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MTCDFOTCD IVTATTJ TRTT1UXR. TWEDFOUR OlJKflOW TITKSDAV, FKIJIUWRY 12, 1!21 PACK THREE LOCAL RETAILERS TO HOLD A PRUNE A: H. TROWBRiDGE R. I ACQUITTED Modern merchandising problems .were dissected and examined in detail 'lout night in the first regular meeting 'of the recently ' organized Medford chapter of the ' Oregon Ketail . Mer chant 'association. .. It was a dinner (meeting In the- Hotel. Medford, with Juhn C. Mann, president of the Med ford chapter, as. muster of ceremonies ;and was attended by over fifty of tho .local merchants. 1 Professor b B. Folts, bf the faculty iof the school, of buuiness administra tion of the. University of , Oregon, whs the speaker of the evening. He ,dug into . the .- elements of - overhead 'costs of retail business and relatlun of turnover to economic operation, and gave the 'members much information that Ivlll prove beneflclul to them In A. 'practical way. ' " At the conclusion of his talk, Pro fessor Folts was the target for a vol ley of questions -from the assembled members on a variety of questions. A. blackboard was brought -in to facili tate the educator In illuminating his answers fcrid the discussion became so Interesting that bltho the meeting was scheduled to adjourn at 8:30, it was after 9:30 before the last question was unswered. Edward A. MacLean, secretary of the state association, also present and spoke for a few minutes in describing the plans for the annual retail mer chants' convention which will be held in Eugene on 1 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. ' One o( -the most useful forms of aasoclatlo'nal work nowadays, he ex plained, was along educational lines. One particular form of this activity was In gathering the facts concerning retail operations, assembling them, analyzing them and delivering to the members by this means, information that was very valuable in guiding tnem to the exercise of better Judg ment and the use or -more efficient methods. "In working -along these lines," he said, ''we are not merely enabling the retailer to know better what his own operations are and to improve them, ! but we are living up to the greatest I obligation we- have, which is serving . the people of our communities with increased efficiency giving the pub lic by degrees more and better mer chandise for their money." The lecture of Professor Folts which followed was an interesting revelation to many of the men present of some sidelights on their own operations. That he gave them some things to think about was made plain by the active discussion which followed and the many-Yiuestlons asked. : ' Arrangements for sending a suit able delegation from the Medford Chapter to the Eugene convention were" placed in the hands of a commlt . tea. of - which Ii. W. Paul was made, chairman, assisted by James Taylor ihf Fred C. Heath. -' '.Louis lilrich suggested to the meet ' ing. that the merchants undertake to - assist the producers in- tho Itogue Hlver valley by taking hold of the marketing -of the surplus of prunes now existing. It was voted to desig nate the last week of this month as Prune week and to put on an organ ized campaign for marketing the sur plus of prunes. Mr. Ulrich was named chairman of a committee to take charge of this muttor with W. A. dates, 11. E., Marsh, W. A. Messner and John Moffatt as the other mem bers.. This will be a big merchandis ing event. -. Secretary Frohbach, of the cham ber of commerce, spoke enthusiasti cally of the work of the University of Oregon along practical lines, such as thru 1U school of business adminis tration for the benefit of the business melt of , the state. He also called at tention to the agricultural conferences which will be held in this city next week. . The next meeting of the Medford chapter -will be held on the second Monday evening in March find present ' plans ate for another session of an educational character on the under- , standing that the headquarters of the : Oregon Ketail Merchants association will provide another speaker. The new members reported last : night, which makes a total membcr- : ship of Gt, were: Armory Service Station, Bungalow ; Store, Barnum's Grocery, City Clean ing & Dying Works, H. W. Conger, undertaker, Davidson's Cigar Store, . Electric Shop, Medford Auto Top Co., Medford Planing Mill, Modern Plumb ing & Sheet Metal Co., Newcomb Wood Yard, Poultry Producers Ass'n, Illverside Carago, Trowbridge Cabinet Works, Medford Vulcanizing Works, AVilliams & McCurley, Presto-Lite Battery & Electric Co., Crater Lake Auto Co., Auto Supply Co., West Side Pharmacy, Witham Battery & Elec tric Co., Young's Hardware Co., and Llttrell-Jennlngs Parts Co. Harry Sllclalr Sails. