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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1915)
KMhftmiMMiWM It ft lUEDHHtD ISrATTJ TRTBUNR M13DF0KD, OKIiaON, VKTDAY. JANUARY 1ot 1915 FXaUBTX. " MMMM pMMMMM - t i Vf I ANNUAL BANQUE T COMMFR A UB t- IS HELD TONIGHT Tim nnniinl bnnqiirt mul rcI-Ui-i;olti(r mocliiiR of llio Couiineivinl iilub will bo held tit the Murifonl ho tel tonight nml wnr tleolurcd on leth nrgy. Resurrection of the spirit that nuidn Mctlfnril tho mobt-tnlked-of town wct of tho Kocky mountains will he attempted. Lnst year tho Commercial club held n similar meet ing. Thin year n prayur will ho of fered Hint some of the pinker will he retained and the wnteh-nnd-wait pol icy cast into tho discard. Klection of officers for coming year will take place. Four important Nmics linked with Medford'rt growth loom for the year. They nro tho irrigation project, the sugar beet factory, the fruit crop mid the fruit cannery. The success of tho last-named enterprise lnst sea son in the face of pessimistic opposi tion and n poor senon, is proof com plete that only conscientious effort is needed. Wu II. flore of the Med ford Na tional, Ijnnk will talk upon the beet sugar project; Johon If. Carkin on the "Cannery Prospect for 1013"; W. A. Sumner and M. O. Pcnnctt on the values and needs of irrigation, wih speeches by others on general condi tions. Mrs. Pert Anderson, Mrs. Pert Thierolf, Mrs. Irene II. Isnnc and n qunrtct will furnish musical numbers. Tho banquet will begin at 8 o'clock. Tho object of tho meeting is to start off the year with real enthus iasm and engender tenm work. The old and tho new council and mayor and leading citizens will bo in attendance. BUSS COSES ELECTRICITY 1 L GUARDBANKVAULTS Tho Farmers nnjl Fruitgrowers Bank has contracted with the Ameri can Dank Protection Co., ot Minnea polis, Minn., for a triple nutomatlc electrical system of vault protection, to bo placed in the bank. It will tako about CO days to build this won derful device, and when It Is com pleted and Installed will give an ab solutely burglar proof vault. Tho system consists of plates of stool, lining tho cntlro vault, celling, waits, floor, vostlbulo and vault doors. Tho combination locks aro also equipped with electrical apparatus and controlled by a doublo set of electric timers. Theso timers con trol tho opening and closing of tho vault doors for any given tlmo de sired, and when closed at night, no living soul can enter or forco an en tranco .without sounding a general alarm and arousing tho entire public. Should a yeggman attempt to uso explosives on tho combinations, ho would cause a premature explosion and tho result would be tho Instant death ot tho operator. Tho banking room will also bo equipped with ringing stations for protection against day light hold-ups. Tho cutting of nny wires or cables would also result In a general alarm. COUNTY TOTAL $4552 Widows' pensions In tho stale cost f 100,5 4 SMI and relief and caro ol poor $194,980.49 for nine months from January 1, 1914, to September 30, 1914, according to statements pre pared by tho state board of account 'ancy, Jackson county paid for widows' pensions $1,552.50 and for relief of poor $11,773.20. Tho statement given out is inter esting In that it Bhows a comparative ly small amount of monoy has been necessary In providing pensions for widows. AT SONORA CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Tho Car. rauza agency hero today issued the following statement: "El Paso reports that General Lturbe arlved at Alamos in southern gonora yesterday and Is moving north to attack Maytorena at Ilermoslllo, capital of Sonora, where tho greater part of the "Maytorena troops have withdrawn from Naco." TUESDAY TO BOOST FOR SUGAR BEETS The cro-l of the campaign for the establishment of a beet sugar fac tory in the llogue River valley will be reached next Tuesday, "Beet Snijar" dny, when the stores of the city will close and each merchant, booster und eiliren with community interest und civic pride in his system will answer the call mid go out and strive to se cure signers to the most important industrial opportunity in the history of tho valley. The coming of this important proj ect depends upon t'u action taken the next few days. Many have said they will increase their acreage, provided they can see the nnmes of some of the largest landowners ntlaehcd lo contracts. Considering its impor tnnee to thi section from an indus trial, economic and prosjwrity stand point, there nrc assurances, but not in a concrete form, that victory will crown the efforts of tho committee in charge. Poseburg, Eugene and Salem an rivals of southern Oregon for the lo cation of the beet sugar fuctory. The newspapers of these three Willam ette valley towns