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MKDI'OKD MAIL TIHllPXK. S KHKOKl). ORlHiOV. SATl'KDAY. I K 'KM UVM 10. liL'l
PAOW THUKK
VOTE ON COUNTY
FAIR IMPROVEMENT
NEXT WEDNESDAY
HOW OLD WERE YOU
SPORTS SCHEDULES
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The letton at which the inipiovo
mont of thn rouitty fuir nuirulu i.s to
bo considered will tuko phut' iioxt
Wednesday. T h entire county will
vote upon tho iiu-siion and a riivular
has bren snt 10 evvrv n-fcisU'red vottT
in nrdrr that iht j.lan.s of the fair hn
Koclatioii may bo thoroughly under
stood. In order that information relative
to the olt'dion be j;ivMi to surh
voters ay are not registered, hut who
undoubtedly would ko to the polow
and vote to improve the fair grounds
if they underplot k! the henefit that
would romp to the aKrinultural indus
try, the cireulni' is printed in this
paper.
The only objection that has been
heard as to the building of permanent
buildings on the fair grounds is that
it requires additional taxation. The
voters Hhould not yet the idea that it
8 a one per rent tax. but only one
tenth of one per cent. A farm which
has an assessed valuation of fS.uOO.
pays hut 3.0u. It is not a enntinuat-
inp tax. but it is for this next year
only. Jn votimt the tax for the im
provement program, the timber re
sources of the county and all public
service corporations pay their propor
tionate share, so that there is an
equitable distribution nf the cost on
all taxable property in the county.
MEET TUESDAY!
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Medl'oi d Clinniticr of
Commerce last evening, it was dei-ldtd
to call a mass neetinif of the mem
bers of the i'hambcr, Med lord le
gion, local company of national guard
and the Craters next Tuesday evening
at eight-thirty at the American i-e-gion
hall.
Matters of vital importance to Med
ord which require the immediate at
tention of the members of the above
named organ izn thins will bo con
sidered, the must important of which
is the armory and thi' eoimlykiii.C'
building
proportion, i j i itj
rs . tit i Kw or gftii i xM I n s ; :j 171
' Member
iimif 4t ixl tii ' hi n t l hiic ' lrmss mi('f- 1
lug at the hiphQintedi IhouVi)
business that "frill b'hrontifiV 'nofe.re'
them will be made snappy and to the
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TON WILL
Services of .more than ordinary, in
terest will he held at the First linntisU
church Sunday. Mrs. V. V. Swanton
of Portland, general manager of the
Oregon Humane society will give one
of her interesting and , helpful ad
dresses in connection with the evening
service. Mrs. Swanton has spoken
with much favor at a number of gath
erings in the city during the past
week. Itev. F. It. Loach will give a
short sermon at the same service on
"A Drama in Three Acts." At 11 a. m.
attention is called to the message on
"The Stewardship of Life." The choir
has some good music for both services.
Strangers in the city are cordially in
vited. STORES KEEP OPEN
The retail stores of Medt'ord will
be? open to shoppers on the evenings'
of "Wedu -sday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday before Christmas. The gro
cery stores will be open on Saturday
night as usual, but will remain closed
Wednesday, Thursday and i-'riday.
As Christmas comes on Sunday, all
retail stores will be closed on Monday
The impression that stores will be
open evenings during this next week
is erronious. They will only be open
the evenings mentioned ot" the week
proceeding Christmas.
T!
Devp!oi.mi'ht:'it Trigonia well thfs
week has progressed nicely, although
gas eruptions have made additional
work On 'edm-sday there was an
eruption of gas twice during the day.
Again on Friday, the .pressure from
g;m raised the casing eight inches.
Oil sands are present- and tests give
splendid results. With the remark
nble showing of gas and oil the man
agement are .making every effort to
erpedite the work and complete a test
at the present depth. Drilling is being
rushed, as fast as possible, and on this
account work will be carried on to
morrow, Sunday.
With Mcdford trade Is Uedford made
Hty International News Serviced
When this little baby was unknown
to t'ilmclom. Without the title you
probably woubi not recognize the lady.j
To keep you from KiiosMnK, this two-year-old
youngster is none other than
Ucverly llayno.
WALL ST. REGOVERS
FROM DEPRESSION,
GRANTS BONUSES
NEW YOUK. Dec. 10. Wall street
if gradually recovering from the gen
eral eco'iiomie depression of the past
two years and signs point to a liberal
distribution of bonuses and gratuities
at, Christmas. '
During the boom period of the
world war holiday gifts by financial
institution.4-', brokerage houses and ex
changed were on u very generous
scale. These ranged In many cases
from 2ft to f0 per cent or even more
of yearly salaries.
In the year now ending many bankn
abandoned the distribution of these
bonuses, evidently on the theory that
living conditions in many essentials
had become less onerous.
The offerings of the New York
stock exchange and similar institu
tions take the form of Christ mutt
boxt,s, (fo vhJrh members make fixed
cghtriijUtionH, li addition there are
impromptu celebrations on the ex-
clucngMii whetf ' iiqrsonnl gifts are dls:
tritiiittMj, usjuillJ by a psuedo Siint'n
Ciaus.ii jij ; r.
I'lio pVoduee" ' exchange of recent
years has held celebrations of this
sort, mainly tor the children of the
poor
In the aggregate 'Wall Street'H lique
factions, even In these transitory
times are likely to run into hundred
of thottsands t -.dollars. ji '
Market News
Livestock
PORTLAND; Ore., Dec. 10. Cat
tle steady; no receipts.
