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SIEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREOOy, THURSDAY, MAY jO, 102?,
SEATTLE PEOPLE
VOTE BIG TAXES,
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Mrs. EllNworth Schulor Is substitut
ing as high school English Instructor
during the absence of Mrs. Emerson
Merrick who left recently for I'ortlani
to be at the bedside of her husband
who was operated several days ago
tor appendicitis.
Brown has lots of boys Bhoes. 43
Sheriff Terrlll left this forenoon for
Redding, Calif., to bring back a man
named lint, who was apprehended
" 'SEATTLE. May 0. Despite the
fact that Seat:le and King county
toteni Tueaduy approved the plan of
the Seattle port commission to pur
chase the Kklnner and Eddy shipyard
irtte for port development, any action j there on the charge of having com
toward acquiring the property will niitted a burglary at the home of
lie- opposed : by injunction proceed-j August Schuerman in Ashland on May
Inga, E. s. Goodwin, president of the , , Tn .)r0CC0(Js ot the burglary
tax limit league, announced today. I .,,, r 01,n,itv f clmlilmr a
further " , " , 1 -
'The voters rejected the
proposal to transfer $850,000 In bonds
fi"om the Smith Cove development
project to the Skinner and Eddy pur
chase, and Mr. CJoodwin held that the
.7 T,k , ., , 7 r''clty auto camp yesterday and 10 cars
7,TJ?IZ "B n",h, "hfn'U"l" rty'ot tourists camped at the ground last
revolver and 11.30,
Rellners for fabric and cord tires.
Medford Vulcanizing Works. tf
Dusiness picked up a- little at the
-e had not been authorized
-tVMembcrs f the port commission,
however, said thnt approval of the
fUrchaso extended the necessary nu
ithttrlzatlon and that they would im
mediately proceed to acquire the site
from the United
toonrd.
night
We can still furnish spray hose for
20 cents per toot. Crater Lake Hard
ware Co. tf
All persons Interested In oil deva
states shipping opment in this county are invited to
attend the oil meeting tonignt at it
'narrow majority, coinpleto returns
from yesterday's election showed.
The voters npproved a special three
mill levy for school purposes, but
rejected n proposal for the issuance
of J760.000 ln bonds to erect school
buildings,
.Itobert HeskPth, rhillp Tlndall
and Oliver T. Erlckson, incumbents,
wore elected to the city council and
W, 8. Lincoln, port commissioner,
was returned by a nearly 3 to 1 vote.
TULIP FESTIVAL
frho proposition to Issue a JliOO.-1 o'clock at the Hotel Medford at which
00 bond Issuo for tho erection of a . a report of the trustees of the Trl
bridge across tho Ijike Washington ! gonla Oil well on Its prospects and Its
fcinnl leading to tho University of finances will bo given.
'Washington stadium, carried by a -i ma
Anyone wishing any Durant stocks
or Hayes-Hunt Body CorjKiratlon
stocks phone Dr. E. II. French, 915.
The Hayes-Hunt Corp. is a subsidiary
of tho Durant Corp. 43
Kenneth Day, of gonol and Day,
fruit distributors, G. S. Spanglor, assis
tant sales manager, and C. W. McCul
lngh, northwest manager, left this
morning for Grants Pass accompan
ied by C. C. Lemmon, manager of the
local branch and Harry Stoltz of the
local branch. They had been here for
a brief business visit with Mr. Lem
mon. Carl Spuhn returned the first of the
week for a week's visit with his moth
er, Mrs. John Demmpr. He had been
in Oakland, Calif., and other coast
cities for the past six months. He
intends to return to Oakland the first
of next week.
Willis Stockam, who has been cm
ployed on a Copco survey crew on tho
Fall Creek line for the past month or
six weeks, roturned Tuesday and has
accepted a position in the drafting de
partment of the local Copco office.
Ray Long of Ashland has falcon his
place on tho survoy.
A large crowd is oxpected to attend
the grammar school track meet be
tween the girls and boys of Washing
ton and Lincoln school sixth, seventh
and eighth grades at the Holly street
field Saturdny foronoon. Tho first
ovent will bo started nt nine o'clock
sharp.
