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To the Editor:
;;Aa a consequence of hiring tran
sient labor, we have boon made the
victim of a thief that Is still at large
and will no douht continue to work
his gamo, so that It might be well to
give his description through the pa
pers to that others may be on the
watch for him.
He la a lad about 17 years of age.
Cave his same as Emll Erlcson, says
his nationality s Finland; poses as
an orphan, and from his conversa
tion we get it that he comes from
I'tah ria Arltcca and California.
Travels mostly toy foot, getting a
ride when ho .can until somebody
takes htm in. la about 5 feet 2
Inches tall. Has noticeably, bright
eyes, good natured loo!t, and can eas
ily bo identified by his protruding
Upper front teeth, and a rather thick
rolling undcrllp. Gorges bis food
when he eats and tracks with, his
toes outward.
He left our place three and one
half miles northeast of Eagle Point
at about daylight Tuesday, January
1?, taking with him all the available
money, a pair of brown woolen blank
MT!T,F0Tin MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREOOV.
SATURDAY.
JANUARY 21y 11)22
FIGHT STARTED
10
LICENSE LAW
Opening oratory in the suit of
Thomas F. Merriman of this city, at
tacking the legality of the state auto
license was unloosed In the circuit
court this morning, and after listen
ing to arguments by Attorney Hen F.
Mcdas for Merriman, and District At
torney Rawlee Moore and Assistant
Attorney General J. A. Dover, the
court granted 15 days tor both sides
to file briefs. A representative of
A J.
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A. II. Cornell is on the war path,
and some would-be practical Joker had
beat keep tho other side of the street
when he seoa A. H. C. appearing; above
the horlion else there may be crepe
and flowers in some household. ' For
"laying all Jokes en one side," as our
old friend Al used to say, Cornell has a
righteous wrath. We have. Judge
Calkius' statement for It that a boot
lKBer Is pretty low in the social scale,
and Cornell's red blood resents the
PERFECT
PLANS
BUILDINGS
EW
PAIR GROUNDS
Preliminary arrangements were
perfected yesterday for the building
program of the County Fulr ut the
meeting of the directors of tho Fair
arsoclattou, Finns are to be prepar
ed and estimates, made so as to de
termine tho numtar of buildings (hat
can be constructed with the funds
available. A committee was appoint
ed to secure thtwo plana ami In no
doing confer with the different stock
luid agricultural Interests of tho
county to ascertain tnolr view as to ulnlu.r us well as the meeting.
Those romliwr from
SCENIC SOCIETY
10 MEET, PHOENIX
HALL ON MONDAY
Phoenix .ban been Selected fr the
January mertlaig pliwe of the Jack
son County Htnlo Preservation asso
ciation. This will bo held next Men
d.iy. the !3rl at Clyde's Hull, oppo
site the post office. Prior to the
calllnff of the mx'ttnl to tirlvr, tho
Ladies' Aid of thv Phiwntx . Pre ty
terlan church will nerve u. 80i aupper.
Hewn o'clock Is tlvo hour set for this
and nil t-ltlivna of the comity, Irres
pective of their tirlnu memlwrx of the
association, are InvttcU to attend the
Imputation that there was something rminer construction and amount of Th... w, tmm .vi,,n.i
the attorney general's office was sent other than gasoline In his Pulck on 'space that must be put under roof. Medford will it find It nioiwnry to
to this county, owing to the scope of .his recent trip to Portland. He admits j As tho Fair association will use leave the pavement with tlwlr car,
the case being state wide. that tho auto cut capers upon the Icy I the combined properties of tho city and iu the phm-nls ladlen will serve
Attorney IJndas, in oral argu-! pavement near Aurora tho other day, and county, a cotunilttee was appoint- dinner, there should be a spee-
ment contended that the license island that before he could aton Its ca-l ed to neeotlata a l.iase from both ln-lnl effort made by member in par
ts
unconstitutional because it "contra
venes" the Vnlted States constitu
tion, was passed by the legislature
without the consent of the people, i tockless statements of local busy.
that it operates without relation to bodies is more vital than a crumpled
value, but according to weight, that fender, and repair not so readily ac
ts "a mixture without unity." does jcwmpllshed. And that he may know
not give equal taxation to all, and, ljuat where to begin, Cornell is offering
contrary to the constitution, provides a 1100 bill for the nanio of the alleged
Imprisonment for non-payment, the comedian who started the slander on
license fee being held a debt to the him.
state. Attorney Lindas said it was I That the unlnitlatel may know, the
Just as sensible to tax the Southern report gained much currency last
and that before he could stop its ca-l ed to negotiate a lease from both in
verting a speeding tourist had crashed tercets.
