MEDFOtlD flWWJN'E, MEDFORT), OKF.CION TUESDAY, MAY 12, 192.")
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DR. WrH. EATON OF
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U. S. SIR MAIL
PILOT REFUSES JIT
QUIT HIS TRIP
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FLAN TO PROHIBIT
STUDENTS T010IN.
LOCAL EXCURSION
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tOOK FOR S700.800 CHICAGO JUDGES
SECRECY DENIED
Robert Francis Tocum died at
Salem, May 9, from a Riillstone at
tack, aged 77 years. Deceased was
born at Springfield, Illinois, in 1847
and was one of the early pioneers
crossing and recrossing the plains.
His first tvln nornsR lhn nlnlna wan
made in 1876. settllnK In Yamhill 8 lher VnU8,lal- but lnilietns V,n!
county, then returning to Illlnufa, bo
The First Baptist church has se
cured as successor to Hev. F. R. Leach,
Dr. W. H. Km ton of Bremerton, Wash.
The church by this action calls the
pastor of the church to which Mr.
Leach goes as pastor. This exchange
ing by boat from Portland to San
Francisco, there taking the train. On
his return to Oregon he drove a team
of horses from Springfield, 111., to
I Yamhill county, Oregon.
I He had been a resident of Jackson-
Vvllle and Jackson county since 1884,
leaving here and residing at Walport
for the past 16 years. Ho was taken
sick at the home of his son, Granville
Yocom, where he died very suddenly.
He was a member of Warren Lodge
No. 10, A. F. & A. M Jacksonville,
j Ore., and Oregon chapter R. A. M.
No. 4, was a veteran of the Civil War
! lifting a member of the Second Illinois
' lX.ii t Artillery, 'serving from 1862 to
j the end of the war.
He leaves his wife, Melvtna Eliza
beth, and eleven children, seven sons
and four daughters: A. W. Yocom,
Myrtle Creek; W. F., Klamath Falls,
Ore.; T. J. and 8. F Medford, Ore.,
I u. tmverion, ure., n. a. ana faui,
Tidewater, Ore., Mrs. Zella Welch,
Mrs. Yada McClanahan, Mrs, Mary
i Paul, all of Medford, Ore,, and Mrs.
I Susie Stouder of Tidewater, Ore.
The funeral services will be held at
' the Perl Funeral Home Wednesday
at 2 p. m., Rev. E. P. fawrence offic
iating. Services at the grave In
charge of Warren Lodge A. F. & A.
I M. Interment in Jacksonville cemetery.
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TOKIO. May 12. (A. P.) Objec
tlon of soviet Russia to the landing
of Major I'cdro Zanni, the Argen
tine globe circling aviator, on Rus
sian territory along the northern Pa
cific air route will not deter Major
Zannt ' from continuing his flight.
The Argentine aviator announced
both churches feel that they have had
strong pastors and there will bo no
loss to either church.
Rev. Eaton had the very htsrhest of
testimonials as to his ministry at
Bremerton, where he has been for
over seven years, and has done a great
work, which attracted the attention of
the pulpit committee here when they
lost their present leader. For a still
longer period of time Rev. Eaton was
pastor of the Frist Baptist church at
RoBeburg before going to Bremerton.
He is known as a good pastor and
preacher and one that builds up rather
than destroys, always leaving a church
devoted to him.
Mr. Leach will close his ministry in
Medford the last Sunday in May and
the next Sunday the now pnHtoit will
preach his first sermon. Tne good
work started will therefo-e be con
tinued without a break. Mrs. Eaton
is also a great heln In the work of the
church, and both will be heartily wel
comed to Medford. Mr. Eaton will
visit Medford Wednesday and Thurs
day for the purpose of securing a
home.
