Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 29, 1921, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAOE SIX MEDFOKD WXTTt TRITiTTXE, MEDFOIID, ORKfiON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 20. 102f DIRECTORS RED CROSS REPLY TO COLLJNSLETTER Many Statements Declared Wrong Nothing Secret About Organization and Ex penses Held to Minimum Campaign Starts Tomorrow CAMPAIGN OPENS TOMORROW A caiupHlKn for funds, with which to continue the work of the Itml Cross will bcKln tomor row morning. The value of the work accomplished has never been questioned and it Ib ffenerl nlly conceded that the rooniH must be kept open until the an nunl roll call in November. ' To the Krlitur: . ' We, the (Mi im Iimh or (he Mcdford ,lli (1 CnwH, wIkIi to reply tu the ntnto imiitH 111 your paper on .Tune 28th. We did appoint a counnliKia us mtllllom'd In the neih'le to Kiuke a HUlfvoy of the Med ford chapter and to n)e reconiiyeniIatoiH as to the i-o- d;ili uclion of the 'Medford rh.i.oter. Thli report wo received fi-oru tliiH i jiWnilttee nide no jij i innii ml itiiinm v;fii(tHoever for a rnonstruellon. If iHi'iiv reeonimeiulations we;e fniewel Iti'Mould moan tlni atmoltito closing illiivn or making fiipfflclont tho Med fiij'd ehaiiter of tho Amelj:in Hid (Irons, and at a meeting of our hoard wo voted to lay upon mo table tlu re port of thlu committee. No NlM'recs. There Ih nothing kpi-i-p! about the SPECIALS Vesta $2.98 Bloomers $3.80 Chemise $4.60 n rnn GLOVE SILK I'lMlct'diiiiM got just, a Mltlo tlml of Ih1ii 1alii pink, no tUry MonnoiihmI Into koi'Kcoiih coloi'ltiH of miii.o, n..1.i.l .,1, .... I .... V Thiv nro excellent in quality and niONt unusual at (ho price. rv . . t 9 ueueis rrinriuctiiiK of tjie Tied CrosH and rv KardltitH of the stattmentH, we have liuhliHhi'd unnual MtitttiiH-ntH of the finitrif'in I ondition and nlnu if the a tionn of the ICi-d Crown and fi oin time to time w have iulli.slit-i ar tirlt'8 rcRardinff our activities. are not annamed of the nia'inT In which it has been conducted and have letters from headquarters coinpll mentiriK tho Medford Chanter for its activities. Ashland is a lira rich of the Mcdford Chapter and not a chapter in itself. The overhead for Ash land's official representation and con ducting t lie executive affairs is paid hy Med ford out of Jackson County Chapter funds so that it is not neces sary for them to keep their head quarters open as we arc the county organization. No Janitor Serxlco. RecardinK the financial statement as dcHixnatcd in yesterday's article, we wih to Htatc that It is misleading and as a proof of sumo will state that since. August Hi, 112 0 to date nearly one year there has been no janitor services paid for, thore never has been any charge for lights, will be proven by the Callfornia-OrcKori Power company. there never lias been any money spent for heat. I.'p to August 21 wo never paid any rent; then wo paid $8.00 per month and are now pay Ink llti.00 per month for two rooms, with heat, light, Janitor serv ice and free telephone. If that Is ex travagance we would bo Kind to bo shown suitable quarters with tlie.se accommodations for less money. An to Jvmmlsc, TtotfardinK tho overhead expenses, j first they refer to a nuro. Last December national headquarters re quested us to employ a nurse in- j slructor In our uublle schools for a period of time as a demonstration to i tho city schools that they needed such a nurse nH an instructor in their schools, that tho county nurse could not cover tho ground thoroughly and take care of tho entire county. V'q employed tho nurse from December until May of this year at a total salary of f7.ri0.00, of which amount Ashland paid $1150.00 and the county auxil iaries $100.00, mukliiK tho total paid from tho outsJdo $lfi0.00, leaving Medford's share only $1(00.00 for tin; entire seven months. Ho one can see that $125.00 per month was mislead ing. The only salaries paid by this organization are $100,00 per month to Mrs. Hchleffelin, who lias charge of tho welfare department and visits thoHo who are needy and who have applied to tho lied Cross for assist ance. Jler duties nro varied and she covers tho entire county. Sho looks