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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 6 Friday, November 5, 1937 ANI) THEN THE FUN BEGAN1! AMATEURS GET THE BELL SWIFT ACTION (Continued from page 1) I nunated in the beating and rob bery of cash and other valuables And, H|H*iiklng of school, the shell Dll Coniptuiy mm to it that nil .Shell men I uiom him to lubricate your cur th«* factory-rrcoiiiiueiKled way . . we take pride In our work, mid xilKgest for your u Inters driving a thorough applica tion of Blmue (nuj Impulse* Although Police Chief C. P Talent of Ashland secured a full signed statement from Messenger after he had bt*en identified by Rice as one of his assailants, im plicating himself (MessengerI and th«* three visiting players and ad mitting the beating and robbing, a The Modern following “confession" by Eli Cagle, alleged ringleader in the Upkeep System affair, reads like a beautiful word ing irf an account of a pure lad's 12 Per Cent Mort* Riiblier in Treu«! of harassed innocence which culmin ated in the statement that they GOODYEAR R-l TIRES must have been controlled "by some kind of a crazy impulse due "The Bulls Eye of Tire Value«*" to our condition at the time." The “clean breast of it" made do to a girt* by Cagle and sworn to by his Monmouth accomplices, alleges that Rice offended their senses of Mitin anil Second Ntrv«*ts Plionr <170 d«*cency by conversations before the ride, and also claims Cagle has never before been involved in trouble of any kind. However, it A N D BERNI was pointed out by Chief Talent, who uncovered the case before turning it over to state police, that the young men admitted drunkenness and although they claimed to have been “too drunk 1 • John Coke of Keno was a week- th«' week-end at the home RUNAWAY to know what they were doing at ■ end visitor in Ashland and Mrs T B. Gosnell HEIRESS! the time,” yet thfly seemed to be • Guy Lewis left Monday evening • Cliff Collins of Wee<i v i able to remember every minute de for Francisco, planning to be I his home in Bellview durin ....MISTAKEN tail the next day for inclusion in ' gone San FOR 0IAM0N0 for about 10 days. i week-end. their statements. Yesterday it was reported in • Jack Bears» and Phil. Stans • Maxine Gearhart. Grants some circles that the case- which bury hunted at Tule I-ake over the teacher, visited her parents. rmchair has developed into a state-wide week-end. returning Monday eve- Lu»d Mrs Howard Gearhart attended teachers' institute scandal- is drawing much pres ning. RAI ALLOWANCE sure to bear on behalf of the pris • Mick Finneran of Dunsmuir week-end. oners and Messenger, who has was in Ashland during the week • Chester Squire of Lakeview OUR OLD RADIO in Ashland during th«* week-end been released on $2.000 bail posted end. by his father, Harry Messenger. • Willie Durham left Wednesday • Mr and Mrs Arba Ager of HICKEY’S RADIO Takilma. Ore., and Hal McNair, evening for an indefinite stay in Jacksonville attended institute and visite«! friends last week-end San Francisco. Messenger's employer. AT WICK'S According to State Police Capt. • W H Erwin. I. C. Erwin, Cora • i»«'llx'rt Mongold and Richard PHONE 12 IK C Joy attended a meeting of th«- Lee M. Bown, Rice's statements Newhouse. Foster Thompson, Mr. have been checked and found to and Mrs. Charles Weaver, Elliott Jersey Cattle association Satur A COMIllft UNI OF 29 ZINIIH A»M CHAIM MOOIIS TO CHOO1I ISOM be correct in every detail except MacCracken, Margaret Short. S. day held at the home of Jim Mac Cracken in Valley View for $220 in money orders said to H Short and Jupe Wallin were be missing and which the four among Ashlanders attending the • Mrs Gordon Duffield underwent "A Most Serious Question ." deny having taken. Rice declared fiaitball game in Grants Pass Fri a major operation at the Sacred An exceptionally good audience Heart hospital in Medford Satur $41 in cash was stolen from him. day night. last Sunday night. Expecting an in addition to the money orders, • For a square deal go to Peil. day morning Mrs Duffield has other fine attendance this Sunday been spending some time with her a $1.600 diamond and a watch. You will enjoy th«* service (16tfc) parents. Mr and Mrs J. O. Talent Part of the cash and the watch A big welcome! • Mr and Mrs Karl Moore stop were recovered at Monmouth, • Ellen Franco was