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' LOS AXCll'KKS. Mar. 30.
Th hill In ilollurs nml cent for
tli donth and dehtruution ipsuUIhk
from the failure of the St. Francis
dam. may become unwritten hut
costly items on the accounts of
,os Angeles water uhcih.
This was decided partially yes
terday, when officers of the muni
cipal water bureau announced that
I lie organization would shoulder
the full rcKponsihillty of nu-fting
t lie entire hill of damage-
1 imuiUing to millions of dollars.
The o.'.icials, following a meeting
, ...i Aiayr Ceorjfe t'ryer. city
t.iuitclmen and leading Los An
neles hanlvers, said that responsi
bility would he met hy short term
loans advanced by banks with the
revenues of the bureau pledged as
security, a bond Issue if the su
preme court holds such an action
legal, and an increase In water
rotes.
The proposed financial plan will
be submitted to the Los Angeles
Clearing House association .Mon
day for its approval.
The inquiry, by a coroner's jury
into the collapse of the dam with
its resulting death toll of probably
4.11) was adjourned yesterday until
Monday. The delay was due to
the fact that engineers employed
by the district attorney to investi
gate the cause of the dam's failure
had not completed their report.
Six more bodies were recovered
late yesterday, bringing the known
death total to 2X1. Five were un
covered in piles of silt-covered
debris near and below Santa I'aulu
while the sixth was washed ashore
near Oxnard, several miles from
the mouth of the Santa Clara
river. No identifications were pos-Blble.
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PHONE REVENUE DEATH REPEALS
INCREASES; SEEK i
RAISE IN RATES
man is wour
til's were unable to learn .C'h 1 their ve:ither charts and Atlantic
abuut; AntUtt'suiK He apparently j map.
IkA sint cansulerable time ill l.os The (lei inuns were greatly is-
AlDtuloK. Me us about CO .veins aminliitct at the di'luvs i-mivt-d tiy
mi I':! vortt id weather i-mnl it ions.
it. J 4. Bromley and Jack Tobifl
of the Copco organlKatlon were
among the local representatives
who attended the "Caveman Car
nival" in drams Pass lift nighr.
SAN FHANCISCO, Muivh 30.
The I'aeifie Telephone &
! Teegraili company had an ope
ra tins' revenue of , A s.1'2.0 in
1927. the state railroad commis-
! slon was informed in report
today. In li'L'ti the company's
operating r e v e n u e was $i4,-
Operating expenses last year,
excluding taxes, were $4L 7 3,07,
leaving a net operating ivu-iuio
of l7,lts,tiii.
During 1 !i2 7 taxes charged to
operation amounted to 1 5.1.4 3 !.
Deducting the taxes, an operating
income of $1.013,173 remained.
Adding to the operating Income
the non -operating income of the
company and deducting the non
collectible revenue and rents, re
sults in a gross corporate income
of J 14. .1:14. 307. This represents
the amount available for interest,
a inoi tization of d e b t discount,
other fixed charges, non-operating
expenses, dividends and surplus.
The telephone company has an
application before the railroad
commission for an Increase of
rates in San Francisco and other
hay cities estimated at $7. OOO.DOO
annually.
SAPl'LPA, Olila., Mar. .10.
Death has revealed that Krunces
Anderson, known tor many years
as "champion billiard player, " in 1
reality was a num.
Anderson ended his own life here
yesterday by slashing ills throat
and wrists with a razor. Not until
the body was prepared for burial
tlid the secret of :i0 years of inns-qtu'radin--;
become known.
Crumpled in one of the woman's
stockings he wore was a letter in
dicating that he had contemplated
death and carrying a plea that his
secret might he preserved.
"I)u what you want Willi mv
body," ti e letter said, "hm don't
let the world know my secret."
Other than the information ob
tained from the clippings, author!-
cAre vou getting the
FURIOUS GJLES kind J" v always liked?
liAl.nONNKL F1FI.D, Dl'ULlN, '
30. iAt dales which swept the
Italdunnel air field most of the
night led to the postponement of
the bop-off of the derman air- ,
plane Hremen across the Atlantic.
