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WTOPOftH WaITJ TRIBUNE, foKflEORP. tmr.fiON. TTTTTKSDAir, MAflCIT 22. 1923
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!lfl MAKE
OF AIR PORTS
EUGENE, Ore.t Mar. 22. (V
Aviation Is due for an era of pros-
rww and prosperity In OrpRon, and
thu state, due to its position, wiupthe seismographOt Peabody lnstl -
creotly benefit by an extensive
commercial -air proRram. it was
declared at The Thursday session
of the secretaries of chambers of
rommerc. meetinK here for their
eighth annual short course under
the direction of the school of busi
ness administration of the Univer
sity of Oregon. p
The construction of airports, on
n strictly business basis, was out
lined by J. O. (Tex) Itankin, head
ot -the Knnkln flylnpr service of
Portland. OrpRon. and enpecffilly
Portland, are already known
throughout the natloiFas leaders
Bon the Pacific const In- nviatfnn.
Mid Mr. Ttankln. Terhnlcnl con
struction from the viewpoint of an
aviator on how to prepare fields,
what Improvement Is netessary and
othor points, were outlined by Mr.
linn kin In his talk.
,WV H.l Polhemus of Portland
pave further details on airport con
struction. .. tA complete survey of nirptrt fa
cilities In Orcfion was jrlven by
A, U I,omax, profftiHorf business
administration at the University of
Orejton. Hwnn Island port In Port
land was Riven hljih praise and
progress made by other rllles In
Orcffon was described. linker and
Pendleton. In enstern fi-Ron, both
have promising fields and the pen
lilf are interested in devoplng
them he said.
"' Medford has had an airport since
1024, and It has been steadily Im
proved. Kalem has a well, situated
port, convenient to the oity..i fo
which the community is now rais
ing 150.000. Hllverton has a prom
ising location which should put It
on'-tiie mni in tills line, firnnlH
Pass, Ijiflrando, I.eliannon, Lake
view nnd oilier cities -were men
tioned ns being Interestetl In air
port development anil great prog
ress In this field Is. predicted for
these cities.
(Astoria, Ashland, Klamath Kails.
Hend, Marshfleld nnd several other
cities were noted- as excellent lorir
lions for fields and the prediction
was made that developments would
be' tinder way in these localities
In the neur future.
-I. Air routes In Oregon will prove
to be especially valuable for Inter
esting prospective settlers In ftio
country, declared Mr. l.omux. A
farmer from the east could take
Oilrlp from Eugene, Kalem, Albany
or other state point, and In an hour
on two pet an accurate Idea of the
lay of the agricultural lnnd for
many miles. Tourists could also
lake these trips for pleasure, he
minted out, and n substantial busi
ness In this line is predicted.
..AvInHon costs were discussed by
C' L. Kelly, professor of business
iidmiuliu ration.
UMlMG
p
' Dulldlng of new dwolllugs nnd
larger struc'.ures, and the making
of repairs, because of the recenl
flno weather prevailing, is much
on the up grade, ns Is shown by
t Ho dally permits Issued by the city
building department.
1'ermlts were Issued today for
the construction of two dwelllnga
on Cllon Oak court, one ut .No. lii
to cost $41 00, to (I. W. Oliver, nnd
the other at No. 21 to oosl $26.00,
to Ji S. Hosecrans. Othor permits
were for n Jlojs dwelling on
North Holly street, issued to the
Medford school district, nnd for
the repairing of n homo at No.. 1ft
Vancouver street, lo E. N. Ander
son. ' A i-ormlt was Issued yesterday
to IV. II. Merrltt for the construe
tiotr of n $10,000 apartment house
nt :01 1 South Holly street, which
will be known ns Hie Flnley iipnit
mvnts. o
iim ENTERTAINS
TWaOUTSIDE TOWHS
' 'rutto Fill's and Eugle Point
vutenilis will be well represented
1 nt next Monday night's meeting
of'the American Legion, Iui'm
delegations being expected from
both of these communities, us well
ns ' other outside points, a spe
rial prffgrnm of stunts and enter
tainment is being nt-runged for
tbeir enjoyment, and n feed hy
the auxiliary will follow the meet
lug. This Is tho Inst meeting he
fire' tho end of the big mem
bershli) content, nnd every mem-
l.or. Is tirgeoVto bring n niQ.li,.
to nut Medford post "over th
top.'.' Every ex-service tiiun In
Jackson county Is urged to at
tend whether a member of Med
ford post or not.