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Harry F.J Sinclair sailed on the steamship President Harding today for New York. He refused to make any state ment. ? NEW BIG PACKAGE T f f Cigarettes A r HE J Every school in the city was rifled last night by amateur burglars some time between midnight and morning. The high school, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jackson schools were all entered, desks and files were broken open and small sums of money were taken from each school amounting to $15 or $20 In all, by what Is thought by the police to have been a band of boys. In the high school no attempt was made to open the safe, but the offices of Superintendent Smith and Princi pal Campbell were entered., their desk locks broken and the contents of tho desks and files -strewn around the room. The desks of every teacher in the building was opened except in the commercial department which Mrs. E. C. Jerome had locked up the night be fore. The intruders had time to stop In the teachers' room down stairs and eat some lunches that were there. There had been a recital of the Willamette Glee Club In the high school auditorium which lasted quite late, and it must have been after that tho building was entered. The burg lars may have thought that the pro ceeds from tho concert were still In the building. The Roosevelt and Lincoln Bchools lost a few dollars each, and in the Jackson school $6.00 was taken from a teacher's desk that had been collected to pay for text books. Four or five dollars was taken from the Washing ton school, and everywhere locks were! broken, papers scattered on the floor,; drawers turned out and there was gen-; eral disorder. At the Jackson school the robbers had time to eat a luncheon that had been left in the teachers' room. -The police believe that it was either one band, or different bands of boys that committed the deeds, and prob ably boys, who if not in school now have gone to the high school and knew where all the teachers' desks were. CREEL DECLARES HIS PART IN OIL PEAIJLipS, WASHINGTON,". rel. 12. George Creel, chairman of the committee on publid Information during the war told the-sente committee today he entered ' the employ of E. L. Doheny in 1919. . That was five months he said after,, he loft the government service. He! was employed by Doheny as publicity consultant, he said, at a salary of $10, 000 a year. He resigned after three months. Explaining why he resigned Creel said he could not agreed with Doheny.; "We not only did not see eye. to eye, but we did not look In the same direc tion," he said. "He thought his opinions were .fi nal." "Mr. Doheny had the clearest blue eyes and child like candor," Creel said, "and he fascinated me so I want ed to write his life history as an In spiration to the younger generation." This was when he first met Doheny. Coming to his association with J. Leo Stack, Denver oil man, in conoc tlon with efforts to obtain a lease on Teapot Dome, subsequently leased to Harry F. Sinclair, Creel said Stack had told him November 5, 1920, that he had no doubt that with the coming of the republican administration the lease would be granted. "I thought then and I think now it was as clean a proposition as was ever made to me," the witness continued. "There was never any question of my influence with Secretary Daniels in getting a lease." F T PEN RIOT STARTS PITTSBURO, Fell. 12 Fire alarms ni .-(.-. oalla wW Bent fVllt- f I'll 111 the western penitentiary this morning when Tire manea in me iiniwn laun dry. Warden J. M. Egan said there was no disorder and that the blaze, of undetermined origin, cnnBed slight damage.' County detectives and the nnllnA na,a nallfri fn STUArd against a renewal of yesterday's fight ing when two guards were Kineu, uio warden said. The warden and members of the prison board were Investigating yes terday's break when the fire gong Bounded. Prisoners in the yards and workshops were rounded up and the penltentlnry fire fighting unit extin guished the blaze. When the county and city officers reached the prison they were Inform ed that the fire was out and that there was no trouble. Three prisoners. Salvntore Battalia, murderer serving 20 years; Mike Nor ton, Allegheny county robber, serving 14 years and Paul Orllkoskl, bank robber, were questioned today In con nection With the killing of two guards. They led the riot, the warden said. Hosklns tor Health. ' A. H. Trowbridge, father of Ever ett (i. Trowbridge, and only brother of Ed Trowbridge, who with his wife had resided In Medford since August 1922, died BUddenly at 10 o'clock this forenoon at his home, No. 1010 West! 11th street, from a stroke of npoplexy.j which was totally unlocked for as It Is said he had never before been ill a day in his life. Mr. Trowbridge was 65 years, 7 months and 13 days old and leaves besides his wife, tho following chil dren: Everett O. Trowbridge of Med ford, who Is proprietor of the Trow-: bridge Cabinet Works; Mrs. Edith; Wnrmlngton of Escanaba, Mich.,; Clyde Trowbridge of Detroit, Mlch.,i and Earl Trowbridge of Houghton,; Mich. One ulster, Mrs. Olive Farns-' worth of Chicago, also survives htm. as does his brother, Ed Trowbridge! of Modford. - ! - Mr. Trowbridge was born In Chey-' boygun county, WIS., and had lived most of his life In the copper country at Hancock, Mich. He was a member of the Elks lodge of Hancock. Mich. Funeral arrangements will be an-, nounced later. REPUBLICANS IN PORTLAND TALK PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12. A reso lution