Into its side, with more or less damage As the Fair association is without
to the fender. But the damage by the J means tor preliminary expenses to
conduct the fair next September, a
finance and budget commltteo was ap-
ts and a 35-10 "Winchester rifle. 'He! P1"1'1'- according to the weight of, week that Mr. Cornell had been gain
wore a cap, an old brown macklnaw
with red cross bars, blue overalls and
a pair of new Endicott Johnson
shoes No. 7.
His baggage consists of a pair of
gum ahoes, a cap. old blue overalls,
and a pair of ankle laced khaki panU.
Respectfullv,
GEO. H. STOW ELL.
ered In by prohi officers between
Salem and Portland, with all manner
of direful consequences, and, as is
usual, there were many to believe, or
Telephone messages from Weed.
Calif . BtJLtn that tho hlehirjnr in nun
and that some tourists are pass-its j 'd woud ha,va 10 no taM,s-
through every day.
Its locomotives, instead of its prop
erty valuation," and that the law
made a distinction.
Attorney Devers for the state cit
ed decisions, one from Idaho, which to want to believe that the rumor was
has a law modeled after Oregon's, up- truth. It was one of those nasty, de
holding the attitude of the state, and .splcablo yarns thai; grow as they
setting forth that tho license was ! travel, and the mind that gave it birth
"simply a fee, for the provilege of jought to be made to know something
using the state highways, and if ajof the damage that false storloa may
man kept his can on his own premises, do.
or drove It on a privately owned
DAUGHTER HAD
TO HELP MOTHER
He also read a lengthy memcranda
on the legality or the law. by courts
from Maine to California and the
Rio Grande to Canada.
The fight against the license is be
ing waged by subscription, and there
was only one autoist and his boy in
court.
The case will be carried to the su
preme court for final decision. In the
meantime, the chief of police says
MEDFORD TEAMS
DEFEAT C. POINT
Row Can Do AH Her Housework Merriman has a right to run his car
pendicg the decision, and tho state
si 1 r i.l t-
AlOBC Became i.ja t ruuuuun , traff l6 or:,cer MVS he has not.
YegetaMe Compound Helped Her j
luwr. Minn. "I saw in the naner
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
juompouna ana took
it because I was nav-
imz such pains in my
stomach and through
my back that I could
not do my work-. I
bad tried other med-
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THYETO REFEREE
Relative to the wrestllnjf match next
icines. but none did ffcK.flit noit mil hetwenn
me the good that ; Ralpn Hana and Eenne Reubens of
your Ve (e table Com- i
pound did. jnow l am
Chicago, Martin Rowers of Gold Hill
able to do all my nM received the following letter from
Keuoens, now at santa uaroara, uut.,
dated January ISth:
"I am resting up and having my arm
treated, and it Is pretty nearly well
now, and by the 23th It will be stron
ger than ever. ' I am confident I can
defeat Hand, and would like to have
Ted Thye referee, as I am sure he
would give me a square deal, and be
knows the wrestling game. I expect
to leave In a day or two for Gold Hill
"Sincerely yours,
"DEN REUBENS."
Many friends of Hand maintain that
the story of the sore arm Is a "bear
work alone while be-
Jfore I had my daugh
ter atavlnff at home to do it. I have
told a number of friends what it has
done for me and give yon permission to
use my letter as a testimonial." Mrs.
Jesse Petersen, Route l.Jasper, Minn.
There is no better reason for your try
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound than this it has helped other
women. So if you suffer from displace
ments, irregularities, backache, ner
vousness or are passing throogh the
.Change of Life remember this splendid
medicine. What it did for Mrs. Peter
sen it may do for you.
a foundation of nearly 5fty years of to Pe of aouthern
y
Medford defeated Central Point at
basketball last night 4 4-10. The
Medford girls defeated the Central
Point girls by a score cf 2S-I.