Showers nnd cooler tomporatiiro aro
predicted for tonight and Friday. A
year ago today there was a i'oKrt of A
.24 of an Inch of rainfall.
Miss Susan E. Kuter, Methodist
deaconess, recently took up her work
ns visiting doaconess for Centenary
Wilbur Methodist church ot Portland.
Miss Kuter wag deaconess at the same
church about eight years ago. Since
that time she has worked in Tacoma,
and recently has worked In the Mctho
dlst churches at Eugene and Ashland.
BELLIXGHAM, Wash., May 10.
Thousands of persons were flocking
to Tulip Town today to attend tho
fourth annual tulip festival, which
opened this morning under sunny
skies. At the government experi
ment station it was reported that the
bulbs were In better condition than
ihoy had evor been during a tulip
festival and tho grounds were thrown
open today to visitors. It was esti
mated that one million tulips were ln
foora In tho city.
iLE DUG IN PIER 9
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VCHICAQO, May 10. Tho hole In the
ftfer through which It has boon ac
tptod that the body of Loighton
JjOunt was thruBt to luw twenty
tnouths until the skeleton was found
bust week, was cut nine months after
tlfe- supposed interment ot the stu
dent, who disappeared after an inter
Class fight In September, 1921 from
Northwestern university.
L.Threo boys Inst night told Gcorgl
Bnna Juul, policewoman who has pa
trolled tho beach for years, that they
chopped the hole In tho pier floor so
that thoy might havo an "easy dress
ing room."
WASHINGTON Recent returns
from municipal elections nt Haiti
more, Chicago, Detroit and cities of
lesser Blzo, plainly show Hint demo
crats arc again united, thus strength
ening confluence In a national demo
cratic victory next year, tho demo
cratic national cominltteo said lust
night.
Oil Meeting at Hotel
Medford This Evening
Ladies Can Wear Shoes
.One size smaller and walk In com
fort .by using Allen's Toot-Kane, the
antiseptic, hcalin.g powtler for the
feet. Hhuknn Into tho shoes Allen's
Foot-Euro makes tight or new shoes
fee easy; gives lustnnt relief to corns,
bunions, nnd callouses, prevents mis
ters, Callous and More Spots and gives
lost to tired, aching, swollen feet.
1, ROD, 000 pounds of powder for the
feet' wore used by our Army nnd
Navy during the War. Hold every
where For 1'ivc sample and n Foot
Ease Walking Dull Address ALLEN'S
FOOT-FASM, l.e Hoy. X. V. Adv.
1-!
All Interested In oil development
work In Ibis section are urged to at
tend a meeting nt the Medford lintel
this evening nt eight o'clock, when n
report on the finance nnd progress
of tho Trlgonla "11 drilling will be
niauo ny ino trustees, -j-pero win e
several short speeches, and a full dis
cusHlnn uf the ell situation and work
In this valley.
OBITUARY
HOCK KUzJilicth A Mm Knrk rtlud
nt Jm-kminviUn May 10 from infirm-
lHin ilu to old Hhn v1i nutul 81!
yearn 7 inonthH nml 1 Uny, unit wuh a
nutlvo of OiiMnl)rinr, Vot Virginia
Sho luul boon tin Invalid for. tho mnt
12 yenrs nnd whs rnml for by vv
Rood Indian of Juukmmvlllc. Hlir
lmvi'8 no rolntlvcd, nnd whm In Rood
health watt n devout memlttir of the
(MirfHtliin church. Funeral hitvIcoh
will In held nt t In Rrnvo In JnrUmm
vlllo cemetery Friday nt 3 p. in.. Kv.
llowo offlctntlnn. Tho remains urc
nt tho I'erl Knnenil lloiiio,
I ViV- -
Henri Verbrugghen
Conductor of the Minneapolis Sym
phony orchestra at Page, Mar 21st,
matinee and night.
STATE SUPREME CT.
