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Sporting fans of- southern Oregon
may have a genuine Christmas season
surprise If plans for a championship
wrestling match Jn the Medford Arm
ory Friday night materialize. Efforts
are being made to secure Mike Yokel,
the "wrestling sheriff of Wyoming,
and holder of the Police Gazotte llght
heavywelght championship belt, to
mix with Gus Schnetdau. Yokel in his
tour of the coast has defeated such
men as Tom Ray and Ralph Hand and
will meet Ted Thye in Portland tomor
row night, v ' J . : j
Southern Oregon people, in learning
of 'the .proposed Yokel-Scbnelhau go,
are reminded of the last appoarance
Yokel made In the valley. It was at
Gold Hill that he' " defeated Ralph
Hand'ln one of the most spectacular
larches ever staged in southern Ore
groV1 Those who saw that match are
confident that Yokel will live up to bis
reputation as a top notch mat man
and a worthy title holder. -
Gus Schneldau, on the otber hand,
l.i a coming condendcr for champjon
Hliip honors. Gus 1b tall and rangy,
with all the tricks of the game well in
hand. He tian a- quick temper, how
ever, that sometimes gets the better
of his judgment, as In the recent Tbye
match in Medford. That Schneldau Is
confident that he can flop the Wyo
ming man on the mat is evidenced by
his earnestness for the match. Schnel
dau is anxiouB to demand recognition
ns a top notchor and is rapidly devel
oping following In Portland as well
as southern Oregon. -,'
Those who are making an effort to
secure the championship Yokey
Schneidau match for Medford this
week will know by tomorrow morning
whether arrangements can be made.
There is no discounting the Interest
such a match would create in the valley.
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The Medford general ' public, espe
cially the garages, service stations,
restaurants, hotels and police are urg
ed to help the local state automobile
registration station in the Chamber of
Commerce building to Becure registra
tions, so that put of the state registra
tions may , reach by January 1, a total
of 8000. . v.
This plea is made by L. C. Garlock,
who IS In charge of the Medford regis
tration, and cooperation to reach, the
8000 teark, he points out, should be a
matter of local pride. The Medford
station' has been the leading station
In the state lit Uib matter of register
ing outside cars, and already leads its
nearest Competitor, Portland,' by 2000
cars for the ; season. . Up to this noon
7885 oars had been registered at Mr.
Garlock's otttoe. ...
He points out that although an aver
age bf from six to eight out of the
state cars are being registered here
dally of late, Some cars coming from
California or going to that state, from
other states,, tally pass through Med
ford and Ashland without registering,
as required by law, and mostly In ig
norance of the law. Therefore the ho
tel garage and service station men,
and any others - can greatly aid in
swelling the registration to 8000, by
whenever seeing an ont of the state
car. In the city calling the owner's At
tention to the registration law and di
recting him to the local registration
station, :.. .-: .
GUY LEONARD TO
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S1CATTLE, Dec. 18. The worst
ntnrm on the'north Pacific ocean since
last winter raged yesterday, according
to .reports here today. The wind,
whjeli reached 82 miles an hour, ,blew
down aerlalH at Tatdosh and- inter
rupted communication with - Seattle.
Land linos linking Tatoosh with Port
Angeles wore paralysed- The peak of
the Htorm was renched at 7:30 in the
evening. So far as reported, all ves
sels weathered the disturbance.
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. The ac
tion of the senate in 1921 in confirm
ing the nomination of Albert D. Las
ker of Chicago as chairman of the
shipping board Is regarded by Presi
dent Coolidge as having set a prece
dent for favorable action on the pend
ing nomination of Edward P. Farley,
also of Chicago, - for the same office
despite the geographical provisions of.
the law. '
duy Leonard, secretary of the Fres
no, California, Chamber of Commerce,
will address the members of the Med
ford chamber. at their 1 forum . tpmor
row noon at the Hotel Medford.
As his toplo he will give a brief out
line of the past and present activities
of the Fresno chamber and as this 'city
is recognized as one of the progressive
communities of California' his subject
will be both Interesting and. instruc
tive.:.' : ' '.'.'.;;'';' ' '..' , .
