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'PXGESIX MEDFORD MAin TRIBUNE,' .ftfEDFORD,' ORr-IOON", TUESDAY, 'APKTT 22, !lV) E BY With a patriotic parade followed by a speech eloquent in Its appeal by Congressman Hawley the .Medford - Victory loan campaign wai opened late yestaraay anernoon. v The first day. of -the campaign,' was auspicious. Will Q. Steal, chairman of the com Wiiltes, .ajnounclns , from , the hand eland at the conclusion of Mr. Haw- ley's dress that approximately 90,- Viu of Medford's 1365,000 appoo ' tlonment of the loan had been sub scribed Monday, and predicting that the city weald go over the top long before the campaign came to an end. "Shall we keep faith with those who lie dead In Flanders fields whero the lilies grow?" was the closing sen tence of Congressman Hawlcy's ad dress which touched the heartstrings of all his hearers. Almost his entire address was devoted to entreating the pebple to stand V the American aoldlers living and dead, by support ing, liberally the Victory loan Issue. Without any attempt at oratory, hut with plain. statements of fact why we should buy the. Victory bond, .never-, tfceless Jie ,waa elpquent very much' so, and caused suppressed tobs in the throats ;,of. the -. people.. Tne "very, .simplicity of his words and delivery 'Impressed everyone with.. the. great' I reasons, in sentiment alone, why we Ishould buy Victory bonds. Mr. Hawley, who was introduced by Chairman Steele, reviewed briefly the war up to the present time; He spoke about the latest news that the Germans were trying to -dictate, the peace terms and then added: "it is notJor jthem to say. We will tell them what to do." (Applause.) He then reviewed the awful cost of the war in lives, destruction of prop erty and in money and explained that this Victory loan of five billion dol lars to take care of outstanding trea sury . certificates and incidentally neet the Obligations due the soldiers. , VWe must either buy the Victory bonds' or pay more taxes," he declar ed. 'Yon are asked today to buy the best Investment ever known If wedo not raise the Victory loan the war tfebts'bt our government must.be paid thru further taxation. Business is- ilready'too heavily burdened with out further increased taxes.' '. . ' The speaker commended Medford and Jackson county for its glorious record thruout the war in men fur nished for the army and navy, and for financial support of the government and general patriotic effort, pointing out that 'both1' city and county had exceeded, its quota in every previous liberty bond campaign, and predicted that this halo of glory would, be in creased la''-the' Victory Loah'cam- paign:.""-'':;1;'; ' ', : . 'He their led up to his touching re marks about our obligations to the IR TO BE INSTALLED I6HT 4,-, , 1 , .. J'i t V- J lli ',v- ' ..The sessions of the. Presbytery of Southern Oregon wyi- open tonight in the First Presbyterian church of this city with a large attendance of ministers and laymen of that denom ination from all oyer southern Ore gon, ;., f,u r-.,:-y. !, f.- This, evening. tthe presbytery will formally installiJv Myron' Boozer In the: office of. pastor -over ..the local church. , ,Thls -Interesting uservlce is much honored. in tthe Presbyterian church,;,-i-. - The first official business of the presbytery, will he the election of the moderator for the year. L. Myron Boozer who has held this honor the past year retires and his successor will take office this evening and ap point .-the important committees to transact the business- of the presby tery, k ," ..--..' Wednesday morning the sessions open at 9 o'clock with devotional ser vices led by Rev. Joseph McVeigh. At 10 o'clock the home mission commit tee will present their report and Rev. Boudlnot Seeley of Portland, will ad dress the presbytery In relation to the mission fields and work.- "'',. Two Important conferences y will mark the' afternoon session',-- when. Rev. E. Percy Lawrence of Klamath Falls will lead one on foreign mis sions and' 'Rev. C. F. Koehlor.anotber on religious education., -.rs tis. '1 ; Dinner;-and lunch . will be served the visiting delegates in the; dining room of the church. ' ' , ' ' ' V ' At the 'same' time the presbytery meets, in the church the Woman's Presbyterlal society, the woman's missionary organization of the pres bytery, will hold Its sessions in the auditorium of the public library. Two popular and strong addresses will be given In the. afternoon. Mrs. Bruce J. Olffen of McMinnvlUe, Ore., will bring "The-Message . of the North Pacific Board," and Mrs. E.T. Allen of Urumia, Persia, will tell of her thrlllng experiences there during the war.1 (Mrs. Allen passed thru such experiences as seldom fall to the lot of a woman and her story is worth hearing. The public Is Invited to all sessions of both organizations, v y ATSERV1CET0N II soldiers, pointing out that the sol dier enlisted wita neit OMosing life and Hub while in service overseas to tight, tor freedom and world civilisa tion., "I was In favor'of better pay for, the soldier,'' said Mr. Hawley, "but It seems that it was impossible to give It.?;;. ,-vvjw;-,f.r: - Toda it Is necessary to; raise this Victory loan In order to carry out our pledges to the boys. l.lf.,we can not rates this