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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1928)
rA'drc rep OltEflOX, FRJTA"Y. MAY IS. 1928. -- - 1 ' " ' i ' -ua it 9' IK: ll 1 1 ' ij :! Si ii i 1 1. ? LIGHT VOTE AND SLIGHT INTEREST local election:? I the Northeast Hedford precinct I this forenoon, 2t republicans had I voted and two dfmocraiH. A total of lt republicans and . efslit democrats- out of 450 vntern ! filled out their hallottt at the South i Orange street polling place for the J Southwest Med ford precinct. ) Only 17 votes had been cast this: forenoon at the Hotel Jackson for! the South Central precinct out of a reKlHirutioji of II" 1, and included! republic una. i The Oukdale precinct with a reg- istratfon of 2;VJ voters reported this j ALL READY FOR CRATER L SEASON OPENING BASE TO OPEN JUNE 25 BALL ON SUNDAY! WITH CONVENTION All nrrnnponrU'ntH hnve li'-cn ! Tmlnv'a iirlinnrv for selncllon of forenoon that 2:1 votes had been nominees to be voted on at next cast there, IncliiclinK lt republicans completed for Hie -nliiK Kame fall's election was a quiet one, with j und five democrats. iof tho ,.e(,,m (,,lrurnin baseball very little outwaru interest oeinK , ii-nicuo ut iho fair (troono next Sunday, when Klamath I'nlls will cross bats with the Medford Mer chants. The Mayor of Ashliind will Pitch the first ball, the inttyor of Klamath Kails will bat, the mayor of tlrants Pass will stand In readiness to do the same. land the mayor of Medford will At the Rlalto ' endeavor to eio some catchitiK. There, is u riot of fun and IqiikIi-' There will be the introduction of ter In "Why Sailors do Wronn," the players, music, ami a few coniliv,' to the Itiulto tomorrow, formalities. Then the namu will This story of n boy and Klrl played commence. shown, as the acquittal of Newton ('. Chaney last nlKht seemed to have taken the kick out of what had been expected to be the lend Inn contest of Iho primary with Its three candidates for the republican nomination for district attorney, for It was Kenornily conceded that Chancy would win handily aiiainut his two opponents, W. O. Trill ami Allison Moulton. Tho mnrnlni? and forenoon voto in Medford was very Hunt, espe cially tho morning one. hut the afternoon voto was much heavier, and is expected to be very heavy from 5 o'clock on. Iteports receiv ed from other parts of the county, eiiy and rural, also siinwed the morning' and forenoon vote nulto Hunt. At all the precincts voting was reported as nearly 100 per cent on Hie special county fair tax levy. The local und other democrats of tho county were vollnB for the informal ticket they selected Ml by Hally I'hlpps und Nick Stuart and two call, drivers, all of whom nre made prisoners on hoard a yacht which niter a storm at sea is wrecked on a tropic island. Their adventures with lions, apes, crocodiles und cannfhulH are filled with thrills and hilarious, luiiKh provokinK situations. The largest crowd that ever at tended a iiascbitll sjumc In the JtoKue Hlver valley, with a luro d'-u-Kution front Klamath, is ex pected to attend the Kame. The Klamath team is a strong nRgrcKallon, us usual. The .Med ford team is In Kood condition. .Mii.'hols will pitch, and has re covered from his sickness of n week uko. Chester will catch. .Manager ('uin-l Hall has com pleted urraiiKements for a Kame this city on Decoration Day At Hunt's Craterlan "The 1-cnioil of the Condemned" furnishes thrills, love interest and entertainment. It is the war neain. I in cenlly for county offices, except Yon cannot act nwav from Ihul.lwilh Weed treasurer and recorder, regardless ,ut It Is the war from an angle i Hundny will bo the last appear of the wishes of J. H. Kuller of'ony touched upon previously andi"n,e ut ""' Merchants ut home Ashlund. named for the legislature, i ih-veloued to n hich dciren In this I until Kumhry, June Kith. and of Wig Ashpoie of Medford, for ! Niry. A young American, a news commissioner, that their names be I m.r ,,,, thrown together with withdrawn. members of un unattached flying In the Medford North Main pre-! unt at the front; men who huve cinct ut noon today, oulof Its M7 ,)tH against society Hint can he registered voters, only :I7 votes hud i obliterated only by an honorable been cast, consisting of 31 repuhll-1 ,Pth. They fight for Iho danger can votes and six democratic ones. imH missions Out of lis registered voto of 210 : , , ,-a'dlng roles nre (!ary In the Medford South Main district, Conner, as Hie vounr American only 24 votes were in nt Flchtner's i Knrn;n by 11:25 a. m. At the Washington school pre cinct, which has a registered vote of 4:i2,' only 27 votes had been cast by 9:20 n. in., but, as usual, a heavy vnln was expected at noon and rtish henvy vole In ant In between li and fi, with voting continuing un til tho polls closed nt 8 p. in. A visit this forenoon to Iho cllv hall polling place revealed that up until 10:110, IB votes had been cast, including 12 republicans and three democrats, out