnt
i , , ,
naval, marine and torpedo base
tavl t-i . ,n. nJ mI.I .
,, airem car moiormen also. Marines and mid
dles all over the place. There are war ships galore In the harbor.
Yet a marked chancre clnm mi. fii.e .,i.u . ... n
Harbor. Then there was genuine
O .Ton Itltrnalnn iTa, ltHa. 1
firT "'-'
Thev have an imnninl tudam
. . r una uuici iiow. tvo pnonea
down last week and secured accommodations. On arrival were
told we had a rnnm hut miiMn't .. . ... ... .
.... . -, imuic uiiiu aner i p. m.
although it was then an hour before noon. Naturally we remon-
:,, 1 a""jr uiHuiieu
The buXOm. nlnW-rhpMrprf nlafU . t--.-i t ti .
r
very sternly admonished us to
.7. "sni not get a room at all.
Whereupon Ye Editor did blow up, called on the manager
who proved to be more amennhla tn
- - .
ok on the room reserved nearly
i.iliT.7 l. u1?1 llKe thls "PP1 over her nicely
plastered hair-do. but said ok we would have the room If we
would check our bags and give her the checks!
w a
And the TJ. S. Grant neert tn u-
pltable place. Now the Job is to find some other place to slrap
so we won t have to spend more than one night here R. w. R.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Feb. 28 Strange
doings have characterized con
gressional consideration of the
Roosevelt
army-navy de
mand for man
power draft
from the be
ginning. Certain war
department of
ficials publicly
recommend e d
that the war
m a n p o we r
commission be
Paul ataiisa given author
ity to assign
citizens to labor, but then pri
vately went around among the
very same senators on the mill
tary affairs committee who had
heard their plea and advised
subrosa that selective service be
given the Job.
No excuse for such army
doubletalk has been offered, but
truth Is It reflected a rather
general lack of enthusiasm tor
Bl aina
to let sleeping dogs !! and find
rather than be kicked out.
a a
Mr. Foster Service" but found
traveler is another war casualty.
Rocky Mountains waa Del Monte,
is out (Why they keep going it
sleeDlna in Pershing Sauare. we
above noted. Here we are once
m. tram from L. A. reminds one
at the lontf train slid out of the
to the south, these boys, nlce-
sun poked uo through the mist
time when little boys and babies
rubbing their eyes and greeting
and enthusiasm! (Well we can't
..... 1 1 J . A I t . 1
we were in the hotel barber
.). ni i
tne tioiei Angelus. when we
J ... . .
w m m
w.m m.i ..init . -. 1
extremely cordial, confided that
vnr aao k.. ..... I
"m jruu aim mo appreciate
.t ,tk..'-u u,.' 1 .
tK. c ni . ,
vvw ami uicbu nas me
Btmn.nhaM kt.....ii.. -t-
-.luiaiijf an till,
would Jiave. There are many Biri
A .
fear of Jap air attacks even
tii
spirit or aggressiveness and con-
ui. u.t.t m. . .
wnat we were expected to do
cierKS B1SO)
stick around and be on hand at
-a.vmn us a written
a week before!
a a
....v. . ,
WMC. which moat' mnmtimM
snared with the army.
a a a
WMC Boss . Paul MrMnlf nf
course, had to indorse the presi
oentt work-or-iail bill, but
his Indorsement waa an miM
(behind closed doors in the
committee sessloni that the u
ators concluded he was actually
against the Dill he was indors
ing, as additional fact. hl ex.
DertS Worked With Senatnr.
o Mahoney and Kllgore In draft
ing a substitute.
But stranger than these
events, Mr. Roosevelt's own
best friendt ' tomahawked his
draft bill as passed by the house
ana lor which he personally ap
pealed to them in , a special
memo dated February 11.
aucn arcn new dealers as
Wasner of New York IVan..
Kllgore, Murray and O'Mahoney
votea tor killing it with the
presidential appeal ringing in
their ears. The onlv new deal
ers who stood by the president
were Maybank of South Caro
lina, and Hill of Alabama.
The committee e h a I r m a
Thomas of Utah, has stood first
on one foot and then another
a
DEHIND this stata of neculiar
affairs lay the quite clear
tact that support of a compui-
Money (Jap)
lAan TtUphotol
Commander S. F. Wilson, DSNR, one of Manila's leading businessmen
who fled to mountains and Joined Filipino guerrillas, returns to his
business building and finds his office floor covered with bales of Japanese
Invasion money." Ths Nips had used bis' building as their treasury.
Photo by Tom 8hsfer. NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture Pool.
sory draft could be Justified only
by personal sympathy for Mr.
Roosevelt, but upon no other
logical grounds. The president's
own manpower commission
survey, showed only 150,000
workers needed in "must" in
dustries (mainly munitions) and
these shortages were in . rela
tively few areas.
