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PAGE THREE'-
77 Market!
K. II. Conklo, fnr.tlio past thief-yqui-8
principal of the , MuLouKhlln
1'nlim high Ht:lio.l .'ot Milton, On-con.
Umatilla county. i th ,ltw huiiitIii
toiKlent' n( Ihu Mclfniil hK, hi-Ihm.I,
IiuyIiik bfoiy lectcll hy tlm nclio,.
ljounl to .11ml position, it vaM an
nouni'til. toUny. to replace I'riiiclpul t).
It.- l.'limplell. who recently rcslKiieil to
enter ;, 1usincss In I'ojilanil. sir.
Conk'u wired IiIm tiqccituitce of the
pcte'iion last nljdit. '
'.Mr. Contslo in h nlnqio man, native
,( Ohio, 85 yen in ot hro and 1h a incni-
nov ot me MctnuiliKt church. II
Mvt'Mock
POHTl.ANI Hlv, Auk. 5 faille
nomlall ystcatl"; receipts 30.
Houm Hteaily. Hulk of rcciptH on
contract; receipt!! ion.
Sheep titcnily; receipts &;n.
"I
took Ills A. B. decreo from Ml. Union
college. Ohio, In 1!)13, nnil dlil poai
CrnUunlo work at tho University of
Oregon, lie has had 10 years experi
ence In school work -within the state.
..Prior to takliiB chat-uo of McLoukIi
v lln hlRh school ho was for three years
prlnclpul of the Hood Paver hiKh
school. Previous to that he served at
Sllvcrton nnil at Knlcrprisc.
McLoUKhlln high school, which he
leaves to come, to Mcdford, enrolls
somo 300 BUulcntH and is noted as the
most hiCAiern and up to dHto high
BChool building In tho suite at the
Present time. Mr. L'onklo hecame the
Irst principal of this sch6ol and upon
hltn, to a largo donxec, fell tho ar
vansementd for equipping, organizing
und pliinniiia In Die now building. This
gflve . him a particular experience of
which tho local board was glad ' to
tako advantage. ' ' ',
Mr. Conklo comes very highly-rec
oinmended hy lrmllnK educators or
he state and othei-s who unite In
placing him in the front rank of
principals of tho larger high schools,
lie Is rated as especially strong in or-
, iranlstalion, tit -supporting and direct
ing student activities, anil as particu
larly successful In bringing his high
school into close co-operation with
the community and its enterprises.
The members of the' school board
and Superintendent E. 1-1. Hedrick ex
press themselves as particularly
- plcused in being aide to bring a man
o well qualified as Mr. Cookie, to the
Bedford position. Uo , will , report
here for duty' by the twentieth of
August. . ,, ., ,. , .'; -.. . -
IN HALF iVliLE OF
Howard n. Dorm, n iM Hill
youth, was hound over tu the
Annul Jury yi-wUTtluy ly JUHtUc
i-tU-nn o. Tuylor. lufatiso of chnn;n
plitceil a (,n i list him hy, chkf Niiecial:
iiKoiit .M. M. . Cnttui ri of tho Kutilh
orn I'liclfle lilies fv break tug Into
a trunk ut the . ('old Hill d pot :ind
steuiiiiR- hp vend artlcli-u tof ladies'
wcurliiK 'itpparcl. . Dornv'tt hall was
set nt $500. '. , fc
Jack Durimdo, luntl nutonioblK'
Hulosinaii, arid T. J. Stonebiuker, au
Ashland youth, woro also hound over
,to the grand jury hecuuw of chm-fres
lilarcd against jthem by tho sheriff's
nffifo for the possrwdon of n moon
'shlno still." Duromlo'a had was sot
nt $5000 nnd Stom-hmker's at $2000.
The arrest of Stonebmker was made
last week hy Constable McKahb of
Ashland, while he was attemi'lnjr
to rarry away part or tho still, whic h
it is a Hoped he had been opera t Inp
on the hanks of Neil creek several
miles south of Ashland. The man
was carrying tho boiler, which was
made of two popper wash boilers
with a teapot soldered on top. j
Durundo, who formerly sold auto
mobiles for a local concern, Is said
hy tho police to have been tlie ring
leader of tho bootleKKHltf ring, while
Slonebraker was one who curried out
his. orders. ; - : .
Both men are married, their wives
beinjj with them at.,court.
'4SK
rOIlTLAXD. A ur. 5. Kms steady.
