fEPFORTV MA.TK TRIBUNE, fEPFORTV OREf!ONT, WEDNTlftBAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1923 : F ALL FIRE BOYS OUT SIX TONIGHT ? 'f Tlio curfew brll will rinir out to hlBht with tlio npw firo department In chorse, ns no Ioniser w ill I). T. Uw Jon pull Iho ropo ant! ns usual nt very pull nml every clnnc ol the Bong use tho Methodist Episcopal ex pression for "doftKOnlt." Other lovlntr hiinds will rlnir the BlRnftl for Kids to Beamper on ine mrceiH ior uomc jj Tho change Jn personnel of tho fire department, ornereu oy mayor iu dlH and the clly council .last Friday ninht, to take effect March 1st, be cause they regard tho present incum bents as too old, by mutual agree ment le(ween tho outgoing and in coming firemen, will take place at Hit. m.. today, instead of waiting until midnight tonight. Tho outgoing firemen removed all their personal jcffect8 from tho department today, find tonight their beds will lie occu pied by the new firemen under Hoy Elliott, tho new chiof. ; There will be no formal ceremony mnrklng the chango, but the retiring firemen will no doubt lenve the build Uig. which has practically been their home for years, with feelings of ro prvt. This will especially be so in tho cose of Chief D. T. i.awton. who has been n member of the depart men! for 12 years past. All the for mer fire fighters will dopart Into pri vote life with tho best wishes of their many friends, and the new ones will Bfum chargo with well wishes from iho public. Tho members of the outgoing de partment are Chief J. W. Ijiwtnn, D. jT. Lnwton, Frank Parker, Taylor Burch and Tom Hoseberry. Tho new firemen ore Chief 'Roy Elliott. 34 yearn old: Chas. Doasum, 34 years old, and a former member of the depart ment: Chester Ellis, 20 years old: r; TWICE PROVEN r If you suffer backache, sleepless night, tired, dull days and distress ing urinary disorders, don't experi ment. Bead this twice-told testi mony. It's Modford evidence (Ipubly proven. Mrs. Win, Charley, 306 N. Grape fit..' Medford, Hays: "I never had the slghteet attack of kidney trouble until I fell and hurt my back. Soon after that, I began to notice my kld aejTi acting Irregularly and I had sc. yere pains In tho smnll of my back. It pained so at times I couldn't stoop and I could get no rest at night. I leed plasters and liniments but got in help until I began using Doan's Jjldney Tills. In less than two weeks 1 felt better and four boxes of Doan's ?ured mo." (Statement given Sep. tember 14, 1607). On March 23, 1920, Mrs. Charley aid: "I havo tho Bamo good opin ion of Doan's as when I first en sjorsed them. Their occasional use keeps my kidneys in good condition." ? I'rleo 60c nt. all dealers. Don't Imply ask for n kidney remedy get IVian's Kidney rills the same that Mrs. Charley had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. CUR mm ! ' !i Special ; Friday anH Sat., ' ! March 2 and 3 Centers of Indian Head, . size 34 inch, at 1 30c j Scarfs to match at ' , sa'me low price I at the Handicraft ! Shop L Our Large Increased Business in filling Physicians' orders is evidence that our method of handling prescriptions is satisfactory, both to the doctor and the pa tient. Our work is rapid and accurate, but without the usual disorder and confusion. Always make use of our service- as we will call for your prescription and deliver it to .your home. Heath's Drug' Store PHONE EIGHT-EIGHT-FOUR 109 East Main Street "We nrc as near to you ns your ilionc Taylor Burch, 13. and one other man yet to be named. Tom Itoseberry will bo retained temporarily until relieved by tho new man, to tako care of the mechanical apparatus of the depart ment. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon the last fire call was received in over a week and. tho outgoing men were hoping thnt they had made their last run to a fire until relieved from permanent duty at 6 p. m. After that hour they hoped to throw away their crutches, canes and falKO teeth, and walk the streets henceforth energetically cussing the taxes and acting otherwise like nor mal citizens. Their exact plans for future occu pation are not ready for announce ment, except in the ense of Chief I-awton who always has been a grent horno lover and expects to acquire very soon a ranch on which ho will raise nnd develop horses for the mar ket. D. T. Lawton had planned to make an immediate auto trip with his Tvlfo to visit their daughter and fam ily in the northern part of the state, but gavo it up on learning that he flu was so prevalent there. Mr. Ijiw ton Is considering a good offer from Klamath