1 I.OR ANGELES. May 12. Un
ravelling of the tangled "ten for
one" profit with whh h Hurry HilUs
and Thomas Hennessey are alleged
to havo ensnared several hundred
Bouthern California Investors . in a
six billion dollar rail merger swindle
was the task laced by the county
CHICAGO, May 12. Rules prohib
iting taking of newspaper photographs
in court rooms and barring the use uf
typewriters, telegraph, telephone or
radio instruments In sending forth
news matter were before the Judges of
the superior, circuit and criminal
courts for consideration.
x The Judges planned the action ns
the first step in the program designed
to reflect In the newspapers a dlgnl-
Typewriters and telegraph instru
ments which have been condemned es
pecially, have been used extensively
in the past particularly during the
trials of Nathan Leopold and Richard
Loeb for the Franks murder and the
W. E. D. Stokes case.
"With such an opening wedge," said
Attorney Andrew W. Sheriff, of the
hoard of managers of the Chicago ISar
Association, which sponsored the
movement, "the next moves will be
easy. The opportunity of making a
mockery or source of amusement of
la solemn judicial proceeding or pre-
May 12.- Klp
rland mail has
Frank It. Yager
The overland
EUGENE. Ore.. May 12. Though
an official statement was issued yes
terday from the university of Ore
gun, showing the full action taken
by the board of regents at their ses
sion of May 2, considerable dissatis
faction was still being expressed
here today over the manner In cvlint ,.,. hero todnv.
which (ho news of the meetina was . .. n.. tun (....., UD
suppressed. (scheduled to look Into the- alleged , fU'! a,tlm!;:is!niUo,1l fJUH.tU7
A total saving or $G7,2r0 was matte promises of Frank E, Willard, col-
by the regents, the official state- faction agency man, to recover
ment said. The summary shows: I money for investors out of a $700t-
Saving of 110.000 for paving of 000 hoard hidden away by Hibbs and
city streets crossing the campus; Hennessey in a half dozen safety
$10,000 from the extension division ueposlt boxes.
budget; $1250 additional infirmary, Questioned at the district attor
fees; $5000 increase in gross incl- ney.a office ust nitjhl wuiiud do
dental fees, due to Increased num- nU,d having held out nny such hopes
ber of students; $1900 saving in to the alleged victims of the "merger
staff salaries; $13,000 savings made mitgnates," but when several of the
by reducing the original estimates aiPKea victims contradicted his de
of the umount needed for salary In- niftls ne wns subpoenaed to appear
creases; $2500 saving m equipment uefore the grand jury today.
, i ne i cane ui ine suspects on i a.uuu j sentlng revolting details of sensa-
ing in site of proposed student union bfli, fjnilny wn3 (-ffocted yesterday tiunal trials or of depicting judges in
building; $2500 increase in 192(i ftf.or tht.y had been in the county I undignified tirades or of describing
summer session fees. Iju since last Thursday on charges lawyers in fisticuffs and lowly wrung- 'to tnxl his way across the wide open
v, in cat uuiuiib c"" ol larceny uy iricK anil uevice. ling win in lime disappear. splices. mil even tne wide
professors, who stated that they L'ji' : . . , . - . . tl-- ,. . , . 1 jj : lj- u
wore uncertain as to when some
thing might happen to us," was ru-j
mored. The main contention, how-
ever, has centered on the secrecy
methods said to have been employed
by the regents at the May 2 session.
Fred Flsk, member of the board
of regents, said hero today that the
meeting was open, and not secret.
Newspaper men, however,
CIIHYKXXH, Wyo.
linn's hero of the ov
a citunu rpai'i in I'llot
of the air mail servici
mail rider s trail, according to the
poet, was all fluttered up with many
varieties of Impassable obstacles
which had to be passed, but Yager's
troubles loomed up in the form of
barbed wire 'fences.
Leaving Omaha ' early yesterday
rooming with a cargo of mail. Yager
soon ran into a dense fug he reported
on arrival at the air mall field here.
The fog was so dense he was unable
to see either blinkers or the huge
highpower beacons that were sup
posed to light his way. Me made a
forced landing in n small field in wes
tern Nebraska. ' In a short time the
fog lifted and he took off again, only
to be forced down n second Unto in
the space of a few minutes. Yager
made five forced landings In this
manner In the course of 100 miles, he
asserted here, the fifth being at Arch
er, Wyo. There, determined to get
ahead in spite of the fog he decided
KIJIMATI! FALLS, May 12.
(Special) Some GO Klamath county
boys and girls who havo successfully
completed I heir county club work
dining the past year, may occupy a
special train on the S. 1. t'ailrood
bound for Corvallis on Juno 14,
where they will attend a two weeks
special summer school Bcsslon at
the Oregon Agricultural college, if
the plans ((f h. C. Seymore, state
club leader, and Frank Sexton, coun
ty club leader, arc carried out.
