medfom) 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. "
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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.
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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
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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
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niB
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The Roderick Lean Automatic Engine Disc prepares a deep,
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Dancing CUira American Legion Hall
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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
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Quick Delivery
Hansen Coal Co.
(.Successors to Ends)
34 S. Fir St. Phono 230-J
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T3LLLSAT I
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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
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It is daily inspected so that it can be safely guar
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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
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