The threat of the armed serv
ices to draft 900,000 more men
by June (chiefly from industry
no doubt) has .been offset by
battle news from Germany and
the Pacific, which has encour
aged senators to suspect the
men will not be needed (they
could not be ready for action
for a year yet, anyway).
BUT THE compelling under
oil 1-eoenn tuhv tha fraehlv
elected nreclHent and m.h nnur
erful influences as the army and
navy have not been able to
get their way in congress in
mis matter is that compulsion
is unDODular both In coneress
and among the people.
It would be a radical depar
ture from our ideals to draft
citizens for wnrk. Thnt la n Run.
sian and a totalitarian way, not
our way.. Labor is against it
But so is business.
Both President ErlcV John
ston of the United Statea fham.
ber of Commerce and President
Ira Mosher of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers were
against the involuntary work
system. The manufacturers
BCreed comnulslnn chnuld he
against the emnlnver nnt the
individual worker. -
Mr. Roosevelt hue heen fnr a
labor draft for some years, but
this time he reallv tried tn set
it.
Sneaker Rnvhnm nnehed it
through the house hv nacinir
the word that its defeat wnlitH
be considered as letting service
men down.
. a
TOW IT IS true many service
....... ucuuvc mui as mey
were drafted to fleht. lahnr
should also be drafted tn nrrtrlr
They see not only strikes and
nign wages, which are equally
unjustified, but shirkins hv ah.
senteeism, which is nothing but
condoned treason.
Yet it must be enneeded hv
and large that labor, working
voluntarily1 has produced the
weapons of this war under, pri
vate management. Democracy
has worked at home.
We have reent?nl7ed the H.ht
of government to draft men for
lighting, since the civil war, but
never have anrented tha nv-ln
ciple of drafting for work. Why?
oecause mat would complete
the government encirclement ol
nUman Ufa In thl numtn,
make every individual the slave
oi tne state, not for defense In
the trenches, but for work at
nome.
The People would hernme
merely masses to be ordered
around as soldiers are, includ
ing the fathers, mnthere and
children of service men who arc
lighting at the front it .hnn
not think they would want that)
and destroy democratic Individ
uality and rights of the people
individuals (not masses); in
short bring the Russian (and
nazi) system to the United States
frankly. I do not Irnnm anu
service men who want that done
to their people at home.
ORDER OF TRENCH RATS
I-tltS CAMP WMTF MFN
National Order of the Trench
Rata, a nh.kM.k - n.
- -"""Li, ui uie uis-
abled American Veterans, held
- ..iccung ana luncheon Febru
try 24 at the Jackson hotel
Guests were Mrs. Cora Huntley
an "Alley Cat" of the women'!
dlVlSIOn tot thl a-.ntia.1 j
. . "owuutu oraer
na by Invitation four soldiers
vui v..iip wnne, sgt. Luke G
Wood worth Pvf tvaiA. ti
mel, Pvt. Meivin J. Lyter and
-uaries m. r iau.
Those present were entertain
ed by Mrs. Huntley with accor
dion selections. Wheaton J. Hunt
ley was toastmaster.
The 1940 census showed a 21 1
per cent increase in California i
population in ten years.
by the Bale!
Sa. vvavV7-n -
OF
TO TAX ROLLS IS
UP FOR HEARING
Washington, Feb. 28 (U.B
Hearings will be held within
three or four weeks on proposed
legislation to return to local tax
rolls land owned or leased by
the federal government for war
industries.
"We have reached the draft
Ing stage of this bill," accord
ing to Chairman J. Hardin Pe
terson (D., Fla.) of the house
public lands committee, "and we
hope to get It before the current
session of congress."
The bill also will deal with
public lands used for parks.
grazing and Indian reservations.
but they probably will not be
returned to tax rolls. Peterson
said the present policy on those
lands of paying sums in lieu ot
taxes to local governments prob
ably would be continued, but
increases In the sums would be
sought.
Agitation Increases
Agitation for such a bill has
Increased trecently as the result
of federal acquisitions for war
industries, although congression
al representatives from areas in
cluding national parks previous
ly have advocated a more liberal
federal allowance.
In national park areas, local
governments now receive 25 per
cent or the annual park revenue
As the functions and responsi
mimes of local governments
have increased, his varying sum
nas been insufficient, local rep
resentatives claim.
The percentages of federal
land In each of the western
states, compiled by the public
lands committee during two
years of research, are: California
46 per cent; Arizona, 73 per
cent; Colorado. 38 ner cent:
laano, 64 per cent; Montana, 35
per cent; Nevada. 87 Der cent
New Mexico, 44 per cent: Ore
gon, 53 per cent; Utah, 72 per
cent; wasnington, 35 per cent,
Wyoming, ol per cent.
