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T" MEtH)ttD MAIL TRIBUTE, ArTCDKmn.o ORBQOy. 'TIIUTCftDAY. AfATCir 12. 102.-)
A bold '.hold-up: by '.a Wo,,, bandits
took place at '3 p'clock this morning
during which' yVm.X "Woody") Archer
. well.known Modford high school boy,
wits -robbed 'of 111., which he hud
naret to rnake a trip to Snlem to wit
ness the . state baskothall tournament.
,It;is thought that the same two
auto bandits were- Just returning from
having entered tho home of Dr. Jud
Klokert near the city reservoir nnd
taken nwny two pair of trousers, his
watch, keys,. and pocketbook, which
Htra only a small amount of change
, In tt.
' ' Wm. . Archer liad planned to Join
Marley Dressier, another high school
student. In an nuto trip to Salem,
loaving early this morning, and had
Jeft his homo on Klskiyou , Heights
, shortly before 3 a. m. tor .the Drossier
home. - '
'Walking, down tho hill road near
the Wm. Vawter pluco a car. which
he thinks .was a- Iiuick six, and in
which were two men. cauirhtnn uiih
him and the driver offered to give
.nun a lirt to town, which ho declined
and started, on. Then the driver, np.
paremly a young man, called to him
10 stop, and. presenting a revolver
demanded money. Archer held up
ns nanus ana me second bandit get
ting out. pulled his pocketbook con
taining u rrom a hip pocket and
jumped into tho car again, after ex
tracting the money anil throwing the
purso back, at Archer's feet. Then
tho car speeded on toward tho city.
. Archer could not make out' tho
Hcepso on the car because of the
aarkness and It being spattered wiih
mud, but reported the crime to the
ponce. At press time np arrests had
uecn reported.
: This forenoon when the facts he.
.tame, 'known sympathotio friends of
Archer raised a fund to enable
wooino to loavo on the Shasta train
uue nero daily a trlrleyartor 11 a. m.,
ior tne tournament tit Salem. This
train -was delayed by a freight wrek
up In the SisiiyouB and did not reach
Modford -jntll 1:30 p. m. And tomor
row is, Friday, the 13th.
'.iff. Rlckcrt Is awav and hi-
. ISIvkcrt w as alono In the ' house last
lght. lie did not retire until mid
night, and therefore the thieves en
tered . the houso sometime between
.lat hour and curly this morning.
.They, dld- not- have- to break In. as
Recording to Dr. Hlckert, the'bouso is
never : locked, at night. They just
ivameu . in anu sneaked up to - the
oatiuxtom where on retiring last night
h had laid out his trousers. '
Inasmuch as he was seen over town
this forenoon, properly garbed, it is
presumed that Dr; Hickert had visit
ed an accommodating neighbor on
discovering that ho had been tho vic
tim of burglars. v ,.. - '
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CHICAGO. . . Mar. 12. Lnuronte
Clody, foremnn of (ho coruner'a Jury
investigating the ileal h . of William
Rf McCHntock, "millionaire orphan,"
It became known today, waH the ob
ject yesterday of a bomb attack vhich
tore out the front of his florist .shop.
He was at hts homo at tho time.
The explosion came, he Haiti, nfter
a man had called at. the whop and a
telephone call had. been received at
his home making Inquiries about his
connection with tho store and, the
Jury. , ( - ' - :
. During the Inquest. , which recently
was conducted for twenty days, Clody
resented a statement by an attorney
for William D. Khepherd, foster fath
er and chief heir of McClir.tock, that
tho jury must , think tho . presiding
deputy coroner was prejudiced in
favor of Judnre Ilai-rv Olson. : Investi
gator of the:: investigation.. ('i.1.
ilSnSced
' The new head of the Jackson
County Health Unit, who will relievo
Dr. W. W. P. . Holt, its head since
tho unit 'was organized last October,
is Dr. V. S. Geary from Montgom
ery, Ala., according to word received
by Dr. Holt yesterday from Dr. F.'D.
