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HEPFOItD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREfloN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 PAOE NINE AT 90 BE THURSDAY 'ASHT.ANn. Snnt. 17 Ashlnnrt day at the county (air at Medford this week Is Thursday; September 20, and Inasmuch as this city has had the -Round-up, the Chautauqua, and the pioneer and old soldiers' reunions this summer not to mention the Billings hill complications which aro ever with us it's the graceful and proper thing to do to invade Medford In a body at the county fair event. Tuesday will be entrance day, with no admission on the opening night. Wednesday is Medford day, with its accompanying free barbecue on a big scale. Friday is children's day, and Saturday Jackson county day in gen eral. Ashland girls ought to compete in the canning contest for the $50 prize offered by tho Utah-Idaho Sugar Other attractions are merchants' dis plays. Dancing every evening with muBlc by the noted jazz orchestra which was here from Portland dur ing the Round-up. Admission will be only 25 cents, The major portion of tho displays will be on exhibit at the Nat, thus team from Boll View will meet a team -company. vcnool exnioits ana CHILDREN'S DAY AT COUNTY FAIR Tha program for Children's Day at the Jackson County fair Friday is as follows: 1 o'clock, children's sports, blcycto race, boys under 15 years of age, Medford to Phoenix and return. May or C. E. Gates has provided the fol lowing prizes for this event: 1st place a pair of blcyclo tires value $10; 2d place bicycle saddle, value $7; 3d place a pair of handle bars value $2.50. Prizes will bo offered for other appropriate events which we are not able to list at this time, but they will Include such events as 100 yard dash for boys 16 or under; 50 yard dash' for girls 12 or undor; hand over hand race for boys 15 or under, 2 boys to a team, etc. Thoro will be a "Kiddie Kar" race for boys under 12, so be sure and bring your Go-Devils with you. 1:30 o'clock Canning' contest, Phoenix- vs. Talent canning teams. On Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 a team from Talent will meet a team from Phoenix, and on Thursday af ternoon at the same hour a canning BY doing away with any tedious rides over dusty roads to the fair grounds. Races being eliminated gives more prize money for distribution to mis cellaneous exhibits. A program of events will be printed dally. Ashland will have over 75 varie ties of grain, fruits galore, poultry and stock. A five-ton truck loaded to the gunwales with various ex hibits left here for Medford Sunday evening, the displays having been packed and arranged by D. M. Lowe, general director of the agricultural and horticultural foaturos of tho fair. More will follow by Tuesday morning. - Ed Staples has been tendered tho position of manager of the displays from the Asehland district, he being a "humdinger" In the arrangement of details, having had much experi ence in this line under tho old dis trict fair managements. The cream of the displays will later on be forwarded to tho state fair at Salem, the Portland Land Show, and the National Dry Land Congress at Dallas, Texas. from Eagle Point. Tho team winning a trip to the state fair will be an nounced Friday. 1:30, 3, 4 and 7:15 o'clock, Aitch Icy & Altchley Animal Actors con sisting of a mlnature horse and in telligent dog will give interesting performances. ' 2 o'clock Rock Drilling contost. This will bo an unsual event In which six teams from the big mines of southern Oregon will compete for championship honors. 7:30 oclo'ck Tho Medford Choral socloty will give an entortalnmcnt which promises to he one of the big attractions at tho county fair. 8:30 o'clock Dance. The famous Jazz orchestra of Portland has been secured to furnish music for dances at tho i.Vat beginning at 8:30 on each evening of September 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. The liberty motor, produced by enpinrers working under the direction of the war depart men I, will be used nlso in nnvbl niri'nil't. That the government considers the food situation of the United States a grave problem Is shown by the fact that the food administration is now making a war emergency food sur vey of the country. Over one hundred homes In Ore gon aro to be Included in this survey, Miss Anna McCormick, representing the government In carrying on the food conservation campaign in Jack son and Josephine counties has placed 20 of these surveys In the homes of her district. An effort was made to seloct homos representative of tho va rious classes of citizens. Later on, if food conditions become more se rious, the survey made extend to every homo In the nation. The purpose of the (food survey is to determine the amount of food on hand In tho homos thruout tho nation and to form an estimate of the daily consumption of food. Ev ery woman who assists in making this food survey possible Is rendering the government a valuable servlco. GROUP