Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 18, 1922, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textmedfom) matTj ttctbttnr medford. on-nooy. moxday. dfc'ember is. 1022 2 WELL Inane Merrlman, a native nun of thu'counly, died today on Jiwir creek, whtiro ho and Ills sunn, Lrstor nnd Chester, had gone to cut wood and expired a short time nftnr .starling to cut down tree. Mr. Menlmun was born on the farm whero. nc resided nil his life. Horn September 11, 1401, rind was axed til yearn, S month, 7 flays. Ho had boon a mouther ot .'Medford Lodce I. O. O. F. for !I3 yearn nnd aIo q member or Medford eunip W. O. W. lie leaves bin wifo, Einhm and four sons, Harry Morri 'inan, Clark, "Wyoming; Merrltt Mer rlman, Oold Hill, Ore.; Chester and l.BMter of Medford, Ore. Funeral ar rangements announced later. Ke nialnn are at the I'crl Funeral Home. . , felino picm, a pioneer HiocKinan oi this country, dropped dead Saturday afternoon. Mr. Neil's death come as sreat Bhock, as ho was apparently in, perfoct health, until Saturday .morning when ho complained of se vere pains in chest, but got over this and went out driving his cattle, came in in tlio afternoon and cieuned up and bent over to tie his shoo and ' .dropped dead. Heart trouble, is bo- liqvcd to be tho cause. . Ho wu 42 years old, and a descendeut of tho old pioneer family Nell, Ho lcavos a wife, a brother, Josso Nell, a rancher, and two married nistors living In the east. - Funeral services will probably bo hold Wednesday afternoon of this week at the Elks Temple In AsVnnd. He lived across Bear Creole fron. Ash land. TEACHERS MEET AT PHOENIX HELD ' Tbo central zono of teachers met In I'hoenlx on Saturday the 10th, nilisterlng about thirty in uttimd.ince. 'i'lju roll call, responded to by report oif points "toward standardization, jjirvo all a chance to know who was who In tho group, nnd where teach ing. Several schools will undoubt edly become standard. During tho business session J. it. Tyrrell, l'hoc titx, was elected chairman, Mrs. 1211a l. Tyrrell, secretary; If. i .lovett, "jr.tnil . Vo'nt, county fair coinniit i.'t ui.in , and Chester Cook, Jackson-' VU!e. iiihletlo director. Jacksonville vita Ki-ieeted as the piaco ?cr ineet- . Vf dn February 1., lSt. Tho pro ,rm for the morning consisto.l , .t latidrd Tesls, presented by H. I1. Vklcwt'tt; Parents' Interest in tho rVhooln. discussed by Mrs. Chester J.'Ook, and ProfesHlonnl Tralnln? und :run;li of Teachers, address by 8u 'inn Homes Carter. A delicious luncheon, with holiday iavors'niKl docoratlons was icrvort In Ciyd'i HMI by tho ladles of I'hoenlx, ax tholi'.purt In tho entertainment Of. tlio i;.'-tliiK teachers. Neodloss to HJ.y (hq K.'csls greatly enjoyed the hour. ' ; ,rM mw o'clock In tho assembly hnll kriuiw of the primary pupils of lhoo vlK K"ve veral folk games In happy mood. Th.n sevunth grado girls, and hi roup, of lower grado boys, sung Jiwa-pnrt , vmgs with, exceptional iiweetnv'ss -tnd uccuracy. IH-imrtni'iitol sessions for upper .amdes and primary grades followed, tinder leadership of Miss Eunice Davis pt oh Cliovo school and Mrs. Ella 5'ymll'of Phoenix, with oxccllonl dlti- ; hUBklniii. brought out In each depart htent. After a brief genoral assem bly, ilu'lng which boys' nnd Rlrls' club wnk bissons available now were unnnunoort, the group udjourned at 1:30. ' ! NOW PLAYING I HOOT GIBSON In h vivid ch'Hiiin ot adven fnrv and romance in tlio tfltvat stretches of the (ioldetl West. "THE LOADED DOOR" Wexlnondny WA.MA KKI1) In- -"TIIK DICTATOR" RIALTO ' M "AUontJ tlif Moviin the Coniwn Way." TA.Hklh CnHlilt-r. " ' 1 j, ', v ty ' ' Gordon McKay moots Tom King of Australia tomorrow night In the fea ture scrap at Mllwaukle, after which he will hop tho rattler for Medford, where he meets the former Pacific coast middleweight boss, Battling Ortega, next Friday night at the Nat. . Ortega will arrive tomorrow, prim ed, for action. This McKay-Ortoga crap should be tho best ever staged In a local arena. ' In the Bix round semi-final Jack Edmunson, fkbtlng at 160 pounds, will show his waros against Tom Sharkey, who weighs moro than Jack Dempsey. Edmunson Is facing a se rious woight handicap, but contends that tho bigger they aro tho more noise they make when they hit tho resin. Should Edmunson boat Sharkey be wants to meet the winner ot the Ortega-McKay go. tattling Krlck and Danny Cum mins, moot In the other 6-round go and this should bo a slam bang af fair bb thoBo two fought a slashing draw In a previous battlo. Thoro will be u four round curtain ralsor. WALLY'8 FATE STARTS QUIZ (Continued from page one.) dulgencos have undoubtedly under mined hi strength and system In months gone by." Mrs. Held In describing his condi tion just before tho