A large attendance at this forum' will
be appreciated.
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JEFFERSON 'ciTY, Mo., Dec. 18.
Russel K. Coekburn, a patient In a vet
erans' hospital at Jefferson Barracks,
neat'., St. Louis, who IB wanted In Des
Moines, Iowa, on a charge of embez
zlement In connection with the alleged
padding of city payroll funds in the
amount of 86,00Q, has been denied a
writ of habeas corpus by the Missouri
supreme court He was ordered Into
thij Custody Of the sheriff of Polk
county, Iowa, .. Requisition papers for
Cockburn's extradition were granted
by Governor Hyde November 3.
Poisoners of dogs aro'agaln busy at
thole nefarious work throughout the
city. In consequence of which many -a
home canine pet has been killed with
in the past two weeks, causing much
sorrow to children and the older folk,
too. . .
Also as a consequence men, women
and children to the number of hun
dreds In many neighborhoods through
out the city are keeping a close watch
In an effort to catch the poisoner or
poisoners, Then, too, Beveral men are
driving about the city in cars on the
same errand. If any of these canine
murderers are caught It will go hard
with them, for in addition to the dan
ger of physical violence threatened by
the many owners of their victims, they
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law. ,- ..- ,
In one east side neighborhood alone,
five dogs' have been poisoned to death
within the pant week or so, and the
Dr. Oltzen animal hospital reports
that seven other dogs have died by the
same means within tho same time,
while other news comes of here and
there over the city of additional dogs
being poisoned.
The favorite method of execution is
by throwing a piece of meat mixed
with ground glass or a powerful poison
over the fence into a yard, where it
will be found later by the dog. The
person or persons guilty of this dog
slaughtering do It through sheer cru
elty of the deed, as in nearly every
case the dog poisoned has been an In
offensive pet that stayed around home.
WIFE WITH BABY:
WILL TRY TO SAVE
MURDERER'S LIFE
. LODI. Cal.. Dec. 18. Pettions are
to be crculatcd throughout California
asking Governor Friend W. Richardson-
to commute the sentence of Alex
Kols. condemned murderer awaiting
execution at Folsom prison, on the
ground that ho was insane when he
killed Ed Meservoy,. aged Itinerant
laborer, , and . burned his body, it was
announced .here today by Mrs. H. A.
Staples, sister of Kfcls... The petitions
are Doing prcparou. ,
Mrs. Kols has announced her Inten
tion of visiting Governor. Richardson
on December 24. Christmas eve, with
her baby son and her daughter, La-
verne, 9, to plead executive clemency
for Kols. She said she was not going
with tears and pleas of sympathy, but
that she will carry a petition signed
by several thousands sympathizers
asking that Kels' sentence be changed
either to life imprisonment or to con
fincment in a state hospital.
Vienna Improves City Transit.
VIENNA : The socialist govern
ment of this city is extending its am
bitious program of public works, and
thus steadily reducing unemployment
Its latest enterprise is to tuko over
tho underground or belt railway,
which has been out of commission
since tho second year of the war when
its equipment was seized for military
purposes. The line will be olectrlfied
. and made part of the municipal street
1 pallwa,, nvalitiii
The Southern Oregon Athletic
league was formally organized at a
meeting at the Medford high school
last night, whon representatives of
all tho high Bchopls in the southern
part of the state met to discuss the
athletic situation. '
This meeting was tho outcome of
a football dinner given somo tlmo ago
at the Medford hotel to tho reprpsen
tatives of the different state high
schools. Those present at tho meet
ing last night were W. J. Mlshler and
Coach J. B. Brown of Grants Pass;
Principal F. R. Bennett and Gustav
Carlson of Klamath Falls; George A.
Briscoe and coach Walter Hughes of j
'Ashland and Superintendent Aubrey
O. Smith, Principal O. R. Campbell
and Coach Prlnco Calllson of Med
ford. There was no representative of
Roseburg, though thoy have been In-1
vltod to enter tho league If they wish .
to. .
