"MEDFOTJP A TAIL TTJTBFNTR, "MEDFOTJ'D, OREOONT. THURSDAY. DTCf'RMttF..? 22. 1021
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iii ill LIGHT WINE TAX
Our Auction Sale will be discon
tinued until the First of February
or until further notice in this paper
C. E. GATES AUTO CO.
OUT OF QUESTION
Retail Prices Too
High, Says Dougherty
U. S. Probe Ordered
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J liitiou to t'iiKinre a soltlici- bonus out
' cif tuxes 0:1 thi li'Kiilizetl wait11 ami
! manufucturo ot" btmv ami Unlit witus
; was (tt'chirt'i! unlay ty Keprosenta
; liv MomU'll of Wyoming, republican'
I leader ot the house, to ) out of the
' question, "ear'.y or late." by this
ccriKress."
Just the Christmas Gift
for the Kiddies
The New Disc Wheel
Coaster Wagon
f
W
fifes
'STAR SPEEDMDB1LE ,
8
Good For Years of Service
A Gift the Children Will Appreciate
See Them In Our Display Window
Hubbard.
Brothers
Cor Main & N. Riverside
Phone 231
I WASHINGTON. 1W. 22. - ( Uy the
j Associated Tress.) l etters, hvKh fa
j vorable and unfavorable, discussing
1 a possible relaxation o: the prohibi
tion laws, to enable a tax on lilit
wines and beer to be levied as a new
source of revenue, were said by offi
cials today to bo p.milnt; into the
i treasury.
I Some 01' these letters, officials said,
! pomo from H!h ehurchmeu in va
1 rious parts of the country, some con
demning the proposal ami others tak
ing the view that while the law
should be strictly enforced as writ-
li-ii, if such a chant;' was made, it
, mliiht Im for the better.
; While Secretary -Mellon is under-
stood not to dlsfavoi- such a mot hod
j oi providing new revenue, it was said,
i Mr. Mellon hud made it plain that
! Btich a miKRestlon was m t a treasury
j proposal.
1 Kstimates of the probable revenue
i return from such a nource, it was said,
! lias disclosed that a total of approx-
imately $$uu,0hu,0ihi could bo ob
tained by the government yearly from
a tax upon the legalized sale of wino
and beer.
Will LET HENRY
WASHINGTON. lVe. L'2. lnvesti
nation of retail prices of I'm d. 1 ;iel.
shoes and t'lnihiiiK in all parts of the
country was ordered today by Alt r
uey General laiiKlieriv.
Mr. I'aimherty said that in many
localities prices were ton high and
1 ttailers' profits were "unconscion
able," and that every efiVrt would be
made to put retail prices on the prop
er level. j
Mr. UuUKluTty instructed lUn-c-l
tor Burns of the buieau of investiua-;
lion to assign men as soon as possi
ble to various parts of the. country1
simultaneously to collect information,
upon eurrent retail prices of fend.:
tuel, shoes and clntitiii and at the
same time to report t he wholesale
prices of corn, wheat, bee:', meals of
all kinds on the hoo: i-i order that
comparisons mi&Hi be made of the
retail ami wholesale prices of food.
In many parts of the country, Mr.
Pae.Kherly declared, retailers have
organizations which tend to keep
prices hlnh.
"There is not a doubt in the
world," he said, "that all ovt r the
country retail dealers have an under
standinK." Tin attorney general
said that while many individual re
tailers were not charging excessive
prices, he intended to go after organ
izations operating contrary to the
law and particularly professional or
Kunizers which evolved new schemed
for evading the law behind a declara
tion of an association to help compe
tition." I'ublicalion of compilative prices
hi different localities, he asserted,
would do much to right the situation
and lie said H was planned to pre
sent the ditto gathered to the va
rious ntates for local action with the
co-operation of the federal govern
ment where necessary.
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N. Y. Stocks
I Gifts of Flowers
H Modest or elaborate floral gifts are
always acceptable and most appropriate.
1 GIFT SUGGESTIONS
H Poinsettias, cyclamen, azalias, primroses, j
cherries, peppers, ferns, wreaths, combi-
S nation pans and baskets of flowering and
S foliage plants. See our new flower and
H plant baskets just received. S
S Flowers by wire anywhere any time
addox & Bonney
Flower Shop Ci'owsou's. Phone 843 n
Green Houacs 1005 E. Main. Plione 514
WASIIINCITOX. Doc. 22. ll.mry
Ford's attempt to rvducn freinlil
ralos on coul 2 0 ior cojit. aloni; lilt'
lino of his railroad, the Detroit, To
ledo and Ironton. was disallowed to
tlay by the inter-slate commerce com
mission. The commission hased its action on
tin; ground that the reduction would
oonstitne a discrimination aKainat
other mining 'territory the coal pro
duct of which is sold in Toledo, De
troit and other cities alonK the Ford
railroad.
The proposed cut rate disallowed
tinder today's ruling is the first huk
gested to which the commission has
not agreed.
Liberty Bonds
j NEW YORK. Dec. 22 Dlherty bonds
; closed: UVi's '.CAft; first 4's HU.On; sec
ond 4 s !iu.4r.; first 4 Vi 's 95.SO; second
IVi's ii5.26: third I V, 's ftll.i'.u: foui th
4V4's fiS.tiS; Victory :t-y,-s 100.04; Vic
tory 4Vs 100.02.
Boy
Your
Silverware
Now
We are closing out on Patrician Pattern in the Community Plate.
In order to move everything, we are going to make a sacrifice.
