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From start to i'iuish,
every drop of your fa
vorite gas fights l'oi
distance. This pure gas
is refined power; there
is mileage mastery in it
for the knowing, driver.
"Bo Itcudy With Itcdily
rower"
Lewis Super
Service Station
l'lionc 1300. 8th anil Front Sis.
This Week
;f
April 22 to 28
is to he ohserved all
over the United
States as
"Save
Your
Vision"
week. Arrange now
to have us make an
examination of your
eyes.
We fit Soi'tlite Lens.
Dr. E. D.
Elwood
'Optometrist
301 East Main
jjljliN ' Now sim "
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From tfle tropical, fever-infested oil ,r " ft j
M swamps comes this masterful drama of T!m
m '. . i - - - life, love and hate inllie raw. " K $1t 5 A
j t Here ' one yu" not '"'9e' soon. jjj '
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1 D. OLOS MISTOOK DAY IS
0-0 CHI EFS HERE;
Mr. and Mrs. .M. Jj. olds of She-'
bygan. Mich., who yea in iiiio were !
temporary residents if .Medforil,
while Mr. Owen was looking after !
ins uuiiier, mill and real eslate
uncMiiienis, arrived in Hie city
from I.os Angeles, where they had I
spent the last three months, for n ,
stay or several days.
j Mr. Olds, who still owns the big I
1'aeifie . and Eastern tract of I
ground running hnck just east of I
me near i.reck bridge said today
that there was no particular Inter
est In his visit at this time, he and
.Mrs. Olds being here just to look
around to see how Medforil had
progressed. They drove out to the
.Owen Oregon mill this forenoon
from tho Hotel Medford. where
I hey are stopping, to look over
that big plant, in which Mr. Olds
says he has no financial Interest.
II. S. l-ovejoy of Jnnesvllle, Wis.,
and A. 1!. Owen of Owen, Wis.,
who are officials of the Owen Ore
Bon company, aro in the city for a
short stay, having arrived Satur
day. They, too, are stopping at
the Hotel, .Medford.
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One - fourth of the 211,000,000
school children in America llavo
defective vision, according to Dr.
Floyd H. Dayton, president of the
Oregon State Hoard of Exar.iliieiH
jili optometry, who Is urging par
ents to observe "Save Your Vision
Week," by caring fur, their chil
dren's eye health. . . !
"Save Your Vision Week." which
began yesterday, is fostered by
the American Optometrlc associa
tion and Is being observed na
tionally, in an effort lo combat
eye defects that can be traced
to lack of care during childhood.
Figures compiled from recent
visual surveys made throughout I
tllu cuuntry, show that only 10
per cent of the number of boys
and girls in schools and colleges
have ever had an adequate eye
examination. Dr. Dayton said.
These surveys vary but slightly
In their facts and figures, al
though conducted by different
groups In widely separated sections
of the United Stales.
Tests show that tho great ma
jority of defective eyes lire l'ar-
sluhtcl .vnln lv,,l I .,. li.........
Children .with, nh .' i 1
..n)l.u n,.f, i.ii,,,. ... . , ,, !
u them suffer from eyo strain.
which may or may not
he
adjiuljred as such hy the child.
thing that is suiinn realized is
that fatigue comes on more quick-
l.v as the icsult of eye struin '
than from any other physical ex -
t.rlion 1 J
"iififnniii-n ..id t i.
"1
compnnying drain on the nervous
yy.stem is responsible for many a
keen minded child heing classed
as dull," Ur. Dayton said. "It
has .led others Into, truancy and
ruined the lives of thousands of
cniitiren. who were forced out of ; Southern Oregon I. O. 7t. F. assj
school by supposed dullness. Injection will be held at Medford I
! most Instances of this sort the ; o. O. F. hull, Wednesday. April
, child is not aware of his defect t i;5th, 7 p. m.. All Odd Fellows re
I and naturally can't complain of I quested to he 'present, nusinesr;
something which lie doesn't know; and refreshments. Iiy order of the
exists. : 'ips, 6
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DUE EFFORTS OPG
Members of Hit- llicat.r Med
"ir" cluli ate si ill being congrtlu- j
"Hod today on the sun-ess of their
rounder s day nauonet and twenty-,
111111 anniversary ccieiirautin held
Saturday afternoon al Hi. Mark's 1
c!ulll ''all. Special credit lor theiM.of Ji.fiO'ii S; do cutter to nieili-i'a8
.success of the affair is duo .Mrs.
