Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 27, 1920, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Texti MKOFOOT flfXTC TRIBUNE. WFTVFOTIT1,. 0REGO. THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1920. IS MERELY EFFORT TO DEFEAT SEN. SMOOT That the government Investigation of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company is entirely politics, and merely a con venient shield to hide the effort of the democratic administration to de feat Senator Smoot of Utah for re election was the charge made here today by Alex Xib!ey cf Portland, Bon of Bishop Nibley of Salt Lake; man ager of the Utah-Idaho company. To support this statement Alex Nibley and his brother Merrill Nibley of Salt Lake City, asst. manager of the com pany, made public the following texts of telegrams which passed between Henry W. Beer, special attorney rep resenting the federal trade commis sion and George E. Sanders of Salt ljko City, one of the chief witnesses for the government: -Ulgby, Idaho, 13th. 1920. "George Sanders, care of Dr. Snow, 60 Klrst Ave. 'Salt Lake, Utah. ' "Expect to close, leaving here Sat urday. What do you intend to do re garding Med ford und Grants Pass proposed hearing? Wire me collect. "Beer, "Federal Trade Commissioner." "Salt Lake City, Utah, .May 13th, 1920. "Henry W. Beer, "Special Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, "Rlgby, Idaho. "Do not know what to advise you about proposed -heaTing at Grants Pass. Think you ought to have about three weeks from now. One of your Investigators should be there In advance lining up witnesses. Don't be In too big hurry to finish your case as public sentiment Is fast changing and almost entirely for government prosecution. Sugar magnates anxious for you to get thru. Palmer should keep you on the job. If you keep a going for two months It will cost Smoot his senate seat. Better kill some time with Washington author ity. Ogden tomorrow. "G. E. Sanders." DEUELS 10 Clothes ; for Boys Suits $7.50 to $20 Kaynee Blouses Ironclad Hose Kazoo Suspenders GOOD CLOTHES I Make Thma KLEIN The Tailor 10H Kaat Main M. "HUCKLEBERRY -ALSO- -CHRISTY COMEDY -BRAY PICTOGRAPH COMING-HARRY CAREY "OVERLAND RED" CARTER LEADS JACKSON OFFICIAL COUNT i i, i,.;.,it;v ; .T .l.inn 1 .. 'iii i r" ""-r respected citizens and Jackson county Mull man, according to the ctticial a faithful and progressive public of nccount announced by County Clerk flcial who was ever vigilant and far Fiorev at no-.a today. The vote f,,l-jslshted in his devotion to the public lows: Carter Sheldon (.'owi;ill Carter's plurality 1770 - 17:17 JUliS ;: The unofficial count Have Shel.li'n tlie lead hv two votes, but the re sult is the same, both Carter and Sheldon beine elected. Other results oftlie official count follow: IMstrlrt Attorney Roberts Karrell Canadnv Hubert's tltiriil it v - Joint Iteprcsematlve Gore Hopkins l.lOfi 1010 S17 2'Jti 17S7 10C0 (lore's maioritv 727 This increases (lore's lead bv 10'i votes in Jackson coimtv, but if the unofficial count in Doutrliis is uns tained, Hopkins will be elected, as hi; rnofficiu! majority was MO!). CLOSE ALL DAY ON t MAY 31 After a careful investigation as to the sentiment of the business men cf the citv bv H. L. Wulther, president of the Chamber of Commerce, it has been decided that Hie stores in Hie citv remain closed all dnv next Mon day, Decoration Day. The request for the stores to elos for hulf n day on Monday, did not meet with favor nmomr the business men in that many hud planned t'i leave Saturday for un outing which would necessitate their returning on Sunday and bv closing all day Mon day, the outing may be extended until Monday evening. Notice is here eiven that pur chases should he made on Snturda'. which will be sufficient to last until Tuesday. The stores of Medford closed on Decoration Day last venr and a continuance of the custom is advocated. PAGE Tues. Night June 1 SEATS .VOW! Messrs. Lee & J. J. Shubert Present THE IlKMiKNT MISK'AI, SI'KITACI.K OX KAItTII The PASSING SHOW The Xew York Winter Garden's Most StiiH'ii!ciiH Itcvuc. 