The f'rat few minutes of the boys'
game was without a wore excepting
free throws allowed for fowls. The
half ended with the score 13-5 in
Medfcrd's favor. In the last half the
Medford team began to show some
pointed to arrange for same. This
committee will also pas upon, the
budding program to safeguard tho
association from expending more than
the one mill tax money that Is made
available for that purpose.
All of these committee will report
at the annual meeting of the Fair as
soc'atlon which wtll be hold before
long. The date of the fair was con
sidered, but final decision was defer
red until the next meeting.
A strong sentiment prevallod
among the directors that every ef
fort be mado to res that the people
of Jackson county be given full value
In Improvements for the money to be
spent.
It la estimated that It wilt take
three months to construct the build
ings and theio should be completed
by the fifteenth ol August, and there
fore the grading- of the grounds must
be romp'eted by May 13th.
tlcular to atu-nd.
POPE'S DEATH REPORTED
(Continued from Page One)
FREDERICK MASON
SPEAKS AT FIRST
BAPTIST SUNDAY
Mr. John Frederick Mason, tho read
er, impersonator and humorist, who
gave ono of bis popular entertainments
Friday evening at tho Krt Ilaptlttt
church, apd to greatly pleased and
delighted those who had the privilege
of hearing it will be at the. First Hap-
team work and tho score at the end'1'8 churca 'Sunday; evening.' at vhish
of the game stood 44-10. Seven or tlme he will render an lyks great
eight m'nutes before the end of the
game three new mea were run in by
Coach Huntington of Medford and
two Central Point substitutes took
the floor.
The game was rather strictly ref
creed by James Eaman, ccacU at
Grants Pass high school.
Lineup:
Medford Central Point
Pre3cott G Cash
Payne G Richmond
H. Singler C Mee
Becney
H. Johnston
religious poom. "Tho Toiling of Felix."
This la one of the strongest poems
ever written whenf too great thought OT)n tf
of service Is portrayal How Kellt church In tho United States
searched for the Christ and how he
finally found bim Is a soul stirring
story and should bo beard not only by
tbe older people of Medford. but by the
young especially. Mr. Masan's ap
pearance at tbe Daptist church Sunday
will give an opportunity to those who
failed to hear him Friday evening.
Mr. Mason has been secured in sov-
F Rossieral of the m-arby rltloj to give bis
F Hamilton i recltalB. Ho was a high school teach-
Substitutes: Medford Allen for! er before taking up this linn of work.
Rudy Slngler, and Singler for Beeney. 'and was recommended by teachers In
Dick Slngler for Payne, Jackson for our city who had previously known
Proscott. Central Pot nt Glcason for jhim. There will be special music at
Cash, Brown for Rlchomnd. the service. At th morning service
Referee: James Eaman of Orants.Rev. J. C. AuHtln of Portland will be
Pass. I heard in a strong message.
tho center to see If from tho light In
tho pontiff's room they could gain
any inkling of what was going on.
Then, as daylight broke, tho form
of the cardinals cruld be seen passlttt
from tbe adjotnlnst rooms.
Kkotch of Popn's IJfe,
Pope Ilenedicfs efforts toward
peace were thus aummed up by Car
dinal I.ogue:
"During the late war every effort
wai made to induce the pop to side
with ono belligerent or another, hut
he went straight as an arrow. He
made Justice and right triumph over
oppression. There wan not one of
President 'Wilson's fourteen point
that was not Ini ludod In the poutiff't
peace conditions."
The popo was deeply grieved by
the conflict which resulted from ef
forts to obtain Ireland's freedom. He
was appealed to Interveho In behalf
of the Irish republican movement but
Archbishop Hayes, on returning from
tho Vatican In 1921, said that he was
following tho policy of neutrality and
Impartiality.
He coudemned crime In Ireland bv
either side and repeatedly expressed
the hope that violence there would
end.
In a letter to Cardinal Logan, the
popo appealed to both English and
Ir'sh to abandon violence, and pro
posed that the Irish question b set
tled by a body selected by the whote
Irish nation. When the Anglo-Irish
agreement finally was reached, ha
cxprrssnd great satisfaction and sent
a message to the Pall Klreann re
joicing over the peace agreement
which made Ireland a free state.
Pope T.enedlct declined. In May,
1919. to autborlin ' the Catholic
rhurch to participate In a world con
ference of religions which had been
proposed to blm by a group of blsh-
the Protestant Episcopal
Car
dinal Gaxparrl told tbe bishops:
"Rather than a reunion of tho
Christian churches, tbe holy see alms
at the unity c f the church, which, in
the opinion of Rome, ran only occur
by returning to the Catholic church."