" c- Mulholland, president uf thcuuwn,
club who was th one who orig-Mu.5u;
Inated and planned the ecclchra-1
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Mure than 150 new and old mem-
imts i) me organ iKLiiun, anuuiK j
whom wore some of the valli y
most prominent pioneers, were
drawn together for the first time,
und reminiscences of early days !:i
Medford were brought out fre
quently in the program of clever
stunts put on during the after
noon. Emotional Drama
q RialtO TodaV'ihs" '"''"um to choice, $101 10.75;
packing sows, rough and smooth
1 $7.5lK( 8.50; slaughter pigs 90 to
"The Showdown." George IJun
crofl's first slurring picture, de
picts the feverish life of the oil
llelds, and also presents" n luve
story and a drama of emotions.
' 1'layed in the remote districts
of .Mexico's back country where
every maii is n potential enemy,
nanciou piays Hie role of a wan-
derlng oil driller.- Into his life
come three- men who have fol
lowed him from eno field after
George Bancioft
another, because they .know helms
a sixlh sense which tells him
i where oil can he found. A girl
suddenly arrives, fresh from the
refinements of New York.
The
situations which develop from the
presence of a gently nurtured girl
I . l'VK 11 lfc
jm,,n "" H ttS
Jan actor shines with greater lus-
11 u iiiaii in unoerworm.
Heading the supporting east ure
i Kvelyn lirent, Neil Hamilton.
1 Hamilton, Kred K'idiler, Arnold
i Kent and Leslie Kenton.
I. . ). J oilcr.
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1 MARKETS
Livestock
OllTLAXU. Ore. April 23. (JPi
:itllc and calves, steeva steady.
I bulls GOc higher; calves and vonl
ers Sue lo l.uu lower. Iteceipls:
i .'all If UVi; calves so. Steers. 110
in Uli lbs. good (IKlli: do ilfiO
, (o I ooo His., good 1 l.:Si . 1S.S5;
do .SOU nml Ul medium Sll.Tiili
ll.l.'.'i; do cumhuill JS.i 5 fi y.7ft ;
heifers Sill Il.s. down good Jlu.l'i
(., i , common lo
$s. 75 Si 10.25; cows, sued
medium
s.23'.i i
:i . 7 r, ; do common to incilium fli.
j, ij.;5; ,o low cut cut S44JIJ
bul's. vealiinirs excluded. Rood i
iu, $7 r,i do calves 000 His.
!'w
medium to choice $K.50
do cull to oommon $T s.r.O
vealers. milk fed, good to choice
IS12
13.-5; do meilium $ 1 0 . L'o
l(tt-l -r- cull In iMiinnn 17. HO
fif 10.50.
" Hokh." market very h t r o n jr.
Butcher clus.ses fully $1.50 higher
Packing howh and feeder pigs full
dollar up; receipts 2535 including
4 it 8 direct or through. Heavy
weight 150 to 350 lbs., medium to
choice $!.50:i 10.50; m e d 1 u m
weight, 200 to C&0 Hh., medium
to choice $lt.75ffi 10.75; lightweight
110 to L'oo lhs.. medium to choice
s i a : i. i i n..i,( ii..iitu i'iit inn
130 His. medium lo choice S!.50
10.5: feeder and stocker pigs. 70
1) 9.
Soft or oily hogs and roasting
pigs excluded In nhuvu iiuotalluns.
