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BEDFORD ITXTL TRTBUCT, ftfEDFOUD, OREflOX, TUESDAY, 'APftTL 10, 1928.
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ON MEND; FRUIT
PROSPECTS PLEASE
Good news fur the inuny friends
of Kliner H. Ontmuo, the veteran
well known county trim lnn'rUir
in that ho was uljlo to make his
first visit to the business district
this forenoon by huvUK been
brought from his home nt Perry
dale by auto to the Liberty build
ing where he was able to walk to
the elevator and ro up In it to the
fourth floor, where lie slowly
walked to the county UKciit'u ori.ee
there to await the ariivul of IiIh
old side partner of yearn, County
J'Yult J inspector Howard Warner,
preparatory to enjoy! nt; another
auto ride about the valley with .Mr.
Warner.
nature hobby with him, saying:
I "It wan certainly pleaxiiiK to me
to bee the fine procpertH i-r an
excellent crop of pi-nra. Of Luurm;
I kejit in touch for weeks p:iKt
.Willi tne fruit mtunttun In bciht
learniiiK of the situation from
icalleiH, but on my ride to Kniim
alley und buck with Howard
Warner the other day 1 ki home
Kood firHt hand knowledge.
The main dtawbark to the Mk
pear crop, iim I He It, 1m a too
: heavy bluoin. I think that the
pollenizutloii matter is coining out
all rik'ht, and in tlie main there iu
u -dandy outlook."
MONTREAL FLOOD RECORD MEET OF
DANGERS ABATED LEGION POST HELD;!
BY ZERO WEATHER URGE ALL TO VOTE
Juvenile Cartoonists Gather for Free Movie Matinee
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MONTKKAU April 10. ff j
Flood waters which had taken nix
livt'H and cauHCMi Itirne property j
damuKe In the provinces of Quebec,;
Oiitaifo and New Hrtuiswfek were;
recedlr.' today iih cold weather set
tled down, checking seasonal melt-
Anotlier IjIk meotintf of Med ford
Post No. IS was held lam nljcht nt
the unnory with the Lc';lpi rjuar
tci'H packed almost to capacity.
However, t lunik;! to the efficiency
of the house committee nnd a new
8ALKM. Ore., April 10. A) A
KiaKs fire nt the Hllverlon Ameri
can I.eKion aij port nhortly before
eiRht o'eliiek this morning Ihreat-
I nu n uir ink army pjuriu m wuien
Npaiiorti. national coin-
l-Mwnrri
.Mr. Ualman lias neen quite HI inander of the American Kenton 1m
for the past seven weeks, but is i.mrlriK the country. Ttie firo Is
now much Improved and able to . lMlieved to have been caused when
walk a little with a cane support, j leaking' khhoIIiic wan ignited.
Iin first appearance out of doors ; There was no dainnKe lo the plane,
wus on last Sunday when Howard! Commander Hpafford wuh forced
Warner took him for u 'lde to the
Hams Valley district and return.
It will bo several months yet,
Mr. Oat man said this forenoon, ;
before he is completely restored i
to health. "I feel fine mentally ;
and physically now, but am both- j
ered and crippled by a swelling j
in the left leg, which I am advised j
it will take months to do away j
with," he said, "and which pro
vents mc from being on my feet
but a little at a time.
( "I feel ao grateful for the many
courteHles extended me by so many ,
friends and acquaintances during j
my long illness shown by personal
calls, letters, phone messages und ;
tho like. Only during about ten ;
days of that time was I unable to ,
receive visitors, and I tell you ij
enjoyed every minute of thoso '
Vi ttlts.
"I can hardly express my appre
ciation of such kindnesses extend
ed to a fellow when ho is down.
I'll never forget them."
Then Mr. Oatman. who Is
cheerful nnd optimistic, naturally
reverted to tl
to land at Hilverton, fifteen miles
from tlie Mate capital because of crpil
an adequate landing field is not i Two other men worn rirnwiinri
took off from I when their waann was swent off a
available here. He
SHverton for Keatllo Hhortly after
8:30 o'clock.
HELEN LEAVES FOR
undue, over tho t'haudicre river
near SI. Lambert, Que.
Railway service wan near normal
toilay with lante Kuans of work
men replaeiiiK track weit away
iy tho IiIkIi waterH. Several wash
outs occurred on tho lines of the
Canadian National railway In New
Hrunswlck, but tciiiuorury tracks
were expected to be laid
niKhtfull.
Vl:i.l.S ItlVKlt, Vt., Apr. 10.-
A bui-HtlnK dam at Oilman, 3
IIKI'.KKI.KV, Calir., April 10.
M'l Helen Wills, tennis cham
pion, left luilay i n route to l-.u- nilteu mirth ,,l l,..r.. ,.,,,.,i i
rope, where slie will defend her alarm early today, but aside from
Kimllxh singles and doubles titles1 u short-lived rise In the already
111 addition tu seeklliK new honors. ' swollen wain's of the Connecticut
river, was not believed to have had
serious consequences.
