Inflicting Pain To Treat Pain
Common in Early Amarica
Inflicting a pain to cor
rect or minimize another
pain is a pretty stupid way
of treating a' body ailment.
But back in the pre-scientific
time, even in Early America,
this silly procedure was fol
lowed pretty generally. It
was practiced especially in
cases of aches or disorders of
the stomach and digestive
systems.
Anything which set one's
inner organs on fire or gave
to them a comfortable
warmth was believed to have
a beneficial effect on what
ever ailed the patient. Be
fore the advent of the drug
store or the availability of a
doctor, any concoction that
began a tumult or an uphea
val in the stomach was sup
posed to be exceedingly help
ful. It was like a man suffer
ing with an earache purpose
ly hitting his thumb with a
hammer; he forgets-at least
for a brief period-the pain in
his ear by the sharper, fresher
pain in his thumb. Starting a
pain to cure a pain seemed
to be the formula.
Long-Ago Origin
The idea of arraying one
pain against a greater pain
may have been an idea in
cubated in the mind nf some
unknown American Indian,
back a long time ago. Long
before the arrival of the first
white man, the Indians were
eating various plant leaves,
roots, berries, bark and stems
that set up internal fires in
the belief the burning irrita
tion was beneficial.
Perhaps it was one of
those old ideas or beliefs
which started the use of
some plants which today are
economically very important.
Tobacco could very well be
one. What the Indian used to
smoke or chew, which cer
tainly started an inner fire
in his tortured stomach, was
the weed known today as In
dian tobacco.
Still Plentiful
Probably we will never
know just how the first Red
Man discovered this weed;
neither will it ever be known
how his system withstood the
shock of eating and smoking
the leaves of this common
weed, the wild relative of to
day's refined and cultivated
tobacco.
Indian tobacco is also called
gag-weed or aslhma-weed; it
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Regiittr and Tribuna
Syndicata, 1963)
still grows profusely in dry
fields and thickets throughout
a large part of the United
States. This poor weed is still
struggling to maintain its
lowly position as a noxious
member of the plant king
dom. Its near relative, the
genuine tobacco plant, has
gone on to a glorious and
exceedingly profitable pin
nacle of importance. It is
probably one of the most
profitable of crops with the
exception of corn, wheat and
cotton.
Indian tobacco grew wild
everywhere a small patch of
earth was available. It is an
acrid, evil-smelling, bitter
tasting and puckery plant.
How the toughest Indian
smoked the leaves or chewed
them is something we will
never understand. The inter
al fires it kindled in the
stomachs of those who used
it and swallowed the juice
must have been pretty ter
rible. It must have burned
those stomachs for several
hours.
To the Indian, the use of
Indian tobacco may have pro
vided a lift, or may even
have induced a spell of drow
sy lassitude whereby he could
forget some of bis troubles
and help his earache to be
less acute. With his stomach
on fire he could endure the
pain of his bruised thumb.
Perhaps what all this boil
ed down to was that some
times the cure is worse than
the ailment. ,
Prunes' Wrinkles
Being Ironed Out
New York - (UPI) - They're
ironing out the prune's wrin
kles. The last sicp before pack
aging consists of a hot water
bath and steaming which re
stores as much as 30 per cent
of the fruit's original mois
ture content. As a result,
there's hardly a wrinkle left
when the prunes head for
market.
NOW YOU KNOW
The ashes used in the Ro
man Catholic Church as the
ceremonial symbol of penance
on Ash Wednesday are ob
tained by burning the remains
of the palms blessed on the
previous Palm Sunday, ac
cording to the Encyclopedia
Britanica.
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Court Records
MEDFORD MUNICIPAL COl'RT
Donild Ailen Bobbctt. racing.
$10.
John Philip Koenif. expired op
erator'! license, 5; ditobeyed traf
fic signal, 4a.
Jay Wool ford Taylor, improper
lelt turn. $15.
Lawrence LeRoy PidrU. viola
tion o( basic rule. $-5 suspended.
Walker Allen Anderson, failure
to yield right of way. $25 suspend
ed for Driver Improvement School.
Byron Hugh Davis, disobeyed
trailic signal. $10.
Carol Martha Lamb, disobeyed
traffic signal. $10.
James Ross Hatton, excessive
noise. $10
Dennis Lee Schmall, violation of
baic rule. $25.
Earl Lawrence Cnrnecl, viola
tion of baste rule. $25.
Emma Margaret Hceser, failure
to yield right of way. $io
Richard Clarence Clark, exces
sive noise, $10.
Sandra Suzanne Stevens, dis
obeyed stop sign. $m.
Bill Lee Bradshaw. violation of
basic rule. $20
Clarence Arthur Winetrout Jr.,
disobeyed traffic Mcnnl. $$
Eugene Edward Prince, violation
of basic rule. $25.
Joseph Frank Baran, disobeyed
stop htgn. $10.
Robert Harold Corliss, violation
of basic rule. $2 50.