Sheep and lambs strong lo un
evenly higher. Kecelpts 1400, in
ciu,llnK 2m, c,Uract. I.ambs,
Uo lhs dw. K0rt to choU.0 fu..7r,
Si 1 J. do His. down, medium 51 1
i 12.75; do all weights, cull to
common J 1 05' 11; spring lambs
S 1 4 ffj 15; yearling wethers 110 lbs.
down, medium to choice ?10tf
wes 1 L'O 1 hs. d w n , in ed 1 u m lo
choice $6.00Ft 7.B0; do 120 to 150
lbs., medium to choice $5.50$ G. 50;
do all weights, cull to common
$-1.50 (7( 5.ro.
I'orllaiKl W heat
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 23. OP)
Wheat: lSiK bend liluestem, hard
white $ 1 . 0 0 ; soft w h 1 1 e, west cr n
white $1.4!l; hard winter 51. -IS;
northern spring, western red ?1.30.
Outs No. 2, 30 pound white feed
$4ti.50.
Today's car receipts: wheat, 64;
flour 11; corn 3: oals !; hay S.
Produce "
PORTLAND, Ore;, April 23 I?)
Wholesale prices. Butter steady.
Portland dairy exchange net whole
sale prices: Cubes, extras 8 He;
standards 31tc; prime, firsts 3SVjc;
firsts 3Sc. Creamery prices: l'rlnts
3c over cube standards.
KCrOS steady. Fresh standard
extras afiVfec; fresh standard firsts
i4c fjesh-.. medium extras L'Se;
fresh medium firsts I'Mfcc. Prices
to retailers 2c over exchange
prices. Association selling lirhes:
Kxtras 2(5e; firsts 25c; medium
2 4r; undcrsi;:eil 20c.
J I A V steady. Buying prices:
K'K.tern Oregon timothy $20.50 rf?'
21c; do valley $ISftp 18.50; alfalfa
$18.50d oat hay ?15(i 15.50;
straw $y.G0 per ton; selling prices
52 a ton more. ,
CASCAItA bark steady 7c lb.;
Oregon grape root lfMe. '
HOPS steady. l.t7 2222'ic;
1928 cnp ilf'i IMo contract; Jug
gles 20c.
BIDS to the farmer; Buttorfat
steady 40c station: 41c track; 43
44e f.o.h. Portland.
POULTin steady, heavy hi ns
24c; lights lfiff 'iOc; broilers 27ffp
35c; Pckin white ducks 27c; col
ored nominal; turkeys, alive 2$(iv
27c.
POTATOKS 75cfff S1.25 sack.
Wf)OL steady. Eastern Oregon
33tf(40c lb.; valley medium 43c;
coarse 3Sc.
PORTLAND, (Jro.. April 23. P)
Haw milk steady (4') 2.55 cwt.
f.o.b. Portland.
Butterfal.
S A N Fit A NCIHCO, A prll 23.
iA) Butterfat f. o. b. Bun Fran
cisco, 4(ic.
Wall Street Report
XKW YORK, April 23. (Pi
Stock prices turned upward after
an early period of weakness today.
Itevival of activity and strength In
the railroad shares under the
leadership of Delaware and Hud
son w hich soared 1 7 4 points lo a
new high record for lOL'H, at UlO'i-.
checked selling in other quarters.
Karly losses of one tu twelve points
weie substantially reduce d or
wiped out by Ihe mid-day rally.
Karly selling was directed princi
pally against the tobacco stocks as
a result of the cigarette price cut
ting war by lcuillng manurac Hir
ers. New York and HiiHcbi com
mon which Is controlled by the
.Vew York t'entral soared to 245
on odd lot sales and the preferred
Jumped 50 points to 200. I'ltts-
i burg and West Virginia up more
than rive points and New York
Central, Wabash und a few others
advanced two pointH or inure.