W. J. Mlshler was elected chair
man of tho league and Walter Hughos
secretary. Tho basketball schedule
was arranged so that each school In
the leaguo should play each other
school and this schedule of games will
;be announced later in the season.
The matter of the officials tor mo
football games next year was dis
cussed and tho advisability of using
men from this part 'of the state in-,
Btend of Importing thorn from tho
Willamette vullcy at much greater ex.
pense. One man from each town will
probably be selected to act in the
next season's games.
It was resolved to support tho
Stato Board of Control In their mis
understanding with the Bond high
school and the Portland high school,
of commerce. A committee was ap-,
pointed to drart tne consuiuuon ana
by-laws of the league.
A track team moot for about Mayi
ninth for all the high schools in thei
state to take place at the Jackson!
county fair grounds was discussed and
plans were made to forward tho project.
Superintendent Briscoe of Ashland
reported that arrangements wore
being made to .play this year's bas
ketball games in the aftnory in Ash
land and the floor, which s too
smooth, Is to be treated to make It
safer. This Is an Improvement on
former years when the teams playing
Ashland objected to the pillars that
stood off the basketball, floor and
mado It dangerous to. play there..
It was resolved to petition the stato
board of control to hold tho stato
tournament at Willamette University
the week after tho 15th of March.
araimqt i r hai r SUPREME COURT
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Judgment for $150, and costs has
been returned In tho circuit court
against J. F. Hale, former Medford
piano dealer, and one of the -figures
In the late Jackson county nightrlding
cases. Hale Is now a resident of San
Francisco. Suit for the recovery of
the amount was filed by Blancho
Davis of this city. . .
According to the complaint a piano
was purchased by Mrs. Davis from
Halo In 1921, upon the Installment
plan. After payments had been made
up to 150, Mrs. Davis decided to
sell the piano, and Hale Is alleged to
have agreed to sell the piano and re
turn the $160 In payments when tho
deal was consummated. This ' tho
complaint sets forth, he did not do.
His Gift to Her-and the Family
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Happiness for Them All
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Christmas Fund and apply it on the
purchase of a Chevrolet Automobile
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of the family and makes Christmas Joys last for years
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Medford
DENIES APPEAL,
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: SALEM, Ore., Doc. 18 Russell
Hockor muBt drop to Ills death on the
gallows at the Oregon stato peniten
tiary. The supreme court today donlod tho
appeal of tho youth who, on April 16.
1922, at Clackamas Station, shot and
killed Frank Bowker, a Portland musi
cian, hauled him to Albany in an auto
mobile placed his lifeless body in a
hop sack and toHBed it Into the Cala
poola river. Hocker, although convict
ed In tho Clackamas county court, is
held in the Multnomah county jail.
On the stand Hockor admitted the
killing, but claimed ho shot Bowker
in self defense. The' murder was Bald
to have been committed while the two
men woro considering a whiskey deal.
Hocker was sentenced to bo hangod
on S6ptombor 22, 1922, but the execu
tion was automatically stayed by appeal.
Hunkers' Trial Htni'tn. '
PORTLAND. Ore Doc. 18. A Jury
was obtained today In federal court
here for tho trial of Stephen 1.
Scroggins. former president of tho
First National bank of Sheridan, Ore.,
on charges of misapplication of funds
of the lank. Opening statements' of
nttorneys woro mado.
9 MURDER TRIALS
BREAK LA. RECORD
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LOS ANGELES, Doc. 18 Nino man
ore on trial jhero on murder charges
a total said to constitute a record foe
simultaneous murder hearings In Lbs
AnKeles. The nine are: Edward H.
Carlton, accused of slaying Special
Deputy Sheriff Robert Magee; Jamea
Adams, Chase Crotty and James
Wiley, accused of the roadhouse kHW
lng of Edward (Babe) Hall; Alfred
Gonzales, accused of slaying Louis
Delgado In a pistol duel; Murphy WIW
liams, Joe Simuel, Colonel .pope and
Robert Matthews, accused of kllllUff
Coleman Stone during a holdup of his
store.
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