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1923 THE DRIEST
OF
; The calendar year 1923 was the
driest , in the history of tho locivl
weather bureau according to figures
Just compiled. From January 1923,
to January 1924, the total rainfall was
only 11.75 Inches, while the average
rainfall for the same period is 16. GO
inches. . ,
' The nearest year to last year in
aridity was in 1916 when the total
rainfall for the calendar year was
13.80 inches. In 1922 the total was
17.01 inches, while in 1904 tho total
was 41.56. This latter record, how
ever, was made at Jacksonville, and
the rainfall in the foothill districts al
ways exceeds the rainfall on the floor
of the valley. '
- The rainfall by months' in 1923
follows:
January ... 1.63 July ..; 59
February 8S August 89
March 41 Septembor .. .99
April , , 1.00 October 2.00
May f..... .6S November 87
June. 88 December .... 1.63
Totnr .j 11.75
- Another interesting feature of this
report is. that the great decrease in
rainfall was during tho winter months
while during the summer tho procipi
tatlon'was in many months above tho
average.
Without Irrigation, of course, 1923
would have been a disaster to tho
ranchers, but thanks to irrigation tho
largest fruit crop in history was ship
ped out, and all crop production was
above the average.
Of course tho rainfall usually is
compiled from September to Septem
ber and is therefore greater than 'the
calendar year, but in 1928 this would
dnly hring tho total to slightly over 15
inches; ... f ' , . y
L
WINS CHRISTMAS
SEAL PRIZE AGAIN
IFIRST BASKET B. UmxffipiQ
RAMF IN RHURRH WHssa.
vuiiisb. 111 viiuaun 1 -
LEAGUE TONiGHTiFRED FULTON MAY
H. S. DEBATE
The seniors coached by E. Hussong
won the first high school debate of
the season yostcrday afternoon. Ed
son'Randnll, Paul Anderson and 13(1
mond Morris formed tho senior team,
and Aubrey Norris, Howard Spauld
ing and Ned AVold the junior team,
! The question debated was, "Re
nolved, that Oregon should adopt a
compulsory fVotlng law with a.penalty
attached for failure, and provision for
voting through tho mails."
i. The Juniors took, the ' affirmative
and .the seniors he , negative. Tho
jupiora wbro poached by Leland Knox.
TO
The Christinas Seal sale committee
Tor Jackson county met Wednesday af
ternoon In the county nurse office, In
the Liberty building, with the seal
' sale director, Mrs. Alice Holloway.
To date $1313.56 have been realized,
meaning that 6.3 seals have been sold
per capita. According to contract with
the state association, a sale of six to
seven seals per capita gives the
county commission 60 per cent and
forty, rural schools and several letters
are still to be heard from. . t i ' . .
The "mall sale' lias been n record
one, 80 per cent of the letters, so far,
Having satisfactory replies. The fol
lowing detailed report of, seal sale re
turns was. read: Medford $S15.29:
ABhland $273.71; Central Point $71.26;
rural school $153.30.- . i
As the Medford schools have been
working for a flag presented two
years ago by the Elks for the best city
school per capita sale, much interest
has been centered on their efforts. .
Roosevelt school won first prize
again this year, so according to a re
quest of the Elks, keeps tho flag per
manently. Jackson school won tho
second prize of a picture, "The Shep
herd Boy," also given by the Elks.
Washington school has tho distinction
of giving the largest contribution of
any school to the seal sale fund.
Tho city schools of Medford sold as
follows: Roosevelt $19.09, per capita,
27; Jackson $33.28, per capital 17;
Washington $70.00, per capita 16; Lin
coln $45.00, per capita 13.
Many of tho rural schools sold their
allotments and asked for moro. Health
improvement, especially of our future
citizens, lias become such a recognlz
ed necessity and economy in our wide
awako progressive county that very
little urging or arguing Is necessary
to soli tho seals or at any time to
win cooperation to further any wel
fare work.
I Because of the zeal of tho seal Bale
committoe and of the generosity of our
public spirited citizens, the business
houses, tho religious and social or
ganizations, the press, the Boy Scouts,
' and the city and rural school children,
I Jackson county has had a record
breaking financial return from its seal
sale. ,
I Those particularly interested ; in
Jiealth work In tho county, . should
como to tho annual meeting of the
' Jackson county public health associa
tion, to be held February 20th in St.
' Mark's Guild hall, Medford, when the
best and most' comprehensive way of
disbursing this money will be dlscuess-
ed. ! ' . '.-..,,-.
Tl
. The talk at the forum tomorrow will
be of. Interest to all mothers and the
women members of . the chamber are
urged to be present. The speaker,
Miss Gertrude Ann Geopfarth, has" an
interesting topic and because of her po
sition as national secretary or tne
Young .Women's Christian association
for- the Pacific Coast region Is inti
mately connocted with the work that
Is being done.