county which would neces sitate his removal to that locality. LOCAL GROCERY CO. GETS $200 AWARD A Jury In circuit court today award ed tho Medford Grocery company 1200 against the American Soda Fountain Co. of Boston, the case In volving non-pnyment of 1500 for car load of syrup sent tho local con cern which they alleged to be unfit for sale. The action was brought by the Boston concern for the recovery of 15900. Attorney O. C. Boggs rop resented the soda company and At' torney P. J. Neff tho Medford Gro eery compnny. Land Promoter Guilty KANSAS CITY, Feb. 28. (Dy As socloted Press). W. E. Stewart, charg ed with use of tbs malls to defraud In the sale of Texus land, was found guilty by a Jury in the federal court here today. Ho was found guilty of all the sixteen points in the indict ment. MaUon Liner Goes Aground ufiATTLB, Feb. 28. The Matson Navigation company's passenger liner Lurline, operated in the triangular route between San Francisco, Puget Sound and Honolulu, went aground on a sandy beach opinslte Fort Ludlow, 30 miles from here, in a dense fog shortly before noon today. The ves sel was said to be in no danger. - Pollman Declines Post SALEM, Ore., Feb. 28. William Pollninn of Bakor today notified Gov ernor V. M. Pierce that he will not be able to accept appointment as mem ber of the stnte highway commission to succeed V. S. Barratt ot Heppner, resigned. More Experts Confounded BELLI.N'GHAM, Wash., Feb. 28. Rejected for service with the Union army more than sixty years ago on ac count ot physical disability, Charles H. Atkins, aged 94, died here today as tho result of an accident He had lived here since 1S89. EASY TO DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR You Can Bring Back Color and Lustre With Sage Tea and Sulphur. You can darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no ouo can tell, because It's dono so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, nt homo Is mussy and troublesome At little cost you can buy nt any drug store the ready-to-use preparation, Improved by the ad dition of other Ingredients called ) "Wyvth's SnRe nnd Sulphur Com ' pound." You Just dampen a sponge . or soft brusho with It and draw this through your hair, taking ono smnll strand nt n time. Ily morning all gray hair disappears, and. after an other application or two, your hnlr becomes darkened, glossy and luxur iant. Gray, faded hnlr, though no ells grace, is n sign of old age, and ns wo all desire a youthful and attractive appcarunre, get busy at once with Wyoth's Hugo und Sulphur Compound and look yenrs younger. Adv. IMPORTANT WORK OF LEGISLATURE John Carkln and H. L. Walther were the principal speakers nt the chamber of commerce, forum this noon at the Hotel Med ford at which they discuss ed In a comprehensive manner the im- iwrtant points In the 1923 session of tho state legislature. Ilepresentatlve Carkln stated that the Jackson count? fnlr wax assured of 16000 aid from the state and ex - plained that the only other two things done by tbe legislature which would materlully affect Jackson county were the provisions made that tbe budget of any tax levying body must be ap proved by a board of three persons appointed In each county by the gov ernor and that a bond Issue by any municipality, school district, county or other division of the state must be Inspected nnd passed upon, with refer ence to sinking fund provisions, etc., prior to the sulo of tbe bonds, by a board of five, sitting at Salem, also to be appointed by the governor. Representative Carkln explained that the Income tax would make only a slight difference, estimated at two mills reduction -in the state tax and that the killing ot the severance tax bill, designed at first to place a tax on government timber but finally result- Ing In the provision for placing a tax on all timber, along with the couhoII-; rintlon measure, mattered little no both : bills would havo reduced state taxes but one mill nnd one-quarter in theory. j H. L.Walther spoke briefly on oine , of the interesting experiences tbe Jackson county delegation bad in at taining their ends and stated that Carkln was entirely too modest in re counting his work in the legislature. Ho stated that for tbe first time in six years tbe Jackson county delega tion was harmonious and worked in perfect coordination. Mr. Wolther complimented Representative Ralph rnwciii n,isnnmr nimn hiiri.lv nn the work they did and on their atti- 000 nas been Ict b' the Chicago, Bur tudes. I ""Eton and Qulney railroad for the The new bridge on the Crater Lake foundation and