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Weekly Fifty-fourth Yer. ,
MEDFORD. OREGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 3925
NO. 165
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TRAIN, ESCAPES AS
DETECTIVE FIRES
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 1. No trnce
had been found early today of the
lone masked bandit who early last
night staged one of the boldest train
robberies in the history of the train
service. After throwing twenty-flvo
passengers of tho day coach of the
Missouri Pacific passenger train
number 107 into pirtiio tho man
escaped with less than $100 of their
money in an exchange of shots with
a ruilroad detective who was a pas
senger on the train.
The man was dressed in blue
denim and was masked with a white
handkerchief. He appeared to be
between forty and fifty years old. It
Is believed he boarded the train at an
outlying station.
As the train was approaching the
railroad yards the man encountered
the negro porter in the vestibule in
the day coach and brandishing two
revolvers, forced tho porter to accom
pany him Into tho car. The passen
gers were commanded to line up in
the aisle with theis hands in the air
while the negro searched thein.
With one gun pointed at tho pas
sengers and the other directed at (ho
porter, the bandit cooly directed the
uctivfties.
"Don't take their tickets or
jewelry, just4?et the money," ho
commanded of the porter.
After the last passenger had been
relieved of his money the man pulled
the bi'U cord and ulighted from tho
tin In as it came to a halt.
It was at this point that he wns
encountered by the detective who had
watched the maneuvers from unother
coach, but hesitated to fire, fearing
he might hit one of the passengers.
The detective called on 111 in to halt
but tho command was unheeded. Tho
detective, who was armed with two
guns fired both of them nt the ban
dit. The man returned the fire as he
escaped under cover of darkness.
SECY. OF STATE
T
IS EXPECTED FRIDAY
The grand Jury called Wednesday
to hear testimony in the case of
Hyman Huntley, charged with stab
bing Jesse James Cilbbs to death
September 20 in a f iKlit, reputed to
have been caused by the attentions
paid by Gibbs to Huntley's wife, ad
journed Wednesday " evening until
Friday morning, when they will meet
for further consideration of evidence
and make a report.
A score of witnesses testified at the
Wednesday session on the Huntley
case.
Two cases involving alleged moral
dellmiuency on the part of men and
women and a forgery charge was
heard yesterday.
AL
a u Klty. Naughty!
REAV1SH CITY", Neb. For playing
checkers in tho city park Sunday a
man has been arrested. Ho was re
leased on promise of reformation.
ASetof
1847 ROGERS BROS.
Silverplate and
Utility Tray
Priced at
$26.10
We're celebrating the Value Demonstration Event nt our storo
now. Arid scores of prudent housewives are celebrating It with us.
They have purchased, at the irresistible price of $25.10, the hand
some Town House Set of 1847 Rogers Bros, silverplate, consisting of
six knives, six forks, six toaspoons, six tablespoons, a butter knife and
a sugar shell.
And for only a dollar extra, they have received the beautiful
double-purpose Utility Tray.
it isn't too late for you to follow their wise example. The Value
Demonstration Event continues till November 21st.
Fay E. Diamond, Jeweler
Medford ,115 E. Main St. Oregon
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 1. (A. P.)
Extending the American govern
ment's welcome to the a sue m bled
delegates. Secretary Kellogg declared
in an address at tho opening session
today of ftio inter-parliamentnry
union that the presence in tho
American capital of so many repre
sentatives of uelf -governing nations
"ahows that In this remarkable nge
the attention of the world In centered
upon the problems of self govern
ment. "Nothing can bo more stimulating
to the announcement of liberal Ideal
or will contribute more certainly to
peace," Mr. Kellogg said, than for
members of varloim parliaments nnd
legislatures to meet ns you are doing
to exchange views on your respective
problems."
The secretary reminded tho dele
gates that they represented countries
with v n r y 1 n g economic conditions
races with widely different political
histories and traditions.
"Universal, peace has been tho
d renin of statesmen for ages,' ho
said, "but no one has found a spe
cific. A euro must come from the
hearts and undemanding of the
people. They must be taught to
think in terms of peace; they must
realize that there are better means
of adjusting international disputes
than the nrbitratment of war."
Mr. Kellogg said forces were at
work for the disintegration of orderly
representative government and for
the establishment of class rule,
"which may give us serious thought."
"I am not an alarmist and I hnve
absnluto confidence in the intelll-.
King Notv Toiler
, r si,
lleinrali, -Hth hereditary
prince and ruler, of Reuss, Ger
man state, lias gone to work a
stage manager of a theater in
Gcra, German)', to make ends
meet.
ACCESS 10 RECORDS
gence and patriotism of all the peo
ple of all those nations who have
reared and maintained the marve-i
lous institutions of the twentieth1
century, but I cannot be blind to the
forces which are working In many
of the self-governing countries for'
I tho disruption of real governments.
I 1 anew mere are muny in inis
j country who aro restive under the
I restrnint of constitutional protection
, and demand unlimited power forcon-
gress, but I bellove the experience of
140 years has demonstrated the wis
dom of the constitutional provisions
and I have an. adequate confidence
that the people of the United State's
will never sweep away those guaran
tees of liberty."