There was a '2't to 3f-iilile wind
when Damn vmi Hueuefeld and
Captain Koehl appeared shortly
befoie noon and gazed Intently at I
the unfriendly western sky. Thev j
Inspected the Hrenien and then
returned to the hangar which is ,
serving as their home, to study1
Make sure the
"pachage reads
12 BISCUITS
12 OUNCES
Shredd
ed Wheat
ri.2D I HOtA R-USSIA
TO THE U.S. TO
L ZAVL THE "REDS-
WILL MARR- DAUGH
TER OF KANSAS CIT1
MUCT I MILLIONAIRE
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ntUUKAM.HALUUi
. A romance between an American girl, Jessie Downing Kansas
City, Mo., beauty and daughter of a millionaire, and a Russian
inigre, George Leonidovitch Artomanoff, who fled Russia to escape
t.io revolution, has come to light. Their engagement has been an
: ounced ct Manila, Philippine, Islunds.f "
, WASHINGTON. March n 0 . )
" Approval has been given 1y the
ngircuttural department to the
Cutting bill authorizing appropri
ations of $3,500,000 each in the
years 1 029. 1 !t30 and 1 !3 1 for
main highways across vast fed
eral reservations in western states,
particularly in the Kocky Moun
tain region. The budget director
has reported, however, that the
legislation would be in conflict
with the financial program. De
spite this report Cutting and other
sentorsi, ,from western , spates are
determined to press for action on
?h bill. , ,
STAGE MINSTRELS
One of. the best Forum parties i
of the year will be given by the;1
Copco employes club at-St. .Mark's
(iuild hall tomorrow night. The
evening's entertainment program
will be varied in character, start
ing off with a short business
meeting at X: U p. to., followed
by a real "black face!" minstrel
show. After the show dancing
will take place, with music by
Dickey's popular five-piece dance
orchestra,. A large attendance of
Copco employes and their friends
is looked for.
AMARU, LO, Texas, March 30.
fPi Six unidentified bodies
were In morgues here today. Two,
found yesterday In the Fort
Worth & .Denver roundhouse
washing vat, were those of men
believed to have met with foul
play. The other four men were
killed by shifting of railroad ties
in a ear in which they were
rilling at Taseoca Wednesday.
AVERAGE AUTO TAX I
OREGON IS $41,461
SELMA, Cal Mar. 30. ($)
Tor ru Noda, 2-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. Noda, was accidentally
shot and killed hy his 5-year-old
brother, Kanarma. while, the two
children were playing with a re
volver in a bedroom upstairs In the
Noda home about three miles north
east of Selma.
Ten carloads steel rails nr1
ready for f "I rent' "Northern termi
nals at Klamath. Kails.
I Handicraft Shop
I Easter Showing of Children's
H Ready-to-Wear
Smart litile dresses for the children arc those new Kns
ter dresses sizes 1 to 14 vears. Kmart, dainty and charm
ing are these models in VOILES, FLANNELS. LAWNS
aiid HATISTE STYLES which will appeal to you.
INTRODUCING OUR COMPLETE LAYETTES FIN
ISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED
WASHINGTON. April 1. SI it"
motor vehicle taxes Inero a s p tl
three t lines as much ns motor
vehicle ret: 1st ration In Hi "7 '-
('he average per vehlele tax for the
country incrensed 10 per cent In
lll'JT over HUM;.
The total Increase of motor veh
icle registration for the United
Stat es In 1 !i '2 7 wa s r.i! per cent,
while the Increase In the total
amount of special car taxes exclu-
sive of personal property taxes, for
the forty-eight states and the Dis
trict of Columbia was 1 ti.l per
cent.
