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Gc? 0 MEDFORD MSIE TRTfttTNTR, " Pjffff THREE BOUQUET ON ITS CORDIALITY By VICTOR HUGO WEISS Leaving Portland at 4 in the after noon of Mny 18lh, I walked 14 miles and oRt a lift In a milk wnpon. I fill; ed up on milk, too, folks. Then came some more hnrd walking. I walked . about seven miles only to be picked j up by a minister and he save me a complete lecture on God. Arriving at Canby, Ore., I washed and spcuced up a bit and started out on the highway and after I had accomplished about five miles, I was nearly, run over by a very large truck. The truck'driver was scared and I says, well here's where I ride. I told him he would have to ride me aa I had turned over my ankle. Well I managed to make Salem, Ore. Folks, let me tell you that the Oregon folks are real kind and liberal. I am an easterner and 1 never was treated finer than junt by Oregon people. I am not a hobo. I am a youngman trying to make my way across tho country. I had walked nbout five miles when' I was lifted by a New York traveling salesman. We talked on Med ford and so forth, and his Idea was that Medford was to be one of the leading towns some day. Arriving at Eugene I went to the V. M. 'C.'A., jumped in the tank and had n BWlm.artd went to bed all in. Arising 'at- 6 the next morning, ' I proceeded to"he nearest waffle house. After devouring about six waffles and seven eggs and about ten cups of cof fee I proceeded out the highway. 1 had walked about six miles when a fel low and a couple of horses came along, lie a.sked me my rouje. I told him. I jumped upon one of the ponies back ..-nkniit nnt.r.iloul.'.n ntiltr in. Ka tnuoail Child Marriage Links Thrones Alt LEGION WEEK Mayor Alenderfer ' issued the fol-J lowing proclamation today: ! -. "Whereas, the president of the United States has endorsed the ef forts of the American legion to' pro vide homes and . education for the thousands of decadent children of war veterans, the care and protec tion of wives and widows now depen dent upon charity and the caref in competent and .disabled veterans of the World War, and "Whereas, 1 the governor, of the state of Oregon, recognizing this great service to humanity, has called upon every educational civic and re ligious agency of this commonwealth to aid the American Legion In this work of- brother love and good clt' zenshlp and has set aside the week of Mny 24th to May 30th to be de voted to tho raising of funds for this program. , "Therefore I, O. O. Alenderfer, mayor of the city of Medford, state of Oregon, hereby proclaim the week of May 24th to May 30th American Region Endowment Week, and urgently recommend that all citi zens' 'and organizations of this city put forth every effort in attaining this city's quota of the $5,000(000 needed to carry on successfully the American Legion'B national child welfare and rehabilitation endeavors. "Given this 20th day of May in the year of 'our Lord, one thoutmnd nine hundred and twenty-five,' under my hand and the seal of the city of Medford, state of Oregon. "O. O. 'ALENDEnFEU." TO DECIDE EIGHT DAY FIGHT right off again by said pony. I real ized that I had gotten on the wrong pony. Well I rode one of the ponys as fur as Cottage Grove. I stopped and put talcum in my boots, then proceed ed out the highway, and after I had walked about five miles I was picked up by a traveling Watkins Products dealer. I sold at one place just ex nctly $15 worth of goods for him and of course that gained me passage as far as a little place called Drain, Oro. There I drank a heap of mineral water and, beliove me, folks, that's some thing folks don't get in the east. 