loan we can not redeem our promises to the soldiers." He re ferred, especially to the government Insurance which every soldier was urged to take out, as one of the obli gations and promises that must be fulfilled. ; .... Drawing a pathetic picture Tth sight of the return of . tha ..many American soldiers, legless, armless, sightless, chlhtess. or with other in juries and generally broaen bodies, he said: "These men went over the top for Us and for world freedom, confident of our promises made to them. . Unless we are able to sell the Victory bond laaoe-we can not keep our faith with them." "Ati'the St Elisabeth hospital Jn Washington andi1 other Institutions like It in thls country, the saddest places in the United States, are many returned American soldiers, who are suffering from shell jshock and from having len gassed e -the batUefteid Insane you say. Yes Insane with glory; of havidg dOheThelr duty for us and for the freedom and peace of the world. Yes, they went over the top for us confident in our pledges, and with clouded reason they will ever -live over the war and battles and their glorious part in It Shall we keep faith with these men who served us so well? I say we will." (Applause.) .: . . . ; The big parade which was led by jWarshal Lawtoa and for which the marching music was furnished by the new city band and-the high school boys .band,, followed the following line: From, Main and Oakdale east on Main to Riverside, north on River-' side lo Sixth- street: west on Sixth street to Bartlett, south on Bartlett 10 main street ana counter march on Main to the city park wuere the speeches were held, f .''... ."-" . ', The Grand Army veterans held the post of honor in the procession, marching - directly behind - the city band and preceding the Victory loan' committee and Victory women wor kers.? Other consnlous features were the Red Cross workers in uniform and the returned soldiers. - The pub lic schools were out in full force led by the high school band. The Colony club, the Campfire girls and the min isterial, association also attracted fa vorable attention. The fire depart ment brought up the rear of the par ade, followed by a number of au(os. I SI There was a ouiet wedding at the home of the Baptist pastor last Sat urday evenme on West 10th '"street, Mr. -Samuel D. Koehler of Ashland, Ore., and Miss Sadie E. Beebe of Central Point. Ore., were married in the presence of a few friends, fiss Beck' recently returned from Wash ington. D. C., where she was serving IB Paioldihe grocer- up SIX TOASTIES m the mornind .1 dorit want any riot V rVlm ihe Avinese LIBERTY TAXI With new Dodge car. . ' - Stationed at 16 N. Front St, X A Hale ft Lyon, Props, Phone C S 10 STAGE VICTORY week mm There was more of the did time Medford pep and Jatt In tbj meeting of the Jackson County .Business: Men's association' last night In the basement of the Christian church., than has been manifested- for rnauy months, altho the attendance was not very large. -.-., : n S!'''1 After a sumptuous dinner served by the ladles of the' church, Vice President B. W. .Paul; presided over; the business session. Geo. Collins told of the progress being made by the P. & E. committee, complimented those who have ( re sponded to the call and asked those who have not "come through'' to do so at once and help put It over." He reported about 2500 short of.; the required amount. ; ', '..-.' 1 . lt&iuo Cash for Kate Case ',' 7 E. A. Wtlch told of the victories Won in the past and stated a hearing will be held before the Interstate commerce commission' at Kansas City. Mo.. May 5th at which It Is absolutely necessary tor Medford to be represented. He said Frank. H. McCune, who had so successfully rep resented the city before was the man who should attend this meeting and said it . would be necessary to raise $250 at once for the same. Someone said let'a put the pep Into the prop osition. Geo. Collins led oft with a geqorous subscription followed ' by Mr;Welch and in fifteen minutes those present subscribed the $350. : . -. -Victory Week .- -. - Clarence Meeker and A. W. Hubbs presented a proposition to put on a Victory Week" from May 3 to 10. during which time all merchants are to decorate their stores appropriate to the occasion and to put on victory specials for the week. Also that prizes would be offered for the best decorated . windows. ' To have the band out on the opening night, to have a committee sing, and. drill by the National Guard .on the" streets. A general discussion followed and It was unanimously voted to put onlthls event and to appoint committees; for the samo. Full details will be given later but this is to be wade a bl oc casion for Medford. L It 'was also -requested -that' Wirery mere n aire, manufacturer wnoiesaior, etc, feature1 the 'slogan "With Med ford Trade Is Medford Made on their stationery, Tn their ads, In the win dow displays, etc ' ' ' ' - f - , t '.' It'' was' decided to put in an auto camp' grounds along Bear creek In the reati;'6r the-Natatorium and' a committee will ba selccted'to arrange for the Burnt." "- ; '. E. A. McLean, secretary of the Ore gon State Retailers association 1-was present, told what the objects of; the association were -and asked that Jackson County ' Business Men's;; as sociation become a member of that body, which was voted to do after considerable' discussion. Mr. Mac- Lean also complimented the associa tion on Its splendid meeting and' tie spirit to 'do things that was mani fested. , '. .'