French Offensive a Success.
TVA, Oct. 1. (A. r.) An official
communique says the offensive begun
yesterday was "ended with every ob
jective taken." The French troops
having carried their lines twelve kilo
meters (7 ',4 miles) north of Klfane.
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The Screen
I By Ye Press Agent.
$.1,500,000 Hid for Island.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (A. P.)
Tho hlKhest bidder for tho purchase
of Hog Island, Philadelphia, Is Root
farter company, 25 Broadway, New
York, who offer the fleet corporation
$3,000,000 for tho property.
I CnnU with irftR.
if
ANNOUNCING
THE OPENING OF THE
East Side
Pharmacy
Saturday
October 3
Corner Main and Riverside '
ERNEST J. SMITH, Manager
Formerly with Raskins' Drug Store
TIEND, Ore., Oct. 1. Mandamus
action against Joseph II. lianer,
county clerk of Deschutes county, is
being prepared by the owners of the
Central Oregon Press to compel
Haner to allow the newspaper's rep
resentatives access to official docu
ments filed in his office, according to
Harold A. Moore, editor of the paper.
Haner ia said to have consistently
refused newspaper representatives tho
right to scan documents filed in the
county clerk's office and informed
Moore Tuesday eveniug that papers
and documents filed In tho clerk's
office were private business. A suit
filed in equity by the leschuteB
county court against E. U Clark, La
Pine merchant, over a gas pump
nlleged to be located on a county roud
was the particular case uixm which
Moore sought information.
At the Itlulto.
A new picture starring Fred Thom
son is on the Hlalto bill tomorrow and
Saturday, when "That Devil Quema
do" is shown for tho first time locally.
Tho production Is the first which this
popular western stnr has made since
ho broko his leg doing a leap to tho
back) of a wheel horse on a hurtling
stage coach. Silver King, his gor
geous horse, plays a prominent part
In "That Dovll yuemado;" indeed, his
role Is said to bo tho most exciting
that this equine lumlnury hns ever
played.
Hoot Gibson gnllops nnd spears his
way through seven reels of rollicking
comedy nnd dashing melodrama at the'
nialto theater tonight for the last
times In Ilia latest featuro, "The Thrill
Chaser."
OF OREGON SAYS
STATE GAME HEAD
PORTLAND, Oct. 1. The rivers of
Oregon belong to the people as a
whole for public use and benefit.
They are highways tho same as tree
bordered county or state roads. Our
streams are for bathing, boating and
other forms of recreation. These
watorways are the homes of different
species of trout and salmon, which
ar important food products. The
rivers of Oregon are, therefore,
among the most valuable resources of
the state. It is the plain duty of every
citizen to protect his interests so that
ho may share in the benefits.
With the building of mills, factories,
manufacturing plants and the growth
of towns nnd cities along our water
ways, some Oregon streams are facing
ruin and otiiers are threatened. The
wastes of industries and the com
bined filth of municipal corporations
are dumped Into public waters to such
an extent that some streams aro like
open sowers, spreading disease to
people and destroying fish lite. It is
time to call a halt.
A private or municipal corporation
that dumps tilth into a flowing stream
transfers corruption to people lower
down. It Is like a man who dumps
his dirt over the back fence Into the
yard of his neighbor. The practice Is
: wrong both legally and morally. The
people or. Kstacada pollute the Clack
amas river, one of the most beautiful
streams of the state, by dumping In
their sewage, while lower down the
people of Gladstone use the water of
this same river for drinking purposes.
The common practice of polluting
our public waters if not corrected will
jin time destroy trout, salmon and
(other food fishes, the very misfortune
'that has fallen to many of the rivers
' of the Atlantic coast Water to a fish
is what air is to a person. Fish aro
subject to disease as people are. They
cannot live In filth. A river can digest
a certain amount of sewage, but If the
stench is fed a stream year after year
in increased quantities, the river over
taxed breaks down and the water Is
.poisoned for trout and salmon.
What Is to be done? It is the duty
of a manufacturing plant to take care
of Its waste products. A sawmill is
nlways summoned into court for
dumping sawdust In a river. Why is
a pulp or woolen mill allowed . to wash
its acids, dyes and other waste into
mil.1l. uBln,D4 T l t.n ,1... n !.
(officers of a municipal corporation to
tuke some steps toward relieving our
rivers from their lond of filth. Eond,
riedmond. Pendleton, Ashland and
other cities have faced the problem
and dlsKsed of their sewage In a
hygienic way. The commissioners of
the city of Portland have recently
taken the first steps to correct the
abuse of the Willamette river which
has grown lip through many years.
and they have the blggeBt problem In
(Oregon. When will other cities along
the Willamette like Oregon City,
Salem, Albany, Corvallls and Eugene
cease polluting public waters? A start
must be made Booner or later. Why
not now?