OF GIRLS WITH KOLB & DILL AT PAGE WEDNESDAY L "SLACKER" FILM AT - THE PAGE THURSDAY By far the most stirring photo drama that Medford film fans have seen in months is Emily Stevens' production, "The Slacker," coming to the Pago theater Thursday and Friday, Septombor 20 and 21. Be sides making a vigorous appeal to valor and chivalry, the film has one of the strongest plots that tho gifted Miss Stevens has ever interpreted. The splendid scohlc and pageant effocts, supplementing the powerful thome itself, attest to Its superior merits. The story tells of tho regeneration of a slacker through the love and sacrifice of a woman, and shows his final vindication of his worth when he Is clad in khaki. WASHINGTON', Sept. 15 Weather predictions for the week bo ginninK Sunday, issued by the wpulher bureiiu, arc: ' 1'iH'ific stiilcs Fair, except occas ional ruins over northern districts. Wednesday night, September 19, at the Page theater, Kolb & Dill, the premier Dutch" comedians, will pro sent their latest laugh-riot, "Tho High Cost of Loving" which comes direct from a rocord-hreaklng run In California cities. If you crave farce of the kind that doubles you in your scat and then leaves you wiping away the tears of .laughter; if you are fond of tinkling, haunting tunes sung by real artists, and If you long for the sight of girls, comely, shapely and with tho "pep" of youth, thon "Tho High Cost of Loving" Is the show you've been waiting for. Kolb & Dill's latest offering is the best cure for tho blues discovered In the past century. It Is a convulsion of laughter from start to finish and it affords these inimitable comedians tho best vehhlo they ever have had for their distinctive comedy methods. The company supporting these clover stars Includes sucn names as Henry Shumer, A. C. Van Slyke, Julia Blanc, May Cloy, Eva Clark, Lucilo Chalfant, Honora Hamilton and others of equal prominence. In "The High oort of Loving" the musical Interpolations are introduced with deft skill and at no time inter fere with the screamingly funny pro gress of the plot. Tho big song re view at tho opening of tho third net, in which each of the Kolb & Dill beauties participates with an Individ ual number, took San Francisco and other bay city audiences by storm. And Inst but not least thoro's tho syncopations of the "Jazz" orchestra which Kolb & Dill carry with them. Tho entire production is exactly the same with which those clover como dlans scored the hit of thoir career during the history making engagemnt In San Francisco. NEW AUTO AGENCY COMES TO MEDFORD A new auto that has been attract Ing a great deal of attention In Med ford for sovoral days Is tho Paige, tho agency for which was recently taken by Messrs. OsBinnn & McDonald of the Valley Onrago. Whllo there has never been an agency for this car In Medford, there aro soveral Paige owners In the county. It Is made by ono of tho largo factories and Is In deed a handsome car, In fnct It is claimed to bo "tho most beautiful car In America." They have many now features in thoir 1018 models and havo a car for every tasto, making ton models In all. from tho chummy roadstor to tho limousine. Soo this new car In the Auto show at tho fnlr. AT FAIR WEEK Groat Interest is being manifested by rot only tho dealers, but by the publlo generally In the auto show to be hold during tho fair this W3ok, and tho pooplo of southern Oregon aro going to have tho pleasure of seeing all that Is now in automobile and truck construction. Tlilr. Is the first -attempt at an auto show In the county, but it will bo a Wg buccobs, as tho doalors aro a llvo bunch and propose to show tho Partlaii! deal ers and distributors what a really i.p- to-dato show Is. Tbo swimming pool at tho Nat, whore tho show Is to bo held, has boon omptled, tho floor Is being put in and tho dozen or moro makos of cars and trucks will bo shown there. Tho different mnkes of tires'os well as tho auto accessories will also be shown, and if you havo "tho bug" you will havo a chance to let it buzz at this show. It Is hoped tho evont will be mndo an annual affair and It no doubt will bo. It nothing elso wero at tho fair, tho auto show would bo well worth a Bpoclal visit to sco. BIG JAZZ DANCE AT NAT TUESDAY EVENING Tho Jackson County Fair will be formally opened Tuesday evonlng with a big dance at tho Natatorium. Tho association has secured tho services of tho Jazz orchestra from the Orogon Grill of Portland, to fur nish tho music for tho dances for tho fivo days. This feature within itself In certain to mako a big hit and will no doubt bring out a largo ntlendnnco enrh evening from all parts of tho valley. On account, of Tuesday being entry day, no exhibits will bo on display, and thoro will bo no chargo to any part of tho building. If you don't danco, como out and hear tho Jazz music, -it will not cost you anything. Dancing will start promptly at 8:30 p. m. NI'.W YOKIC, Sept. 15.