Those connected officially with the
local Young Women's Christian asso
ciation are extended the privilege of
the forum which will bo hold at tho
Hotel Medford tomorrow noon.
4 '' ""
Perl Candidate .
For Coroner
John A. Perl, the present Incum
bent,, is asking for the republican
re-nomination for coroner at the pri
mary. May 16. . .
Mr, Perl has lived In Medford 14
years, is a substantial tax payer, and
is well known: all over the county.
- He promises, if nominated and
olocted to give" the "same personal at
tention and economical conduct ,6f his
office" 'ho has in the-past. "
ASIIN
Say "Bayer"-Genuine!
Cnmnn "Baver Tablets of Anpirm':
have beau proved safe by millions and
n-wcrilied by phvsiciatu over iwcikj
three vears for Colds and grippe misery.
Handy boxes of twelve tablet cost onl
few cents at any drugstore. Each pack
age contains proven directions for Cold
and tells how to prepare an Aspirir
garjj'lo for - sore throat am) tonsilitis
PAPER FREIGHT RATE
Here Is one of the peculiar things
about freight rates.
George Putnam, publisher of tho
Salem Capital Journal, has . filed a
complaint with the' public service com
mission with relation to the freight
rate on news ' print- between Oregon
City and Salem. He alleges that un
der the present distribution system in
voguo at Oregon City mill owners
thero refuse to ship news print from
tht point, but instead send the pro
duct to Portland by boat and thence
back through Oregon City to Salem by
rail. As a result of this arrangement
Salem publishers are oompellel to pay
an additional rate of 9 cents per 100
pounds. An investigation is asked of
the public acrvico commission.
WEDDING BELLS
Ga.. who l:i?t night was disqualified
at tho end of the .sixth round of a bout
with Norm Genet of Akron, Ohio, for1
hitting in the breaks, will meet his
t next opponent in Atlanta on home
i soil, "Pa" Ktribling. father-mannger
! of the light-heavyweight boxer, an
nounced today. Ktribling will meet
Hilly Shade. California light-heavyweight,.
it Atlanta on January 28.
Miriam Shepard Gregg, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. O. V. Gregg of Ash
land and Paul B. McDonald, son of
Mr, and Mrs. C..W. McDonald of this
city, will be married today at Marys-
ville, California, according to word
received in this city this morning
The ceremony will take place at the
home of the groom's uncle, P. T.
Smith, a banker of Marysvllle, Calif.
Both the contracting parties are
well known and popular in their homo
towns. Mr. McDonald is a member
of the firm of., the Medford Service
Station, is commander of the local
post of the American Legion, and is
prominently identified with frater
nal and club work.
The newlywcds will return from a
honeymoon In southern California,
about February 1st, and will make
.their home ID this city. .;
OBITUARY.
: MOBHEK Charles D. Moshor
passed away at a local hospital In thl
city (Sunday morning at the ago of
83 years. Mr. Mosher was well
known in -Central Point where he re
sided for many years.
lie leaves no relatives in Oregon.
Funeral arrangements are not made,
but" Interment will be In Centrat Point
cemetery beside his deceased 1 wife.
Services in charge of Conger Funeral
Parlors. i -
A record breaking crowd is expect
ed at the mah-jongg party-' Friday
afternoon at the Holland hotel given
by tho seventh branch of the Greater
Medford Club Pear Tree for the
Scholarship Joan, fund .
The purpose of this newly organ
ized inter-church athletic league Is to
further the good work which bus been
headed by the Y. M. C. A for tho
past fe years, that of promoting ath
letic activities among tho different
churches of Medfnrd and tho neigh
boring districts. It is needless to say
that this work has aided greatly in
the building up of these ninny
churches among tho young people. ,
This leaguo has adopted the const!-'
tution and by-laws which controlled
the Y. M. C. A. leaguo heretofore.!
All the playing will be clean and
sportsmanlike as has been exempli- j
fied in the games of the past.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are nights j
that the games will bo played un
less otherwise stated, at 7:15. The
floor will be the same used last year,
that n tho old basket grocery on
North Kversido.
The first game is tonight.
Schedule for tho series is as fol
lows: ..
Tuesday, Jan. 15. Baptist vs.
Methodist; Presbyterian vs. -
Methodist.
Thursday, Jan. 17. Baptist vs.
Presbyterians; Christians vs. South
Methodists. '
Tuesday, Jan. 22 Baptists vs.
Christians; No. Methodists vs. So.
Methodists. '- '
Thursday, Jan. 24 Baptists vs. No.
Methodists; Presbyterians vs. Chris
tians. Tuesday, Jan. 20 Presbyterians
vs. So. Methodists; Christians and No.
Methodists.
.Thursday, Jan. 31. Baptists vs. So.
Methodists; Presbyterians vs. No.