Current receipts illt'-.-c; pulh'ta ' tfi
L'Xc; firsts 31 1 3:'c; extras Hl'i
a3Vjc delivered Portland.
lOfl ECLIPSE I
S
I.OM A1KLKS, Auk. 5 (A. 1)
.lack Denipsey Ucclared he.re today
that his agreement with Tex Ktckard
Ut flight llnrry Wills was only verbal
and tentative and thai the action and'
attitude of the New York boxing com
mission made the champion loath V
drag l:ickard Into an argument wllit
that body by coniinuinK tlie iHRtitia
tions further.
Hater
POUThAX'O. A"
Cubes ',.( tti 1c bl);!ir :
city 4!c; riamicii!: ::
47VJc; firsts 4,"ic: intdei
inal; prlutK Tic; cartons 5:11.
l-ltittorfat firm, scarce. ICest churn
InjI crraiu fJc net shippers' track in
zone one.
i'uMcr.
i-xlia i abes.
pr'n-" lii t ;
i-'ad-'s tnnn-
I'oultry '
PORTLAND,' Aug. fi. Poultry tin
chanced. Heavy bens IMc: llcht Itie
springs PJ ir 25c; young while ducks '
Clark Kawliugs, GUt South Central
avenue woke up about 3 o'clock Tues
day imiinlng. and ulancitiK out bin
Im. dull wliulow. ( held tho . iiiooti.
b.nl; of tho county seat. In a partial
iUpe.. lie ga.eil upon tin- heavenly
phenomena, and then went hack to
(Jeep. lie. woke up again In half an
hour or so, and found the ti:ooi had
dropped down quit a bit. and was in
nenrly a t t at 1 Oelipe. lie marveled
at 't lie conduct of the planetary :t
tetrt. until his eves rcimcd to stay open
longer, a Pi he cm w led under the
blanket, tit was chillyL and went to
sleep, until the sun wnlPo him up.
Yesterday Uawlings inhl his friends
about what be had seen aloft, and be
ing facetious soulxOthey told biin be
had fractured thi Volstead act. llaw
IIukm den ltd t i ulleKatinn, but
thought he might have been dreaming.
Ho he Investigated untft u inuring navy
sailor, he gave a lift to on the high
way, divulged that while riding from
Salem, he bad run into u phone polo
while gawking at an eclipse of Luna.
A .... I r I ...11.. ..t A .li
. ..hi., v ' .........
ubitt tiihl hiiii, that they bad seen the
eclipse from .their sleeping porch.
The eclipse ItaWllngs slglucit. was
not given much publicity by astrono
mers, and as far as Is known, hi- Is
jlho only person In town, whit saw it.
I If anybody else was fortunate enough
jlo do likewise ho would like tit coin
pare notes with them on the incident.
YYill the gentleman who attend
a meeting of the Chamber of Or
i ue rue and Fruit tiruwefti League
itay night and by tnlsiuke took K
hat with brown hundO'nltlaln A-.- .
Iease return It to Hotel Medford
ireceiv hl own In exchange. J
31x4
. Straight Side
' $13.95
Phipps Auto Park Sen
Riverside at Jackson Strec
Y
Two more traffic violation casfcs
were disposed of in Justice Roe's
court at Jacksonville yesterday, nnd
one other case was turned over to the
grand jury.
On bis plea of guilty to 'driving a
motorcycle without a tail light.
jMorvyn C. Gleason of Central Point
was fined $10. N. J. Mint line of
Kugenc was fined $7.fi" for speeding1
on tlie streets of Mcdford.
Willis A. Scot! of tho Applegate
country pleaded not guilty lb a charge
of driving n juotor vehicle while in an
intoxicated condition. His case was
turned over to the grand Jury.
The three. 'arrest 8 werq . made by
ShUc, Triiffhi Officer J.-'J McMahoii.
FOR D.IK. - It BAND
XBW YOP.K, Aug. 6. Tex Ulck
anl declared today that if Jack
liempsey fights Harry Wills for tho
world's heavyweight title in l2fi.
the bout will take place only under
his direction in the .Metropolitan dis
trict, probably on July 3 or 6.
The promoter asserted he had a
definite understanding with Denip
sey for the Wills match ami scoffed
at reports, from Los Angeles that
Kloyd KHzsimmons bad reached '
agreement with the champion to
stage the battle "some where near
Chicago," next summer.
Kvqix should Dempsey go so fill
as to seek to arrange the match for
(ho middle west, Klckard indicated
It would havo scant chance of going
through for tho New York promoter
also has an " agreement with Paddy
.Mullins, AYills' manager for staging
the much delayed contest here.