of 225 registered voletB. Out of 485 rcrlBlered voters In newspaper man turned ace, Kay Wray, discovered by Uric Von Htro helm. Others of the cast are Harry Norton, of "What 1'rlce tllory?" fame; lune Chandler, Voya tleorgo, Krancia Mi-Donald, Chariot llird, Kreeman Wood mid K. II. Calvert. lie I'rovcd It. ClllciliO, May IS. tyi") Calvin Wasson, 4!i. statistician of the Central Life Insurance cntnpnny. was lecturing company employees lust night on the uncertainty 4nf death. In the midst of his talk ho collnlised and died. Following nre the butting aver ages of the Medford Merchants hall club for the three practice games, as played to date, with Dunsmulr, House of David und Weed. Klgures taken Al I'icbe. by official scorer III., Idle ... (iray Chester ... rimlin Kbanglo ... Woodruff Michols ... Mltchel ... Dillicek ... Iloffanl ... Klnnl.'y ..... Hvavert ... Dunn Alt .. II .. :i .. 12 li i'C .;; .(IliU .fiOII .fiOl) . r, oo .411! .:i:i:i .333 .3:1.1 .2 till .2.ri(l ..2 fill .182 flood news for the people of Med ford, the state and the nation Is that the Crater National Park sea son will open this year earlier than ever before In lis history, Instead of on duly 1, as usual, and which had been officially promulgated by I ho government and advertised na tionally for months past, i The Crater Lake season will open ion the evening of June 25 with the lotlge und all concessions function ing, except the camp ground, to remain open until September 20, next. t The change to the earlier date date is due to the fact that lite I California Press association will ; hold its annual convention at Cra ; ter Lake lor four days, hc-dnning i with the evening of June 25, ulded j by the fact that snow conditions ! will permit of tiie park roads be ; ing cleared by that time, i The above news was given nut ', today at the Crater National Park I offices here In the federal build j Ing, after Superintendent C. (1. Thomson had received a letter I from Lho Southern Pacific road headquarters, which had been con j lerring with the press association i officers, the lodge management and tho park supcrlnlendent for some I time past, on details of I ho cara ! van convention, that the convention : dates had at last been definitely : set as well as the time of the as Isoclalion's arrival In Medford, and I Its departure from Klumulh Fulls. Although It Is called a caravan j convention, the members of tho us I socialion. consisting of 100 of the leading editors of California, ac-. compunfed by members of their ' families, numbering 50 more, will make the trip on a special South ern Pacific train to Medford, from where they will be taken to the national park In autos, and will depart from Klamath Falls for home, also on the special train. The detailB for entertaining the i convention visitors in Medford are ! being worked out by a local Cham- j her of Commerce committee. According to information given ' out at the Crater National Park ! offices here this afternoon, the fol-1 i lowing is the program now decided I 'on, all except the details of the i Medford and Klamath Falls enter- I tuininent ut the visitors: j I Tho California Press association ) convention members will arrive in : j Medford from San Francisco by train on the morning of June 25, I will be the guests of Medford and I the valley until the evening of that i day, or perhaps the following morn I lug, when Ihey will be taken by ! autos up to the Crater Iake lodge, i where they will remain for four days, and then on the ilotli will he ! come tho guests of the people of Klamath Falls, who will take them ! to H at city by autos and entertain j them until their train departs southward that night for home. Superintendent Thomson will have his force open the roads in tho park by June 20, and General j .lana-w It. W. Price of the Crater National Park company will send : the first crew of the lodge up to 1 that big hostelry on June 22, and have the remainder of the lodge. ' crew personnel at the lodge In . plenty of time to have everything ; In shape for the coming of the Culi ' foruia Press association, and after ;thal for the entertainment of the general public for the remainder of the Crater ltke season. AT ROSEBURG MAN: STRAWBERRY FETE i will soon be ready for showin according to report. These i lures show many of the higl i lights of the celebration program land should prove of interest to tail who were unable to attend, ns well as those who did. lii ( eluded In the reels nre some pic tures of the Crater club pilgrim mage to Klamath Falls and Dune mulr. . NEW GRASS MAY BRING CALIFORNIA MAN HERE I mi.- -r...n ..1.1 , wt r. i. Tn.ln ni. fVnm ni'MOIII ItllllCI- . mo i ni.-.