'Well, I hiked from Drain, Ore., to a place called Yoncalla. At Toncala I was picked up by a General Electric man, his wife and a bull dog. I took a good look at the bull dog first. A good long look and at firrt I was a bit afraid to get In the car on account of said bull iloff. T rnria to MndfnrH with thm Arriving at Medford .1 was treated more cordial than-air the way along. I was welcomed warmly. Stepping right out I started to hunt up chances for, going over' the SiHkiyous and I must sav that Mod ford folk are sure cordial. I hare succeeded In getting a requested the privilege of working over lift to Sacramento. -Calif. eignt noura. When I arrive in Chicago I shall ! The suit is brought by Allan Joy, a push for Medford, simply because I Portland attorney, in tho name of was treated very cordial. So I bfd you J Gregor, who has taken the assign Medford folk au revoir, and good luck ments of all the other laborers . involv to all, and watch the-Mail Tribune for :ed- The case.dates back as far as 1918 further parts of my story. Good luckjand the overtime wages alleged to be SALEM, Ore., May " 20. Highway work all over the state will be affected by the court decree In the case of Stanley 'Gregor against. Lane county. which is now pending in the circuit court at Eugene,', and in which the county will be assltsed in its defense by J. M. Devers, attorney for the state highway commission The question is whether the county can bo. forced to DOCTOR'S OFFICE RISQUE MAGAZINE0 FIGHT OVER KUBLI IS BROKEN INTO, DRIVESpiG IRRIGATION DITCH IMPHINF TON jastaasaxxi IN CIRCUIT fJIIIRTi IIIVIII IMM.II II Ik. I I CHICAGO. May 20. (Hy Associat ed Tress.) A widespread drive against salacious magaziius is indit-uti-d in ro- I ports from cities ttirouKhuut tin country, csome nine inm mgiu or eany mm From Washington oily and Wash morning tho office of Dr. T. U. Ington state, officials have taken Hiene In the Liberty building was action to have barred from news broken Into, hut nothing apparently stands publications which they say was taken except two morphine tub- contain obscene pictures and reading lets out of the desk which was mutter. Iliniiiled mien. I Ten popular priced magazines were The suit in equity of 1!. W. Baldwin .and Sol C Stone, Applcgate miners, nuainst Kdward Ku.lt I! nntl Jackson County, for the rilit to build a water ditch for the drulniiKo of water used in placer mining operations, is helm; heard by Circuit JimIku Thomas thl week. A temporary injunction wast Kr anted -a year ao, to restrain the Kubli'H Trom halting tho digging1 of the dfh. .,'-' The plaintiffs, 9 presented by At-( torney Kvnn Iteames, maintain that the ditch is essential to the carrying on of successful mining operations. The defendants claim that the dig- King of the ditch, will weaken thri Kttbll Irrigation ditch flume, leaving it open to tho attacks of the weather,., gophers, squirrels and time, and the' county thinks the same forces will work on tho county road, detriment tally. The Kiibl! ditch is tho first Irriga tion ditch to ho built in Jackson coun ty, having been constructed over, CD years ago. - The custom of arrnnn roy al and Iuk'' caste marriages, while the principals are children continues in India. ''The Mahan dru Singh, heir and eldest son of the Maharajah of Morvi, one of India's wealthiest princes, has just been betrothed to the young daughter of the Maharajah of Hajpiplu. and good bye. - HIGH DIVE PROVES A AT SNAPP CARNIVAL due totals about $5000. The county employed a large number of men on orad work and they were required to furnish their own board. Since they were In the country a long disance from their homes they had to pay board, and expressed a preference to work ten instead of eight hours, so that they might pay board by the ad ditional two hours labor.- 1 ' ' ' There Is a law that says eight hours shall constitute a day's work, more than that to be required only In cases Of emergency, when double pay shall be allowed for the overtime. The suit is brought under that law, but tho A large crowd was present at the county claims the law should not ap- openlng- of the Snapp Bros. Combined' ply for the reason that the men want Shows last evening on the" grounds ed to work ten hours. , just-opposite the S. P. depot. About a year ago some of tho same The show- with up-to-date riding men complained to State Labor Corn devices and side shows fully lives up', missioner Gram, demanding overtime to the standard of such attractions