The plan is to load the local club
members on the . special train nt
Medford, where 50 Jackson -county
boys and girls will be picked up.
then nt Grants Pass the Josephine
county group of 25 would be taken
aboard, and 25 more at Roseburg.
spaces have occasional fences, and the
air mall pilot began to encounter
them, lie hopped the first throe or
four blithely in spite of the darkness
but on hurdling the seventh he began
to tiro of It. lie then waited for the
first streak of dawn and then took
the air for n chance, arriving here at
open eight o'clock In the morning.
Letters Explaining High School Site Situation
BOSTON, May 12. Under cover of
clouds of steam purposely released
from a locomotive in the South sta
tion here, between $20,000 and S25,
000 worth of American Railway Ex
press company shipments have been
stolen by a group of railway em
ployes in the last three months,
it became known last night on tho
arrest of three railway employes.
The following letters are self-explanatory, though It might be
refuted well to add that Mr. Steward has been the chief advisor, consultant
the contention that the session was and propagandist of the school board. Mr. Smith, superintendent of
ui.en, euinB me news umi K..e.i gCnoois, ana lux. u amp Dell, principal or tne hign school, have never
?."L.f 'V0'"' bu."'.nu" J been consulted or asked for advice relative to a new hu?h school.
uvum a.uu int. mna "i vtm attuiwui rp, rjl- ..1.1. i. f 41. n : ti .
xuese iBbbciB tuc uii 111c wiui uie seta emry ui uie Jiiy -ritiuiuiig
Commission and are public property, open to any citizen's inspection.
which later leaked out;
EUGENE, Ore., May 12. Denial
that there was a not of secrecy at
the meeting of the board of regents of
the University of Oregon on May 2
was Issued here today by State Sena
tor Fred Flsk, a member of the board.
"No member thought of any secrecy
and nothing was thought nor said
concerning the proceedings of tho day
in connection with withholding pub
licity of the same. The regents neith
er ut this meeting nor at any meeting.
have exercised a censorship over the
v o-Vif morn men. inciuainir an uii- .i. .. -i.... i
glneer, are expected to be taken lntqj.tnoir proceedings or authorized giving
custody tomorrow
Police said the thefts were made
from baggnge trucks on the station
necessary rather than abandon his
hop-off because of the Russian pro-
hibition. , Unless he received word j
from Buenos Aires, the Argentine
ambassador here will n5t consult thej
Russian ambassador, .Victor Kopp,:
regarding permission for Major Zan-j
nl to land on Russian soil.
Patrick Murphy, advance agent
fnn ATinr Stan nt. nrrivn! hfirn from
Kpntt 1p fttiH nnnniinnpfl thrit Mntnr '
Zannl expects to hop off for Psaka
within a fow days. .
tho press misleading 'canned' state
ments regarding those proceedings.
"At' this meeting, Tho board met,
its business, with no
publicity, or nun-publicity.
ns they reached appoint opposite ajdld its duty as It was seen and went
certnin locomotive, the engineer Ia,homa. At no time during the session
lowed clouds of steam to escape J was the board in executive session
from the cylinders.- Under cover of . consequently anyone so desiring could
this Bcreen, packages containing furs, have been present,
,i .hTJJ. Z lZaZ?0u PUorm- Th0 trucks ,0 b0 '""fOltransaced
,"'trrtorh2w.r. drawn along the .platform, and sthoUBht of
and valuable clothing were removed.
AWARDED PRIZE
Marjorie Edith Goddard, 19 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Goddard, 824 Plum street, has been
awarded- a gold lined silver cup as
fifth prize in National baby contest
conducted by Nestles Food Co.
Over one million babies were en
tered, including babies from five dif
ferent countries. '- ' j
Newspaper Is Sold.
VRELIilNGHAM. Wash., May 12.
The Puget Sound Mail, a weekly
newspaper of Laconner, was sold yes
terday to W. M. Haiiey of 'Eugene,
Ore., by F. L. Carter, publisher of the
paper for the past 38 years. The Mail j
was founded in Bellingham In 1S73 by
the late James W. Power and moved degrees.
to Laconner in 1879.