Following is a summary of other
facts brought out in the annual
tax review:
First : The average per vehicle
tax levy for the entire country was
S23.7S in lflL7 as compared with
'2M0 in HiL'i;, an increase of 10
per cent in a 4. period of twelve
months. The per vehicle lax has
Increased 27H pet cent since HUH,
when it stood at SX.iiii.
j Second : Special (axes collected
j from car owners by the states
readied a new high peak last year,
with a total of Sr.r.L'.til'Jt.SHH.Hi as
compared with S-l7r.NSr,r.X3 in
jlitt-Mi, an increase of $711,744.45.
! Third: The states' revenue from
the gasoline tax increased 8,1.4 per
cent In 1!27, the total being $254,
1 ay.L't; us compared with $ 1 S7,
(KlS.L'lIl the previous year.
Seven states bad more than a
million registrations in l !( L' 7 .
The five states with the highest
per vehicle tax were: Florida.
541.115; Oregon, S41.4li; Arkansas.
1 : Ceorgia. S3S.84 and Vir
ginia S37.!l3. The District of Co
lumbia with $H.$2 had the lowest
per vehicle tax levy.
Children's Lovely Organdie Bonnets
Everything New in Needle-Art
We invite the women of Med ford to come in and see
all the new lovely little things in this department.
ru. r.woHs Sinclair !
(Continued from V&ne One) ,
42 South Central
Phone 702
Across from Craterian Theatre
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EASTER OPENIlfG TOMORROW
New low crowtv-diats from KINK. Lare headsize
models from A ALN. O ,
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! IMMHI' ini)l'l.!s .if (lis)inrf indivMll.ild V. A
timely jiresentation for Kaster. . O
Miss Taylor Millinery
42 S. Central
some yours aKo. In Imh story o llio I
sale of the third Interest in I lie
Tres Kilos f'nltle and Lund com-1 :
liany, Fall insisted it was not ne-,
Collated until al ter the Tca.,it '
Dome lease had heen signed. M.
T. Kverhart, Fall's son-in-law, iif
11161)10, Colo., manager of the 1
ranch property, thnniKh n vote of
the stockholders had full ehin--;e nf r:
i the rojerty, according to his fa-:
i thei'-in-law, and discussed the deal ;
I with Zeveiy. After tile deal was
1 (completed Kverhart took the bonds r
to I'uehlo, where aiproxlnintely ;
$140,000 were used to pay off the :
ranch company's indehtedness to '
the Thatcher estate. The retnaln-!
der was sent to Kl Paso and after
$20,000 had heen used to pay an
overdraft of the company's nccount ,
in Pueblo, Fall used most of the
Remainder in purchasing small par-:;
eels of land needed to complote Ills ! as
j Tres Kitos ranch. I 3
! Fall's ability to stand lonKer r
fiuestionlng than counsel had ex-,
' pected he could, may hriiiK the tuk
' ins of the deposition to an end hy ' zm
I tomorrow nlKht.
I The defense hopes to finish the
'direct examination either lato to-
'day or tomorrow inornliiK and Hie
j cross examination will follow. 't
! l-'ull's condition was ho much Im-
proved today that the examination :
' extended Into I he afternoon and it r
I was after 12 o'clock before the '
queslioniu was adjourned until
ldj.10 p. m. Mrs. Fall was ho satis-
tied with her husband'H condition ,s
that she left the hottse and worked
'around her large lawn, high on a
terrace above the Htreet. z
As soon as the morning session
i was concluded the former secre-
1 tary cnt to bed to relax and save
his sirennth for the afternoon scs
I slnn.
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' .Mi:i!IIII.I Wis., MarfvIO lP) 0
Heeding the pleas of hiVwife that
I lie Rlv hinifelf up, John Knuru- r
nen. 4'-', a'M'ed ulnyer of Marvin
.MIttlftadt.M.1, toilay was In the
Lincoln county Jail charged vith
ftrst decree murder after hblllit?