PW ad at the request of Governor that have visited the city during the," Aorney severs piaceu tne -ytarVpaflt. The bright lights, the matter before the Lane county grand tr n Af thA oniiionr.: nnd the JUV whlch did not indict the county myriad other things which are. al- ways associated with a carnival, seemed to make Joyful the crowd that had come, in spite of tho 'jlireatening clouds overhead. The beit, attraction -of the even ing, was the sensational dive of 98 feet' by Matt Gay. From a small platform nearly a hundred feet above terra flrma the daring man dove into a tank of water only nine feet in cUamctcr. . He turned com pletely over - twice in the air and then struck 'the tank fairly In the center. , v Today there is a matinee, and on officials and now the laborers have Instituted civil action. LOCAL THRIFT SHOP IS IN NEED OF ARTICLES OFFICERS ELECTED BY ODD FELLOWS, PARADE THIS P. M. At the state convention of Odd Fel lows meeting in Ashland today the following officers were elected: Patri arch militant: - president. Brigadier General W. K. Wadsworth of Harris burg; vice president, Major Geo. Ely, of Salem; clerk, Brigadier General H. M. , Beckwlth. Portland, treasurer, Major P. P. MIIIh, Portland. - Grand Encampment: R. H. Hen derson", Chewmawn, grand patriarch; 'irBi. tValkerV. Eugene, grand high priest;? Jesse T Jones, Eugene, grand senior warden;-K,-E. Shannon, Port land, grand scribe; A. H. Knight, Canby, grand treasurer; James Shan non, Oregon City,, grand junior war den; II. K. Siekafoose, ' Monmouth, grand representative; G. W. Hall, grand marshal; J. E. Pickens, Rose burg, grand sentinel; AViltiam Link halter, Hillsboro, grand outside senti nel. ' ' This afternoon at 5 .o'clock the visiting delegates accompanied by local members of I. O. O. P. will march t'o tho I. O. O. P. cemetery for the dedication of the new mausoleum. Entrance was made by breaking the glass out of one of the office ordered withdrawn doors and by opening thus fit) in nale in Washington Inst week. County prose cuting attorneys of the state of Wash- , crawling through the ,ir ni ',1Ilini, ,,nwi,t fiht Him. ruining t-iB arainsl indecent publications and SUED BY HUSBAND PORTLAND, Ore.. May 20. John E. (Handsome Hans) Kagerlle, spec ial, police agent, who has been recov ering from wounds received when shot recently in the course of a raid, was today mndo tho defendant In n $15,000 damage suit for alleged alien ation of affections. Juy A. Allmon, longshoreman, filed the suit, charging that PagerUe had paid attentions to his wife nnd that as a result she had obtained a divorce. FOR SELLING OF BEER TORONTO, Mny 20'. With hnste and expectancy, the province of On tario today completed preparations for, the morrow when 4.4 per cent beer may be dispensed in hotels under government license and supervision. HoBielrics rushed to convpletehelr renovation of long neglected bat- rooms, moving out brass rails and bars to comply with regulations that the beverage may be served only at tables. was oisLurneu except me ueK wmcn nnve catM a niettinK for Kriday at : nore tne martvs 01 some mum mstru- .,...,, ... (iKIIK th titn-ittnn ment tnat was useti m forcing u open, and one drawer was also broken Into. It was from this drawer that tho supposed drug ad dict took the two tablets. Deputy Sheriff Forncrook was on the scene this morning taking finger prints. FLEET IN PORT AT HALIFAX, NEW YORK, IS DRY , NEW YORK, May 20t (Hy Associ ated Press.) -Rum ships driven from off American shores by the coast guard blockade are jamming Halifax harbor as one result of the determin ation of .the administration from President Coolidge down to en&rco prohibition to the limit. Thirteen steamers nnd schooners are tied up at Halifax. Klve arrived yesterday. They don't know where to turn. Some of them intend discharg ing their cargoes and returning to loollliiiiilD frnlirhl fi-nfflo . Now thnt house cleaning is in pro- ThB Hnlifa ritual Inn rnnftrtiiR (tress, don't forget that Wednesday statomontH In coa.st guard circles thut and Thursday are bundle- days (or