Charles Nichols Cook, improper
right turn. $5.
Rickey Ray Richey. failure to
display lights on vehicle during
the hours of darkness. $2.50.
Curtis Boyd Woolley, improper
lane UhHge.S.V
Timothy Warren Murray, no
tail light. $10. suspended: no op
erator's license in possession, $5,
suspended.
Laverne Henry Morse, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Cleva Iona Householder, one
headlight, $10. suspended.
Janet Rae Baker, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Louise Shatt Phlany, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Michael David Reich, no opera
tor's license in possession, $5, sus
pended; violation of basic rule,
$20.
Haul uuane i uinerison. violation
of hasic rule, $20.
Fred B. Coleman, violation nf
basic rule, $15.
Alfred Gilhousrn. improper past
ing. $.: no vehicle regislaiion, $5.
fcuspcncled.
Larson tharlrs Chase, violation
of baMc rule. sio.
Walter Vernon DotaV. violation
of basic rule, $15.
Alberta Leah Haas, disobeyed
traffic signal. $10.
Lorraine Helen Board, violation
of basic rule. $20.
Kathleen Bcvis. failure to wear
corrective lenses. $15. suspended.
Bernadine Mac Bratton, violation,
of basic rule. $20.
Thomas Lylo Shoppert, violation
of basic rule, $10. supended; 3U
hours work probation in city
park.
Bessie Myers, violation of basic
rule. $5.
Larry G. Prcheim, expired op
erator's license. $5.
Dean Edward Reddington, ex
pired vehicle license, $5.
Ernest' Clifford Conrad, viola
tion of basic rule, $10.
Richard LeRoy McDowell, vio
lation of basic rule. $25.
Ralph Omcr Stephenson, viola
tion of basic rule. $25.
John Donald Bochardy, violation
of basic rule. $25.
David Russell Monia, violation of
basic rule, $5.
Karen Rae Stansburg. violation
Of basic rule. $10.
Duane David Poff, excessive
noise $10.
Patrick Joseph Murphy, expired
vehicle license. $5.
Myron Charles McEwpn. opera
tor's license not in possession. $5.
Mer Samuel Elgert, switched
license plates, $5. N
ASHLAND MUNICIPAL COURT
Roger Jerome Duvall. , illegal
possession ol alcoholic beverages.
$2.1. curfew.
Lee Albert Oman, illegal posses
sion o alcoholic beverages, $25,
curfew.
Larry Wayne Cleveland, illegal
possession of alcoholic beverages,
S2.V curfrw.
John Joseph Barry, illegal pos-
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session of alcoholic beveracea. $23.
curfew.
Donald Alien Bobbett conduct
ing a speed contest. $50.
James Bernard Seiu Jr., wrong
way on one-way street. $5.
Lawrence Evants Shearer, viola
tion of basic rule. S15.
John Robert King, violation of
basic rule. $15.
Bobby Dale Thomas, disobeyed
tratftc itgnatl. $5.
Wilfred Donald Pearson, viola
tion of basic rule. $20.
Paul Leon Jacks, violation of
basic rule. $25.
DISTRICT COl'RT
John Clery Lucaj,
noihe. $.V
William T. WickUer,
excessive
overload,
$59
Edward J. Craig, no vehicle li
cense. $5.
Benjamin Franklin Compher,
dioheyed stop signal, $15.
William H Davis, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Mary Margaret Nichols, illegal
possession of venison, $50.
Fredrick Wallace Wilson,
switched license plate. $25.
Donald Emil Kocina. violation of
basic rule. $10.
Constance Irene Greenwood, vio
lation of basic rule. $10.
Johnnie Dee Wayne Beattle, no
vehicle license. $5.
Richard E. Appercel, violation
of basic rule $10.
Fredrick William Whitman, fail
ure to stop. $15.
Clarence Robert Schmidt, failure
to stop. $15.
Sherman Monroe Skeers, no ve
hicle license. $5.
Robert Paul Babcock, no vehicle
license. $5.
Ernest Norman Freitas, overload.
$30
Dorothy Zundt, no vehicle II
lense. $5.
Elvis Dale Yow Jr., overlength
load, $15.
Harold Edward Smith, improper
passing, $20.
Rachel Irene Stanfield, failure to
stop. $15.
Clark Jay Walker, violation of
basic rule. $15
Earl Alvis Bliss, overload. $30.
Norman Robert Mallon, overload,
$64.
William R McNeill, failure to
display combined weight, $5.
Sidney Jones, truck speeding.
$10
Jennmg I. Miricle. no vehicle li
cense. $5.
James Linder Fink, violation of
basic rule. $25.
Ruth Madeline Kline, failure to
dim lights, $15.
Mathrw A. Schmidt, obstructed
vision, $10.
Robert Lee Davis, viola linn of
basic rule. $15. ,
Robert Jack Gilinsky, no opera
tor's license, $5.
Robert W. Sherwood, no horn,
$10
Edward Bergeson Jr., failure to
stop. $10.