"I feel sure that the fight will oc
cur in New York, too. in spile of
these complications w h I c h ha've
arisen in the relations between Jack
Dempscy und the boxing commis
sion, . Hut if there is a bitch here 1
am prepared to stage the match In
my Jersey City arena, Boyles Thirty
Acres." ,
"Dempscy wants to meet Vi'ills and
no one else," Kickard declared. "His
attitude lias been misrepresented.
Much of the talk flying about now
is just plain 'hot air I feel confi
dent that the entire situation will bo
straightened 'out soon and further
quibbling ended by a definite ar
rangement fur the fight under my
direction.',' ; , , . . ,
PotaliK's
POIiTLAXO. Aug. fl.
steady, new $2.001 'IMS.
Onions steady (4. mi 7 I r.o.
P.)
Itaart,
white.
Portland Wheal
PORTLAND, Aug. 5 (A.
Wheat Hard white, bluesteni,
soft t white, 451.51; western
SLfil; hard winter, Jl.fiL'; northern
spring. $1.50; western red, $t .4 7 ; 11.
B. Ft. hard white, $1.64.
Today's Car Receipts Wheat, 33;
flour, U; corn, G; oats, 0; hay, 11,
San Francisco Markets.
SAN KKANC1KCO. Aug. fi. Rut
terfat f. o. h., San Francisco, fiUc.
Portland Dry Spell
PORTLAND, Aug. 5 (A. P.) Port -
I 111 11(1 h "' J 1 1 '.MI, UIIIIIOKCII K(lin 1IIC
I l ie) t.l.iff.ll ..it lutin 11 t.i.linT lt.i.l ..u-
tablishcd a mark- of 53 successive days
without rain, passing the record of
last summer. The longest dry spell
on record here wus set In 1S83, when
Ihero were 57 days without rain.
Conk with gas; '
If
j SPORT BRiEFS
i LONDON, Aug. 5. (A. P.)
Lieutenant Colonel Hernurd C, Krey
burg, world will" hero .and bolder
of tho "Victoria, cross lost by a scant
balf mile today in his attempt to
owim the Knglish .channel.
After battling tho treacherous tides .
and currents of the channel for ap
proximately seventeen hours, fluting.
which at one time he was only 000
yards from the English coast at Point
Hope, between Dover and South
Foreland, he abandoned the attempt
which began at Cape tiris-neis tit
The chamber of commerce i per
fecting plans for a welcome to Hie re
turning members of the northwest
I champion Crater Lake Temple, D. O.
iv. ikiiki, wncn mcy arrive in ino
city tomorrow afternoon from Aber
deen, Wash. ' '
Although the 'local D. O. K. K. dele
gation left At ed ford in a special coach
it is possible that they may disband
nt Portland on their return, but If
they do not, the fire siren will be
blown when the band members arc at
PALO ALTO, Caj. Aug. 5. Im
provements adding, greatly to the
soatinjjf capacity of the Stanford uhl-
j versa y siuuium iiere nave uccn iiuoui
completed. Tlie stadium, whjel) is
In tbc.HlMvjfr' tii"d, horse sHne,-; lias
been closed into --ii bowl. um will
hold 72,000. Thu fields amb slands
were hollowed 'out ot the naturul
turf.
The annual' football game between
Stanford and California, the biggest
Athletic, event of the year In this re
gion, will be played here November1
til. ' -
8:25 o cluck last night nnd was taken (Jo( JtJI1 wlon lh6 Hren iH h,nwn
aboard his accompanying tug. ory QUWvVi , Me(if.rd is asked U
Ueutenanl Colonel Kreybcrg's B"l-'KHlhl.r nt ljK, oeipot platform to givt
hint effort ended half a mils off the th() ))lim, ft pronoi. homecoming.
Hhnra t Kin its littu-n. bolwcen Deal i '
and Dover. Previously, however, lie
was only lon yards from Point Hope.
but his groat exertions had nearly
exhausted him and the tide, turning,
curried biin out to sou again.
Tho pilot accompanying Mm in
tho tug told tho swimmer that It
would bo four hours before another
change in the tide would ugyln
enable him to approach the shore.
Lieutenant Colonel FrcybuVg then de
cided that because of the low tem
perature of the water and tho Im
probability that he could last fur
four hours, he would abandon the
attempt.
Colonel Freyhurg has long been fa
mous as a swimmer. When - seven
teen years old he was the champjon
, long distance swimmer of New Zeul
nnd, where he; was educated.-
He was awarded the distinguished
service order for his famous exploit
during the Gallipoll campaign. One
night ho swam from a Hritish de
stroyer four miles to tlie shore nnd
lit flares which lighted up the Hrit
ish trenches and facilitated landing
Operations of the British forces.