NKW Y'HtK, April 1 0 (1'T
The New Vork state athletic com
mission today announced It would' MAItSllKIKI.U, Ore April 10.
approve the Cene Tunney-ToM (ft) Itobert Green, convicted Catch
lleeney beavywelKht title mntcli ln Inlet slayer, will be brought to
as soon as the contracts of the ' Conulllo from the stale's urlson
fruit crop outlook j two lighters have been placed be-1 Saturday for hearing of a motion
-a sort or yeararound second Tore it hy Tex rtlcknrd. Tor a new trial.
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Carl Y. Tengwald
inn of U-c and m:iow. I SfatiiiK arrangement, It was not
Home suburb; of Montreal were 1 ntsceaHary to liaiiK out the S. K. O.
still under water, canned hy a Jmee t hIkii. The meeting started off with
i Ifo Jain in the Kt. luwrence river a h nappy mimical program provid
I whit h caused it to back up and ed hy Legionnaire Andrla of Yak
iHpread out over tio lowlanda, but f lina pout and hiH Star novelty or
jconditioiiHt were improvlnK. cheHtra, late of Wallowa hake re-
A mother and her Infant Hon j sort. The buHlnewH seHHion hrought
t were drowned In the swollen waters out many Interesting reports of re
i of a creek near North Hay. Ont., at! cent l-pgion activities IncludlnK the
' the height of a blizzard hh tlie hus-1 memberslilp contest with Rose-
hand rescued another son and j burg, won by Medfunl post by a
; vainly attempted to save them. margin of nearly 100 members. It
The bodies of both trainmen of j was stated that Konehurg post Is
; the Canadian National railway ex- making pluns for a "get-together"
, press which plunged through a 1 feed to be held at Wolf Creek or
riood-weaketied bridge nt Oruni-1 some other hairway station at some
mondvllle, Que., have been recov- j future date to pay the waer which
was made between Commanders
McAllister and Uromley early in
the year.
The membership roster of Med
ford K)Ht Is now till and should
reach TOO hy June 1, as there are
still many good prospects to be
called on In this vicinity. Atten
tion was called to the I.eglon bul
letin board which carried the
names of all paid-up members as
well as the alphabetical list of nros-
before poets and each man present was
urged to select a name and got one
more new member for Med lord
post at once.
The honor roll board on West
Main street has been found too
small to Include tho names of all
new members and will have to be
enlarged In the near future.
Commander Ilromley announced
that Initiation would he held on the
next meeting night, Monday. April
24, and a big "Rinoker' on the
nteht of May 14. The smoker will
be in the form of a celebration over
the recent successful membership
campaign and every legionnaire Is
urged to keep this dale open. The
following committee was appointed
to take charge of the affair: Frank
Karrell, chairman: Jack W'ooa, Kd
Webber. Harry Moore, II. IC. I,e
Hoy and Lea Scheffel.
A report on the Med ford conven
lion by (lenera I Chairman Paul
McDonald developed that all plans
nre going forward in fine shape,;
having been heartily endorsed by '
State Commander (Jeore Love j
ii non bis recent, visit here. Mellon-1
aid asked that every Legion man i
prepare to give some of his time I
t o convention details either before
or during the big celebration, as!
all the available man power of the
post will have to be called into ,
service to put the big event over in
proper style. j
(ieorge Codding gave an interest-1
iry; account of tlie part played by i
the Medford post delegation at the I
(recent Installation of Kerby post.
his remarks being amplified hv 1
other members who were present J
at the charter presentation.
A. J. Crose urged every Legion- ,
naire to live up to the IdealH of the I
American Legion and to vole at !
the coming election, emphasizing ;
tho fact that if evoryono voted the
majority are hound to be right and
satisfactory results will always be
in evidence. He also stressed the
necessity for registering at once
and urged every member to get his
relatives and friends to go to the (
polls on election day. "Vote as you ,
please, but vote!" .was his parting'
advice. v
The reception of National Com-1
mander Hpafford, honor guest of!
Medfnrd post Sunday, April S, was
covered by Ted Haker, who told j
some of tho hih lights of the day's
program and gave an interesting
resume of the national executive's !
address to the local Legionnaires. ;
"Kvery man who heard Commander
Spnfford's speech Is today a better 1
Legionnaire." said HaUer in con-'
elusion. j
I'hotogrnphs of Commander Spaf
fovd taken Willi local and state of- i
ficials and members of the local
post by Post l'hootgrapber Ander- :
son were exhibited to the post. ,
Some of these plenties will appear,
shortly In national magazines re-1
Hiiltim; In fine publicity to this com-,
munlty. j
"Sailor Jack" Wood was called j
on and made an announcement of j
real interest to all present. J
Following the business session a ,
vaudeville act by legionnaires Don
NYwhnry JuI.mui and Jack Heath
Rogers was much enjoyed.