1.1 Colossal Scene 120O Costume Cust of 2M, with Willie HOWARD Eugene Roy Cummings, Will rhilbrick, John Burke 125 of the World's Beautiful Wom en. Positively the Most Gorgeous, Glittering, Gigantic and Costly At traction ever sent on tour. If you have ever dreamed of your boy hood days and wished you were back to the days of fishin' swimmin' and playin' hookey You will appreciate Mark Twain's im mortal boyhood days story, which has amused and interested countless thousands. Now Playing And Plays. Thru Saturday All you have ever loved or "cussed" in a boy and a lot about men and women. RIA LTO OF C. OF COMMERCE G. OWENS DEATH Whereas, by the death of the late George uwen, souincrn uregon nas .ilost one of its best and most highly welfare; And whereas, the Medford Cham ber of Commerce was ever assured of his assistance and co-operation In ever meritorious publfc movement and especially feels his loss; Now therefore, be It resolved that the Medford Chamber of Commerce hereby publicly expresses Its slncerest sorrow at his death and deepest sym pathy for his widow in her bereave ment; And be It further resolved, that this resolution be spread upon the records of the organization and copieB sent to Mrs. Owen and the public press of the county. Done In open meeting this 26th day of May, 1920. MEDFOltD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, II. O. FROHBACH, Secretary. 11. L. WALTIIER, President. DEADLOCK IS CERTAIN (Continued from Page One) will in.i-ren.-e steadily until nomina tion is as-ured." The Johnson hendiiuarters which are now in charge of Hiram Johnson, Jr., the senator's son, announced with eiiual positiveness that : "Senator Hiram W. Johnson al ready has 2.IU pledged delegates who iil vote for him on the first bal lot and will stick with him to the last ditch. His vote on the first bal lot will be equal, if not greater, tain that of unv other enndidute and hv the fifth or sixth ballot, he will be nominated." Lowden "Going to Win" ''We are going to win," said the statement from the I.owden camp. "We have had no time to sum ud and figures therefore hre unavailable, but we arc going to wiii nnd the situation looks! even better than it did last yeek." Work on the convention hall is progressing rapidly and Charles K. Hall, superintendent of the Coliseum has assured the convention commit tee that the more than 13.000 scuts will be in place 24 hours before tho convention is called to order iv Chairman Will II. Hays of the na tional committee. Kxtra balconies are being erected to provide nearly 1.000 more seats than were available at any previous con vention. The speaker's platform and seats for 21)00 distinguished visitors ulreadv have been erected. National committeemen began ar riving early this week and a majority of the f3 members arc expected to be on hand by Monday. Chairman I lavs will arrive Sunday. She I'eols Fine Now Aches and pains often, indicate kidneys out of order. Your kidneys surely need help and quickly when your hands and feet are swol len and you feel dull and slug'lsh, lose your appet'.te and your energy and there Is a puffy look under the eyes. Mrs. L. Gibson, 12th and Edi son St., LaJunta, Colo., writes: ''My kidneys were giving me a great deal or trouble for some trine. I took Foley Kidney Pills and they helped mo right away. 1 feel fine now." For sale hv Medford Pharmacy. Adv. FINN" I H. GORE CHIEF W. II. Gore, the Medford banker, continued his interesting testimony at today's hearing of the conspiracy in the restraint of trade charge against the Utah-Idaho Beet Sugar company before the federul trade commission, und underwent a vigor ous cross examination on the part of the company's attorney, Judue Strnup. On the stand vesterdnv afternoon in his direct testimony Mr. Gore told about talking with officials of the Utah-Idaho compunv during the local campaign to sisn up suttieient acre age to insure the company factory being located at Medford, including President Smith and Bishop Nibley of Salt Lake Citv, ami that thev all hud said that the valley was peculiarly adapted for the growing of sugar beets. Later, wlien the campaign was nearly over, M. Gore testified that Bishop Xiblev told him that the people of Medford would have to put up 2:"i0.000 to get the factorv. Considerable surprise was created when the defense introduced in evi dence ill contradiction to Mr. Gore's assertion that he did not know until the spring of 1015 that Medford would be expected to finance the fac tory, the Mowing letter written by Mr. Gore to Alexander Nibley, De cember 14.' 