Set of Knives and Forks $13.50
Hollow Handle Knives (remember this has a 50 year guarantee)
Men's Solid Gold Set Rings, for $4.25 up
Good Gent's heavy Signet Rings $4.25 up
Ladies' Solid Gold Ruby Rings $2.00 to $8.75
Solid Gold Elk Charms $13.00
Cut Glass at prices that will interest you
Water Set .(fine color and cut) for $1 1.50
We Have Two Bargains in Burhams Super-Tone Phonographs
One $125.00 model for $95.00 One $150.00 model for $1 10.00 cash
Tfcey play all records No finer Phonograph made. We will stand back of these ma
chines. Call and see them.
Remember, We Are Selling Every Piece of
Merchandise inOurStore at Greatly Reduced Prices
FAY E. DIAMOND
1 15 E. Main
JEWELER
Medford
1 mw Always I
'"'r' 9 mmlm Ready for u5c MxMmI I
i m&iy 9 I
X..t i HljW Same knives arc a nuisance, K! I
4 7. a I Bladrs require frequrnl shai penini;, ' Xvbi'M I
92 0 Ede. tnvuiablv turn. X o Yl&ttSI
j:;-" ! Knives are ground sharp at th f.ictory:gl 1
I and are nlwuvs ready for me. Ss.Al Ti'i'-iei I
The blada tc guarantee to i$P jffi I
tak ond feW an eJge f yiSi I
7 i jfjimKSMm
XKW YOHK, Dec. Kquip
mmiLs uxtt'iHltHl their kuIiih tit mkl
day uiuli'r lend of Ainurlciin I.ooomo
t'.vo and Cii-ncral Klei'trlc, Imt tlm
riMiialiiiloi' of tin; lU'.t was tinroHpon
sivo to the drop in money rates to
a Vs jmr rent. The feiilure of the
IrieKiilar bond list was the heavi
ness of KYeneh lnmiiripa'.s. llordeatix.
Lyons and Marseilles fallliiK ;'.
points eaeh.
Allis-Chaliners UT.3
American Meet Sunar
American Can,
American Car & Foundry l ilt
American Hide & Leather pfd
Amer. International Corp
American Locomotive
Amer. SnioltliiK & Heft!
American Siih'ar
Amer. Sumatra Tobacco
Amurican T. & T.
American 'oden .
Anai omla Copper
AtchiHon
All. dull' & W. Indies
ISaldwin Locomotive ...
Lalthaore & Ohio
Hethleheill Steel "11" Hli
Canadian 'Pacific I III
Central Leather JI0.:1
Chandler Motors IS
Chesapeake &. Ohio H 5 . 2
ChiciiKO, MIL & St- 1'aill IV. T,
c: it. i. & i :ti
Chilli) Copper 2 ti . f!
Colorado Kuol & Iron 2 4.3
Corn Products f 7
Crucible. Steel til.."
Cuba Cano SiiRar O.ti
Krie 10
General IOlectric 13H.2
Cieneral Motors 10.X
Goodrich Co 3n.2
Great Northern pfd 75
Groat Northern Ore Cfta 31.S
Illinois Central H7.S
Inspiration Coppet 38.5
Int. Mer. Marino pfd 01.0
International I'aper fil.7
Kennecott Copper 24.7
LouIhvIIIo & Nashville lOS.r.
Mexican I'etroleum 111.3
50c to $1.50
Guaranteed Values
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Southern Oregon Hardware Co.
Phono 300
Sporting Goods
Liberty Bldg.
25.7
13.2
2 0.2
17. S
73
97
7S
3
50
33
01
24.!
Miami Coper
Middle, States Oil
Mldvale Steel
Missouir Pacific
New York Central
N. V., N. 11. anil Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Oklahoma Prod. & Kef
Pan American Petroleum
Pennsylvania
People's Gas
Pittsburg and W. Va
Itay Consolidated Copper 14.5
KeadliiK , "2
Hep. Iron & Sleel 50
Itoyal Dutch, N. Y. . 49.7
Shell Trans. & Trad 3S.7
Sinclair Con. Oil 21.5
Southern Pacific 7S.K
Southern Hallway 1 s.S
Standard Oil of N. J., pfd 113.5
Studebaker Corporation 7S
Tennessee Copper II. S
Texas Co 4 5
Texas and Pacific 20
Tobacco Products (12.2
Transcontinental Oil 10 S
Tnion Pacific 125
1'. S. Pood Products 9.x
1.'. S. Hetall Stores 52.2
I'. S. I ml. Alcohol 3S.5
I'nited States Hubber 53.3
I'nitcd Stales Steel S3
t'tah Copper CI
WestliiBhouse Klectrlc 4 9.5
Willy's Overland 5.0
American Zinc, Lead and Sm ... 12.5
Huttc and Superior ls.i;
Cala. Petroleum 4 7
Montuna Power 5S.5
Shatturk Arizona S.5
Ptiro Oil DO.S
Invincible Oil 12.0
General Asphunl 04.5
MA0
Christmas Without Candy Would Be a
Dull Christmas Indeed
When you liny randy insist on having liij-'li Rradc
ciindy, Hint is pure :iml wlmlcsDme. We nre dis
tributors for
ORIOLE CHOCOLATES
HOLFER'S CENTENNIAL
CHOCOLATES
And Otlier Lending Urands; also
100 per cent Pure Bulk Candy
OVhich melius Itest (Quality)
These enndies are for sale by the leading stores
in .Medford, nnd nil over the valley.
Valley Candy Co.
North Grape Street
Medford