Comma ndr Harold l'r'Mul of
Grants I'nsa congratulated Medford
post on lis splendid membership
and invited all members to the Lo-1
gion show in Grants Pass W'ednes-;
day night.
The entertainment committee for :
next meeting was appointed with,
Leo Williams as chairman and the
committee consisting of the mem
bers of the new le-ilon orchestra. 1
The big fat "cat" which had been j
a potof the post for several meet
ings was officially adopted lust ;
night hy Harry Hynuiug. who Is;
now regarded as one of MeiU'ovd's i
"new rich" colony. 1
New members at last night's :
meeting were W. A. Anderson. Jack
Wood. Leo IVKovro, Sam Johnson,
I Hni KUiott. Arthur Parker. Visit
ors included Commander Harold
Prestul. Past Commander Gladwin
Smith ami Harry Wehr. all of
(rants Pass post.
SAL KM, Ore.. April 10. (,V
The date of the annual state con
vention of the American Legion
with Medford as host was fixed
for August 2, 3 and 4 by the state
department officers In executive
session here today. An effort was
made to bt'.ivt the date earlier but
failed when it became known that
local conditions prevented Medford
from entertaining the organization
owing to the It. O. T. C. taking
many of the men onwof tho city
lurinu (he latter pari of July nnd
the fruit season coming on later In
Anuiist. i
All state department officers M '
tr$ , i .f- - .5 i
Over :t0() kiddles who drew cartiMtiis in the Maggie and diggs Content lust week were assembled
In front of tlw Mail Tribune ofrirt Saturday afterniim, wliere they wen given fw-o tickets to
"Jlringtiig I'p ratlier," a inaiimc til the Jtialto tlieaier. They were the gut-Ms of the -Mail Tri
bune and the (ieorge A. Hunt company.
tended th emeeting. having been
called here Monday to reet Kd
ward K. Spufford, national commander.
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UNION FORMED
ROSKItCIUi. Ore.. April 10.
itT) The Oregon Insurance Agents'
Cn'on was formed here today by
a lurge group of fire insurance i
UKents from various parts of the ,
state, who completed their two- !
day session by the adoption of
constitution and by-laws and elec- i
tfon of officers. The officers
chosen are Homer Smith, Salem. !
president; .1. C. Hhoades, Hend. !
('. M. Reynolds, Iji Orande. R. H. 1
Dunbar. Klamath Falls, vice
presidents; H. D. Qulne, liose-
burg, secretary and treasurer:
j and Cole Holmes, Medford, and
jJ. If. McKlnley, Eugene, directors.
1 Eugene was selected for next
year's convention.
Following the business session.
, the meeting adjourned at noon
j today.
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FIRST LAWSUIT
SAI.KM, Ore.. April 10 (P) On
Invitation of Albert Tozier, care
taker of ChanipoeK Park, historic
Bite of the establishment of pro
visional government In Oregon, tlie
supreme rourt will po : (""htimpoeK
next Sunday for a brief ceremony
in commemoration of the first law
I action by the supreme court of
! Oregon. The records show that
I this first action was the cbbo of
Ahi Smith vs. Ninevah Ford, a re
plexin action to recover a team of
i oxen, and that the session-was held
on Tualatin plains the third Tues
I day in April, 1844. The case was
; conducted hy JudKe O. Russell, as-
sisled hy H. Moore, Justice of tho
; peace.
; Members of tho present supremo
court will speak at the meeting
'. Sunday.
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j IiA C1HANDK. Ore., April 10.
(P) Fred Wasner,' 55, of Klin,
: sufff-red fatal injuries yesterday at
! the Mount Emily Lumber company
camp near llilgard when a cable
l slipped letting a heavy timber
! upon him. He was rushed to La
(irandc but died about eight
o'clock last night of internal injuries.
DEIS HE AIDED
D. A. R. BLACKLIST
AS LADY CHARGES
NEW YOKE. April 10.
Fred It. Marvin, accused by Mrs.
Helen Tufts liailie of Cambridge,
Mass., as being n t a small
group of individuals who Inspired
the "black list" of the Daughters
of the American !lev?!utlon, today
denied the charge.
"It's unfounded and untruthful"
he said. "Mrs. Bailie hasn't the
slightest notion what it's ull
about."
He charged that the agitation
over the "black list" was simply a
continuation of propaganda direct
ed against the naval bill iu Wash
ington, and served as n smoke
Hurt-en to divert attention from tho
pacifist group opposing Mrs. Wil
liam Sherman Walker, heud of the
national defense committee of the
U. A. It.
Mr. .Marvin said the alleged
"black list" was only a confiden
tial message sent out by the
Massachusetts state regent sug
gesting that certain persons were
considered Improper as speakers
because of their socialistic or rad-
ical tendencies. Ho accused Mrs.
liuilio of breach of faith in disclos
ing the message.
Dr. Emmett J.
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