THE GRANGE
Sams Vallav finnna
Sams ValleV Cnn maetlna
Feb. 17 was called to order by
master jonn reffley. Interest
Ing reports were mnde nn aol
culture, legislative and other
topics or interest. Eight new
memDers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Straus. Mr. and Mr R.k.n,
Mr. and Mrs Colter, Mr. and
mrs. rioyd Sherman, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Angle were slven first
and second degrees.
Lecture i.our was enjoyed with
Marjorie Hopkins of Medford
Kiving a taiK on the race prob
lem. Mrs. Honklns
panted to the meeting by her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Skeeters
aU of Medford.
According to Lecturer Francis
opumn, owing to having a
speaker for the evening the post
war progr-i.n will be put on by
tne members at next meeting
March 3. Third and fourth de
gree work will be put on for
the above new members. A
cranee nartv was. enlnved hv
the members Feb. 24. Dancing
ana cards were features.
-The annual Boston Poultry
Show, established in 1849 and
oldest in the nation, attracted
6.000 exhibits representing 34
states this year.
FfMINlNE
SIMPU AS 1-2-3 f.
Ccram DoucS m-a-rlM fcw k
otJy MMXtK. tctuitm tiKua, uxj t powtthilty
oofma Delightfully fngrutt, loo ktm
o mi-tak actlianal douche odor Bamoaitm
at row MMf bi. All Druggim
I aBTj.
Flight o Time
Medford tud Jackson Co Hit
tory 'iom ths filet ot the Mall
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 rtn
too.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
February 28, 1935
Ot Was Thursday) - -Medford
Ice and Storage com
pany to build new $39,000 unit
Mayor Porter asks coopera
tion of citizens In housing pro
gram. Al Smith scores Sec'y Ickea
for implication PWA used for
"political purposes" In New
York City.
W. F. (Toggery Bill) Isaacs ob
serves 35 years in business here.
Unsettled with showers. High
55, low 37 degrees.
"Masked Marvel" to appear
in bouts at Armory next week.
Riverside avenue repair work
to start soon.
Ben Harder adddresses
tha
Lion club luncheon.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
February 28. 1925
(It Was Saturday)
Supervisor Bill Perry and
crew of men put Eagle Point
roads in shape.
Heaw wind does some dam.
age in Prospect district.
New motor law in state eoea
into effect next September.
Does away with dimming except
on pavements.
President Ebert of Germany
dies suddenly.
Henry Ford, auto king, re
fuses to prosecute man accused
of theft.
Fair. High 61, low 27 de
grees.
Medford high defeats Hose-
burg 23 to 9 in listless game.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
February 28, 1911
(It Was ""uesday) ' -U.
S. senate relents hill tn
elect senators by popular vote..
Richard Jose, famous tenor.
to appear here toon.
Carl Rnneh nn-eetlei 4n tor-V.
le bull to show strength for Nat
bout.
ELKS WILL MARK
Chet Leonard, exalted ruler
of the local Elks Lodge, announc
es that the lodge't annual Past
Exalted Rulers' night vill be
held Thursday night, March 1,
and the regular lodge session
will be followed by a feed.
The past exalted rulers will
fill the chairs as follows:
Exalted ruler, Lewis Ulrich;
E. Idg. knight, Arthur D. Hess;
E. Loy. knight, Pop Gates; E.
lec. knight, C. Y. Tengwald;
secretary, Ernest L. Scott; treas
urer, F. FUegel; esquire, Stanley
Philips; asst. esquire, E. C. Jer-
ome; chaplain, Frank DeSouza;
inner guard, O. O. Alenderfen
tiler, B. L. Sanderson: trustees,
T. E. Daniels, L. B. Haskins, Gut
newDury.
Another past exalted ruler
who may be present is Ralph
Koozer of Ashland. .
This being the first night of
nominations for officers for tha
ensuing year, a big crowd of
Elks is expected to be on hand.
A copy of The Saturday Eve
ning Post serving in its second
world war helped while away a
few Idle moments for Pvt. Har
old Poole. Rummaging through
a deserted house in France ha
unearthed a copy of the Post
dated Aug. 4, 1917.
aa Biake all tasks leak bll.
Energy t low ebb? Cheek constipa-',
tionl Take Nature's Remedy (NR'
Tabfeta). Contains no chemicals, no)
minerals, no phenol derivatives. NR
Tablets are different aa different.
Pmly vegetable a combination of'
10 vegetable ingredienta formulated
over 50 years ago. Uncoated or candy
coated, their action is dependable,
thorough, yet gentle, as millions of
KR's have proved. Get a 2bt Con
vinoer Box today. All druggists.
Caution: Take only as directed.
N TONIOHT rOMOMOW AUtlOHt
All-
'ONE WORD SUGGESTION"
FOR ACID INDI8EST10M- ,
k-niaaj
lUM)
3s!
B-
VEGETABLE lAXATIVE
f m -TAB LETS-NR Z I