rum ,.ow haa virtually been cleaned tne Tnrirt snop. Any doming, canned un 0ne hMv ot a fleet ot 80 rum . ...7 . ""'""".rruit. disnes. rugs, etc.,' etc., win e ships remains. It is a German vessel, ? .CX y, ' .,!", L" a. conVL islnrt,y accepted by the shop. Any- anchored forty miles off Sandy Hook. i .1 uuwi UU "'-one desiring to know the work ana The dry campaign, ashoro and in- jiibiuu 01 Willi u raii'is enicruun uu, needs of tho Thrift Shon. call and l.nH o.,li,.oa nnc A flot nf I Investigate for yourselves and thus armed craft is being mobilized at five .be satisfied with the personal knowl- bases on Lake Ontario and the St. edge'that your donations are used for Lawrence river to cope with the ex- jilie comion ana neeas or oiners. peciea aeiuge or liquor irom uniario, k)Many new garments in. Phono Thrift where 4.4 per cent beer goes on sale Shop 466. Thursday. thrilling bursts of speed. S.P. UP s. PORTLAND, Ore., Mny 20. The Spokane, Portlnnd and Seattle Trans portation company, which was or ganized as a subsidiary of the Spo kane, Portland and Seattle Railway company, to operate motor buses on the . lower Columbia river highway between Portland and Seaside, Ore., today took" over the competing bus line of the Columbia Stages, Inc. Fifteen buses were turned over and A. Jaloff, head of the stage com pany, agreed pot to engage again in operation of buses on this route, though he will continue to operate on the upper Columbia river high way and in the Willamette valley. The bu schedule will be arranged Bo as to keep with the railroad and rAtind- trip, tickets will be Inter changeable on bus or train. President Turner of the transportation torn panyf and the railroad, announced. lAny time you do oot think that SCHILLING -- Coffee is the best coffee you can a buv I will return your money U instantly and gladly. You keep me coffee. TFor 55 ntn Western women hive depended upon the iSnous Schilling l-Money-BicJ" ofia on BiJung Powdet, Tct, Spice, Exuacw nd Co3ee jJ V5S SPIRIN Say ' ' Bayer Aspirin" INSIST! Unless' you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by phy sicians for 24 years. ' . x-j " Accept only a ejOy Bayer package which contains proven directions Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 auil 100 Druggists ARplrlD IH the trade mnrk of Bnyrr Mnnu fiicture oC UuuoucuUcauiilevtcr of ISallcjllcttvlil There is insurance that provides for life as well as for death. The Oregon Life man can best adviseyou the policy specifically suited to your needs. Ask htm to call! A. L. MILLS. IVW.nl T. fiCHUPPKL. A.t Huw. C 8.SAMUEl..Gi.ll. Il.BLAl!VKLT. Eic'iU. Jf'l lm. Office! PORTLAND, CKEOON A. B. Cornell A. B. Ev.nt District Mgrs.. 20 Hertford National Bank Bldg., Medford, Oregon. 1111 .r JVP Macaroni Noodles Open For Business The Cozy Nook Sparta Building . Main and Riverside Cold and Hot Drinks Sandwiches Ice Cream Candies Pop Corn Peanuts Cigars Cigarettes , and Tobacco Magazines Newspapers School Supplies Groceries lip Ity. i Firing the worn commuta tors here. We turn thorn down properly, undercut correctly and materially lengthen tho generator's life by A l workmanship plus thoro care. Modern equipment real service. Closing Out Sale of IVORY We sold a nice lot of Ivory yesterday. It will move fast until it is all gone. The price we wake, 50 discount just half price will keep it moving. Mirrors, Hair Brushes, Trays and Roll-Ups COMMENCEMENT DA Y IS NOT FAR OFF. HEATH'S DRUG STORE(Phone 884) HASKINS' DRUG STORE(Phone 16) As near as your phone. 30 Days Trial Gabriel Snubbers FISK BALLOONS Only Factory Making 29x4.95 The ize Now in Stock WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE HIGH PRESSURE, BALLOONS, SOLIDS AUTO SUPPLY & PARTS CO. 31 N. Bartlett Would You Live in a Steel House? A stool liousc with a massive stool door, . nnd prbn burs for windows that's the only kind of a house that, is safe for valuables. Unless you live in stioh a house koop your valuables in a safe deposit box hero. Rentals as Low as $3.00 Yearly. 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