.-'! , - V i - .v.". "f - K. K. Taylor Is one of the visitors in Medford from the Eagle Point sec tion. I,4. the country in one of the departments of the government. .Mr. Koehler is employed - with the .Independence creamerv company. -- - . i - 'if.:' my house. Hot. do love corn flakes!' vunuruau xkum wuk&b FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP Also agent for Fairbanks and Morse Engines. - ' y v ' 17 8outh Riverside. is Leonard Ray of the 69th artillery regiment and one of the former Sev enth company men, has arrived home from New York having thoroly re covered from the attack of typhoid fever which he suffered In a hdspltl of that city. ' 'He -was on the sick list when the 69th tailed homo from France and- came across as a casual a ,-tew woeks later". On landing h was -taken down with the attack of typhoid and was rushed to the hos pital whore all traco of him was ap parently lost by the war department. When hit thlnas. began to reach home and then nothing wa beard from him for woeks and no word could be obtained of his whereabouts his parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Ray, who reside In the Oak Grove district, became greatly worried. The war de partment evidently did not know whore he was and so his relatives en- SATISFYING RELIEF FROM iroiBACO Slofu5s Llatoent 1 ha s th punch that relieves '7; V rheumatic twlnftes ' 4 .rhr : This warmth-yiylnc, eongnttoa scattering circulation-stimulating rem edy pnttnlts vilknj nMini right to the aching spot and brines auiclc relict, surely cleanly. A wonderful help for external pains, sprains, strain, stiff. OCRS, headache, lumbago, brifiact. . Get J-our bottle today cots tittle, means much.: ' Ask your druMlst fcr It . bi canw. Keep it handy tor the whola Prioa 80c, OOo and tlJJD. .TheEnfs The Seasbti Opens Saturday April 26 MANN'S "riere Comes the Bride" . ;.'; '..; TO '':- "'"- ''' ; REDDY'S TUB MKOOA WOtt WEDDTNQ ,v ;i . SILVElli . , ' A wonderful place. Indeed, to buy for spring brides, -and nappy are they whose wedding silver -comes from Reddy's. , ; .' Here are exclufcUfe .patterns In sterling flatware ;and' hollowware beautiful, examplbs of the silver smith's craftsmanship. -. t . . ' i : ' v- , ..... Also there's a host of new arri vals In Sheffield, hollowware mo destly priced. -Let -us show 'you those treasures. .. DIAMONDS Of surpassing loveliness are these.' Our values at ?2f, $50, $76 and 100 are the talk of, fair ones everywhere. Wo show exqlrlslto stones, running into hundreds. '.' Watches for men and women. Expert watch repairing. " :. Martin J Reddy Southern Oregon's loading Jeweler Phono 81. ' Visitors Always Welcome. listed the survives of tne looul lted Cross enaptor to traco him, llnniiy thru Red Croat channels, the missing soldier wa located In the hospital. During .the nttuok of fover hit con. dlttonvbecame to orlttcnl'that It was nocoBnry,to transfuse new blood Into hit systenvnml so blood was trans fused from several healthy, husky young , men, ono of whom had a hoavy crop of red hulr, . Leonard's hair' nil Widower Congratulated , "Since my wife's death, fivo years ago, I bavo suffered, greatly " from Lstomach and liver trouble and get attacks. I lost over oo ins., anu at times was as yellow as saffron. My .doctors could not help nip. Six doses or Mayr s wnmiurrui Remedy have entirely cured mo. 1 have rognlnod my weight and every one Is congrat ulating me how woll I look." It la a simple, 'harmless preparation that re moves the catarrhal mucus from the Intestinal tract and allays the Inflam mation which causes praotlcally all atomach, llvor and Intestinal ail ments. Including appoudlultls. One dose will convince or monoy refund ed. For salo by drugglsti ' every' whore. Adv. 'P- ; '. ' ' ' ' iiMriiii : it at .Bw vta. si iivrnr 1 - 'tWW-.p' The American Field 7 It is a patch of soil in France where sleep our dead. ' It is Spring now and poppies blood-red cover the' fresh turned earth of the graves.1 . While die marks of the spade still linger can we forget the 'sacrifice those American boys made can we break faith?. We can carry on the work they died for. y We can keep faith with them. We can sacrifice here and4 there to take each of us, our share of the VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN. Keep faith. , " . ' ' Tills pnre rontiihuted iti lichnlf of llio Vlclory TiOnn onmpnlgii by H. E. MARSH, Grocer " '.: t enme out duo to tlio fuvor and now ha auys he it worrying, ulglit and day U.J J... U-I-JUUI L.JIM Come Down Early s T O P s T O N I a H T ' AND SEE ' Claire Anderson ': 1 In'- :; ' , "Crown Jewels" Action in ovurv foot mid 0.0110 (vet of it. A T. E L E V E N COMEDY-SCENIC for fear when It grows out again lie will be red. headed, ' ,' SBUJ.J..1 ..i..qjj.j.u i l j.ljww Congoleum "i ' . First-Class Floor Covering Nuiq f cot wido, bought bo-foi-o war ju'it't'H were added, nico pnttoniH, regular prico 1.20 yard. , . . Our Price 80c yd. Como in find boo it boforo buying for spring. . . 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