' ... '
One of tho best vatidevliie bills ever
presented In this city, was on the
boards nt the Craterlan theater Tues
day. The plain and fancy shooting of
the Oeorgalls Trio, awed tho audience,
und tho "blue" singing ofl Oordon and
Dolfliar was close to big time stuff, the
patrons clapplm; fur more until the
couplo exhausted . Oi' Jr- repertoire.
Close on the heels of the marksmen
and the vocalists, were Corclll and P.ur
ley; the latter an exceptionally limber
gentleman. "the Temptations of
J:t25," was' a better than an average
dance revue, and Kalph Scabury, talk
ed while he cartooned cleverly.
Mary Wilis Court !crihn.
LOS ANOKLKS. Aug. 5. A. P.)
Judge Victor McLucas late today
denied a motion by counsel for the
defense of three men . accused of
plotting to kidnap Mary 1'lckford.
film star, for a directed verdict of
acquittuf
'Only few ayw left Kperlal electric
rnnge offer; get your's now! 11!
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CP9K wiUi.pft tf
Conk with gnH.
Cleveland (Jolfcr Icads.
GAKDKX CITY, N. Y.. Aug. Ji.
(A. P.) Nelson Davies of Cleveland
took the lead today In tho qualify
ing rounds of the national public:
links golf championship with rounds
of 73 yesterday and 74 . today, total.
14 7, ono stroke ahead of Hay Ale
Aultfie of Buffalo, N. Y.
njni 1 1 fity
Say "Bayer"-Insist!
For Colds Headache :
Pain " Lumbago
Neuralgia. .Jlhcunialism
'Accept otily a
Bayer package
which contains proveri directions
Ilandy "Ilaycr" lmxos of 12 tnhlcts
Also bottlcs'of 24 and 100 Druggista
Aopfrio Is tlie trmlo msrk of n..r-r Manu
facture of Mononceticacl0c8tcr of ijalicrllc.cul
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ONE MINUTE AT THE PHONE
OR A DAY AT THE TUB?
Washing, in many homes in this city,
now means only a minute at the
phone. '
A minute at the phone will bring our
representative and an end to your
washday worries. . '
We take over your entire bundle,
wash everything, rinse and dry it;
iron the flatwork; fluff the woolens,
underwear and stockings, starch the
garments which need it, and leave
for you only the ironing of personal
things which you love to fuss with
anyway. '. '
We'll gladly explain more fully this
saving service we offer you phone
us today for, details.
Wet Wash
5c a pound
American Laundry
138 So. Central , ' V , : , . Phone 873
Try the American Laundry First
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MASON and HAMLIN PIANOS
When you purchase your piano
at this store you have the satis
faction o f knowing that youT
have made a wise selection from
a stock of really fine instruments
that you have bought at the
right price and that the dol
lars you paid will stay in Med
f ord and part of them ,at least,
will come your way again."
WEEKS &ORR
i;iiiiiiMii-d ihi
D. C. DURHAM
Piano Tuning '
R, W WILSON
Mgr. Mutlo Dept.
This Special Sale Is Just the BEGINNING i
of Your Electric Range Economy!
Wlint uwmI is UiiTc for fiicl, uslics, extra wnrk and liroiliiiff I'ii'es in Bimiincf, when
the avoi'ayc cost of ciirreni for cooUinj; "by wire" is only D'oc a meal If
Install that eeononiy now together with the economies of a cool, drudgeless and
cleaner kitchen at the amazing sale price of ' ' ; .
. Only $15 Down
In eight days this opportunity positively end's! Tomorrow
is almost yourlast chance to secure a 1LOTPOINT-I1UGIIES
"IMOl" the most popular of this leading make of ranges
thc economical sine you have long needed.
It has three heat plates on the cooking top; insulated, heat
rcfiiiiiing two-element oven; counter-balanced oven door,
which "floats" into position; oven thermometer, for the
finest cooking; clean, porcelain and enamel finish the
brightest spot in the kitchen! It is large enough to suit any
family; small enough to he at home in any kitchen.
TIME IS SHORT
, $15 down will put your IIOTPOINT-IIUGIIES to work
tomorrow. 12 monthly payments of even less will conven
iently take care of the balance. ,
"Be using your electric in the eight bargain days left
act now. '
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Paul's Electric Store
; . Phone 90
Special Terms 6n Other Makes and Models
People's Electric Store
Phone 12 ' '
Special Terms on Other Makes and Models
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
Telephone 168
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