Methodists.
Tuesday, Feb. 5 Baptists and Pres
byterians; Christians vs. So. Metho
dists. Thursday, Feb. 7: Baptists vs.
Christians; No. Methodists vs. So.
Methodists.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 Baptists vs. No.
Methodists; Presbyterians vs. Chris
tians. Thursday, Feb. 14. Presbytorians
vs. So. Methodists; Christians vs. No.
Methodists.
GET MATCH VITH
So.
No.
. ST. PAVU Jan. 15. With a match
with Luis Angel Flrpo, South Amer
ican heavyweight champion, in sight
he continues knocking out all comers,
Fred Fulton, heavyweight plasterer
pugilist of Minneapolis, today began
winding up training fur his bout with
Bob Ho per, at Miami, Fla., January
31..
Tho possibility of a Fulton-Flrpo
fight was mentioned in a letter re
ceived yesterday by Jack Beddy, Ful
ton's manager, from Billy McCarnoy,
New York promoter. .
McCarney declared that if the lanky
Minneapolitan kopt on knocking out
opponents, he would get an early
ohunco to swap punches with tho
Argentine.-
Beddy is considering offers received
from Omaha, Philadelphia and New
ark promoters to stage a fight be
tween Fulton and George Godfrey,
negro heavyweight. Fulton's latest
knockout victim was Tiny Herman of
Omaha, who was put to Bleep in the
second round at Minneapolis last
Friday.
BU'KNOS AIRK8. Jan. 15. Luis
Flrpo has started his public training
preparatory for his fights with Far
mer Lodge and Krminio Spalla, which
are to take place hero on the after
noons of February 10 and 24, re
spectively. Flrpo boxes eight rounds daily with
his sparring partners. Then ho goes
through a session of shadow boxing,
ropo sklpping and medlcino bait work.
Ho appears to be in good condition.
OPEN UP APRIL 8
OAKLAND. Oil., Jnn. 15. Vernon
is to open: at Sacramento. Oakland
.. r!,n in,-tlit,i nt Kmm Vi-nn-
clsco mid Scatllo nt Los Angeles for
iho 192-1 season of the I'aclllo conai
In.,,.,,., . l,na1.ii)l oltlllfl It wnft HI1-
nounced today at a solK'Uulo meeting
or the league directors nere. lura
dav, April 8 was set as tho opening
day.
On account of the postponement of
tho opening date from the first of
April, the season will run tt woek
longer.
Cut This Out It Is Wortn Money
Send tills ad and ten cents to Foley
& Co., 2836 Sheffield Avo.. Ctiiciifro,
111., wrltihf? your naino and address
clearly. You will receive a ten cent
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for coukIis, colds nnd hoarse
ness, also free sample packages of
Foley Pills, a diuretic Htlmlllant for
the kidneys, and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets for Constlpntlon and niliousnoss.
These wonderful remedies have helped
millions of people. Try them! Sold
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The Screen
GETS L
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Jan. 15.
Regrets that "prejudice against the
Japanese Is still very marked," and
that "the United States supreme
court lias held the alien land laws on
the Pacific coast constitutional are ex
pressed In a report of the committee
on Orientals and Hnwalinns. submit
ted to tho convention of the home mis
sion council of Protestant churches
here today.
Cupid's Fireman, Itialto
"Cupid's Fireman," the new feature
at the Kialto theatre today, starring -Charles
(Muck) Jnnes is a romantic,
drama punctuated with . humor and
thrills. It revolves around a- youth
who becomes a fireman against his
t
I
mother's wishes. "Cupid's Fireman"
Is adapted from Richard Harding
Davis popular story, "Andy McGco's
Chorus Girl." Additional Items on
iho bill are '"The Caddy,' a comedy,
Pathe News and Jc unease JtfuMor at
tho organ. v .: . ?
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IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGEI.KR, Jan. 15 Tho Cali
fornia open golf championship titlo
this year will not Cnrry any thrtlllngly
low score, but will be remembered for.
its green play and, trick putts, it fa
tho concensus of opinion among ama
teurs and professionals who today go
on the courses of the L03 Angeles
country club for the second nnd nuuli
fying eighteen holes of the seventy
two holes medal play.
Tho prospective 165 for qualifica
tion is not for tho wnut of good play
ers but means that the greens require
particular placement of the ball and
are over ready to almost unnervo even
tho professional.
Tho cards today will give figures
for all the players on tho thirty-six
different holes. t-
MacDoYinld Smith's lead of four
yesterday was on what is rated as the
easier of the two courses, the south,
par 71. Tho north course is par 72.
. The lead of the San Franciscan,
who across the ocean gave Walter
Hagen a good play in tho titlo match,
is a power advantage, greater than
tho difference In courses, he being the
only player below par for cither
course, and three below at that.