Seldon Dillon Hill, failure to
stop, $15.
CIRCUIT COURT
Donald S. Bundy vi. Beverly A.
Bundy, divorce complaint.
Betty Louis Bros, vi. Keith
William Brois, divorce complaint.
Report Is Made
On Uses of Wool
Washington -IUPD- Wool con
sumption in the United Slates
last year added up to 12
pounds per family, reports the
U. S. department of agricul
ture.
Four pounds of U. S. wool
and four and one-half pounds
of imported wool went into
each family's clothing, blank
ets, draperies and upholstery
The remaining three and one-
half pounds, almost entirely
imported, was used for floor
coverings.
low-price field !
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
EVIDENCE OF SPRING-Nature's miracles fascinate David
Gicse, 3, of Belleville, ill., as lie watches the first evidence of
spring. Recent temperatures have been in the 30s and 40s and
in spite of the still-frozen ground, an early variety of tulip
pushes up tender shoots. (UPI)
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGREED LONG AGO TO ALL THE
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S EMERGENCY BOARD
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REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE BOARD'S
Southern Pacific accepted in good faith the recommendations of Presi
dent Kennedy's Emergency Board that clerical employes displaced by
changing conditions should be provided reasonable income protection. '
Our offer to the Union on income protection is exactly as recommended
BY THE BOARD, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL EVER PROVIDED BY ANY INDUSTRY.
Protection of people, which we want to do, is one thing.
Protection of positions, needed or not, which the Union demands, is
another.
THE UNION'S DEMAND FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITIONS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
WORK IS CLEARLY BEYOND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD.
If there are any misunderstandings of the intent of President Kennedy's
Board in making its impartial recommendations, then southern
PACIFIC HAS URGED-AND CONTINUES TO URGE-THAT THE EMERGENCY BOARD
be reconvened to review its proposals in the overall public interest
If this is not satisfactory to the Union, then we suggest arbitration.
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Many Drivers Do Not
Know How to Make Turn
'A great many Medford
drivers do not know how to
make a legal turn in traffic,"
according to City Police Chief
Charles P. Champlin.
'Too many others are
either careless or deliberately
violate turning regulations,"
he added. The most frequent
turning offense is turning
from or into the wrong lane
of traffic.
Motorists ignorant of the
proper turning practices gen
erally fall into two groups:
(1) drivers who confuse Ore
gon turning laws with those
in oilier stales: (2) drivers
who have failed to keep up
with changes in turning laws
during recent years. The lat
Ganff Enrollment
Approved by Majority
Columbia, S.C. llTPn The
South Carolina Senate was
told Tuesday that a majority
of the Clcinson college stu
dent body approved of the
peaceful admission of Negro
Harvey Gantt last month.
The Clemson student sen
ate, in a resolution read to the
legislature, said the college
administration "conducted it
self in a manner second to
none" in handling Gantt's en
rollment. AIM
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27. I9S3
ter group is by far the larger,
according to Champlin.
The rapid increase in the
use of one-way streets during
the past few years has cre
ated many new turning situa
tions. Although appropriate
adjustments have been made
in the turning regulations,
many motorists have not con
sulted the Oregon Driver'9
Manual to see what the new
regulations are and when
they apply.
Turning laws are based on
two prime considerations,
Champlin said.
These arc, first, to facili
tate the smooth and even flow
of traffic, and, secondly, to
promote the greatest possible
degree of safety to drivers
and pedestrians alike. Turn
ing from the wrong lane not
only interrupts the "smoo
and even flow" concept, but
also presents a hazard to oth
er motorists, he noted.
SUGGESTS SEAL CHANGE
Boston-WTO - Attorney Rob
ert Donaldson, chairman of
the board of directors of the
Massachusetts S w e e pstakes
committee, expressed opposi
tion to increased lacing dates
in the state Tuesday at a hear
ing and suggested a change in
the state seal "to depict a
horse and dog drooling greed
ily at a $2 bill."
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Auto Production
Stimulates Growth
Washington (UTD- The Com.
merce Department Tuesday
reported that automobile pro
duction has been one of the
main reasons that business has
continued to advance recent
ly.
Auto output, it said, ac
counted for nearly a fourth
of the increase in the national
total of goods and services
produced during the last three
months of 1962.
The value of passenger car
output totaled $23.4 billion at
seasonally adjusted rates dur
ing the final quarter of la.st
year.
Syrian Fishermen
Fire on Israelis
Jerusalem (UPU Israeli offi
cials said Tuesday Syrian fish
ermen poaching in the Sea ot
Galilee fired on an Israeli
boat.
The officials told members
of the United Nations Armi
stice commission that Syrian
fishermen also have been,
stealing nets set in the water.
SAFE BOATING WEEK
Washington -(UPI)- President
Kennedy Tuesday designated
the week of June 30 as Na
tional Safe Boating Week,
noting that "increased use of
our waterways has caused a
corresponding increase in
safety problems."
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