after tho employment bureau, also taking earn of tho delinquents. Mrs. Mears draws IfiO.OO per month ns sec retary, keeps tho honks, attends to the ofrico, both employment and other wise, while Mrs. Hchleffelin is out the greater part of tho time. Ono hun dred and sevonty-flve dollars pet month will cover tho entlro overhead of Medford's chapter of tho American I led Cross, Thej3) are only two pooplo drawing any salary whatso ever. "Vo have had a, few taxi bills, and long-distanco telephone calls. Most of our taxi bills havo been in cases whoro tho government has re quested the lied Cross to investigate in cases of soldiers' allowances, etc, Long distanco calls have been placed. Investigating soldiers or others who havo upplied for relief mid In cases whoro wo wero in riuuht, but theau bills havo been very small. Absolutely Wrmix. Regarding tho $!!!!. 00 per month mentioned In tho article of yesterday statitig this was drawn by the na tional headquarters at "Washington, I). (., this is absolutely wrong. This is one-hiilf of the membership dues. which always goes to the national headquarters on' r our membership drives, (in $1.00 membership paid in to us 50c goes to Washington to be used for national disaster relief, such as that which happened at I'ueblo, Colorado, etc. This we havo no ju risdiction over whatsoever, but our drives for maintenance funds, every penny of this remains in Mcdford. Ve referred this report to national headquarters; they came back, stating that thin chapter must not be closed under any circumstances, that it was doing a wonderful work and should HAl. TWy I!I. DHIKCTOIIK .. . bo and iriusl he encnunitfed and main tained and that if Mcdford could not maintain her organ! wit ion. financially, that National Headquarters would furnish financial assist a rue In pref erence to having It closed- This is not a private organization and has no secrecy regm-ding its actions. If Mr. nllins or any other citizen will go to iiejidqiinrters in tho Sparta building anil remain for two hours they will find more, business transacted In that office In thai time than in any office in this town, regardless of the busi ness Involved. We realize our re sponsibility, we have never asked for the amount mentioned In the report of tho committee which they claim was $7,000.00. Itst December we asked for $ -I, .100.00 to run the organi zation for one year and we are now asking for $2f0.00 per month until tho December membership drive. "We did not havo any drive after the mem bership drive of last December, which was not a success. AVo are making no excuses whatsoever for tho actions of tho lied Cross and would bn glad to havo anyono cometo headquarters and investigate. "Wo aro willing, and havo already done so. to make state ments In th paper, both financial and otherwise, but as to our charity work. jreal charity is never preceded by a brass band, nor is it written up in tho newspaper, and a few cases could be cited, ono or two in particular, of accomplishments of the lied Cross In the last month that would mora, than' pay lor tno entire amount or monov used by the lied Cross in the last yoi j: Not Flghtln; Anyone. Jj; To those who oaro to help tho Jli Crows, wo wiU welcome their subscript tions; to those who do not care to help tho lied Cross, they are Just ns welcome to their opinions and will not be criticized by us. "We are here for tho gooil of our community and for the good of the needy and helping the ex-service men anil as long as we ac complish tho things that wo have srt out to do, wo are satisfied and if this does not suit the general public, we can hold an election at any tinio and elect other officers. "Wo are not look- ing for any arguments or fights, and do not want any unpleasant ness be cause It is beneath the diyrflty -of the American lied Cross. Uegardlng tho Klamath Kalis chap ter, you will read another article in this issue signed by Row Lawrence, who has been tho secretary of the Klamath Kails chapter ever since its installation and ho will give you its history Respectfully submitted, C. K. CAT KS, Chairman. C. M. K1IJI, VM. CS. TA IT, MRH. ROHK fJ. KCH I KKKKI .1 N, MUH. K. J. MHARS. MRS. AUCK IIOIJ,OWA