Hogs steady: no receipts.
Sheep steady; receipts 040, con
tract. Hotter
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. Hut
ter steady. Kxtra cubes 104 lc; un
der grades GTlMSc; cartons -15c;
prints 4ic. Butterfat, No. 1 churn
ing cream 434 lc f. o. b. Portland;
undergrades 40c.
Wheat
'PORTLAND, Dec. 10. Wheat:
Hard white ? 1.09; soft white, white
club, hard winter, northern spring,
tl.08; red Walla $1.03.
Today's car rocelptB Wheat 1 1 S ;
f.our 13; oats 3; hay 12.
Snn PVancLseo Markets
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1 0. Dairy-
produce exchange closed. Dressed
turkeys 4345c. Tomatoes $2.00&
2,25; lettuce $1.001."3.
Liberty Ifomls
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Liberty
bonds closed:
3 Vfe's 'Jo. 20; first 4's 97. 2S bid;
second 4's 60.78; first 4 M 's 97.20;
second 4 's 9G.S2; third 4 's 97. G2;
fourth 4 Vi'B 97.20; Victory 3Vs
1UO.00; Victory 4 's 100.00.
PASSENGER SLEPT
PORTLAND. Ore, Deo. in r..m
pensallon has been paid to thirty-five.
of the less seriously injured passen
gers of the trains In collision on thi
)i-egoD-ashington Railroad ami
Navigation line near C'elllo the night
of December 1. If. W. Hicks, travel-
ing passenger ag. nt of the ruad has
reported the odd of rcumslance of
man passenger on the eastbound train
who slept through the wreck without
harm, although he was in a car which
suffered severely In tile crash. The
sUeilng passenger had no claim
against the railroad company.
Notice
Thn new bungalow at the corner of
ooutn tiony ana lentn at. is now open
tor inspection. Anyono wanting
good homo call and look over same
property for sale on liberal terms
utiiii oy uays worK by owner. 221
rOP.Tl.ANn, Ore.. One. 1Q Hav
ing fixed . football, basketball and
base hail schedules, the Pacific coast
conference today was winding up the
Work of lis annual meeting hi.-r.i-. Ap
plications of the I'nivcrslty i.f South
ern California ami I'niwrsity of Idaho
for admission up for action.
trai k meet dates were to he fixed and
a w i estling schedule was to be con
sidered. " Ol't'ieers were to be elected
before adjournment.
The North west Intercollegiate con
ference concluded its business, yester
day. After refusing at this time to
amend the rule prohibit ing colleges
having L'OO male students from using
freshmen on athletic teams, which
would bar Whitman college and Wil
lamette university from the use of
freshmen, an amendment was adopt
ed late yesterday providing that sui--lenis
should not W' counted in the
iuo total if they take less than 12
hours of college work. This may save
Willamette as she has quite a num
ber of men students in special courses
who take only six hours.
Whitman which asked that the
limit be raised to SOU, will be barred
from the use of freshmen next year
if that institution has mote than 2u0
male students, which she expects to
have.
AERIAL MAIL 0. T.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. The Now
York-San PranrLseo air mall service In
the last six- months has outstripped
the Pennsylvania railroad In percen
tage of "on time" performance, L. 1).
Lent of this city, declared in an ad
dress before the Aeronautical division
of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
The New York-San Francisco planes
he said, have piled up a performance
average of 98. Ninety-six per cent of
the flights were finished on schedule
time. The Pennsylvania, lines, he said
boast of an "on time" 'percentage of
95.6 per cent.
iTh'o'alr mull 'performance forihe
'ent'i-b"ear.i'rald' Mr. jl.ent, wns! ti$.33
per cent. Ho estimated the ;'to(al
operating : cost at about 70 cetitja; u
mile
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 10 Dr. Adolph
Iorenz was formally invited to Mich
igan today by Governor Alexander J.
(Iroesbeck.
".Michigan as probably the entire
United States has been aroused by
reports of your wonderful successes in
bloodless Btirgery," the eovernor wired
the Austrian surgeon.
L
MADRID, Dec.'lO A telegram re
ceived here today. by Vigo reported n
bomb explosion in the Spanish consul
ate ut Lisbon which resulted In great
damage but no casualties. The- mes
sage said the consul recently had re
ceived a number of menacing letters
ns a result of rumors that Spain was
about to bring about military inter
vention In Portugal.
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We wish to thank. p-.r friends and
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TO THE APPLE GROWERS AND
SHFPPERS OF THE NORTHWEST
We al e taking this means of answering in the open an
extraordinary 538-word telegram sent November fourth by the
President of Independent Fruit Auction Corporation of New
York toi apple shippers of the Northwest. Among other things
the tekegrara objects to the sale of apples at Auction. The
obvious answer to that telegram is : ' '
(a) The Auction is daily beating private sale prices.
() It is most difficult to move apples satisfactorily tX
private sale. The President's own Auction is now selling
Northwestern apples at Auction for the account of its own
stockholders. These stockholders, who all have facilities for
selling at private salo, would not sell at Auction if they were
not getting better prices than they could get at private sale.
(c) The Auction is not only selling Northwestern applet
but Northwestern prunes and pears, as well as California
deciduous and citrus fruits.
(d) The Auction is the only method for complete publicity,
for securing the best prices, for securing the greatest distribu
tion, for cutting down sales expenses.
THE FRUIT AUCTION COMPANY .
204 FRANKLIN STREET
NEW YOBK
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