present break down said that he wept and said: "How did I happen to lot myself go? , Why couldn't I have stopped long ago. I thought I was so strong; I thought I knew myself bo well! 1 can't understand it." Indignant denials of published re ports of "orgies" in the Held home were made by Mrs. Alice Davenport, mothor of tho actor to whom those reports had been credited. "I know thero are dope parties In Hollywood overyone knowB that',',' sho said, "and I suppore Wally. has attondod some of them; f I don't know." ; SACHAMEXTO, Deo.. 18. Investi gation by tho state board of pharr macy Into the sale of narcotics to Hollywood motion picture colonists has boon progressing for throe weeks according to a stntomorit today by LouIb Seehr, prosidont of the board. "Wo ore not concontrnting so much on 'the users as wo are on the sellers," Scohr said. "While we havs deter mined that drugs aro being supplied prominent members of the motion picture industry, it irould be a Hbol on Hollywood to say that tlioro was any concentration of selling and con sumption of drugs thero. As a mat ter of fact there are far wnrsn nlncns In southern California and olsewhore. The board is investigating the Wallace Held case, but only In con nootlon with the salo of drugs to mo tion picture colonists who use them. It must ;be emphasized that tho col ony as a wholo Is not uudor investi gation. "With the advent of Mr. Will Hays into the motion picturo Indus try tho drug evil in Hollywood haB abatod to some considerable degree. Agents ot the board may now ontor the Studios freelv whlln llnrnlnfnrn thoy had to bo suppliod with oarch warrants, mr. ticyos i. not only try ing to weed out tho users of the drURS but nartlctllartv thn nnllnra It 1b not nn onsy Job. but wo-must commona thn, splendid co-operation ho Is giving us. I placo the principal sourco of the traffice over tho Moxi can border bolow Texas." STORM ON GREAT LAKES (Continued from Page One) Tho captain's boat has not been ac counted for. but the other, nfter drift. ing several hours in tho storm, finally was blown ashore on tho Ontario mniniand, 85 mllus north of Salt Ste Marie. HAY CITY. Mich., Dec. 18 Tho floet or nine steamships loaded with grain and bound for Lake Erlo ports which bt. Marys rlvor yesterday and enrly St. Mary's rlvor yotserday and early today and entorod Lake Huron on the way down. Tho ships nnd their car goes aro worth tJ8,oO0,00O, BAULT STK MAUI IS. Mich., Doc. 18 The tug Gray, searching for tho 27 persons lost from tho tug Holtunce on the rocks of I.Izard Island, reached tho scone of tho wreck today and found two overturned nnd battered lifeboats but no sign ot tho missing persons. COI'KNIIAGEN. Dee. 18. (Ilv Ass elated Tress). Tho Danish steamship Lillian a. which loft Now York Dnenm her ti for Danzia: nnd Llbsu with pnrizn rand passengers, Is roportod aground on Homholin Islnnd In the Haltlc Boa. EXPERIENCED MACHINIST All kinds of Lathe am! Machine Work. T. K. JKXKI.N8 At ( 'istnr Luke Auto Motive Co. 12;) S. front St. IRRIGATION BOND RELIEF NOW AIM E Mr. Pierce Favors Legislation to Relieve Burden No New Appointees for the Present Civil Service for County As sessors To Conserve Land POUTLAND, Ore, Dec. 13. Legis lation to relieve the Htate from tho "terrific burden of Kuarantceint; Ir rltfntion district bonds" will be asked of the coming session of tho legisla ture, Governor-elect V. M. Pierce said hero today. "Tim state is pledged to pay $1, 000,000 In interest on some of these bonds," said Pierce, "and thero is not tho slightest chance of recovering thin money from the districts." Piorco said ho would announce no additional appointments to stato of fices until he had become acquainted with the. situation at Kuleni, So far only tho post of private secretary has been filled. . Commenting on his suggestion that members of tho stato highwny com mission should bo paid salaries he said: 'This work In the future will have llttlo of tho glory that attached to the pioneering, but will be hard labor retiring the outstanding bonds and finishing the job." Tho incoming governor indicated ho would-recmomerid to the legisla ture the civil service system, for county assessors nnd that the power of removal be vested In some central body, probably the state tax commis sion. Mr. Plerco will take nn active In terest, bp said, in seeing that the question of conservation of tho state's natural wealth he safeguarded by the legislature, having in mind n sever ance tox on forest wealth and the conservation of K astern Oregon land. which . ho claims is now bein? de stroyed by. dredger mining nnd ren dered unfit for agricultural purposes. Mr. 