The general laws of Oregon for
1921, section 70, chapter 153, clearly
provide that it is an offense against
the state for any person or corpora
tion to corrupt or impulr the quality
of public 'waters so they cannot bo
used for domestic or municipal pur
poses. Oregon State Game Commission,
lly K. K Averlli Secretary.
CHURCHES TO HAVE A
A new department In The Medford
Mail Tribune 1h tho venture of the
Ministerial assorlallon nnd this paper.
The nsHOclatlon will edit the column,
which will, an n beginning, appear
twice a week. The title for the
column ns chosen by the ministers
will bo "Tho Sky Pilots' Forum.
They promise a live, readable de
partment dealing with issues and
problems from a standpoint gene
rally untouched by the daily press.
Kach column will bo composed of
brief editorials on current questions,
pithy comments and Interesting news
paragraphs. The first will appear in
the Saturday issue of this week,
Ho Likes Paris Saloons.
NEW VOKIC "You bet your llfo I
like It." says Colonel Tllllnghaat
1Hominedieu Houston, former part
owner of tho New York Yankees, re
turning from a mouth of "serious
and unashamed ' drinking" in Paris.
He saw only one drunk In the most
unregulated city In the worll. as ho
called Paris, and that one was an
American.
Conk with en.
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U. S. SENATE SPEAK
AT STATE
RALKM, Ore., Oct. 1. Paid ad
missions at the Oregon state lair
yesterday are officially estimated to
have been 26,600, while persons pres
ent without admission, concession -nnires,
exhibitors, employes and
others are said to have swollen the
crowd to not Iohs than 30,000.
The day was fair and the tem
perature mild exactly the kind of
weather people like for a Btate fair
and the response from far nnd
wide was manifested early in the
day by double lines of cars moving
to all entrances.
Today Is the same kind of a day
as yesterday with a promise of a
trifle warmer atmosphere. If the
promlue holds out It is safe to say
that today's attendance will exceed
that of yesterday by a few thoim
nnd, which will mean that all pre
vious records will be broken.
Today 1h O. A. II. and Elks day. ,
Tho program about the grounds will
be largely a repetition of that of
previous days, except that political
candidates who, during the earlier
part of the week have been surrep
tltiounty busy will today come to the
surfuce.
A. it. Shun. way of Milton nnd "
James Crossley. of Portland, bothf
seekers nfter the republican nomina
tion for United States senator, are to
make speeches during the day.
RUSSELL'S "fT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
SEE OUR SALE WINDOWS
BnrtlilemcsH in "Shore Txnve."
A rollicking, rip-roaring farce com
edy Is promised in the new Richard
Barthclmess film, "Shore Leave," op
ening today nt Hunt's Craterian thea
tre. "Shore Leave" depicts the exploits,
both on land and sen, of a "gob" serv
ing aboard the U. S. S. Arkansns. Dick
is said to handle this part as thoiigh
comedy making had been his particu
lar forte all his life, adding an alto
gether new sort of characterization
to his long string of winners.
Originally presented to Inroad way
by David DelnHCO, It hns been re
vamped to suit Dick's requirements,
and, as was the case tn the making
of 'Classmates," a branch of Uncle
Sam's fighting forces had a large part
In the making. Dorothy Mackaill is
the girl of the story.
Raymond Ballard's music and short
films nre also announced as other
features.
Thomas Jefferson. Jr,t In "Llglitnln'."
Thomas Jefferson, son of the late
Joseph Jefferson, has been secured
by John Oolden to head the special
cast that will Introduce "Lightnln' "
on a tour of the principal cities that
would otherwise be compelled to wait
another .year or so to meet Hill Jones,
the slow moving, old mountain truant
whose nickname gives the famous
comedy classic its title. The company
hns just terminated a five week's run
in San Francisco and Is announced
for an engagement In this city at th&
Hunt's Craterlnn theater Thursday
night, October 8th.
JJessle Itacon, dnughtcr of Frank
Racon, nnd a member of her father's
supporting cast for more than two
years, will be seen In the role of Mar
garet Davis, the limping vaudeville
actress whose divorce suit Invesis tho
play's famous courtroom sccno with
Us fun and heart throbs.
Not since 'Tho Old Homestead"
nnd "The Musla Master" has tho
American publio taken a play to Us
heart with the affection In which It
holds "Ughtnln." Like those well re
membered classics, It Is a combination
of laughs and heart throbs Introduc
ing human, everyday folks not unlike
those In the earlier Gulden success,
"Turn to the Right." Winch el I Smith
Is co-author of both pluys and lie
staged both productions, i
Fire May Rob YOU of
Your Valuables
Are your Liberty Loan and other bonds, your insur
ance policies, receipts, contracts and other valuable
papers left around the house on a shelf in a closet,
in a bureau drawer, or a cardboard box, perhaps?
Our safe deposit boxes will give you protection at a
trifling cost compared, with the comforting peace of
mind. We'll be glad to show them to you.
Jackson County
Bank
Medford, Oregon
Member Federal Reserve
Art lapas
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