Strieker, state health officer. . - i
.No other Information was given
beyond the fact Dr. Geary comes
very highly recommended and pre
sumably departed from Montgomery
, yeRterday,- for Modford.
. This-, makes the necond member! of
the local" unit from tho southern part
of the United States, as Miss Vera
Beard, who . recently arrived to suc
ceed Miss Margaret Devereaux as
one of the two county nurse caine
irom Texas and Florida. , .
. PAGE GETS
5
By an order of the circuit court
Wednesday. Mrs. Hose L. Page, widow
'f Arthur Page, reputed bootlegger,
. .Who plunged to his death over an
embankment in the Slskiyous last
November, Is given the Chrysler car,
seized by 'the state at tho time for
transportation" of lnptor. and tho IMG
bond ho deposited for possession of
" the car pending settlement. Is ordered
'returned. ,','. :. . .
A stipulation was filed by the dis
trict attorney sotting forth, "that the
facts and the evidence did not Justify
the state In proceeding further with
the case." and asking the court to
'dismiss further action. "'.', t
,' Mrs. Page claimed that the Chrys
ler car was 'her personal ' property,
end "was use'd by her husband ' as
booze 'car without her knowledge and
consent. She produced -papers to
show that the car . belonged to her.
and that the Insurance company luvi
repaired the vehicle for her.
Card of Ttutllks,
We wlh to thank our friends for
their kindness and sympathy to us
during our recent bereavement. Also
.for the floral offerings.
300 A. T. Evrhard and Family.
. , r; , H. 8, Anning and Family,-
A Cough Remedy Wlthnnt Opiates
Many cough, preparations contains
ome oner mora harmful drugs which
,.-r added to take the place of opiates.
None of these narcotic substitutes
have ever been used In Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. The name of ev
ery Ingredient In plainly printed en
every carton. Tni. know vrhr,t vn, ;r.
BODY OF MISSING
COUNCIL. Itl.UFKS, Iowa. March
12. The body of K. A. Wickham,
58, war time contractor und financier
of Council Bluffs, for two days the
object of an nlmost nation-wide
search, was found late last night
hanging by a rope fastened to 1 the
coll in ff of ytin unused basement room
n his home here, by Leo Wickham,
a brother and Police Cup tain J. C,
tjhafer. .-...,.!
, Apparently Mr. Wickham had been
dead since he returned from a walU
Monday ' noon, tho last time he was
seen . alive,;' but his disappearance
was not, noticed until he failod to
answer'a call to dinner that venlnc
j' Immediately the alarm was sent
out and a search in which officers of
Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois were
asked to participate, was instituted,
, ho palatial homo of The .wealthy
contractor was thoroughly searched,
but no attempt was made to gain
entrance to tho room where the body
was found. ' "and ' which was loclled,
UntH last night.
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English Grandmother
Plans S wim , Channel
VI3VMOt;TH, KhKland. .' March 12.
Mrs. :T. Cmvon, who i fifty years
old and a 'grandmother, Is tho (latest
person to,, signify hor Intention of
swimming the English channel this
summer. By 'profession Mrs. Craven
Is a nurse, and her hohhv In aVvltiimtmr i
During the 1as( two winters sh has
been bathing in Weymouth bay nearly
every day, swimming to tho piorhead
and back, about 800 yeards. anU defy
ing every sort of weather.
IS
OF
The Shasta Limited train, which Is
duo .hero at 11:09 a.' m. dally, was
several 'hours late today, 'due to a
freight train off the track In the SlsT
klyous. and TtiTlvod about 1:50 p. nil
This was1 tho. train that a .number lot
local basketball fans had planned to
take to Salem today to be ' present 'at
the Medford-Franklln high school
basketball state t'outnanieiit came this
evening: 1 -
THIS WOMAN'S
REMARKABLE
JECOVERY
Entirely Due To ', Lydia E.
' Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Forest City, Iowa.-1- "My first child
lived only a short time and I Was sick
for &. year alter.
When I bent over
and raised myself
up again 1 could al
most scream with
pain in my back.