V, MUH. W. M. VAN SCOVOC. M US. 11. D. NOUU'LV Klamath Kalis Report. To the Kditor: T havo been askod by the local Red Cross chapter to make a statement of t he lleil Cross Work at Kin mot h On The FOURTH of JULY You can enjoy cele brating in comfort, yet have the satisfaction of being correctly dressed if you wear a Hart Shaffner & Marx Suit Smart Suits can also be comfortable clothes and that's the sort every man should wear. Headquarters for serviceable Khaki Outing Wear for the camper and motorist Shoppers Jilwiiys welcome I'lider no obligations to buy. "Always in Earnest" Smart Neck wear, Hosiery and Shirts Cool summer Underwear Everything for Men Kalis In view of the coming call for funds and the letter of Mr. Collins, which was published In your paper lust night. I do not wish to enter into any con troversy with Mr. Collins or any one else, but having acted as secretary of the Red Cross chapter in Klamath county during the war and having been vice president for the past year or more, I was naturally interested in the statements in Mr. Collin's article last night and am much Interested In tile local work of the Red Cross. Tho statement that the Klamath county chapter has been paying only fine worker and that the local secre tary, during the past year la true and that only $20 per month. How ever, more ought to be said and that is that she had been employed as special worker for a clean up cam paign for the ex-service men for the preceding three or four months at a salary of $K'5 per month. That work being largely done, at -her own re quest, her pay was dropped, but we made her local secretary to look after occasional calls for civilian relief and care of ex-service men at a salary of $20 per month. W't were anxious at the same time however to put on a peace time pro gram and employ a peace time work er to do just such work as you havo been doing here we found we would havo to pay a trained worker $150 per month. The executive committee, in order to carry out their "program In cluded in the November roll call cam. paign, an additional amount in the budget to bo raised, which would bo sufficient to enable them to put on a peace time worker. The people of the county, however, not seeing the necessity and not knowing the ninny calls that cam to the Red Cross for aid, did not feci frt t provide the funds needed. 'I'he executive com mittee then took the matter up with the county court offering to pay one half of the expense of such a worker if tho county would pay the other half, putting it up to them that it would save tho county money since they wero expending thousands of dollars for relief to needy families without any particular oversight. The county court were about to take fa vorable action, when their available funds were tied up in the court house litigation. For these reasons we have" had no peace time worker, t such as the executive committee felt very strongly,. wfc should hawe. y i "With our promises of assistance, however, a -worker waif sent Vo. the county by the state nursing bureau or an ti-tuberculosis association, which organization was", 'to payhon 'salary for tho first few months, after which the expense of her work yastto bo taken over by the county."-- ?Pht- Red Cross chapter provided a Kord Coupe and its care, which cost us between $800, and 000. ; rVe j fcpvbjcd an emergency hrfspital laufrUii .tirf influ enza epidemic in conjunction with the city and county, which cost each of us for nurses and supplies close to $300. Jointly with tho city and county, we also stood tho expense of hospital t-are ior the injured victims of the hotel fire of last September which cost uh close to $150 each. In addi tion, hundreds of dollars havo been expended in relief for ex-service men and civilian families, which work has been taken caro of by the secretary and relief committee. "While wo did not spend much on paid workers, we would have had at least one trained all-time worker if we could have had funds for the same, as we felt keenly tho need. REV E. P. LAWRENCE. TEAMS JULY 4TH Mcdford has lieerJ-ciiosen as ono tho base ball toanis-to coinro lii a three-day cnlebratlon: at Etna Mills. July 2nd, 3rd and 4th. On Saturday Oreon Vlow and Etna Mills will crow bats. On Sunday Mcdford anil tlofn brook will play and tho two winning teams will fight It out on the; Fourth for a cash purse.