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LC CAMP
J OWE
HO. IS-PRAISED
The logging camp , of tho Owen
Oregon Lumber Co., located on Four
Bit Creek la one of the. most mod
ern and 'attractive camps In this re
gion, according' to. Geo. H. West,
' lumberman for the, forest . service
who Is In Medford on business today..
t The cook house, store rooms and
dining rooms have been mounted on
five flat cars and .located on a spur,
of the logging road. Sidewalks have
been built connecting ' these build
ings with -the bunk houses of " which j
there are 20, each housing four men.!
The camp Is equipped with run-!
nlng water and shower baths.' All
garbage and rubbish Is disposed of
In sanitary pits the buildings are r
'painted battle-ship gray and thej
whole camp presents a neat appear
ance. ' I
Logging operations on this unit
are under the supervision of the
forest Bervice since the area is
within the Crater National forest.
Only the mature trees are being cut
on this tract, and the most modern
methods of logging will bo used, par
ticular care being taken to do a
minimum of damage to the young
jfeowth, thus assuring a future crop
of timber. It is estimated that an
other crop of timber will be of mar
ketable size on the tract in' 80 years,
and in the meantime tho watershed
will still be protected, '
' The Owen-Oregon Co. Is doing
everything possible .to reduce the fire
hazard during the operation. . The
brush Is piled and will bo burned
lato In. the fall when little er no
damage wjll result to the young
trees and remaining Beed trees.
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SETTLED IN COURT
A confession of judgment, and
judgment for $680 wan filed, in the
circuit court yesterday againHt Dr. W.
W. P. Holt of thiB city; in a complaint
filed by Orval David Fry, a minor,
through his mother, as a result of an
auto accident on East Main street last
December, in which the youth was
struck by a car driven by Dr. Holt.
The action was a 'friendly suit," and
several legal moves attached to the
proceedings were all acted upon in
one day a record for speedy unwind
ing of legal formality in this county.
AUSTRIA DEPLORES
VIENNA, April 28. Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg's election-, to the
German presidency 1b regarded here
as a serious blow to the idea of ait
Austrian union with Germany and is
deplored by the newspapers of all
parties.
The Neue Freie Presse whole hop
ing for the best, characterizes it as a
misfortune , for the German people
while the Abend declares:
"Von Hindenburg's is a victory of
European discord over the Dawes
plan and the London agreements."
PRESIDENT IS TOLD
BUSINESS IS GOOD
WASHINGTON,, April. 28. At to-
day's cabinet meeting President Cool
idge and his advisers again gave con-
siderable consideration to the busi
ness outlook.
' Secretaries reported there was an
active demand nearly all over the
country for building trade workers. ,
.Facts as to Increased bank clear
ings and increased railroad car load
ings were Introduced Into the discus
sion by other members and the presi
dent was given the impression that
the prospects for prosperity are very
GEORGE M. POPE DIES,
ERAL IS HELD
ONTARIO. Cel., April 28. (Special.)
George M. Pone of Dennis,- Kimball &
Pope, New York City, who arrived
here April 8 on his annual western
trip, was In poor health when he left
the" east, was taken to his bed on
April 9 and died last Saturday, April
25, from hardening of the arteries and
heart exhaustion. Funeral and burial
will be held at Draper's chapel, On
tario. Cal.. Tuesday at 4 o'clock.
Business will-continue as usual
under direction of same officers and
representatives.
(Signed), ; CHESTER E. BARR.
FARM LANDS IX CANADA 1
STEADY AT $37 .AN ACRE
' . .
OTTAWA, Can., Apr. rr Occupied
farm land in Canada showed no fluc
tuation in 1924, remaining at an aver
age value of 137 an acre, according to
the report of the Dominion bureau of
statistics. The figures Included Im
proved and unimproved land as well
as houses, barns ana otner larm
buildings. 1 '
British Columbia registered the
highest average value of farm lands
among the provinces, with $96 - an
ncie. Others rnnKdl from fr3 tin
acre down to f 24.
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LADY EVANGELIST
TO OPEN MEETINGS
HERE WEDNESDAY
Commencing Wednesday evening
Dr. (Mrs.) J. M. Robinson, will open
her Interdenominational evangelistic
campaign In this city., Mrs. Robinson
has been In the evangelistic work for
some years and la said to preach the
full gospel doctrine, - the flame; ' as
preached by Mrs. Amy McPherson, "of
Los Angeles. Mrs. Robinson came
here recently from Ashland, where she
has been conducting meetings. The
meetings in Medford will be conduct
ed on the second floor at 128 East
Main street, and the peop of Med
ford are cordially invited to partici
pate. , - -r ' .