-Klihu Hoot has ui pled I lie honorary pres idency of I lit? National Serurily league, succeeding the. lull Joseph II Choate, it was iinuonneed hero. Western Oregon, oxcluslvo of Mult nomah county, contains 30 por cent of the nutomobllo owners of the state. Multnomah county contains about 33 por cent and the rest of the atnto tbo remaining 37 per cent. M. O. Wllklns, president and man agor'of tho Dealers' Motor Car asso ciation, is authority for tho follow ing flgureB relative to tho nine coun ties of tho stato through which the Dealers' Motor Car association will, mako its run through Southorn Oro gon August 20 to 27. Tho statement discloses that 3,036 cars aro now owned in the counties of Clackamas, Marlon, Linn, Benton, Lane, nonius, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath. Of this number 014 aro commercial enrs. Tho avcrngo population per car In this territory is 18, while the state nvorago, Including Multnomnh coun ty, Is III to one car. ' Tho business which tho automobile dcalors havo derived from tho sale of new cars In this torritory, at an avorago of $500 per, car, ts $1,586, 000, whllo tho total business derived from the entire stato from Docembor 1 to August 1 upon tho same $500 average is $5,436,500. The statement discloses the distri bution of the ownership In this ter ritory, it also discloses the popula tion per car In onch county, showing Marlon, Linn, Benton, Josephine, Jackson and Klamath all below the stato avorago, which Indicates that theso counties buy automobiles in a greater, proportion to population than doos tho Btnto of Oregon as a whole. Tho county producing the largest amount of business has bcon Marlon, with C10 cars, of a value of $300,500. Ono Car to Eight Persons. It Is Interesting to com par o tho fact that Multnomah county has a population por car of 22 persons, showing that tho metropolis does not own as many automobiles based on population as docs tho state. It Is also Interesting to noto In this con nection that tho little county of Sher man, with its 5000 population, now owns ono aulomobtlo to every eight persons. 8UNDAY SUN SUNDAY SUN America's Most Popular; Autom CHEVROLET Ask any owner and they will tell you this car i8 the best on the market for the price, and far ahead of many higher priced cars. HERE is thn famous Chevrolet Model l-our-Ninet y 111 a new dross, with details that make tin's car most complete, embody ing features of higher price cars. The finishing touches wc have given this model leave nothing more to wish for. It is complete in everv war. NEW FEATURES Foot rail: robe rail; tilted wind shield; one-man top; Improved type curtains, folding up Into the top; flaps on top of each door for protection of the body and finish; pockets on tho lnstdo of each door; kick pad added at the rear of front seat: front and rear fender sklrM eitended to meet tho radiator aplash guard and tho rear splash guard on the body. New Radiator. The radiator Is new of an Im proved type, and Is fitted with i connection for a Bmaller dlnmoter water hose. Power Endurance Speed Economy w okle Four-Ninety Touring Car. $715 f. o. b. Medford K KNOW that a motorist, in order to enjoy peace of mind and Chevrolet Model "Four-Ninety," always a dependable, and trustworthy automobile, now is in a position to receive the at tention of those who desire completeness in equipment, with the minimum in price and utmost in performance. This model, now more than ever before, is entitled to the term economy car, for it embodies everything necessary for enjoyable motoring. with the least expense. satisfaction, must, own a car which possesses nil the essen tials for comfort and convenience. If any essential is missing, the loss is felt, for it entails extra labor and effort. It is these essen tials that we have supplied in the new series, which are enume rated elsewhere. From a mechanical standpoint, this model has reached a stand ard of excellence that is not surpassed in any motor car. Vanadium steel is used for every part, that requires unusual strength correct weight smart in appearance well finished. It. has unusual rec ords in gasoline economy. The fact that there are nearly one hun dred and fifty thousand Model -"Four-Ninety" ears in use is am ple proof that this model is doing the work demanded of it in a most satisfactory maimer. NEW FEATURES Improved Motor. Tim motor in of an improved rio hIrh. The CfMilfni; Ih hy water pump. Thn nil pump bnH been ctuinH'M to tho near 'Vpe. Thn pump Is plarcd lu the forward end ot tho cylinder niHiiiiK and it Tun In mounted on tho water pnmp shaft. Tire Carrier. Tire riirrkr is provided and Ih fastened at tho rear of tho body. New Oil Pressure Gauge. A new oil pressure Kauo hnn been mounted on tho linUruinoiit Ixmrd, Demountable Rims. Wheels are fitted with demount able rims; one rxt ra rim in furnished. Just stocked complete line of GOODYEAR Cord and Fabric Tires. W. R. DeLAY CLAUD MILES, Sales Manager. We carry a big k stock of REPUBLIC Tires and Auto Accessories. y y T f y f y y y y ? t y y f t t ; f ? ? y y y f y y