at the horn«* where arrest of the football play of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T P ped at the home of his parents. (Continued from page 1) Mr. and Mrs Homer Moore, Mon Franco, during the week-end. ers took place by state police. Talent expressed a hope that CELEBRATE day evening. They were enroute to • Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bentley are Case Summary the city council will add new mem In brief, the crime for which the parents of an eight and one- San Francisco where they plan to bers to the license committee in the defendants are being held oc half pound daughter born to them spend their honeymoon. the near future so that each busi curred at about 2 a. m. Sunday. Wednesday morning at the Com- ness may be represented. Earlier Rice is alleged to have i rnunity hospital. Members of the 1035 committee run his car. a large sedan, off the • Mrs. Jim Hocking of Lakeview Lillard Assembles were Councilman H. 8. Ingle, arrived in Ashland the latter part I grade near Siskiyou station and Six Stars for Mat chairman, Talent. W. D. Jackson, : to have caught a ride to Ashland | of last week and spent several Councilman Ralph Koozer, Harley WITH THE WORLD Scramble Monday I where he entered Nininger s cafe : days visiting friends. Brower. City Attorney Frank Van and inquired as to where he could • Mrs. Clyde E. Nellis, visited at Dyke and !■ « t WAR VETERANS obtain a wrecker. Overhearing ' tl.e home of her mother, Mrs. • ' Rice's southern drawl, Cagle is ¡Marcia Ross during the week-end. CHURCH <H THE N'AZAKENE i claimed to have introduced him • Mrs. R. L. Wardle and Mrs. Fourth and (' Streets MEDFORD self as a fellow southerner, where I Jessie Kilgore were Medford cal- E. E. Wordsworth, Minister upon Rice was invited to a booth ; lers Tuesday. NOVEMBER 11 "The church when- you never occupied by the four defendants. • Mrs. Steve Zarka left Sunday are a stranger." for San Francisco. STREET STUNTS There, purportedly, he was told 9:45 a m., Sunday school, T S. that the boys would take the car • Mr. and Mrs. Roland Parks DAYLIGHT FIRE WORKS Wiiey, superintendent A growing owned by Messenger and go after were visitors at the home of Mrs. school, excellent equipment, fine PATRIOTIC PARADE Parks' mother. Mrs. Bevington, the Rice car. corps of teachers LEGION DI GOUT during the week-end A. C. Nininger, at about that 11 a. m . morning worship, pas- SI*E< IA I. MOVIES time refused service to the party, • Investigate modern chiropractic. tor preaching, "Helps to a He which had been ordering beer, on Dr. C. C. Dunham, 460 Boulevard, vlval ” I'hix will la- th«- final mes* I OOTB \I I < I. \ssic, (56c) the grounds that it was after 1 phone 48. sage preparatory to the coming \SHLAND va. .MEDFORD • Lee Ryan returned Wednesday a. m. and Cagle is alleged to have revival campaign with the Moi ARMISTICE BALL protested in insolent tones, where from a business trip to Portland. gan-Ciiaffee evangelistic party. und FLOOR SHOW upon Nininger ordered the party • Mr. and Mrs Robert Webb of They will begin with us November to leave. However, Rice is claimed Central Point were in Ashland last Follow the Crowds by Nininger to have been the only week-end attending institute. 6 30 p m.. Young people's hour. apparently sober and behaved • The Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Pres- 7:30 p m., sermon by pastor, nall returned Tuesday to Grants to Medford Nov. 11 member of the group. Following eviction from the cafe Pass after visiting for several days the boys and Rice drove to Mes- at the C. O. Presnall residence. senger's residence on C street and, • Kathleen and Roberta Nourse, Six of the most colorful grap after some argument, it was de teachers at Terrebonne, were at piers the junior heavyweight cided to staft out to get the Rice the home of their parents, the class in will appear on Promoter vehicle. Some two miles out on the Rev. and Mrs D. E Nourse last Mack Lillard's weekly card at the new highway south of Ashland the week-end. HAVE YOUR ESTIMATES and Medford armory Monday night. • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Erwin re coupe in which the five were rid work done by an expert; Mr. Red Lyons, the Kansas Terror, win returned to their home in ing was stopped. Messenger's self Earl Warren will be pleased to who made his initial showing lo Dayton, Ore., Wednesday after deposed statement claims that give you an estimate on all car cally last Monday, will meet Bob "motor trouble” had developed and some time spent at the home of Kennaston, Gold Hill ex-marine, painting and body and fender the stop was for investigation. their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. in the top main event. work; highest grade work at 858-370 E. Main SI.