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' OL.MPIA, Wash., May 10 The court
will not stop in the midst ot a trial
to pursue a collateral Investigation as
to the legullty of methods used In ob
taining articles of evidence unless the
defendant makes an affidavit that he
has not before learned of the Illegality
of the seizure, the supreme court de
cided today.
The ruling was made in an en ban':
decision ln the appeal of Joe Derisy
from the judgment of the superior
court of Paciric county convicting him
of unlawful possession of intoxicating
liquor.
SALES TAX IS FAVORED
BY U .S. C. OF COMMERCE
R I ALTO
NOW PLAYING
'The
"KINGDOM
WITHIN"
A ilrnina tiniiHtint anil novel, with
nil necessary Itpgmllcnl niltbsl to
imikn It nit excellent entertainment.
m SSEl.L SIMPSOV
P.W LINE STAHKE
l.STOX ;l.ss
ICltXKST TOltltENCK
, ftundflV 1III.L FAItM M In IIKAKS nIM.M.IK.TS
NEW YOrUv. May 10. Formal
recommondatlonH for changes In tlio
federal tax laws were mado In the
report of the taxation group of the
chaniher of commerce. It recom
mended that:
Cnnitul snlna and cnpltnl losses
nhould not be recognized for Income
tax purposes; tho present 50 per cent
maximum surtax should bo reduced
to 25 per cent. There should ho n
general sales tax of one half of one
per cent on turnovers to mako up
for proposed repeal of tho so-culled
nulsanco taxes.
"There should bo created n court
of lueome tax appeals which would
sit In various sections."
HOSTAGES TO BE RESCUED
(Continued from page one)
hnl-Peklnj? express train when It was
seized near Suchow early Sunday
morning
Miss ljUcy Aldiich, sister-ln-lnw of
John D. 1 locke feller, Jr., and her
companion, Mish Minnie. McFmld"n.
arrived In Peking early today, having
been accompanied from Tsluan Fu by
Mr. llougbtnii of tho Union Medical
college Miss Atdrich and Miss Mc-
Fadden were put into an ambulance
and taken to the. hospital whero phy
siclnus prescribed several days of
quiet.
Under this advice, they declined to
rebate their experiences while in lno
hands of the bandits.
They were led away by tho bandits,
separated, and each held for 24 hours.
They met nt Tnlimn Fu, exhausted, ill
from shock and exposure.
.The Chinese government hns pro
mulgated n presidential mandate
ordering investigations into tho af
fair by the civil and military govern
ments of Shantung province Tho
government nlso instructed these ex
ecutives yesterday to strain every ef
fort to procure tho release, of the
captives.
l'oll tics Uelilml Itald.
Another phaso of the situation
boing discussed today In tho rhlncsc
capital was tho theory, said to bo ac
cepted freely In political circles, that
tho bandit outrage was tho outcome
of n larger plot than ordinary ban
ditry. Tho jtupposed conspiracy was
supposed to havo International poli
tical significance. Tho effect of the
affair on one political party or an
other was emphasized.
It was pointed out that tho Suchow
bandits lu-omcd to have the semblance
of an organlwitlon. They were wild,
too, to be dominated by an element
which wns displeased with tho recent
successes of tho C'hihll military party
in tho inngtsl valley,
Tho Chlhll parly Is sponsor for the
present government In Peking. TIhis
tho effect of tho abductions to em
barrass tho government In Its foreign
relations was noted especially,- In
considering n motive nsldy from rob
bery.
Jtellef parties with supplies and
medical nld. wore rushed from for
eign agencies In various cities to the
locality dominated by the bandits.
Fear for the condition of the captives
was stirred by n ntewtage from I.ln-i
heng yesterday that they wertv
"alnwmt dead." from lack of food and
clothing and from exposure, j
10 BE PRESIDENT
ALBANY COLLEGE
TOIITLAND. Ore., May 10. Dr.
Clarence W. Green, former president
of Hedding college, Abingdon, 111.
today advised trustees of Albany col
lego at Albany, Ore., that he would
accept the post o ;,rcldent of the
college.