Assisting at these, meetings will be
Mr. J. James of Portland,, whose sing
ing and song leadership Is said to be
exceptionally pleasing. Mr. James
was instrumental in' the starting of
the now famous Whitney Chorus Boys
of Portland, having trained these boys
originally, which created the nucleus
to the present organization.
iSr.
EUGENE. Ore., April 28. William
Westropo, 19, who . figured proml
oiently in local police circles recently,
was caught here late last night,
after ho had mado his escape from
the state reform school at Salem,
and had caused' considerable anxiety
among local business men.
Westrope escaped from the tram-
iner school Saturday night and stole
a trupk. This he abandoned about
a tnile south of Salem, and then he
hired a taxi to bring him., to Eu-
ene. He paid the driver with a bad
check. -j.
On arriving here, Westrope went
over, to Springfield and hired a car
from an . automobile rent agency,
paying , for ttie hiro with another
worthless check and receiving $3 In
change.
He was lodged In the county Jail
shortly before midnight. .
MERRICK PLUNGE
TO
Summer lavhere.i 1 Of . thls-.there
can be no doubt. For next Saturday
afternoon the Merrick plunge will
open for the season. i - '
Nothing has been overlooked in
preparing , for the occasion, declare
the proprietors. The immense tank
floor has been given several coats of
white paint; diving apparatus has
been renewed; hundreds of new BUits
have been purchased and the acqua-
tlc stage has been, set for a great
day. -
The water will be kept at 90 de
grees, suitable for both swimmers
and bathers. No crowd can be too
large to be handled, for added facili
ties have been Installed to meet
any emergency.
BATTLESHIP OREGON TO
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Miss Linnio Hnnscam, who has been
city treasurer of Medford since tho
first of last January, when she Btarted
in the two-year term to which she was
elected last fall by some 30-odd votes
over Mrs. Mary Webber, has resigned
thut office lo take effect May 1, and
will be "succeeded by Herbert Berriau,
chief clerk of the Shell Oil company,,
who has consented to take the posi
tion tendered him by the mayor and
city council, u.
Miss Hansen m, although her resign
nation has been worded to take effect
May 1, has at the solicitation of -the
city administration agreed to remain
until May 15 when the new .incumbent
takes hold. She will return to her
old position as chief deputy in the
county assessor's office, which she
held for years prior to being elected
city treasurer of Medford last fall.
Miss Hanscam receives an increase
in salary in her old position to $125,
from the $110 she drew there before.
The city treasure run I p of Medford
pays $150 a month, but the fact that
the county assessor Job is a four yenr
position while the city treasurer's
position la only for two years induced
Miss Hanscam to make the change.
She will succeed as chief deputy
assessor Mrs. Glen Terrill, who re
signed recently to take effect May 1st,
because Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Terrill
are moving to Klamath Falls.
Tho resignation of City Treasurer
Hanscam, which whs handed in to the
city council Thursday, April 23, and
which was knowm to only the city
officials and a few outsiders, will be
received with much surprise by the
public. - .
When the resignation was tendered
Mayor Alenderfer and city council
men got busy in endeavoring to in
duce Miss Hanscam to reconsider.
The situation remained in this con
dition until last night when Miss
Hanscam n formed Mayor Alenderfer
that her resignation was final.
Tho resignation, dated April 23,
reads as follows:
"To the Mayor and Common Coun
cil of the City of Medford:
"Owing to the fnct that I have
been offered a position, which offers
mo exceptional opportunities, which
in justice to myself I cannot rofuso
to -accept, I bog leave to tender you
herewith my resignation as treasurer
of tho city of Medford to take .ef
fect as of date of May 1. 1025.
"Yours respectfully.
"LlNNIE HANSCAM."
Miss Hanscam had, no other comment-
to make on ; her resignation
when interviewed again this noon
except to state that her relations as
city treasurer had ' been ; generally
pleasant. ' ; . ,
SON OF tsov. DONAIIKY .
DF.MI I IS KM)IKM KVr, SAYS
HE GAVE GIKL ALTQ I&1DH
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"The darn things get mo 'nto
trouble every time 1 get Into them, '
said Hal Dohahey. 17 year old son
of Gov. Vic Donahcy of Ohio, re
ferring to.hls latest experience with
automobiles. Not long ngo ha
served a three day sentenre in Col
umbus for speeding. Now ho'-i
promised his fuier to sell his new
roadster, although h denies thut
he eloped In It with 15 ywir.oid
Lllltan-Vogel of Zanesville. O. Ac
cording to Hal. be good-humoredly
acceded to a request of three
strangers for a ride In his new car
and later drove back to Columbus
alone.