No politics of any sort whatsoever
have entered into tho board meetings
or any part of the board's proceed-ure."
Regular communication
of Reames Chapter, Wed
nesday evening, May 13th,
ut 8 p. m. Josephine chap
ter will put on the initiatory
Visiting members welcome
to all meetings. 45
Ye Letter Box
- Flood Talk Is Deplored j
To the Editor: I wonder if the few
who started this hysteria' about the
danger of the dam breaking were ,
really sincere in the belief that there,
was the remotest danger of such a
thing happening. None in Ashland or
the twenty miles between Medford
an,rl the dam seem to worry about It
and I doubt If anything would have
ever been said if the opposition could
have thought of a legitimate argu
ment against the P. & E. site. - As
long as this has simmered down to a
"wet" and "dry" issue, to illustrate
that we do not live In a pothole I
would like to say that in the eleven
years I have lived in this house, the
basement has never been even damp.
To my knowledge there has never
been the necessity for a pump In any
basement on the samo level with the
proposed P. & E. site.
Did any of you ever stay away from
the former Page theater for fear of
being swept away? I dare say that
you all know that there's not the
slightest danger but your leaders
have selfishly made it an cast and
west side wrangle and the real Issue
has been lost. Stop and think, folks,
what it would mean to the city to
have a beautiful setting for our high
school which would be a show place
for air the tourists going to Crater
Lake and on the Pacific highway.
MRS. B. L. DODGE.
10 Geneva avenue. -
Sir. Heath Is Answered
To the Editor: In answer to Mr.
Fred Heath:
Any one whom the shoe fits may
wear it. Morally and financially we
are responsible for anything we say.
Take a look at the high school
building as printed above your com
munications and draw your own con
clusions. - 4
By the way: Congratulations to
"Pop" Gates, the only member of the
"Better Sit Committee' who had the
lierve to come out in the open.
His statement, of course, will make
lots f-f votes for the Holly street site.
Executive Committee HVv St. tfite.
DO NOT FORGET
Our Wednesday Special
The new
Collar Attached Shirts
in plain and fancy colors.
English Broadcloth, French Flannel and
fancy Madras. Values to $3.50
Wednesday Special
$1.90
A full line of young men's English
model Suits, wide bottom trousers, all
with two pair pants,
$27.50 to $40.00
Straw Hats, $2.00 to $6.00
Value and Quality.
MODEL CLOTHING CO.
126 E. Main St. ' . ' ;. ' "'
The comparison of the two school sites as recently published by
the "Better Site Committee" contains the gist of Mr. Steward's letter
to Messrs. Rainey and Douglas.
BERT B. LOWRY,
Chairman Executive Committee
North Holly Street Site. -
I'XIVKRSITY OF ORKfiOX
(School of Kilucalion)
Eugene, May 7, 1!)"):
Mr. 0. 0. liojiKs, City i'hiiuiiiig Commission,
Medfortl. Oregon.
Der Mr. Hoggs:,. Kuelosed find a copy of a letter from us to Mr.
Steward and of one'to the Mail Tribune. In ease Mr. Steward's "re
port" is circulated On Medford and the Mail Tribune does not use
our reply you may make whatever use you desire of our reply.
With best personal regards, sincerely yours,
HOMER T. RAINEY,
HARIi R, OlHM,AS.
1. S. Congratulations on Uie passing of the bond issue.
. May 7, 10-J3. ,
The Medford Mail, Tribune, : ,
Medford, Oregon.
Dear Sirs: We have received from Mr. Steward, instructor in
mathematics in the Medford high school, a communication which set
forth his arguments in favor of the 1'. & E. site for the new high
school. There is nothing in Mr. Steward's report which, when given
a careful and fair consideration, would cause us to feel differently
about our report from what we felt at the time we made it. He in
forms us that he proposes to publish his "report" on the sites. While
wc feel that he is probably sincere in his stand, his arguments arc so
partisan and fallacious and his facts so (piestiouable, we feel that, if
published, they ought not be unanswered. We are therefore sending
you a copy of the reply which we are mailing today to Mr. Steward.