Dr. Greene will assume office Juno
1, At present Dr. Greene Is a mem
ber, of the faculty of Columbia Uni
versity, New York. '
Albany college will re-open In the
fall as a self-help Institution where
n student may enter without personal
funds and earn his own way through
the college, it waa announced today
by college authorities.
Dr. Greene is fifty years old and a
native of Michigan, For sixteen years
before becoming president of Hed
ding college in 1920, Dr. Greene was
professor of physics at Albion col
lego, Michigan.
ment had accedted to Japan's request
for permits for Japanese to fish ln
Siberian waters.
TOKIO, May 10. (By AssociateJ
Press). A Japanese syndicate, In com
petition with American and Russian
capitalists has obtained a lease of a
large tract of forest land in the mari
time province of Siberia, according to
advices received here today.
The lease, granted by soviet author
ities, will run for 24 years. The Jap
anese syndicate undertakes to pay tho
soviet government 25,000,000 yen.
befallen the Hawaiian Islands. An ap
propriation of HO.000 is made avail
able to carry out the provisions of the
bill.
BUFFALO. N. Y. For tho first time
ln nearly a score or years the Great
Lakes region was covered today by
May snowstorm.
Get the soft paper pencil tablets tor
school at this offloe. . tt
FOREST FIRE SEASON
' IS
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 10. The
forest fire season is further advanced
in Okanogan, Chelan and Klttltus
counties than in any year in tho his
tory of the state forestry service, ac
cording to reports received today by
Stato Forester Fred E. Pape. Several
small blazes have been checked in the
vicinity of Wenatchee und along the
Okanogan river, but the general situ
ation Is threatening. The federal for
est service has placed men In the
forest areas of that section two weeks
earlier than is customary, it was said
Rainfall in western Washington is
expected to remedy a bad situation on
this side of the mountains.
I
Japan and Russia in
New Trade Agreement
TOKIO, May 10 (By Associated
Press). Adolph Jofl'e, soviet emissary
now ln Japan, tofluy confirmed news
paper reports thut the Moscow govern-
CHANGE OF LIFE
LOSES TERRORS
For Women Who Rely upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound
Greenville, Pa. "I took your medi
cine through the Chango of Life and it
dsd wonders tor me.
I was down in bed
when I started to
take it and weighed
05 pounds. I had hot
flashes and was so
nervous and weak
that everything
would get black ana
I could rot sec. I
would sit and crv and
did not know what I
was crying for. Sinco
I havo been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegotable Com
pound I feel younger than I did ten
years ago, and my friends all tell Tie
1 look younger, and I owe it all to the
Vegetable Compound. I do all my house
work for a family of seven now.l will be
glad to answer any woman who writes
mo in regard to my case." Mrs. JOHN
Myers, 56 Union SK, Greenville, Pa.
Many letters similar to this have been
published testifying to the merit of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. They are sincere expressions
from women who describe as best they
can their feelings before and after taking
this well-known medicine.
Many times they state in their letters
their willingness to answer women who
write them. It is an offer dictated by
gratitude and a desire to help others.
I
SHANGHAI. Mny 10. (Itv the As
soelated Pn-sn) The KImnKlml ltn
tnry club has raided hendillialters of
the Intel nntlonnl Association" of no
tary i lulis In t'lilruKii, asking it te
broadcast i,n nppenl to the 1.100 l!o-
tnry clulm to deninml thai the for
elgn governments lunure the protec
tion of life and properly In China nnil
put Into effect measures making ban-
7Tk.IV.
All-VMUr
Tri
DON'T make the
mistake of
thinkingthatCood
ycar quality is be
yond your reach.
Goodyear Cord Tire
prices are remark
ably low, as the fol
lowing list of repre
sentative sizes
shows I
30 3 Clincher $17.53
32 x 4 Straight Side 36.10
S3 x Straight Side 37 JO
33 x S StraightSlde 58.20
At Goojyer Strvtrt Stmtien
9mil omf rnm-
CorJi with Ihm fecvW All.