STILL IS RAIDED,
AGED. INVALID
ALLEGED OWNER
In a raid this morning by the
sheriff's and distrlrt attorney's office
a 15-gallon still, 200 gallons of mash,
and seven gallons of moonshlno were
confiscated, and John Doe Sours, ago
60, on invalid, is held as the pro
prietor. thereof. The still was lo
cutod eight miles northeast of Eagle
olnt, and was so cleverly hidden
the timber, thut it was hard to detect.
When the raiding party arrived
Sears was in the act of building a
fire for the day's run.
According to the authorities Sears
has been operating for several weeks,
carrying his corn and sugar and
other Ingredients to the plant in
Hiiiull lots.
A discarded tin boiler was found
in the brush, near tho still, and tho
authorities claim tho bottom had
been eaten out by tho effects of the
mash. The boiler in . uso was of
copper.
Sears will be arraigned for a pro
llniinary hearing in the morning.
Who's Who
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township, Jo Daviess county, 1H In
February of 1SC0, McKcuzio was
educated In the public schools, -read
law tn the office of Judgo W. T.
Hodson in Galena, 11)., and was ad
mitted to the bar In 1890. Ho has
been a member of tho Illinois house
of representatives tho Illinois state
etam mission of claims and the state
senate, and of the (iliml and 8th
congresses.
This office wants good clean cotton
rairn. siiltahlA for wnshlng press. tf
Berlin Returns to
Band Concerts and
Military Numbers
BERLIN. April 2$. Thevlctory of
the nationalists In the presidential
election has been closely followed by
the resumption of the band concerts
in the public squares, customary tn
the days of the monarchy and which
consisted chiefly of tho rendition of
patriotic airs.
At the Wittenberg platz yesterday
afternoon the band played the "Army
March Number Nine," the "Kaiser
Waltz," by Strauss, the "Frederious
Rex," march the "Black, White and
Kd," imperial flag song and
"Deutschland Uber AlleB."-.
JOHN C. McKEXZlE. .
v It was natural that President Cool
idge should select as head of the
commission iu siuuy uiu i h u i
Shoals problem the man who.
cnairman or a
house cummlttee
on m i 1 i t a ry uf-
fialrs, was in
charge of tho leg
islation a f f octing
the project.
. T h a t m a n is
John C. McKenzie,
republican con
gressma n fro m Il
linois. He 'heads
a board of five
members.
The commission
.is to report to the
president on "the
most nractical method or methods
of utilizing to the best advantage
the Muscle. Shoals facilities." It is
expected the report will be submit
ted in the fall in time to enable the
president to incorporate 1U -suggestions
in his annual message.
Dial on- Commission.
Other, members of .(he commission
are former Senator Nathaniol 1-3. Dial
of South Carolina, a Democrat; Prof.
Harry A. Curtis of Yale university;
William McClellnn, -an electrical en
gineer of New York City, and Rus
sell F. Bower of the American Farm
Bureau federation.
. MeKenzie, who retired from con
gress on March 4. nfter declining to
seek re-election, supported tho IHenry
Ford offer when the. Muscle Shoals
bill was passed by the house. When
the ' Ford offer was withdrawn ho
joined, with scnatq ' conferees In
framing a. bill based on, the under
wood private leasing bill passed by
the senate. v - '
Born on a form in Woodbine
SALEM. Ore., April 28. Carle
A brums, chairman of the battleship
Oregon "commission today "received a
telegram from Admiral Chase, com
mandant of the Breme?ton navy yard
saying that work has begun on the
ship and that it will be ready for
arrival irt Portland on the opening
day of the .Rose Festival The ad
miral also consents- to the running
of an excursion from Portland to
St. Helens, where about 1000 Span
ish war veterans- and the festival
queen and her attendants expect to
board the ship and sail wun it imo
Portland harbor. i
Dawes Reception So
Warm Mercury Fell
And So Did Snow
WASHINGTON, April 28. Vice
President Dawes will receive no sup
' port from the president pro tern of
the senate, Senator Moses, republican,
I New Hampshire, in his effort to re
vise the rules of the senate. That
j became evident today when Senator
Moses upon his return to Washington
discussed General Dawes recent ad
dress in old North church at Boston.
! "The vice-presidents attack upon
the rules of the senate aroused so
much enthusiasm and was given such
a warm reception," said the New
l HnmnshlrA senator, "that the temper
ature dropped to 18 degrees above zero
and six inches of snow fell."
MRS. FULLER
MADE STRONG
Lydia . Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound Helped where
Other Medicines Failed
Wnlnole, N. H. "I have used Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
una it nas improved
my health wonder
fully. For months
and months I was
not regular and had
terrible pains. They
used to afTect my
side so I could not
work. Iroadof
others being helped
by the Vegetable
Compound, bo I
thought it might
help me. I am very
much better now, strong enough, to do
my own housework, and have two dear
babies to care for besides. I tried other
medicines before taking the Vcgetablo
Compound, but I was nover treated for
my troubles. I speak highly of the
Vegetable Compound to my friends and
recommend it to any woman for run
down and nervous condition." Mre. T.