steel work of its new hiehwav over Roeub river near Pros- outbound freight house here. Addl- nect will be constructed this spring. according to Mr. Walther who showed blueprints of the proposed structure, which will be similar in material and construction to the new bridge at Rock Point Last fall the chamber of comnm, nffre,l tn frnlh twn flood lights for the bridge which will be plnced at tho npox of the arch of the center span and which will light up tho falls and rnplds of the river bo that tourists may gain a view of the tumbling waters at night Tho Call-i forala-Orogon Power company Is to furnish the current for the operation of the lights free. Walther also stated thnt he had re cently received assurance from offic ial sources thnt the part of tbe Crater Lake highway remaining unsurfaced , will bo finished by tho United States Bureau of Public Roads and that the , work will be completed, likely within the present year, with some aid from the stnte. H. O. Frohbach. secretary of the local chamber of commerce, announc ed that he had just received a letter from a Seattlo man stating that be would have two Stutz cars and a Dusenberg entered in tho races at tho county fair-grounds next June. It Is expected that some of tho most promi nent racing drivers on tho coast will compete. COURT BARS KLAN QUERY (Continued from page one.) two hours' questioning by Attorney Boggs, was excused upon tho objec tion of the defense that he entertain ed fixed opinions regarding the guilt or innocence of tho defendants. Tho questioning of Lovo covered a wide range his business, sncla. and fraternnl rotations, and bis ac quaintanceship wltb leading figures for and against tho Ku Klux Klan, in tho year that thn organization has been before the Rogue River valley citizenry. The tulosman said ne "was a republlcon but never voted the ticket straight. His relation ship with tho fruit association of which Howard A. Hill Is or was a member, was also probed Into deep-J iy. I Love at first said ho gained his knowledge of the "Halo eplsodo" nnd subsequent developments, from read ing the local papers, and stated ha had formed no opinions. In re- spouse to a query ho said, "if Haloi was taken out, I think It is against tho law." Tho defenso counsel; stressed the point regarding the im- 1ressisons h had gained from the newspapers, but Lovo insisted no nau formed no opinions. Lovo, wss later excused from sor vieo, without protest from tho state, the court statiug that tho general tenor of the answers of tho talisman had shown a state of mind, that un fitted him as a juror." K,l Huston ot Trail, said ho bad red both sides of tho Issue from lo cal newspapers, and had opinions regarding the guilt ot the defendants. He wss excused. In the defense questioning of Mrs. Lozicr, she said sha "had no faith in newspapers' and know Defendant Hill, when "ho was a little boy." She had no fixed opinions. The tnlismen remaining In the box at noon, and which Includes three women, Is ns follows: Mary 1-:. l.of.ler, housewife. Med ford. S. H. Moore, fnrmor, Roeue River: Loretta M. Lindley. house wife, Jacksonville: II. W. lnvlsson. merchant, Central Polut; Kred W. L CLEVEI-AND, Feb. 28. Tho liu- man element is the essence of tho function of public education as con- celved by the founders of our repub lic, Dr. William McAndrew told the department of superintendence of the National Education association here this morning. "They adopted ' schoollne tts a duty of thn ""H10- " ; ' m" parents, and levied the cost of It on everybody whether they go to school or have relatives in school or not," continued Dr. McAndrcws. "That human clement is the regard for a moro perfect union, for Justice for domestic tranquility, for common defence, and for the general welfare. A direct nnd unsuggesiivo inquiry, addressed to superintendents 01 schools. February J 323, in New Eng land, Middlo Atlantic States. the south, tho Great l-akes region, the Ohio valley, the middle west, tho Ia- clflc coast, brings answers in remark able unamlty that their conception of tho purpose of a public school cur riculum Is to serve as a guide to train comlnK cltl2cn3 t0 prolnot0 tho gene ral welfare. "The reasons given by these repre sentative superintendents of why courses of study are deficient In this human element nro (a) Influence of t"" traditional, pre-revolutionary. un democratic purposes of education: b Tendency of organized activities I0," fnrm a,na t0a" wakening n iui u uu.