OwhwmmI V. M. C. A.
In December, 1920, the Vatican Is
sued a decree requesting the Catho
lic bishops to pay vigilant attention
to such societies as tho Young Men's
Christian association, on tbo ground
that thy corrupted the faith of
Catholic youths. The pope urged the
Knights of Columbus to combat
propaganda ngalnsV luo Catholic
faith.
Tbe pope took occasion on numer-
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ou occasions ta expresx hU views
thoroughly on fccme political and flo
rin I tutwtlon Early In 11)30 he sent
it letter to dm Itallim bishop urging
tin) Catho'hi priests to work lutelll
uoiitly and energetically aKulnst what
tho pope chorncterleid n "Ihe dan
gerous trictrlno of Urn socialists."
. Imnimfctnfy In Dres
He repeatedly denounced Immod
esty In women's dross and what he
termed the Indecenoy of fashion. On
another c.skm n circular wa Is
sued by hlu direction to diplomats tic
credited, to tho holy sue ashing them
to add to tho Invitations to official
rnciiptlim a note rcquiwtltiK women
to avoid exi-i'sstwly decollcltn gowns.
Tho poj declared III un address to
tho sacre f. c liege that the world was
affected with Ilvo ureal plaguos
which," lit enumerated a the negation
of outlwirlty, hatred among brothers,
thlrt 'tor pleasure, disgust for work
and fiKetfulnes of tho supernalurul
obJortt ol lite. These evils, he as-
serteil could be overcome only by
tun d of tho gospel.
' InnUi on tVUtary
Ma a necrel consistory lu December
ho Tleclared that tho Catholic church
vuld never abolish nor mitigate the
mw imposing celibacy on the clergy
nor Introdura democratic forms
bitch had been asked by priest In
Cecho-SIovakla. where a secession
movement had been based upon that
appeal.
The resumption of diplomatic re
lations between the Vatican and
Franco and Germany wau attributed
to 'the diplomacy of Pope Ilonodtet.
Tie healing of tho breach botwwen
te Vatican and Franco which result
il from the separation of the rhurch
tnd state In that country was crown?
4 by the canonization of Joan of
Am as a saint.
In comment on these no wrelatlons.
It was pointed out In many quarter
that during th years when Dencdlct
XV had directed the policy of the
church there had been an lucreaslnu
Inrruenee by the Vatican on the pub-'
lie t pinion of the world. j
ApNtvel Arm Parley !
II U voice was raised In approval
of the atms of tho Washington con
ference on the limitation of arma
ment and In a letter to President
liardlng the pone commanded his In
itiative in culling It. Ill efforts on
Vbalf of war prisoners were unre
mitting and be personally appealed
to tbe prelates of tbn church to pro
mot. amity among the nation and
deplored the unrest In Europe which 1
had fo'.lowed Hie war. !
Ho IsKUftl numerous appeals for
tho poor children of central Europe
and for the famine-snfferors of Rus-j
sla. and through hi effort a huge
BIG DANCE
American Legion Hall .
Saturday, January 21st
; MutJe by
Ohio Five Novelty Orchestra
Ailiulwlon 41.10 I rr couple, fo lic
Free,
Dancing :0O-t2:O0.
fund was i uIkkC and dlstilbuisd ta
tho children of (erinuuy, 'Austrlu,
Poland, Hungary, und t'teclio-Hlova-liln.
Ho also mucin lu in e rontrlbu
Hons to funds for the relief of llus
sluiis nnd Chlueso umlUi t ho lulcrnu
tlunul Hod Cross.
The pope' brother, Marquis John
Anthony Delia Chlwia, (lied III lw
eoinber, 1030,
The popo wan reported In 19J1 as
having suffered two attacks of rheu
matism. On January IS. 1 U U 3 , It
wu announced ho had an attack of
bronchlel calarrah and symptom of
liiMueiua which were imt at first re
garded ait serious, but he was then
7 years old, complications were feared.
John Kendiirk IVang lMi).
ATLANTIC CITY, N, i Jan, J!.
John Ki'iidrlck Hangs, humorist and
lecturer, died at a hospital here Late
today of Intention! lioubln
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