-' After the fine showing Medford made analnst. Grants Pass Sunday (with 'Hub" Pcrnoll, an ex-blg leaguer pitching) in their first game together, ono can expect to hear good news when they go after the north ern California teams. , The hoys are handicaped by the lack of uniforms, shoes and other paraphanulia necessary. It is hoped that the Chamber of Commerce or soma of our local business men will Ret behind them and help to give Medford a team worthy of Jrepresent ing our city. The line up which will go south, will probably be: Marshal, catcher; Mclntyre, pitcher; Tanner, first; Mitchell, second: Coffeen short; Fitzpatrick. third, with Young. Pickle. Murphy and Chamberlln as outfield ers. Any one desiring a tryout on the Medford team will bo given a chance by calllna up S. L. Fitzpatrick at 734-J. . , WEDDING BE-1! Miss Vera Edith ftourifrco be'eamo tha bride of Water J. Hchb Uil morn- j lug at 7 o'clock at the Kjlrst' Methodist church. Hov, J. Randolpih.Sasnptt per forming tho ceremony In rfil prekencu el a number of friends and relatives. Tho Wide" Is tho niece f MIsb Nana ' Matney of this city and has been bookkeeper at Paul's Klectrlc storo tho past year. Tho groom is the sou j ,ot jlfs. pora Hess, and had been " employed for- several years as book keeper for tho Jackson .County Cream ery. Mr. Hess is now manager of a branch creamory at Grants Pass, in which city the nowlywrails will make their home. ! Attention of Recekahs A special meeting has been called for Thursday evening, Jkine. SO, at 8 p. m. for tho purpose of examination of officers and Initiation. Members requested to be present.' ' SC. GEORGIA WIU.tlMS. N. O. Mann's ''The Best Goods for the Price No Matter What the Price xK Matin's On'e'TKiftlisand Newu$tmers i . :: t. This Sale Continues to Grow in Interest Supply Your 4th of July Needs at These Low Prices PONGEE SILK $1.50 Grade 98c 500 yards heavy im ported Jap Pongee Silk. Extra fine grade.; 1 Regular $1.50 yalue. This, big sale, yard 98c New VOILE 40-inch Dress V oile in light and dark col ors, 50c values. This sale, yard 35c Remenl WORK SHIRTS A Great Sale of New Voile and Organdie Dresses at About One Half Their Actual Value. See Them New Voile Dresses Made of fine materials, good colors. New styles. 'v QQ $10.00 values. Now . . . . U rT i New Organdie and Voile -Dresses mA.11. this season's styles. Cheap at $15.00.'' ' ' tQT4R This big sale iP.tO $20.00 Organdie Dresses, now $13.50 $25.00 Organdie Dresses1 . .7. ! 7. . . .$16.50 Merchandise at Old Time JERSEY COATS $12.50 Values $7.50 Just in 50 new all wool Jersey Coats, in black, navy, red and Turquoise, pinch back, Tuxedo front. A splendid $12.50 Coat. Just the thing for the 4th. While they last, ea. $7.50 MUSLIN 36-inch Daisy soft finish Bleached Mus lin. Sold at 25c. This sale, yard 16c BEQ SPREADS Triumph, full size Bed Spreads. Cheap at $2.50. This sale, $1.69 Prices GINGHAMS 27-inch Zephyr Ginghams, new pat terns, 25c grade. This sale, yard - 19c ;T 7 : a a a. 6r! Everything in the Store f6PEes: Men's blue and grey Chambry Shirts. Cheap at $1.00. This big sale, each 69c MEN'S HOSE Durham Tar Heel Hose in black, white, navy and brown, 25c values. This big sale, pair 15c UNDERWEAR v Men's athletic Union Suits. Good quality. Worth $1.50. This big sale, suit 95 c Prices Smashed in Every Department LUNCH CLOTHS FOR LESS $1.50 values . .$1.19 $2.00 values . .$1.48 $3.00 values . .$2.25 BATHING SUITS ALL GOING 10 PER CENT OFF REGULAR PRICE MILLINERY EVERY SPRING HAT IN THE STORE AT ONE HALF PRICE TABLE DAMASK 60-inch fine quality mercerized Table Damask, $1.00 value' This sale, yard 69c Mann's Department Store The Store for Everybody ENTRANCES ON E. MAIN AND N. CENTRAL Medford, Oregon : WASH SUiTS Boy's good fast color Wash Suits on sale $2.50 values . .$1.79 $3.00 values . .$2.69 EVERY SPRING coat and: suiri IN THE HOUSE AT ONE HALF PRICE WARNER'S AND GOSSARD CORSETS 10 PER CENT OFF REGULAR PRICE Agents for Pictorial Review Patterns Mail Orders Promptly Filled Postage Prepaid