In ease Mr. Steward publishes his report wc should like to have it
accompanied by the publication of our reply. We feel that it would
be only fair to us and the people of Medford to have our answer to
his criticism published in case the criticisms are published.
Frankly, we hope that neither is published as it is our opinion
teet will also state that your figures are too low." You tire certainly
ill-advised on this point. In fact, all architects we have consulted
assure us our estimates are unite accurate. Mr. V. M. White, an
architect with offices in Portland, recently in conference with us told
us that our estimate was entirely adeiuate. lie stated further that
he personally lnid given the Medford board of education an estimate
of $l(ji3,000 for the cost of their building. With these facts in mind
wc see no reason tor changing our estimate.
Mr. T. M. (iorow, architect of this city and for the Roseburg board
of education, informs us that our figure of $;iU0 per pupil is adequate
and that a satisfactory, modern, semi-fireproof building could be1
built for less than that figure. His estimates for the Roseburg build
ing alone show a cost of less than sfrjiil) per pupil.
Our figures cannot be read in any way to show that a building
for "only 41)2 pupils" can be built. We know that a GOO pupil build
ing can be built for $ 185,0(1(1. H has been done right here in Oregon.
We did recommend strict economy for Medford because of her
critical building situation. Of course, Medford can, if sho desires,
build a high school which will cost probably $"00 per pupil, but it
would be foolish to do so under tho conditions. It would be needless
expenditure of money badly needed for other educational purposes.
You inake the statement that "when Medford launches upon a
building campaign the annual increase will be much greater than
what your figures indicate, we have various evidence for this state
ment." Wo have figured on your annual maintenance costs and
there is no reason to believe that, what you say is true. We have no
reason to doubt our original estimates.
In regard to the question of a site for the new high school, we
made our choice on the basis of the liest evidence available and wc
arc willing to stand by our reports' As wo reported, there is no
serious objection to either local.ioiii that so far as wc can see,
it is only a mutter of personal choice, to be settled by the Medford
electorate. You can hardly expect us or the people of Medford to
take seriously the "report'.', which you submitted to us. On the face
of it, it is but a brief for the 1'. & E. site and has not in any sense any
earmarks of an impartial consideration of the two sites. No advant
ages of the North Holly site arc admitted, none but the most obvious
of the defects of the I'. & E. site are mentioned. You have presented
no new argument for the I'. & E. property which to us is worthy of
consideration, certainly not of such a nature to warrant us in re
advising the voters of our opinion. In fact, many of the points which
yon mention in its favor can be easily refuted with the facts in the
situation and we are sure they will all be presented between May 5
and May 12, if the bond election carries on the first dale, which wc
sincerely hope it will do for the sake of the school situation in Med
ford. We seriously question h number of points which you have
stressed in favor of the 1. & E. property, but as wc suggested in our
report, we leel that the. matter of a suitable site is an incidental
that the less controversy there is, the better off Medford schools will j matter to the immediate erection of a new high school building.
Every Man for Himself!
The management of Hunt's Craterian Theater takes
this means of warning the people of Jackson County
that unless they are hysterics-proof, unless they can
stand the strain of laughing continuously for an hour
and a half, and unless they arc sure there is no danger
of swallowing their false teeth, they should under
circumstances sep "Charley's Aunt."
be. Eugene has iust gone through a school fight that has had the
school system in the mire for six years and the end is not yet in
sight. ' May you be more fortunate. Sincerely yours.
, HOMER I'. RAINEY,
IIARIj R. DOUGLAS.
H. D. Sheldon, History of Kilucatlon 11. W. Dclliiak, Educational Psychology
H. P. Rntney, School Administration V. U Stetson, Secondary ICdiicatjon
Hail H. Douglas, Theory and Practice Poter Spencer, Education Practice
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
(School of Education)
Eugene, May (i, 1023.
Mr. F. Steward, Instructor in Mathematics,
Medford, Oregon.
My Dear Mr. Steward : We received your letter and report of the
Medford school situation today and wc have examined them carefully.
In regard to the cost of tho respective sites, we do not consider
that it is an item that should influence the community one way or
the other. The difference in the first cost of the two sites is small
enough to be negligible in planning a building program for Medford.