'Pierce will . spend the re- niatnder-eof this1 week in Salem - in looking over the-state Institutions and grounds nnd in attendance at the ' meetings of tho state board of eon-) trnl. - .... I n RNOR li 1 1 KVTl CORVALLIS BALLS UP PLANS (Continued from pu oue game. Medford has also rult 1 $ inoo and has agreed to give the Tub-do team that amount for the only game to bo played on the coust by Hi-utt high und It Is felt that the state athletic board, If they uct Willi fair judgment will grant that Medford be - ulluwud the only game or will force Corvallis to co-operate with Medford, each school playing a game with Scott high. If the latter proposition is agreed to Medford will be ' making a conces sion to the northern school to select tho date and to pay the larger por tion of tho Ohio team's expense. "Word as to the fiq.al decision was expected this afternoon from Grants Pubs. DENVER MINT ROBBED (Continued from Page One) the bank. It is released to the bank on instructions from the secretary of the treasury. Te transfer of the money is very irregular, according to Director Grant, sometimes thro and four releases being made in a week and then again no money being re leased over a period of two weeks. LE TOUENEUX BROS. Civil Engineers Surveying, Plotting, Mapping, - Drafting. 512 8. Holly St. I'liono 041-T $5.oo for $3.52 This week, a regular AUTO - STROP RAZOR, the same razor that you see adver tised at $5.00, we will sell for $3.50.. This Week Only Heath's Drug' Store ' ' Phone Eight :. 109 E. 0 IllMlllI When Time niB Means Money DON'T slight the preparation of your seed-beds in order to plant on time. Better, seed-beds mean more bushels per acre. Fordson power and the Roderick" Lean Automatic Engine Disc, specially built to work with the Fordson, will get your land into shape for planting in plenty of time. 25 acres a day can be covered with this compact, one-man outfit, The Roderick Lean Automatic Engine Disc prepares a deep, level and finely pulverized sed-bed in one harrowing. With the Fordson it provides the most rapid, thorough and economical means of getting your spring tillage done. We will gladly show you .the many advantages of this Dnilinmanf ' - C. E. GATES AUTO CO. X X LEARN TO DANCE Dancing CUira American Legion Hall KYBUV S.VlTItDAY MGHT Everybody welcome. Gome help u lutve a good time. MKS. ULAXCIIE CItOSSOV, Inntructor. RUBBER BOOT REPAIRING HAH? SOLES AND HEELS Medford Vulcanizing Works PHOTOGRAPHS for Christmas SWEM'S STUDIO til E. Main St. Medford HEAT WITH COAL l'laco Your Order Now for Quick Delivery Hansen Coal Co. (.Successors to Ends) 34 S. Fir St. Phono 230-J WATCH YOUR BATTERY PREST-O-LITE ISATTEI1Y STATION For Quick SerWef. Piione 1 1 0 - Eight - Four Main - 1922 T3LLLSAT I ALBER'S EGG MAKER IT WILL PAY YOU TO KNOW IT This laving mash today leads in volume of sales all of the various brands of mashes made on the Pacific Coast. This is a warm endorsement of its high quality. Feeding tests gave it n first Coast-wide reputation. This has been greatly increased until today this feed stands in the highest esteem of almost every poultryman Because IT MAKES HENS SAY There's a reason behind the phenomenal sale of Egg-Maker. It is the first truly standardized poultry mash made in America. Its formula is un varying; its chemical nature unchangeable. It is scrupulously made in the Albers Mill to this end. It is daily inspected so that it can be safely guar anteed. A SUPERIOR MASH Monarch Seed & Feed Co, Sole Phone 260-529 RURAL AND CITY DELIVERY AT YOUR ERVIOR Christmas Week Offerings New Unbleached Army Bed Sheeds, Black Hawk brand 72x90... .$1.45 ' Sport Coats in Wool Khaki.... ..........$4.83 Race Coats In dark brown Tor work or play ..$3.83 Safety Razors, Gillette style J ..23c New heavy 100 per cent wool Union Suits ........:.$4.00 Campaign Hats, like now lL.liU.23 New Slip-on Sweaters, all wool.. !.. 91.00 New Sheep Lined Mole Skin Coats, 36 size...'........'. ..$11.50 New Irish Frieze all wool Overcoats, a $30.00 value...;: 914.50 O. D. Army Overcoats, reclaim $tf.73 0. D. Army Blankets, reclaim, 3 lbs. and SVi lb3.;.....v......;.........$2.95 Esmond Blankets, Navajo patterns, fast colors $4.S5' New Cotton Poublo Blankets......;....,.....'. :........,....,....;.. 93 Big Ben Alarm Clocks ,.. ...i.:.............;. ...,..;.....-. ,' V $3.19 Stag Handle Pocket Knives i I...............,..'..... $1.23 Ebony Handle Pocket Knives , ." ooc Large Size Chocolate Candy..........; a foy lc Velvet Tobacco , nc A full line ot Herman Army Shoes. Trade at the Army Store and Save Money. J United Army Stores 32 Central Ave. South Patterson Pictures Agents 317 E. Main St. To bring to you and your friends as much as possible of the beauty, mystery and color of Crater Lake is the mission of Patterson . Pic tures. Now on display at ; . SWEM'S STUDIO - ' f y TTJ