One day I was so bad
that I had to leave
my washing and get
ready to go to tha
doctor.- He gave me
medicine but it did
no more pood than
if I drank lustwater.
Once when we had been in' town a little
book telling about Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was left in our car.
1 have taken live bottles ot tne vegeta
ble ComDOund now and I do all mv
housework and help with the milking
and taking care of chickens and gar
den. Besides I have a fine baby girl
eight months old, just the "picture of
health- ana l am-leenng nne myselt.
You mav use this -letter as a testimo
nial and I will answer any letters ask
ing about the Vegetable Compound."
Mrs. Oscar F. Borgelin, Eoute No.
5, Forest Citv, Iowa. ,
Lydia E. Prnkham'a Vegetable Com
pound is for sale by an druggists.
TONIGHT
The Funniest Comedy
v. 2; ; You Eyeic Saw
KUM-iJS.'
RACnAMENTO. Cfll..f March 12.
The launching of a movement by the
state board of charities and corroc
tlon to- prole -charges that a "baby
market" is being Inaintaincd In Los
Angeles by Mrs. Hazel Simms, Holly
wood nurse, was promised today by
Mrs. Amy Stelnhart Ilraden. secretary
of the hoard. Mrs. Braden also stated
that If her ideas were followed out by
the board, the Investigation will not
bo confined to Los Angeles but will
take the form of a state wide survey
for tho purpose of gaining Informa
tion relative , to the practice of baby
adoption In various counties.
Mrs. Rruden expressed tho opinion
that in many cases at least entirely
too much laxity surrounds the adop
tion 'of infants with tho repult that a
number of serious social problems are
being created hi California, Including
the placing of habits in undesiruble
homes.
U)M ANGKLKS. March 11. Mrs.
Hazel Himnis. Hollywood nurse, has
been under investigation hen several
dnys on charges that she sold Illegiti
mate children left in her care.
Mrs. Kimms declared that she mere
ly found homes for the babies and
that their new parents paid her for
theh"bncU board."
INCOME TAX PAYERS
OF
WASHINGTON, March 12. Tho
bureau of internal revenue today
called the attention of taxpayers that
ihey.will have an additional day this
void1 In which to complete tho soim:
time arduous task of, making out
their- incomo tax returns. March
15, the. last day on which returns
may he filed or placed in the malls
for delivery to the revenue collectors.
falls on Sunday so the taxpayers,
under the law have an additional
day. '
Why Millions
of Mothers
Now Rely
Upon Vicks
An "OnUsUlc"
Treal mont
IJrlnglng
Quick llellef
for Odds
uih 'Croup
. . Without
. Internal
Doling ,
Modern mothers know that too
much dosing Is harmful to a child's
delicate stomach,
Vlclts comes i" salvo form and is
applied externally can bo freely
used without the slightest harmful
effect.
For crouj) and children's colds you
lust rub Vick's over throat and
cheat and cover with a warm flan
nel cloth. ' The Ingredients Menthol,
Camphor. Eucalyptus, Thynio and
Turpentine are released ns vapors
by the body heat and inhaled with
every breath all night long. At the
same- time Vicks is absorbed through
nnd stimulates tho skin like a poul
tice or plaster.
Colds go overnight, croup is gen
emlly relived within 15 minutes.
OCRS
V A PORUB
s ' , Off r 17 Miuioh Jars Used Yeamy
beart-vammg .
picture on cold
and nippy mornings
Gc
rOLDENBROWN, feather-lidit Mncike with
plenty of syrup for svfett company no one has'
been able to improve the-. combination! The only
improvement has come in the jtour itseu. -
Albers Flapjack Flour has made it' easy for every
one to make tender, tempting, no-trouble-to-diget
pancakes every time., It has everything you need to
make good hot cakes. Self' rising ; no bother; as simple
to use as stirring cream in your toffee. Simply add
a little water or milk and bake on a hot griddle.
Your grocer has it in the handy round carton
with the replaceable ud.
ioran
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, IntMnir . ' i.
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. Today, only half of the entire offering remains
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Increased1 Value for Investors
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Announcement of the advance of $2.00 per
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