Iipgluii Monitxrlili Over SOO.ouu
A. letter Just received uy rou
Commander Horace Uromley of
Mitidford post from Nntlonal Com
inonder Kdwnrd Hpofford "tales
that the national membership of
the, .American I.gron has aireany
passed the half million mark.
This Is the best record for this
time of year In the history of
iim I.nulon. and fllves promise of
n ,rccord-brnukln,ir membership for
1I1SII. The total a yenr ago was
85(1,410, over 100,000 less than
he nresent sliowlng. The excel
lent showing made by tho locan
posft In beating Inst years mem
bersjjlp hy ovpr 1(10 nn ln"'r""
ntenlal In helping put over this
splendid national record.
EAST IS SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKE
FROM MEXICO
UAvr,., conn., mar. a. 'sharp debate today in tn Henntp.
(P) Earthquake ehocks of ihe,the Couzens n-HoIutlon nronosina-
, heaviest Intensity ever noted on
tute were recorded last night.
Starting at 11:23 p. in. the shocks
lasted for more than an hour,
reaching a maximum at 11:42 and
throwing the needle off one of the
uruinH ui tno iiiHtrumeut.
MILO, Maine, .Mar. 22. (JP)
This section of the state, which
since early In the winter has licon
the center of flisturhances charac
terized aa earth shocks, was given
another shaking today.
The first shock, which was felt
at 8:30 a. ni.. lasted Beveral sec
onds and many said it was the
most snvera disturbance of the se
ries. Flvo or six shocks followed
during the next ten minutes.
No damage was reported, al
though the shocks were violent
enough to cause dishes and win
dows to rattle.
SPOKANE, Wash., Mar. 22. (P)
Earth shocks of unusuul Inten
sity were recorded on the seismo
graph at (ionzuga university be
tween 8:41 and 10:20 last night,
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 22. (P)
A strong earthquake, perceptible
for sovon mlnutw in Mexico City,
struck Mexico at 12:02 lust night.
Klve persons were injured in the
cnpltal by stones which crumbled
front houses and numerous casual-
ties were reported In special dls-
patcnes from oaxaca.
Audiences in the theatres be
came panic stricken and rushed
wildly to the streets, many women
1'aluting.
Although the, seismograph at th
Tacubaya observatory was first re
ported thrown out of ordor by the
shocks, the obsorvutory today Is
sued a bulletin stating thut the
earthquake lusted 27 minutes 4:1
seconds, during which dm temblor
was perceptible for seven minutes.
The bulletin placed the quake at
about .'100 miles southwest of Mex
ico City.
Special dispatches from Ouxaca
said that severul houses were de
stroyed with numerous casualties,
the number of which is not known.
The quake also was felt In the
city of Veru Crui and in I'uehla,
but no tlumage was reported In
those cities.
Dr. and Mrs. I.. A. Kalude of
Seven Oaks returned yesterday
from San Diego, Calif., where they
spent 1 be winter.
"Luckies
On The
Says Johnny
It s
No Throat
01928, The American Tobacco
RESIGNATION OF
MELLON PASSED UP
BY SENATE VOTE
'
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. ttV)
Afier provuklnff two hours of
the i-PNiKnation of .Secretary Alel-
:,on Wtta H('nt lo 1,16 calendar com
ml t tee automatically under the
rules and It muy be days. If not
weeks, before It can osnln be
brought up.
jifiure in is occurreu, nnator
KHe(l. republican. Pennsylvania,
cioho ncrtionm rriemi of thn trea-
Hury hcml, moved lo refer the
resolution to the finance commit
tee for consideration and report
iuih utmiinm-n n rou can vote,
lleforo the roll call could he railed,
however, severa scnatora were on
i Oieir feet nnd u vote was prevent
ed.
Taking the floor soon after Indi
cations had come irom the trea
sury that Mr. Mellon would nut
(reslgn, regardless of the outcome
of the senate vote, unless request
ed to do so by the president, the
Michigan senator said Mellon had
been appealed to by Will II. Hays,
former chairman of the republican
national committee to help "con
ceal," part of the Hurry 1' Klnclalr
1 80,000 contribution tn the re
publican 1920 cnnipollin deficit.
Ho recalled that .Mellon had de
clined to accept the !iu,000 Hln-
V,', L h"K !", hy I
paign contribution but that the
secretary had refused to tell of the
incident.
, ; J'..;.' '. " """!
to talk, i ou.cns said. "A nolo on
u paper at a dead man. .Mr. . . Atl..
saying Andy, broucht out the
story finally of how Mr. Mellon
had been tendered those bondH,
The Mh-hlgan senator who had
quarreled with the treasury for
years on tax maltcm, tht-n went
Into n detailed (HscuHHlon of Mr
Saviti l-'lve lcople
Af!KHI)l;i:N, Wash., March 22.