1914: fRegnrding the matters referrp.l to in our last conversation, it is well for me to snv: I have given the mat ter of financing the plant some con sideration in consultation with two other gentlemen, Mr. Sullivan nnd Mr. Perrv. rind the conclusion is that un less Hie undertaking can be financed outside of this immediate district, wc had probably best back up before wc start. '"We are well familiar with condi tions here and thfre is no one here who believes that it is advisable to undertake this part of the enterprise.' There has been much enthusiasm shown in the proposition as it was set forth in the meeting last Friday. However, it will require some per sistent effort on the part of all who are interested Ho secure contracts upon the renuisite acreage. Though we believe this can be done. "We have not taken the public into our confidence ns to the other fea ture at nlj. but feel that it will have the effect of balking the whole propo sition. If vour people are in a po sition to guarantee the plant, in other words, take care of the finnncinl end of the business, we will take off our coats nnd secure the acreage. Of course, if we fail in this, (a contin gency that we shall not anticipate) vou have assumed no further obliga tion. Under these conditions, shall we organize our forces nnd put the busi ness through f I'lense let me hear from vou at once. We are ready to go to work." The defense also introduced in "-vi- icnce a letter written in reply hv Mr. Nibley to Mr. Gore on December 14, rtl.j, which, in part, read as fol lows: ''Your letter of 14th was receive! this morning. 1 was just rending i! to Iff. Bramwell, when Dr. Reddv came into the room and asked us to read the editorial. "Greater I'rosoor itv." which appeared in The Medford Mail Tribune of Mondav, l.'nh. It was a verv strone article and euv? our proposition finite a boost. "I was sorrv to heir vou snv that there, was no one there who believes that it is advisable to undertake this Pnrt of the enterprise. I iudge from the tone of vour letter thnt in vmir ! constitution tftrfithot -rtii ,li,t nnl take into consideration the fact 'hit we expect to be of material help to nnv community thnt will undertake to raise the money asked bv our as sociates. "Replying to the last pnraernpli of vour letter. I would sav that it would not be advisable to cnirvnss further jr acreage, in vour vicinitv. In a recent letter from mv father he said I 'if thev are not willing to undertake ' to raise thnt amount of monev, 5250, ! 000. Hie whole project (Bight as well I be dropped.' f "We would like to have vou re i consider the matter taking into con ! sideration the helo we will be able to give vou. We will not proceed defi jnitelv in anv locailtv until we have j heard further from von." I This forenoon on the stand Mr. j Gore stated that when he first heard from Alexander Nlblev that Medford would be expected to finance the fac torv, it was a great surprise and that he and the other Medford men fc!; that thev had been "double crossed" and admitted thnt he and Niblev had discussed the matter of financing tin factory previous to the wrjtine of the letter quoted above. After the receipt of Nihlev's let ter, in rvplv. Mr. Gore said that he and the other local business men dropiwd the whole factorv proposi tion entirely, but renewed neeotintions Inter with the company under the understanding thnt if Medford sigr-.ed up the reouired acreage. Medford would get the factorv which would he financed outside of Medford. He testified further that President Smith had told him in the presence of Rishop Sibley and their wives on their visit of inspection here that the fuc torvt would be financed outside of AlaUord, and that Bishop XiMey bad given him to understand that Alex ander Nibley's position with the com pany wus such that he would have the final sav about the Rosue River val ley factorv proposition. In refutation of the I'tah-IJaho eompanv's claim that it had removed the factorv from Grants Pass to Top oenish, Wash., because the Rogue River vullev could not crow sugir beets, the testimony of Professor F. C. Reimer. head of the Southern Ore gon Experiment Station at Talent was verv interesting. He produced soil maps nnd stated thnt be had ex amined the soils around Grants Pass. "I grew sugar beets at both the ex periment stations in 1915. In 1316 we grew sugar beets on a number of ranches throughout the vallev. In 1915 we grew 41 tons on tin irrigated putch of one acre planted Muv 1, and harvested