I'rlce county. zs
l'OHTI.A.NU. i"i(i.oiio f !(J)I n '
school homo to be built at Lnlon
and llale.
tlnring 1927 Wallowa county '5
shipped 6000 cattle, 22,000 hous,
New Frocks for Easter
M. M. DEPARTMENT STORE I
1 ihe New Keady-td-Wear
Ladies' Spring Dresses
This croup of new spritiy dresses shows tlio new sleeveless dress in lull
sill; in colors of orchid, I'lesli, niaisc ami nprieol. Also in this proup are
lieorcetles, I'lal crepes, iilid printed sillis. Vim will find in this assort
liienl, of new spring ilresses just l lie dress to satisfy jour most urgent de
mands. Regularly priced up to iritf.fiO. Siieeial for Saturday
.89
Special Sale Ladies' Wool Dresses
Our complete stock til' new spring dresses, in the lijjlit Weight
li-ilit wool, jersey ami French flannel will he placed on sale for
Saturday. This (iroup eomhiues a nond t'olor Hiid size railKe. Hep;,
ularly priced from ."ill to IL'.'dl. Specially priced for Satur
day, onlv
$18-45
Easter Hosiery
Our hosiery .slocks are com
plete in sizes .mid colors. ( (op
tion's Slender Heel, Mousing
wear's hiylt poiiited heel and
Slrulwcar's No. 177!1 re(;nlii
tion heel. Prices f
$1.95 and $2.00
3 XiM
mm. ii
Uriderthirigs
Dainty lace trimmed crepe do chine slips and step
ins, price $2.19 "lid $ 1.98
Munsinjjwear rayon in various slyles, new step-in
hloomers, Kreueli panties and eomhinations, plain
and hrasseier top. Prices $1.75, $1.98.
$2.00 ""! $2.98-
Piece Goods Department
Yisil our silk dcpartnienl
and see our new prints
just received. Kxipiisite
designs on hot li liplil and
dark (.'rounds $1.95
'iiufrham checked tal'l'e
tas hlue and white, red
and while $2.25
Baronet Tor costume slips
in a In rue riuifjo of colors,
Clenense and rayon voiles
in floral (lesions of rare
heatity. This is a cloth of
soft texlure mid lends
itself to the soft draperies
now prevailine; in the
presenl-day mode. I'riecs
$1.69 imd $1.95-
R & G Corsets
$1.49
One lot of K mid (i luiek
lace corsets. All sizes
Regular $4.50 and $5.00.
Special Saturday $1.49
Flannels
Flannels for the spring
sport dres s. A light
weight, waslinhle flannel
in shades of rose, hlue,
orange and green. !(!
inches wide, l'rieo $1.49
97c
Specials in
Big Special Men's
Oxfords
$4.95
Values up to poinir
speciill tomorrow
All new spring styles and
sizes to fit everyliody.
See Our Window
Men's Dept.
Boys' Oxfords
Xew styles in hoys' ox
fords. Douhle (pmlity oak
soles, light or dark shades
of tan, special $.J.45
and $3.95- o
Men's Pants
Fine quality woolen and
flannel pnnls in spring
patterns, very special,
$3.45. $3.95, $4.45
t $6.45.
Men's Hats $2.95
Fine quality men's spring
hats, new styles, at this
low pr -$2.95.
Downstairs Bargain
Department
Serve Yourself and Save in Our Bargt
Basement .
40-iheh voile, pastel shades ;. SSt
!U-ineli erolej pink, orange, yellow, white 25
HL'-ineli crepe, fancy figured 29
U!x4 1 -inch pillow slips, good quality , each 19
81x00 Marion sheets, seamless T9
Corsets, sizes (ixli'i, some iKi.fiO values for 98
Corseleltes, each 98
Hoys' Calf skin oxfords $2.49 to $2.98
Close out $4.00 hroken lines, tan, low heel oxfords .
and patent initials $2.48
DON'T FORGET
To Ask for Your
GREEN DISCOUNT
STAMPS
We give them
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DEPARTMENT SToREj
C. A. MEEKER, Manager
31!
18,000 sheep,
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