(!') (leorge Xortbup, stale rep
resentative of Jefferson county.
saved five people from disaster
yesterday when the cable of
(jueets river ferry snapped under
the strain of a freshet, drifting
diwvn the river toward l-'lsher
rapids. Xortbup leaped Into the
water Willi a rope, swam ashore
and secured the rope to a tree,
bringing the ferry Into the bank,
Klamath Falls General Pelrole-
um will hulld distribution plant
here.
Oswego lets contract for Siiu.OOO
school.
i mo n iietniKul (HscuHHlon of Mr. aim rtT rirrt All
r;;,,r:K:;;;::,r,"''":CM FOR BIDS ON
toasted
Irritation -No Cough.
Co, Inc.
REGION MEETING
FINE IIP
I A nne spirit of co-operation has
! been shown by te business men
of Meilford in umTerwrltlnK the l.e-
Kion alate convention to be held
here in August, according to a re
port of the budget committee made
last night. The Lesion convention
commission has received nearly 100 :
per cent co-operation from local
uici Liiauin lu uaiis mum, Willi uniy
a lew leu 10 ue neara irom, me
success of the financing plan Is
practically assured.
Ith every I.eglon committee
1
wnrkltic nn n tttrfrt hiwlanl hnuia
and expenditures limited to actual
needs, there Is no question as to
the judicious investment of.con-
ventlon funds.
Kurthermoro, no
purchases can be made without a
requisition signed by either the
general chairman or secretary of
the convention commission as well
as the chairman of the committee
making the purchase. Every effort
will he made by th elocal Legion
naires to stage this big convention,
which means so much to Medford
in coast-wide advertising, at a min
imum expense to the community.
At lust nights meeting of the!
GETS
convention commission It wan dehe f?n,,,y Wft" lrotcd by the
elded to appoint u co-ordinating
commitee of local buHinesB men to
work with the comnilsnlon in pro
motliiR the bKKest nnd best Iefilon
convention In the history of the"
utale. Thin committee will work
with the leKlon in arranging the
three-day program with a view to
securinK the utmost benefit for the
cominnnlty from the thousands of
visitors who will attend the con
ventlon next Aiikus
'Che personnel or" the business
' .,, i ,! ,,
nws. j u It'ussell, president of
.,..,, rhmimr f..i.
;, n-- mi,i. M,ir f.'
' chanls's Assn.; MiTyor Alenderl'er, i
Vernon Vawter, J. C. Mann, Jack
Ihompsnn and C. K. (lutes,
N.
I Owen In Hiskiyou' heights.
KAOUAMIvNTO, Cel.. Mar. 22. ! Mr. liarker is survived by his
(P) lilds for highway work aggre-j wife and two daughters. Kleanor
gating nearly n half million dollarslnnd f.orrnlne, and one son, Fred
were called fop today hy the Unto! erlrk, al0-by two brothers. Wil
dlvlslon of highways. Tire bids) Ham Ibjrkar of Eugene, nnd Ma-
will be opened April IS. The proj-!
ecta Include: ufficer of the regular army, now
Surfacing with crushed ror-kp.3 stationed nt Camp Lewis. Wash.,
miles of the Itedwood bighweUnd land his father and mother, Mr.
construction of tour timber bridges ' and Mis. W. H. Marker, of Van
between tho Klamath river and I couver. II. C, who have been
Wilson creek. Del Xorte county. j spending n few months In Ari-
KurfuciiiK wllh crushed root' and j zona.
oiling of 3.1.3 miles between fcndth Mils" parents are expected to
river and the Oregon line. I arrive Friday evening, nnd fil-
Are Preferred
Golf Course':
Farrell, Golf Star
"It 'seems to me that all my friends on
the golf course and off prefer Luckies
to all other cigarettts. It is easy to
understand this from their wonderful
flavor and aroma and besides they
never irritate the throat."
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
The following is the program of
the local teachers Institute, which
will be held Haturdity in the Ituch
district, where at noon a luncheon
will be served by the ladles of the
liHtrlrt:
9:30 Hinging presentation.
10:00 Primary reading M I 8 a
Lillian NickolKon, HuperviHor of
' lhtml
10:30 Intermediate Arithmetic! Jne 'mnk now 'n,"i-e
Miss Edith L. Hoi k, supervisor Examiners H. O. Voget and H. L-,
of teaching, Houthern Oregon Nor- J Orem.
mal school. j liarker carried a personal sure-,
11:30 Open conference. !tv bond to rover any misappllra-
Noon luncheon. Herved by ladles .
of the Huch dlKtiict..