-..,unoie iM-n- ( K. II. Day of Fd-iewo(.d. Cal., who Ing contest" of the California Ore- Hons, a large delegation of Med- )a v'lsitI1K rPiutlves !n .Medford and gon Power company, which .was ! ford people will attend the" nnnunl ,e Kot.uft Itlver valley and who staged at the Copco home, office j Hoseburg strawberry carnival next had disposed of his extensij re live in this city last nlght. was won week. After the splendid coopers- sloe by LaWrne Hawn of Rosebud, tlon received hero last year in the , nttjnth)n of rel,rinf, has becomJ reprfscntint; the I'mpuufi dlvisiun 1 Jubilee Trum tho Hosclmrir band, j fl0 interested in the poa hnlhOK.J nf the company. j LeKlon drum corpH. Umpquo' ra8S matter that during his vlnit ThiH was the final competition, j chief an( other . Douslas cunty I no js making a thorough investtea preliminary elimination rome-nt; representatives. i( is only fitting ! tlon j,lt0 j,B posflibilllieH. having been held in the various nn(1 proper that Medfprd should, If Jle becomes satisfied that tho divisions some time ago and the j roiurn the compliment this year. A now rasfi wm just ify it, he may . winiins nr mr jm'iiiiiimii h-h nn-fi- t ,K caravan or Aicaioru cars is ex- ; re.enKane 111 the livestock and dairy niK nere kihi mum. pocted to leave nere Maiuruay. amy . business, with a possible) locatfiw: j i nn Hiinjcci vpnson inr huh year '(j io spend tne ciay in iiosnurn. ; jn thin valley, i was "Oovcrnmenl in fiusliu'ss," and i participate in the Induiitrial pa- . j some splendid three-minute lalkn j rade und return that niht or j 'resulted from the efforts of those j Sunday mornii . 1 j j partielpatjnK' In the contest. How- The Roseburf; celebration starts . lever, the speech delivered by the j Thursday. May 24 and will con-: winner was outstanding and re- tinuo three days, n bitf program suited in a unanimous decision by bcinr; planned for each day and I the judges. Mr. Hawn, who is ajniht. Xot a few local people ex- member of tlie Copco investment ' pert to take 1n at least two days department, w.lll be lven u trip ; of the fun which has been nrraiiR- j to the convention of the t ed to entertain the visitors. i I Northwest Klectrle Llffht and Pow- Much interest is being taken in I j er association, which will be held j the outcome of the queen contest in Portland next month. Here heius Miss Marion .Ness, former Med-( will represent tbf Copco oi Kanizu-1 ford plrl i.s one of the loaders and lion In the northwest association i has a KOod chance to win. The; "STIMl-RIKE ity sjieakers for a cash prize of Siao. ' Tlin iiuli'ou f,ii 1ut tilf lifn ruin. ! test were selei ted from outside the 0(lec i company and consisted of the fol- Salurday. May 13, lias been set lowing well known local citizens: aside as CIean-tTp day at Central : Prof. It. II. Conkte, I.ec Tuttle and Point cemetery. All interested i Ira Schulcr. parties come and bring tools. &7 i - 4 j Salem Cerman Itapiists plan a f'lrmslfle! ndvertlslng gea reculfH. I $?0.000 ehureh buiblintr. contest, competing with other util-j-iocal Copco employes orgnniz:ition Is making every effort to elect Miss Ness, who is a Copco employe 1 of the L'mptiua division. Lust year t a Copco girl was elected queen and It is hoped to repeat the honor I again this year. THE NEW ZEROLENE f's for your motor Rutmutll Celebration I-'llms The Klamath celebration taken bv H. I., llromley of this. citv hnve been received here and A STANDARD OIL PRODUCT Team average ....104 2!l -111 .as; Prairie city horest scrvlcu re building Strawberry Luke bridge. 30E30E aoi zoxxo Over 1200 jSUtk. store. jOfBh gr zation r 5To$129Stores Medford'a Biyyest Store for Little Things Bargains that Show the Enormous Buying Power of Medford's Newest Store II o n DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT The very latest irridiscent metalline throw-overs, suitable for table covers, piano scarfs t1 f( and lamp covers i t 2 Ladies' Percale Aprons, bound with tape and ric-rac braid; one and two pockets, 9Q anrl KQr all new designs . dHU OZfK, Rayon Silk Vests, splendid lOr heavy quality JJ n CANDY DEPARTMENT D Jordan Almonds, A M 1 sugarcoated 4 OZ. for 1 UC 9 HARDWARE DEPARTMENT Orchardists, householders, drop in and see our tools. We sell them at prices that will enable you to cut down your bills. 14-inch Stilbon style wrench . . . , $1.10 Stanley Hammers $1.00 2 Hacksaw Frame complete with blade . . . 39c 2 One-gallon Thermos Jugs $1.56 o 0 o PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Harmony Records manufactured by Columbia Record Co. A new big shipment just received. O J1 AA Late releases, 35c each O IOT pl.UU U lA Home Store With Chain Store Buying Power 2 I . .. .....ji , i i ; - " " -" -'- f OC30EIOnOCEIOEIOXaOEXOi I! . . . - ' " - - I i for G R U E N WATCHES. $27.50 and up. Worwick Straps, $9.75 up. 58 SPECIAL Bracelets S5.00 up. Necklaces $2.00 up. Ear Rings $1.50 up. Novelty Bracelets $2.00 up. lit RINGS Signet and stone rings of every style $5,00 and up. SPECIAL La Tamca Pearls $5.00 up. Combination crystal and pears $4.00 and up. Cc.lrred Choker $2.50 up. o o GIFTS THAT LAST" FOR THE GRADUA TE Make it Jewelry for the gradu ate this year. Our stock is brand new. If it's the latest in jewelry, we have it. 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