:th.r T,..d .nW tart '
Co4raar farrfc
Medford Service Station
GOODYEAR
"Wtr Mad PF Watr Tdt-
NEW YORK, May 10. The chum-!
ber of commerce of the United States
concluding business Besions of Its
annual convention, late today en
dorsed entry of this country into the .
world court, advocated Increasing byi
two per cent the Immigration quotas'
and urged state regulation of utilities
rather than local regulation.
ANTI-JAP BILL
SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 10.
Without a dissenting vote the senate
yesterday passed a bill by Senator
Inman, Sacramento, providing for
strict regulation of foreign language
schools and their ultimate abolition by
1930. The author declared the mea
sure was directed against Japanese
institutions to save the state from
their Oriental domination which has
"Lest We Forget"
on
An appropriate gift for mother.
MOTHER'S DAY is a box of WHITMAN'S
DELICIOUS CANDY, or a box of CRANE'S
ARGENTONE STATIONERY. '
Heath's Drug' Store
109 East Main Phone 884
We are as near to you as your phone
Sunday, the Thirteenth, Is Mother's Day
ELECTRIC WELDING
We have added a new electric welding machlno to our equipment
and are now prepared to weld everything In steel, iron or casting.
We also have added a new 24-inch Heavy Turning Lathe, and are
now prepared to do all kinds of Blacltsmlthlng, Wood Work and
Welding.
Billings Carriage and Auto Works
Ladies Dresses J
BefQre buying your new dress let us show you our nifty
models in Canton Creiie and Taffeta Dresses, made in the latest V
styles, of the very best materials and workmanship, absolutely
first class in every particular. We are offering these garments . V
at greatly reduced prir-es. A real chance to make your pur- V
chases and save money.
HOUSE CLEANING A
is now the topic of most housewives, and in many cases it calls A
for New Curtains and New Draperies, We have a very attrac- A
tive line of Curtain Materials in Scrims, nets and Voiles in dif- .
f erent shades and patterns, also a well selected line of Cretonnes A
for Draperies. Our prices are the lowest. A
MOTHERS We call your attention to our Hose, half nnd three-quarter Y
Socks, Spring and Summer Underwear for your hoys and girls. Also the well- j
known "Ideal Underwaists" the most practical and serviceable garment on
the market for the price. .1 i
OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT displays those bright and cheery A
colors, combined with the new becoming shapes so much admired for summer A
wear by all well dressed ladies, at prices for less. A
Z H
Excella Patterns
20c to 35c
SHIELDS
222 WMain
Medford
Wl faWWWl!! il iui !i ijllilliilii Ill 1 lil fflllllllHH Illlllllil Willi
Notice to Water Users!
Commencing Wednesday, May 9, 1923
- IRRIGATION HOURS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS
4:00 A. M. to 10:00 A. M.
4:00 P. M. to 10:00 P. M.
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, on the East side of the Streets
running North and South, and North side of all Streets running East and
West.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, on the West side of all Streets
running North and South, and on the South side of all Streets running East,
and West.
SUNDAY 4 A. M TO 10 A. M. on the East side of all Streets runnng North and
South, and the North side of all Streets running East and West.
SUNDAY 4 P. M. TO 10 P. M. on the West side of all Streets running North and
South, and on the South side of all Streets running East and West. J h
Wasteful use of water or USING AN OPEN END HOSE for irrigating will
not be permitted.
Corner property will be governed by the street on which the house is num
bered. .....
WATER MUST BE SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY IN CASE OF FIRE
ALARM. ...
DO NOT USE A NOZZEL LARGER THAN ONE -QUARTER INCH IN
DIAMETER.
Do not set sprinkler so that it will interfere with traffic on sidewalk.
Do not have leaky faucets or fixtures on your premises.
DO NOT ALLOW WATER TO RUN TO WASTE DOWN THE GUT
TER OF STREETS OF ALLEYS. 1JU.UU1
Violators of the above rules will be punished to the full extent of the law.
Above rules to be in effect until further notice.
WATER COMMISSION.
I'll'ftl'VT,
litry Impossible.