are cditoriallv and through their news columns agitating the need, nnd making anything hut n feeble effort to induce the sugar in terests to come to their vicinity. A few nre befuddled on the finan cial status of the company seeking a location in this section. According to Mnyor-eleet Emcriek, who has viewed the transformation of southern Idaho from a sagebrush waste to a garden through sugar heels, the Western Amnlgamnted Sugar company could buy everything in the noguc Pivcr valley at the going price nnd not miss the money. Dun nnd Pradstreets put their credit ns "unlimited." MERCHANTS AGREE TO CLOSE STORES TUESDAY The beet sugar day has been post poned from Saturday to Tuesday and an effort is being made to have tho merchants of the city oos their re spective places of business on this day. All those visited yesterday af ternoon promised to comply with the wishes of tho officers of tho associa tion and give their support In the Industrial proportion. Following is a list of the merchants visited yester day and who agreed to spend all day Tuesday In a campaign for sugar beet acreage: K. F. Schmidt, Warner. Wortman and Gore, E. 11. Lamport, Toggery, Shaplelgh Ilardwaro Co., Hubbard Pros., C. E. Gates, E. C. Gaddls, Waters Paint and Wall Paper store, M. W. Wagner, Model, Medford Pharmacy, Martin J. Peddy, Marsh and Pennett, John F. Lawrence, J. E. Olmstead, Garnott-Coroy Hard ware Co , Aklns, Foyes Grocery Co., M. M. Alirens, Brandon und Whitney, C. W. Hcllbronnor, C. P. Krlbs, Weeks & McGowan Co.. nnd H. C. Dehling. Tho other merchants of tho city will bo Isltcil today and It Is probable that they will agrco to closo. Tho grocery and meat markets will bo open until 1 a. m. WESTERN OREGON'S R S UR EEXPLOITEO I HERN PACIFIC AT ONCE! 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Go now, make tho best investment you ever made, by getting a large fifty-cent case ot Pape's Dlapepsln from nny drug store. You realize In five minutes how needless it Is to suffer from Indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder, (Adv.) No more timely publication could posolbly have ueen planned than "Oregon For The Settlor" tho booklet lliat Is Just Off the presses and which rejtt-esents one of the efforts of the SQuthern Pacific company In Its cam paign to direct attention to Oregon. Tho book comes Just at a time when eastern people arc turning their eyes toward tho west. It will have ln Itvlenco with two classes, tho globo trotting American and the homo seek er. SlNty-two pages are given to de scriptive matter and pictures of west ern Oregon, and 33 subjects nro treat ed. It Is a book that Is Intended to convey exact Information ns to the opportuntlcs offered the prospective settler. licglnntng with a general statement concerning the geographical divisions of the state. "Oregon For The Set tlor" takes up a discussion ot the western half as It Is known to Ore gonlans. It gives general descrip tions of the Pogue river valley, tho Pmpqua and tho Willamette valleys, and tho country bordering the west coast. Farm products aro then given Intelligent discussion, tho last third of tho pages ot the book being given over to furnishing exact Infor mation as to where lamlseekcrs may find cheap nnd desirable lands In tho four sections of the territory served by the Southern Pacific lines. It tells where cheap lands arc locatcil in tho Poguo river country, along the Ump qua, along tho Willamette, and what they are good for. "Oregon For Tho Settler" comes from the presses Just when a largo travel may be expected as a result of tho European wars and tho opening or tho Pannma Pacific and the San Diego expositions. QUAKE CAUSED AVALANCHES SWISS ALPS GENOA, Jnn. II. via Paris, Jan. 13, 1:15 a. in. Now a which has reached hero from Como nnd Chlnsso Indicates thnt the earthquake w felt In tho Italian valley clear to the Swiss frontier. Telegraph and tele phono Hues are" generally down In thnt country but It barf boon 'ascer tained thnt no loss of llfo Is reported there, " i . Tho little iiowh that has como through from tho frontier reports that the Alps trntbled during the shock and detached numerous avalanches ns tho snow on the summits was deep. From Courmnyour, Italy, through telescopes, an avalanche was seen falling from Mount Plane. ' A party of Italian troops who returnnl to Aostn report that they felt tho shock and saw avalanches fall from Mohut Posa. A messngo from Innsbruck states that In the Alps, near tho Italian frontier, 27 soldiers woro over whelmed by nn avalanche caused by tho earthquake and that throe of tho men wero seriously hurt. UNI IAIN W IV K ?sF's-SS3 ASR IN EMBARGO ON OIL feSBLf- FROM TAMP1C0 JW trti T E A mim I DIED RHODES -At Talent, January S, Mrs. l.lbblc Phodes, wife of U M. Rhodes. She