The closing was hcu?V. Dela-
jwnre and Hudson extended Its
gain tn 221,4 points und the Hi.
jl'Rul and several low priced Issues
Llouchcd Ihelr maximum figure
for 1!"2S. before prices began to
wilt again following nn advance In
irall money to five per cent. A
: new- dip In the tobacco stocks car
ried litem to tho neighborhood of
their early loss, with Individual
losses of 3 to 12 points. Total sale,
approximated 3,500,000 shares.
Local Man Wins
National Prize
Thomas K. Yrfrk of this city has
Just won a unionc tt-atch charm.
I be lias dangling on bis chain.
In Ihe natlonu-wine- vatillln sales
I contest being conducted by the ).
u. vi'atkliifl company among Its
dealers.
I The gold charm is In Ihe form
or a vanilla bottle and has en-
Traved on It the words "prize
PINT. ON", MOXDAY, APRIL 2:1, 19-Jrt.
LARGE CROWD AT
TALENT TO HEAR
THE GOSPEL TEAM
The largest crowd that has ever
lll"'icu .1 meeting nciu inii.ei me
"iisplct's of i he MVdlord llospel
team Kaiiieieii at inc .ueitiodist
church in 'I'alcnt Sunday afternoon.
l"u lun ch being crowilell, linil It
necessary fo bring ill extra
seats to accommodate the oven low.
hile most 'of tho comirugation
were peoplo from Talent and stir
ruiiiiiliiig country, thoro were many
from .MetH'oi'd. Approximately 10
men of the gospel team wore In at
tendance. . .
W. li. Trill nml G. 12. Meyers
were the speakers on tho program.
Mr. Meyers u e i n k the first to
mreak, taking tor his su'uject his
experiences 111 the service of Christ
and telling of tho enjoyment he Is
getting from life us a Christian
man. He praised the work of the
itospel team und told of what an
Inspiration It was to associato him
self with such fellows us tho team
consisted.
Leader (luy Davis switched his
program from tho ordinary routine
Sunday uuil called for testimonials
between the speeches mid this part
of tho service, ulways devotional
and inspiring, was exceptionally bo
Sunday, us It seems that more and
more are people uiixlous and ready
lo tell the world of how they know
that (.'hi 1st tsdho personal saviour
ot mankind. Of especial Interest
to the gospel team was one testi
monial, given by a Talent lady,
when Blto staled that It was a Joy
to her heart und Hhe praised I lie
Lord for tho Medford gospel team
and Kb work. "Tho work you men
lire doing mid the sincerity willh
which you ure doing it, proves that
the Harpor evangelistic Bervlces
wero a wonderful blessing to this
section."
Trill Talks On "Home"
W. G. Trill, local attorney, de
livered olio of the finest messages
lit Sunday's meeting that has been
presented durln;; a gospel team
service, taking for his Biihjeet
Home. " Ite told of somo of tho
real meaning of such a place,
characterizing home tho kind of a
homo that Christ intonded for man
and wonum to have as the great
est Institution in -Hod's kingdom,
lie painted a beautiful word pic
ture of tho necessity of having the
Christ-like home the homo with a
mother In It who had the love nf
Christ In her heart. "For." ho said,
"unless the boy nnd ghi of tho
homo h.tvo mother's prayers to
gnido t hum In their early stru-iKles
their later lives are matin that
much more complicated." lie told
of tho teriihlo mental sufferings
of tho mother of Christ as she
watched her own son being nailed
to tho cross, and mode an urgent
plea to Ihe mothers to tnko cntist
into their homes and let him havo
a part In tho rearing and moulding
of children inlo real Christian men
and vomen.
Mr. Trill. Morion Fereheo, Jack
Hallo sand Mr. Wendt mado up a
nuarlct lor Sunday's service and
sang beautifully that old-tiine song,
"The 'Little Old Church In the
Dell." .Mr. Fereheo nlo favored
with a sola, accompanied hy Max
ine Hall at tho piano.