November 10, 1915, aid grew 18 tons on another acre tract without water. . S. Goddurd. who was engineer for theX"alifornia-Oregon Power com pany in 1915, was another witness of Wednesday afternoon. He testified as to a talk he had with Colonel Mund.v about the latter's independent i sugar factorv proposition. The purpose of putting P. C. i Bramwell on the stand was to estab lish the time when, at a banquet of' the sugar growers and business men I of Grants Pass, Thomas R. Cutler, general manager of the Utah-Idaho company, in a speech declared that the sugar factory was at Grants Pass to stay. He gave the date as Sep tember, 1910. This afternoon Franklin S. Bram well of Grants Pass, father of the Previous witness, who, with Alexan der Niblev, worked on the establish ment of a beet sugar factorv in toe vallev,. was placed on the stand bv Attorney Beer of the commission. A. F. & A. M. Special communication Med ford lodge 103, Friday even ing, May 2S, 7:30 p. m. Work in E. Aj degree. By order of the W.M. 5S L. E. WILLIAMS, Secy. Notice 150.00 for Information as to par ties who are destroying our Gusher Cafe signs along highways, etc. 59 GUSHER CAFE. H MANN'S The Best Goods for the Price, No Matter What the Price MANN'S 1 19th Friday Surprise Sale A Weekly Event of Great Importance I 29 BIG MONEY SAVERS TOMORROW I OIL CLOTH. In light and dark colors, S white. 50c 2Qp values, yard JL 1 COLORED PONGEE 36 inches wide; Severn good colors to select from. $2.25 values, tl 7C Friday flIJ 1 WAISTS . v.- Women's fine Georgette Crepe "Waists $8 values. I :f $5.98 IMPERIAL SUITING 36 inches wide in while only. Takes the place oi linen, 69c values, Fri day. IQp vard JAP CREPE In fancy stripes, 30 inches wide, oUc values, Fridav. vard 39c PLAY SUITS Made of heavy Hue den im. Cheap "at $1.50. Friday, each $1.19 NAINSOOK 36-inch fine Imperii-.! English nainsook, 50o values. Friday surprise sale, vard 42c SILK GLOVES Ivanhoe brand in black and white, Soc values. Friday, 7Qr pair H INFANT'S HOSE In lisle: red, blue and pink, 29c values. Fri- day, 1Cf S pair lvJl SPRING SUITS H Every one going in this sale at One-Third Off. ATTRACTION DE LUXE I Elsie Ferguson m "HIS HOUSE H BY SIR ARTHUR 5 A Pictue You Have LIBERTY H BILLIE "WANTED, A HUSBAND" and AL ST. JOHN 3 ALL WOOL Blue Serge Suit To Order $43.17 AND UP Gus, The Tailor 105 VT. Main iCXDFORD IRON W0RK8 FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOt AJiso ax act for Fairbanks tni Mora EnnneM DAMASK 70 inches wide. Highly mercerized, $1.50 values. SS" 98c CREPE DE CHENE 40 inches wide in a good line of colors; $1.00 val- ues. i; riday, vard $2.98 LINEN DAMASK 7Q inches wide. All pure linen, $2.50 values. Fr- ?a : $1.98 SCRIM Fancy printed Scrim and and Voiles, 25e values. 18c SHIRTINGS Fancy striped Cotton Shirtings, 60c values. Fri day surprise, 3 Or yard J"t EMBROIDERY Fine embroidered edsrer. Good quality. Regular 10c values. Fri- A day, yard "l LONG GLOVES Kayser's 16-button tuck ed Silk Gloves, $2.50 val ues. Friday, J (Jg SILK HOSE In black, white, brown, grey and pink, $1.75 val ues.. Friday, ffl rn pair ! J" SUMMER VESTS In bodice and round neck, 25c values. Fri- 1 fn 17U 14-22 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE. MEDFORD. OREGON uiiii 1 dav, each f I- STARTING "TOMORROW For Two Days Only l! IN ORDER" I WING PINER0. Wailed Long to See ' j BURKE g Last Times Today s POTATOES Come Early, fomo Quick, Hand picked Old Crop Potatoes at only $7.00 per cwt. by the sack. We'll knock Man H. C. L. the sox off of Old MONARCH Seed & Feed Co. 317 Eat Main 8frMt m GABERDINE . And fancy white Skirt- j ings. Regular $1.00 val- ues. Friday, 7Cr yard Ju PONGEE SILK 33 inches wide. Good heavy quality, $1.25 val- ues. Friday,-' CQr yard .'. ...031 WHITE VOILES W. And Organdies, 40 inches wide, 50c values. Fri- j day, Vard 42c TISSUE .. 32-inch Silk and Cotton tissue in plaids and 3 stripes, 79c values. Fri- vard.- 65C H WAISTS "Women's fine silk waists s Up to $10.00 values. Friday, each $6,981 HANDKERCHIEFS Women's fine sheer lawn S Handkerchiefs, each 3 for 50c 18c 1 COTTON HOSE "Women's fast black Cot- ton Hose, all sizes. Cheap at soc. r riday, pair 25c GLOVES Women's Chamoisette Gloves in black only. 3 Small sizes. Fri dav, pair 25c UNION SUITS H For summer wear, fine S quality. Cheap at 75c. 48c j SPRING COATS H All new styles. Going in this sale, One-Fourth off