was born In Bradford county, Penn., October 3, 1S37, bolng 37 years of ago at tho tlmo of her death. She leaves a husband, nnd two sslters, Mrs. Klla Snow of I.acy vllle, Penn., nnd Mrs. Maggie Kngle man of DuPols, Penn., to mourn her loss. A (,ool Prsoliitlon. To help build up Medford payrolls by smoking Governor Johnson or Mt. Pitt cigars. WASHINGTON, Jan. IB. Tho lliltlsh ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring' like, iuaUo urgent representations to tho state depnrtineut today against tho Carrnna embargo on oil exports from Tnmptco, troin which tho Urltlsh navy draw ssomo of Its fuel, Tho llrlllsh ambassador also called attention to the destruction of pro potty at Tnmplco ,ln tho, old-fields, whk'h Is reported as having been great. Dispatches to tho state department have reported that tho Agullnr Pe troleum company and the Poun-Mex Oil company had been closed down by a decree prohibiting further opera tion without permission of the Car ranxa government; and that an em bargo on oil exports hnd been placed on the Agullnr company and the Hunsteca Petroleum company. Thij embnrgo was supposod to have boon laid because tho companies had not paid a production tax, LAKE FIND BED CENTER OF QUAKE PAHIS, Jan. l.-, II ii, in. The Petit l'urisii'n'.s Koine correspondent Huyi that the num,lHy.of earthquake victims exceeds Hu.OOli und that this list would hnve been greater since the earthquake was more violent than thnt of Messina, hud it not been for the fact that no large cities were af fected. The center of the distuib nnee, according to this correspond cut, was situated in the drv and an cient I.uke Fueiiio, which was druiued in I8"."i by Prince Alexuiuler Tur unda at a cost of about .$8,00(1,(100. ,i'Hmivi,,, 'A Jf EXACTING Coffee users find in the Golden West all their tastes demand uniform flavor and purity. No Dust No Chaff. Just Right Always. Closset & Devers Tho Oldest and Large! Coffco Iloantora tn tho Northwest. g m There's Not the Slightest Doubt nboul Safety for our valuables when they aro In our Vault, because It Is Flro and Ilurglar Proof. You can rent a Satu DopoMt Hov hero for a roitaon able amount. Why not do It now? OVER 22 VCARS UNOCn ONE MANACCMCNT I KX"Xx: MANNS WHITE SALE MANNS CENTRAL AVE. DOVE NEAR POSTOFKICE Muslin Underwear at Great Reductions Under-muslins We are Sbowis the Latest Styles GROUP A "Women's Muslin Clowns, Corset Covert and Draw ers, all well made and nicely trimmed, up to 75c values, this sale, Q each... JLi s Vj GROUP B v "Women's Muslin downs, Skirts, Corset Covers and Drawers, new styles, val ues up to $1.00, CQ this sale, each . .. ) Jj GROUP C "Women's Meant ii'ul Mus lin Nightgowns, Princes. Slips and Combination Suits, values up 'TQf to $1.50, each . J GROUP D Kxelusivo styles in Wom en's Muslin Clowns, tvmi hinatioii Suits and Prin cess Slips, values up to $2.50, this sale, each $1.19 FREE Save Your Saleslips and Get Wm. Rogers' Guaranteed Silverware FREE The Most Wonderful Values in Laces and Embroideries New Val. Laces, up to 20c values, now, yard, 5c Plat Val Laces, up to 25c values, now, yard, 10c 18-inch Swiss Baby Flouncings, 75c values, now, yard, 39c ? T t t t t r t T k r t r r r t r T J SUITS worth $25.00, now $10.00 X SUITS worth $35.00, now $15.00 & SULTS worth $40.00 now $20.00 & Suits worth $45.00 now $22.50 . $5000 WORTH OP BRAND NEW GOODS AT WONDERFUL REDUCTIONS S.wiss Corset Cover. Embroidery, !J5c valuer, iiovf yar1. 19fc Shadow Torchon Laces, Laces, up to 25c up to 15c values, values, now, yard, now, yard, 7c 5c Venice I'Mtfcs, . up to 25c values, now, yard, 10c Convent Hdtfe. Embroidery, 25c values, now, vnrd, 12&c Money Saving Prices on Linens and Domestics Good Dress Heat Cotton Host 72x90 Sheets, 42 and 45-in. Eull Size Hcd (loodSi.o Hath Towels, Prints, Challies, Oil Cloth, GOc grade, Pillow Slips, Spreads, $1.25 Towels, worth 15c, yard, vnrd, vnrd, each, each, grade, each, each, now, each, 5c 5c 19c 39c 12&c 98c 4c 10c i Final Clearance Sale of Coats and Suits COATS worth $12,00 now $5.00 COATS worth $15.00. now $7.50 CQATS worth' $25.00 how,. $10.00 COATS worth $35.00 now'. .'.$1.5.00 50 'Brand New Lingerie Waists, up io dalo in style, made of fine voile, nicely trimmed, $2.00 values, now, ench, nt i i.r i mum ii, $1.19 t t f Chirks f O. N. T. f Spool Cotton, I 7for25c The Greatest Notion Values in Medford Colgate's 25c can Talcum Powder, can, 15c Snuitol Tooth paste, 25c cubes. 19c Colgate's Soap, cake, 8c (20c box) Snn.itol Tooth Brushes, 25c grade, each, 19c Best grade Darning Cotton, a ball, 2c Lustre Cotton, all colors, now, ball, 4c Clood Hair Nets, ench, 4c 4&M&&&M&&W i i i M m ? "T t ? ? ? T r ? ? "T T r ? ? T y ? T ? y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t ;. f y y t y y y y y y A zi w )&