PAOE 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
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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