recommending legislation 'au thorizing pre-primary conventions was presented to the Oregon republican union conference, which convened' here today. It was drafted by the resolutions commlttoe of the Oregon republican club and was presented !y its chair man, Judge M. J. George, who explain ed briefly that legislation recommend-' ed would authorize political parties to hold conventions and endorse candi dates for the primary. The Indorse ment, he explained, would not how-i over prohibit other candidates from entering the contest, but would merely express the preference of the conven tion. The resolution was referred to the resolution committee for recom mendation. - Resolutions were presented by Judge George in behalf of resolutions com mlttee of the repriWIenn club-' IndorB ing the administrations of tho late President Harding and of . President. Ooolldge, both were referred to the, resolutions committee of tho confer ence. Charles Lockwood, liead of the Ore Eon Republican club, called the con ference. He explained that Its pri mary purpose is to stimulate interest in tho republican party, and to recom mend safeguards for the primary law. There were between 76 and 100 in at tendance at the forenoon sessslon. PROHI EXPENSES IN Prohibition enforcement expenses for the month of January, according to the records 'of the county clerk's of fice were $654.78, distributed as fol lows: ; Sam B. Sandefer .... .$436.25 Clay Walker j 116.00 Theo Finley . 32.00 Offutt's Garage 38.64 HIttson's garage ' 32.00 Third Party Convention July 4th. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. A resolution adopted today at tlie convention of the national conference for progres sive political action calls for a con ventlon of "workers, farmers and pro gressives," at Cleveland, starting July 4. Delegates explained this action "paves the way," for a third major rolitlcal party. Say ."Bayer"-Genuine! Genuine "Bayer Tablet of Aspirin." have been proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty three years for Colds and grippe misery. Handy boxes of twelve tablet cost onfj few cents at any drugstore. Each pack' age contains proven directions for Coldi aud tells how to prepare an Aspiric fargle for euro throat ud toMilititj E Ralelgn "Matthews, charged with be ing drunk on - the streets of Eagle Point on the afternoon of Sunday, Sep temper ICth lust, was ncquitted by a jury In the circuit court Monday af ternoon. There were three women on the jury. The defense was represent ed by Attorney E. E. Kelly and the state by district Attorney Newton Borden and Deputy Wlufield Gfiylord. The defense contended that Mat thews was not Intoxicated, and produc ed eight witnesses, five of them rela tives, to testify that he was sober. Fred. McPherson, Mrs. Lottie VanScoyoc and Roy Ashpole were of the opinion that he was. and testified for the state. .' Matthews testified In his own be half and said that the troublo started when a youth by the name of Woods, began to quarrel with another young man over an inner tube of a . tire. Woods battled With his companion, and then suddenly commenced to hit ms brother Nye. Matthews Bald he rushed to the rescue, quieted Woods, and quite a rumpus ensued trying to get him in tho auto and home. The incident reused considerable excite ment at the time, and Traffic Officer McMahon soon arrived. His testimony was not allowed however on account of Matthews not bolng present wlion the, rest of the party were arrested. The defense, to prove Matthews so ber Introduced witnesses, who said he was able to shavo himself and a friend shortly before the conflict and able to crank a Ford car afterwards. There was no session of the circuit court today on account of Liucoln's birthday. 1 PORTLAND, 'Ore'., Feh.12.-r Dr.' C. J. Gelger, expert of the United States department of agriculture, arrived hero today and began with Dr. Frederick D.' Strieker, state, health officer, to In vestigate the cause of death of twolve persons at Albany, believed victims of botulinlus In .home preserved beans eaten at a family reunion dinner. Af ter making laboratory tests here today they planned to go to Albany tomor row to continue their Inquiry. Dr. Gelger Is to Inquire especially as to why symptoms shown by the children victims differed from those of tho adults. It has developed that the beans were served cold as a salad, and Dr. Gelger sold he was of the op inion that the tragedy might have been averted had the beans been boiled ut least thirty minutes. Dr. Strieker revealed that ho had experimented with a botulinlus anti toxin on two hens. He fed the hens beans used by the Albany family and immediately innoctilatod one of tho hens. "The hen lnnoculated Is frolick ing around, and the other Is now dead," said Dr. Strieker. . BUY A RANGE While We Are Offering These Special Prices WETTER'S RANGES WETTERS RANGES ARE KNOWN EVERYWHERE FOR THEIR BEAUTY, FUEL ECONOMY AND SPLENDID COOKING AND BAKING PERFORMANCE Concrete Storage Space For Bent Oar Tho committee, in charge of the homo economics department of the ar rlculturul economic conference to be held In Medford from February 