The cost of the site does not necessarily have to he paid for out of the
bond issue. It can be provided out of the annual budget by a small
tax levy, or it can be paid for by issuing short-time warrants which
will not affect the bonding limit. This was not an oversight on our
part. The school board understood that our estimates were only
lor the cost of the building. We cannot see that there is any possi
bility of "much injury to the community and its schools" from this
source.
In the second place, you question our estimate of the cost for
constructing a building large enough to house (iOO high school pupils.
Our estimate for the cost of thus building was $18r,(JtK, which would
be little in excess of $'i()0 per pupil. AVc are willing to stand by that
estimate. You 'made a fundamental error in the cost figures which
you give in your letter. It makes no difference what it may have
cost to construct high school buildings in' the cast and middle west
so far as the cost in Medford is concerned. The only criterion is
"What does it cost in Oregon?" The figures you quote have no
meaning with respect to Oregon. In the main, the figures which you
quote arc taken from large, wealthy cities in the cast and middle
west as, Omaha, Chicago, Philadelphia, Yonkers, N. Y., Camden, X. J.,
Uridgeport, Conn., Columbus, Ohio, Trenton and East Orange, X. J.
X)n the other hand, our estimate is based upon actual building
costs in Oregon in the Willamette valley and in cities comparable in
size to Medford. Our figure is based upon three specific cases. Rose
burg, very near Medford, is just completing a high school which will
not exceed ifcStfO per pupil. This figure includes site and all furnish
ings. Eugene is just completing two new junior high schools which
will cost, complete with site and furnishings, less than $2."i0 per pupil
Salem built a junior high school last year complete for $225 per pupil.
Each of these junior high schools contains auditorium, gymnasiums,
offices, el
However, by wliy of example, permit us to point out to you that
1. You make no reference to the congested situation of the
sewer accommodations of the P. & E. site. You should
have consulted your city engineer on this point.
2. Your argument about tiic football boys becoming infected
with, boils from the athletic grounds is a petty argument,
mid none too logical, ns boils, epidemics of them arc com
mon in all gymnasiums and athletics work where proper
'looker rooms and laundry facilities arc not furnished.
3. An examination of a,,iuap of Medford will show you that
the P. & E. site is several blocks further from the center
of population than the North Holly street site.
4. You make no mention of the possible danger of (mother
flood down Hear creek,
D. You make no mention of the fact that over half of the hitrh
school children will have to pass through the business dis
trict to get to the P. & E. site.
0. You make no mention of the limited avenues of approach
to the P. & E. site and its proximity to main and congested
traffic arteries, the Pacific highway and Main street.
In the comparison you have made of the two sites, you suggest
that it would be impractical to havo student, transfers back and forth
from the present building to the new one. There is no reason to
believe that, such transferring back and forth will be necessary, no
mutter which site is selected, and there is every reason to believe thai
it would not prove satisfactory to attempt such a procedure; What
is needed is a new building large cnongh to house all of the present
high school and to preclude any transferring.
Wc arc sending a copy of this letter to the Mail Tribune with the
request that it be published at the same time you publish your report,
in case yon do publish it. Wc arc doing this in order to protect our
selves in the eyes of the voters against any "eleventh hour" criticism
of our report which might arise. We are also sending a copy to Mr.
Hoggs, president of the City Planning Commission.
It is our sincere hope that the bond issuo will carry and that the
question of a site will be satisfactory to a majority of the Medford
citizens and wc believe the only way to accomplish these things is
that which we suggested in our report. It ought to be done for the
sake of h better school system in Medford.
Wc are inclined to think, Mr. Steward, that you are acting in
good faith, but that you have permitted your desires in the matter to
stand in your light. ' Wc think the finest service that you can render
to Medford is to keep your efforts directed toward the realization of
a building program adequate to the needs of Medford and to use
your influence to cheek, rather than to promote and fan the flames
of factional strife over school questions. "'
Mr. Douglas wishes to thank volt for the enclosure of the article
by Dr. Scars of Stanford, who is a former instructor and colleague
of Mr. Douglas'. The article certainly has a familiar ring.
Sineerelv yours.
You further stilted that you will find that "nny reputable fii'e i-1 Paid Ailv,
MARL R. DOUGLAS.