-) i.iiue-.tti men contents Itself with devitalized action: ,c) selfishness of parents who wish schools to advance the personal In terests of their children; (d) Lack of supervision motivated with civic pur- poso: (c) Low political Ideals leadlne school board members to block school supervision by interference calcu lated to satisfy personal appetites." rturliiurton to Spend $1,000,000. CHICAGO, Feb. 2S. A contract Involving an expenditure of t 1,000.- tlonal contracts, to total $1,500,000 wiii.be let to complete the structure. Weeks, merchant, Medford; Clyde A. Richmond, farmer, Central Point; J'""0 ,A' Coleman, housewife, Med- f0rd: Le0n 'B. HasklnS. dfllgglst, Medford; Nowt Lewis, farmer, Jack sonville, und A. JC. Slralton, furmer, Central Point, infant. Jnvalidt & Childrtn The Original Food-Drink for All Ages. QuickLunchatHome.Omce&Fountains. RichMilk, MaltedGroin Extract in Pow derkTabletforms. Nouriahinr-Noeooklaf. Avoid Imitation and Substitutes MOTHER! MOVE "California Fig Syrup" is j's Best Laxative Hurry mother! Even a cross, sick child loves tho "fruity" Uste of "Cali fornia Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open the bowels. A teospoonful today may prevent a sick child tomorrow. If constipated, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, colic, or if stomach is sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember & good cleansing ot the little bowels is often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali fornia Fig Syrup" which lias directions for baliius and children of all aires printed on bottle. Mother 1 You must nsy "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup. Assessment Notice NOTICE 18 11KRK11Y GIVES that nn instalment of Bewer assessments bonded under tho provisions of tlio Bancroft Act on the following streets is now duo and payable at tho oftlce of tho city treasurer: Dakota Avenuo from King to New town Street NOTICE IS Ft'RTHER GIVEN that nil instalments of assessments on the above named streets will be delin quent after thirty (30) days from date of this notice. Vpon the expiration of such thirty (30) day period such instalments shall bear a penalty of five jer cent (5') upon the amount of such delinquency In addition to the bond rate of inter est upon tho principal sum so delin quent the property will then be ad vertised and sold pursuant to Section H7 nnd US of the City Charter. Dated nt Medford. Oregon, this 2Stli day of Kebmnrv. is;.!. .MARY A. WERT1ER. Treasurer of tho City of Medford, Oregon. JNfWL.,. . Of For MANN'S The Best Goods for the Price, No Matter THURSDAY IS OPPORTUNITY DAY! New Goods on Sale Tomorrow at Less Than Replar Prices Gingham 32-in. fine Tissue Gingham. Oppor ' nity Day, 69c yard Silk and Cotton Crepe 36. in. Silk and Cot ton Underwear Crepe in white, flesh and orchid. Oppor tunity Day, $1.19 yard Linen 36 in. Dress Linen, in all spring shades. Opportunity Day, $1.19 yard Ratine 36 in. plain and fancy Ratine, $1.25 value. Opportunity Day, $1.19 yard Crepe 30 in. heavy Jap Crepe, all shades, 32c value. Oppor tunity Day, 29c yard Gingham 32 in. fine Dress Gingham, all colors and patterns. Op portunity Day, 25c yard Best Sewing Cotton 6 for 25c Mail Orders Promptly Filled. Postage Prepaid. Agents for Pictorial Patterns. WHILE IT LASTS! 50 Gallons Brown Bungalow and Garage Paint 11 Per Gallon CASH ONLY f NOTE This is not a Shingle Stain, but a good heavy Linseed Oil Paint CRATER LAKE HARDWARE CO. Underwear Crepe 30 in. cotton Under wear Crepe, all . colors and fancy patterns, Opportunity Day, 39c yard Nainsook 36 in. fine soft Nain sook, 25c value. Opportunity Day, 19c yard Wool Crepe 42 in. wool crepe in all spring shades, $1.90 value. Op portunity Day, $1.75 yard Crepe de Chene t 40 in. figured Crepe de Chene. Oppor tunity Day, $3.29 yard Organdie 45 in. fine imported Organdie, all shades, permanent finish. Opportu nity Day, 79c yard Gloves Chamoisette Gaunt lets in mode and beaver. $2.98 val., Opportunity Day $2.50 Mann's Department Store THE STORE FOB EVERYBODY MEDFORD, OREGON THE WINCHESTER STORE What the Price MANN'S Silk Bloomers Women's Silk Bloomers, $4.00 values. Opportu nity Day, $2.98 Pair Union Suits Women's Richelieu Silk Top Union Suits. Bodice and built-up tops Special $1.98 Vests Women's Richelieu fancy top lisle vests. Bodice and built up tops Special 98 c Silk Shirts Women's Silk Shirts $3.00 value. Opportunity Day, $1.98 each Gloves Kingston Kid Gauntlets in mode and brown. $4.48 values. Opportunity Day- $3.48 Gloves 12 and 16 button Kid Gloves in mode, brown, black and white $5.48 value, Special $4.98 Kid Gloves $2.50 values Thursday, $1.00 pair liMi'imilliiil IlllUilllil I