18 to 20th Inclusive, mot on Saturday ufter noon to plan the work of this depart ment and to draw up the resolutions that will be presented at the last meeting of tho conference on Wednes day, the 20th. The following women of Jackson county comprised this com mittee: Miss Alice Hunley, Westsido, chairman: Mrs. John GammlU, Cole man Creek, secretary: J.Irs. W. B. Smith, Central Point: Mrs. Will Warn er, Medford: Mrs. A. 11. Davenhill, Val ley View; Mrs. J. R. McCracken, Val ley View: Mrs. Frank E. Upton, Cen tral Point. This committee will try to nnnlytze the needs of the homemukers of Jnck json county; they will collect the nec essary data to prove their points; in vestigate conditions that prevail In the rural home and put this information Into an organized form to be presented to tho members of the conference ns their recommendations. As this is prl mnr:iy an economic and not mi edu cational conference the committee through their recommendations will endeavor to plan a county procrnm that will enable the women In the ru bral home to meet her economic prob lems more successfully. EXERCISES AT ALIEN ADMISSION The American Lesion and the nnughters of tho Amorlcnn Revolu tion will conduct a program of ever clses on the occasion of admission of aliens to United States citizenship at ,.the- county courthouse, Jacksonville, Thursday forenoon, February 14th, 11124. beginning at nine o clock. The public Is Invited to be present. Two Interesting speakers are billed for the forum of Medford Chamber of ; Commerce tomorrow, State Superin tendent of Education J. A. Churchill and II. R. Pier of the organization and jservico department of the Oregon I State Chamber of Commerce. Both .will speak along educational lines. The former on the education of the young men and women of tho state and the latter on ideas of knowing how to best devolop the resources of the sin to. A general outline of the Jackson countv agricultural economic conifer- .ence that will be held at Medford next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will I be presented In order that members of ,-tho chamber may be fully advised of tlie importance of this event. The forum will be held in the annex dining room of the Hotel Medford at noon. TTasklhs for Health. tf We are the sole distributing agents for the famous line of "Wetters' Ranges and Heaters, which we ship from the factory in car load, lots. This enables us to sell a high grade range or heater at a low' price. 'j ' , .;v. ..'5t Wetters "Wonder" . . . .$39.50 Wetters "Nifty," white enam . . eled oven door $42.50 Wetters. "Active" .... .$64.50 Wetters Active, splasher back, oven back, warming cham bers , $74.50 Weeks & Orr " ' . . Complete House Furnishers , . New Installment Plan E. D. Zoutos and Jack Mills, arrested, in this city last week, with Mildred Jnfris and Helen Rutherford, nil of Los An gel, Calif., will be held by tho fed eral authorities, according to the sher iff's office, the men to answer tn a white slavo charge, and the women ns material witnesses. They will be tak en to Portland this week by the United States marshal. Tho quartet are alleged to have come to this city by auto. Mills and Helen Rutherford were arrested In u local rooming house, and Zontos and i the Jnfis woman wore taken from a stage at Gold Hill, They were trailed hero by the husband of the Jnfrls wo man, who alleges she deserted li I lit and a flvo year old daughter In Callfurnln. Mills and Helen Rutherford claimed to be married, and the woman produced a mnrrlnge license In support of tho contention. According to Sheriff Terrlll, the two womon made a statement to a depart ment of justice agent Sunday, after a questioning, and tho Rutherford wo man admitted she hud been married to a man in California, by the numo of. Kale Wallet. The Jarfls woman, ac-l cording to the authorities, made a1 statement also, which was not particu larly complimentary to Mr. Jalrls. The women In the caso. both good looking, tnke the affair in a light heart ed manner, but their male compan ions seem to be gloomy over the fu ture. IB We wish to Imp'rdss Upon tho dulry men of Jackson county the necessity of a largo attendance at the economic conference .to bo held at Modford Fob. 18-20, 1924. The future of tho dairy Industry In this valley depends Inrgely on the success of this group In working out feasible plnilH for marketing our pro duct, Improving our stock, etc. Hero Is a chance for us all to air our troubles und got down to a sound working policy with something defin ite to work to. Dairymen's Association of Jackson County. It. 11. UOHINHON. FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS You can't explain how you feel you know you are mis erable, restless, peevish don't sleep well, always tired , , have bearing down pains, A few doses of Hufeland, the famous Swios Tonic, will build up your entire Bystem make you strong and vigorous, . Hufeland h wonderfully nwniiui rnru linn 1BUI. on Makes Payment Easy I HEADACHES GONE TIRED NO MORE Gives Credit to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 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