1 : 1 5 Songs for music conven
tion. Leader J.o be selected.
1 :30 fieorfrnphy. Intermediate
grades Miss Pork.
:00-
-Seat work MIks Nlckol
non.
Ueadlne MIhs Bork.
Round tnbl dlscusNlon.
HAKKIJIt O.MMITS KI K 11)10
(Continued from Pace One,)
acciuaintnnces in the city, while
LraRedy. A brother. William
Parker, of Huscne, Ore., ,said
today;
"We are stunned and mys
tified. We can assign no
reason- for the act. The fi
nancial affairs of my brother .
were in good shape, nnd ho
was In good health. "We can
find no cause."
(JeorKo W. Parker was born in
Astoria, Ore., April 17, 1881,
' heimj 47 years of ago nt the
iit,nf hi. rten.h u- h.ran hi
! banking career wtth the Astoria
Ixunni mnb j ... ,.n.
n..t.. ..Ak i.,.i,i in.i.,inn.
in Kelllngham, Wash., Seattle.
Wash., and Kan Fnmclsco. He
hail been president and cashier
of the 1'illn Kelt bank of Butte
Fulls for about 2U years. He
was a member of the Medford
lodge of Elks, and vas well
I known throughout Jackson coun
ty. Itecently be moved to This
city io mnl bis home, purchas-.
lug the former residence of James
jor Frederick Barker, a staff
"The Cream of
the Tobacco Crop"
for Lucky Strike, lay
(2) Tobacco Buyer
"The sale of LUCKY STRIKE
Cigarettes ha increased to a
phenomenal degree. 1 aru a leaf
tobacco buyer and am instructed
to buy the 'Cream of the Crop'
for this Brand and I am following
my instructions to the letter."
neral urranKcinrnts are delayed,
pending their arrival. j
Kind No JrrcKulJirllie
HAL EM, Ore., -Mih 22.
A
A. Hchramm, slate ?uperln-
'&x?rTLZ
t relative to the disposition lo I
tend
was
ment
be mtt
uiitdti of the Pine H
BMe ri'alU. which
Ine Hell bank
ri'ull. which was in
charge of Caorge W. liarker. I
whose budy was found today. .
Schramm said no statement would ;
be made until examiners reire-
Renting the stale banking depart
I ment have conferred with liar- j
'. ker's wife, "what is to be done,
he said, would be made known.
the first of the coining week.
tou or shortage of funds.
0"or the reason that the state
fire marshal's office had made
no InveHtigatlon of the Central
Point warehouse fire up to the
tftie of Tim ker's disappearance,
that department has no irregu-;
larity to report against him. An i
investigation, which was to start ;
with an Interview between Parker'
and the fire marshals. t .
hlorkcd liv th rllsnonearanrp nnd
death.
Schramm said that deposits In
the bank total only about $61,000. j
of which 5000 is. state funds. I
thoroughly serured. ,
Wallowa dlowtnan & Hicks mill
opens on double shift for 140 men.
I ir - l r i i isr "
.1 n a Mk3l Lli.L-llir t I,,
WE HAVE THEM
You will find the spirited
. new styles, the exclusive
new woolens that are
advertised in this week's
issue of the Saturday Eve
. ning Post. See them today.
Quality by
KUPPENHEIMER
Am
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SCges Leave Medford:
i. ll.li ii. in ; r. : 1 p. I,,.
9:10 a. m ; U:on ,.. J:4()
N-ItTlI 7 31
NOIT1I :vi,
T J
Mature stored mem up ;
" "J " m X i
in wnoie wiieat
ShreddqdMeat
THE LARGE
12 OUNCE
PACKAGE
"THEQ SE FOB EVERYBOCW""
i
Cutting Travel Costs
Docs your overhead run "in
tor distribution in certain tcri itories.' Are tra-el
costs eating up profits? Perhap. you've oxrlookcd the
tact that Oregon bragei are economical, a well at com
tortaMo and convenicmnT dephone your local depot for
fare and ftcdulct to tTouii.
Tlif Orrcen StBMSrtrm
th pioneer It ti r brought
bout rrdurrd trniorta--n
coati in Orrgoo.
AND Shredded Wheat
il brings you whole
wfleat in its mosj appe
tizing, easily digestible
form. With milk or cream,
and sugar, it supplies all
the food elements for
health and strength each
in the right proportion.
For breakfast,lunch,after
school snack it is perfect
food for growing bodies.
the red"
Oregon Stages ystem
THB RED TOP COACHES
HOTEL JACKSON
Phone 303
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