—Ent. 1022 Rice alleges that no indication of and Mrs. I. C. Erwin. lowest prices. See me at Bob Chick, former light heavy I • Dr. E. G. Everett, M D., phy- car trouble was evidenced and CLAY COMB MOTOR CO. weight champion, pictured above, sieian and surgeon, Hersey build that the boys remarked, “Well, Phone 50 Ashland will meet Steve Sterlich, Los An this is as good .... a place to work ing, office phone 18-J, residence (2tfc) geles. in the middle main event, him over as any,” and started to 18-L. DENTISTS beat him. Fearing for his life, Rice • George Hibbs and Merrill Gunt and Bic Jarbo, a newcomer, will tangle with Oie Olson of Minne er returned Monday from a busi declared he begged for mercey and Protect Your Car DR. R. E. WALKER sota in the 8:30 p. m. curtain- offered his money but that the ness trip to Portland. Phone 178 raiser. youths—Messenger included—con • Bob Yeo of Grants Pass visited Swedenburg Building Against a Freeze-Up! tinued to beat and kick him until during the week-end at the home I Subscribe for the Miner today. of his parents here. he feigned unconsciousness and, ELECTRICAL SERVICE after searching his pockets, left • Dorrance Ruger of Hilts was a I Mice To Nerve You him lying beside the road when Sunday visitor in Ashland X. L. ELECTRIC Dr. W. Oeser • Jimmie Baughman of Camas another car approached. Phone 82 Answering a call from a Bell Valley visited during the last 187 N. Pioneer Nt view resident, Ashland officers week-end at the home of his Thomas and Moon proceeded to father, Clint Baughman. the scene and came upon the vic • LaVem Dalkenberg of Lake tim staggering down the road but view spent Saturday and Sunday when they stopped, the man in Ashland. hid in nearby weeds until it was • Wyatt Padgett, Klamath Falls made clear they were officers and teacher, attended institute here not his assailants returned to fin last week-end. THREE MERRYMANIACS ish their beating. The officers took • Mr. and Mrs. Lee Burna of the injured man to the hospital, Klamath Falls visited last week where he was treated for cuts and end with friends and relatives bruises. Rice’s account of the af here. fair at that time was jumbled and • Gertrude Ahlstrom, Medford teacher, was at her home on B half hysterical. Sunday morning Chief of Police street last week-end. C. P. Talent assembled available • Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gosnell information, questioned Messenger and family of Shady Cove spent who first denied both participa tion in and knowledge of the affair watch was recovered by arresting although Messenger readily admit officers in Monmouth Monday but ted knowing the Monmouth boys $220 worth of travelers checks and and lending them his car. Later, a $1.600 diamond mentioned by when confronted by Rice, Messen Rice have not been found. Offl- Are you insured? ger sat down and typed out his cers sifted ashes in a stove where ... n own confession voluntarily and the confessed thugs claimed to signed it before Talent and State have burned Rice’s wallet, but Police Al Stoehr. His statement were unable to find traces of the admitted his accompanying the missing articles or a burned wal party to the scene of the crime let. and back again to his home, where Since their apprehension, the REAL ESTATE and the loot was divided, but denied four youths have written evasive I «Ff BOOK ON RtOUfSI REAL INSURANCE taking an active part in the beat- statements, with most of their life ,A World of Comfort MURIMI fO DIPI H S . CHICI CO, U * A 1 ing or sharing of the stolen money. history being included to prove Phone 211 41 East Main Part of ths stolen money and a thslr "good character " Last Times Today 2 - FEATURES - 2 SHELLUBRICATION ART COOPER BUD GANDEE About People You Know! ] A RADIO POLICE URGE LICENSE USE ------- •— • SATURDAY • I I OESER’S SUPER Service Station ANTI-FREEZE ------- •------- Every li£kt wire is a possible fire starter IS 1C Billings Agency