Arthur Havers, English opon cham
pion, Geno Harazen, national profes
sional champion, and James Ocken,
French open champion, will command
galleries today.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The Rnp
tist minister, Rev. Dr. Harry Emer
son Fosdic'k, whose allegedly heretic
utterances trflm. his pulpit In . tho
First Presbyterian church havo been
the subject of investigation by a
special committee of the New York
presbytery was exonerated of the
charges today, it holding that Rev.
Fosdlck's preachings had conformed
to the J9qtrlr.es of the church.
OF HEART DISEASE
WASCO, Ore., Jan. 15 The second
Sherman county editor to die suddenly
of heart trouble within eight months,
William I. Westerfleld, about 60 years
old, editor of tho Grass Valley .Jour
nal, died at his home Monday night
C. 11. Synder, editor of tbe Wasco
,cws Enterprise, died last May of
heart trouble In. much .tho samq cir
9
Ntrllillng Disqualified
WKST PALM UKAC'H, Fla., Jan. 13
W. (,. (Young) Ktribling of Macon,
MOTHERS-
WThtf nllrtUT "ST
Why allow "snuffles" and stnuT.
v Vwheezy bn-nttilns wrafuu'
Babies when quick rolief follows
thenseof - '.
CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH , REMEDY
,..- No Narcotic
Something to
Remember
Real Good
Gravy
Don't forget that the
secret of making real,
good gravy is KITCHEN
BOUQUET. Purely a
vegetable product, it
, makes real, good gravy
of any. gravy stock,
bringing out its full fla
vor and giving it a deep,
rich brown color.
Add a tablespoonful
just before taking off
the stove.
Don't forget KITCHEN
BOUQUET, use it often
probably you have it
in your pantry, if not,
ask your grocer for it
mem BOUQUET
Cause for Serious Thought
IT is estimated that 70 of rectal
cancer is due to the continual
irritation from neglected Piles.
Future risks, as well as present
ill-health, warrant skilled atten
tion if you are suffering with a
Rectal or Colon disorder.
1 have been a Rectal and Colon
Specialist for many years and It It this
successful experience which enables me
n ronrlrnrW Cll IARANTEE tO CUTC
your rues or refund your
fee.
Writ tiT for tar
FREE IDmtnted beak.
alllj
. DEAN. M.D
20 AJtv'tfottmoM roimAND.amcoM
ft r I 1,1 -?TJ ' 1 I J two M C M W- S 4 WMIIIflU
The oootery
Our First Semi-Annual
SALE
Of Women's and Growing Girls'
SHOES
ALL ARE,,
SEASONABLE STYLES
The response to our sale has demonstrated clearly
the values we are giving.
Black nnd brown Calf Oxfords, rubber heels,
6.00 values $4.85
Blnck and Brown Cnlf, 2-button, 1-strnp, rubber heels,
$6.00 values $4.85
Brown Cnlf, Sand Suede, 2-button, i-strap
$6.50 value $4.85
Cruiser Grey Buck, wishbone strap pattern
$6.00 value $4.85 ,v
Black and Brown Kid , 2-strap, military heel
$7.50 value $4.85
Blnck Kid, 2-button, 1-strap, Goodyear welt, medium heel
$7.50 value $6.85 ; ; ,
Black Satin, cross strap, medium heel
$8.00 value $6.85 '
Grey, Log Cnbin, dark brown, strnp patterns
$0.00 nnd $9.50 values $7.85 , , : '
Some exceptional values in broken lines
We have to make room for our Spring Footwear j
THE BOOTERY
" BEAUTIFUL SHOES FOR WOMEN"
Cor. of Main and Bartlett
UK
EE OUR WINU0W3
Stationery Special
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY ,
' t'.
An assortment: of ELAM high-class Box
paper, 35c, 40c, 50c values; all shades;
Your fch osce
25c
xr
Medford Pharmacy
Free Delivery
Phone 10
INCOME TAX BLANKS
for, your federal report are now . In my possession. , . ..,. r.
Tho State of Oregon Income Tax Blanks wilt be oft the press
Are your figures compiled from which to make these report T
GEO. a. HI! WITT '
., . , Income Tx Adviser
SOB Medford National. Bank Building
soom.
Teleohone 307-J
AN OPPORTUNITY
THE HOTEL GARAGE, Ashland, Oregbri
ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL SALE ON THEIR STOCK OF
New Durant Cars at a Big Reduction
We are now handling the famous Paige and Jewett ne f cars exclusively for the Ashland
territory and for that reason are offering to the public our stock of NEW DURANT cars at
attractive reductions. , , . ,. , " v
See lis at bur show rooms in Ashland or inquire at the Crater Lake Automotive Co., Uie
lecal Paige arid Jewett Distributors, Medford, Ore. ' , ;
HOTEL GARAGE, Ashland, Oregon
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