H. Fuller, Walpole, New Hampshire.
Over 200,000 women have so far replied
to our Question. "Have vou received
benefit from taking Bydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?"
98 out of every 100 of tho replies say,
'Yes' ' and because the Vegetable Com
pound has been helping other women it
should help you. For salo by druggists
everywhere.
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TONE DP, ? PURIFY
IN THE SPRING
Every woman knows that her
house has to bo cleaned throroughly
every Spring. During , winter, dust,
dirt and germs accumulate in the
corners, under tho rugs, in the cur
tains "an" every place. Just so with
your ;system it should be given a
thorough cleansing, purifying this
Spring. HOMESTER'S ROCKY
MOUNTAIN TEA ' will do the job
slirk and. quick. It will clean your
system, freshen and purify you all
over you'll enjoy living, eat better.
sleep 1 better feel better. Heath's
Drug Store and Haskin's Drug
Store. -Adv.- '
What Does Hail Insurance Cost Per Acre?
There Is every indication of a prosperous fruit year for the Rogue River Vailoy during 1926. Tho
' careful fruitgrower will not permit his chances of getting largo return's from this year's crop to be en
dangered by uncontrollable hall storms In a-year of freakish weather. I ' ' ,
, '. This office will Insure your fruit crop aganist loss or damage by hail, '' ,
;. ' , in n standard well-known company, at the following rates per acre:
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS hail Insurance per acre cost .J. '..! - '- $4.00
"' TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ' - hall Insurance per acre eosti ., ........:..!. 8.00
- TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS hall Insurance per acre costs 10.00
' THREE HUNDRED .DOLLARS . hall insurance per sere costs" ......... .' . 12.00
rniiR hundred DOLLARS hail Insurance per acre costs . 16.00.
20.00
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ( . hall insurance per acre costs .......- ..r
. (Other amounts written at proportionate rates) : I .
It cosW you no more to Insure right now than It will six weeks fronf now, and you get more protec
tion, in case of known crop failure prior1 to Jumj 1, 1925, you may cancel your policy and get your total
premium refunded. ' ; ,
Just one 60 loss by hall, any time In ten years, pays you more than your total premium expense
"over that period, if you carry hall insurance. THOUSANDS OK DOLLAR IN CASH HAVE KEEN
PAID TO LOCAL- FRUITGROWERS BY HAIL INSURANCE COMPANIE3 DURING THE PAST
THREE YEARS. '
, , (Complete information mailed upon request)
INSURE RIGHT NOW WITH,
EARL S. TUMY
Liberty Building
General Insurance Off ice
Phone 402
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Do you ever see double t
Dues concent rating
upon print cause your
eyes .to smart or burn 1
Do you close them wear
ily after reading for
half nn hour or so?
Come to us and wc will
furiutjh you with a pa:r
of-glasses that will f'-'m-ody
the defect.
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MILL FEED
and CHICKEN FEED
all Kinds.
MORTON MILLING CO.
etter.
than medicine
for convalescents
BORDEN'S, the Improved Malted Milk, is a
splendid food-tonic to hasten recovery. Doc
tors recommend it for Invalids and convales
cents. It meets all their special requirements
for a food that is nourishing, digestible, and
inviticg as no other malted milk can.
Borden's is more nourishing because it con
tains more milk. Builds strength, restores
tired nerves, stimulates the entire system.
It is more digestible because the milk casein
is partially predigested. Delicate stomachs
assimilate it easily.
Itismoredelicious.Vrcebom nauseating sweet
ness. Appeals to the most finicky appetite.
If there is an invalid or convalescent in your
family, make Borden's Malted Milk a part of
the regular diet. Sold in 7 and IS oz. glass
packages or in 5 lb. tins. Order some from
your druggist today. The Borden Company,
Borden Building, 350 Madison Ave., New
York, N. Y.
THE IMPROVED
MALTED MILK
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This Is the fuel to be chosen by the Americans of the
future. ' .
It is now being served Medford by the .
Southern Oregon Gas Co.
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Put a "Kick" in Your
Bank Account
You can get out of your bank
account exactly what you put in
to it.
Your account can't do its full
duty in improving your condition
unless you keep it growing with
regular deposits.
Make 1925 a year of steady,
systematic saving. ' Make a de
posit regularly, each week or
each month, at the First Nation
al Bank. Put a "kick" in your
bank account and you'll get more
of a "kick" out of it.
First National Bank
Medford, Oregon
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