Two Meetings at Jacksonville
Owing to a misunderstanding
and getting dates somowhat mixed,
there will be two nioetlngs at Jack
sonville next Stimluy, ono to be
held in the Methodist church at
2:i!0 and the other in the l'rosby
torinn church ut 5 p. in. These
dates wore arranged by different
men on tho gospel team, and in
order that to not disappoint either
congregation, the gospel team has
arrangotl for two distinct and bci-
arato programs, unci It is unpen
thnt tho congregations from both
churches will attend both sorvlces.
Speakers for the first mooting will
be U. W. Hall and J. N. Nahss.
Tho aunrtot will be on hand for a
part in the special music, and Clar
ence Starkey und Mr. Ferobee will
slug solos.
1 Speakers for Uio 5 o'clock meet-
' Inc will be Kveretl t'ule and I". M.
Ilurper. Hev. Mell or the Christian
church or Medford has consented
to sing a solo on the special musi
cal program at this service.
Two Meetings at Kerby
One week from next Sunday the
gospel toanr will Journey to Kerby
and An exceptionally wonderful
time is being planned tor thlB oc
casion, as the people of that sec
tion will be hosts at a big "foed"
during the afternoon. It is planned
to leave Medford at 11 a. m. sharp,
forming a caravan at tho library at
that time. Two meetings will he
held, one at 2:30 and the other
at 5 o'clock. .1. H. Starkey and
son, Clarence, will he the speakers
at the first meetlii';, and Guy Davis
and I'hll Heetehry will siieak at
tho second meeting. Morton Fere-
bee and Jack llailcs, the gosiicl
team musical directors, will be In
charge of siieiial musical features
and leading the hymn singing.
I'ercy A. Ilray, who has been ono
of tho active members of the gos
pel team, has been asked and will
fill tho pulpit at the Methodist
church at Talent next Sunday eve
nlng, tho pastor. Hev. Wn'.'goner,
not being able to be there on
that dale.
HOTEL OPENED
Tho Hotrl Cent nil nt Central
Point, which recently wn pur
chiiHPd hy Mr, nml Mr. Anrtrf
ChnnH of I.oh AnK'le. from thr
Oolrt liny rionlty Co., 'hnii hot-n
thoroiiKhly remodelled nmt rofur
ninhrfl nnd i now open for lutl
mna, undpr If m n-w miiniKpmnt.
Thf trnvellnK 1'iihllr nt InrRe. nn
well an the permHm-nt, nrn nn-
sured to find there cleanliness,
(tuletness nml good sorvl..-. Visit-
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Cleorgo I. Olson of tho Wentwitrt
& Irwin company of rortlunil, dis
tributors lor General Motors truck
.In Oregon, was in .Medford several
days last week conferring with tho
local dealers, the Highway Motor
company, regarding the 1928 cam
paign.
i he CMC trucks have been popu
lar In southern Oregon for yours.
and aro used In all kinds of truck-
In-;.
Messrs. Williams and Drew, now
proprietors of the Highway Motor
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Cohens and Kellys
at Hunt's Craterian
The opening performance at
Hunt's Craterian of "The Cohens
and Kellys in Paris," delighted
tho audience one moment with its
comedy nnd then when drama
and pathos followed, tho house
was perfectly silent, only to bo
plunged Into laughter again when
another comedy bit was flushed on
the screen.
As tho fiery Irishman, J. Farrel
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performances of rare skill, for
whli h he Is noted. Comedy and
not a little real acting fall to
him during the picture
Vera Gordon, who rose to feature
heights through her poiformance ,
in tho first "Cohens und Kellys",
proves , sho Is also gifted , with
the ability to tinge her acting
with subtle tinges of comedy.
An exceptionally appealing fath
er Is played by Ooorgo Sidney,
while Kate Plico does her best
comedy work us tho wife of the
Irish partner.' Clertrudo Astor Is
a dizzy French modol and Sue
Carol Is good to look at.
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Orange card social and lunch nt
Grange hall, Kaglo Point, Tuesday
evening, tho 2-llh. Come and have
a good time. 32
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