Medford mail tribune., July 24, 1928, Page 3, Image 3

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fIGHT OVER WILL RQTAR1 ANS API MEDFORD WOKEN LOCAL FORECAST JAWBE W. MADDBX ; ; .
OF WrS. BARNUM TOLD HOW GRANTS AROUSED OVER GIVES NO" HOPE jRUNS AFOUL OF
n-A the in ilui 1 1 1 i . i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ; l s . N..w th.it iT
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IS STARTED HERE: PASS KEEPS COOL 'POISON' PENMAN QUICK
RELIEFiSWEEPING LAW
Tlut testimony oi" V. .1. 1 Zuit-fi t
wits taken today before DeliMa , , j , 1;
Stevens-Meyer, county clerk, upon ti,,n:ti Ki.tut
(ho application uf lltore A. H.u- .M n un-t (!:.-
num. The application to lake tut;- vi ti..tiy nt
tiimmy alleges that W. S. Uarnutji t,. .u-iti.u ,i
made a Kin ot approximately I Carle. M
mm tn bonds to his son, Ceove A. m
Iti'.rnum, prior to IiIk (loath." That t'i
S. Itanium told V. J. Kiuericl; tives l
that he had Kivcn Course A. H.tr- inuid
num. some bonds and that as V. .l.;nla.
hmeriek is ahout to leave tor Uie
i eastern part ot the United Stale:
his evidence must lie taken.
V The petition further states that
.h Kmericli's testimony is mate
rial to the defense in an aet ioi;
winrh is about to ue eoinmoneed .imi-s itan
by Jessie A. Kldridm. the mother l.uul. win
of William Laird Itanium, a minor.
1o set aside the rift, throimii
Charles W. Iteames. the attorn-y
for the minor and Jessie A. Kld
ridne, the guardian.
W. S. I tarn mil died in Medford,
Ore., Kebruary lis. I'.ii'in. leaving as Kiv
his heirs at law l.ertha S. itarnini., tit,
his widow: John Itanium and lien.
A. Itanium, sons, ami William Laird
Itanium, m-andsoii. the son of Wil
liam Itanium, tho latter now de
feased. That S. Itanium did not leave
'-rt ..f tin- lutein, i
1 convention held ui
mnnth iizi uun iv- .
luiuheuii ut tlU' li't
ly rresidem Jaek
I ford deletf.ite tu ih-
Uiiu whieh included Huh nun
i :su emin; tits. 7 it m ivpri.-srMt.i-
presfilt from rhiiptfi s
L'niied States and fan.
A "poison p-'ii" fiend lias been
operating in this city for several
weeks, creating considerable of a
i'u: ore. by dropping noti-s on lawns
in which slander about a number
of ell-w tiown residents is written
in hwti hand.
About a dozen of the notes have
been found, alt in the same script,
and all of the same iine!il lenor.
some re plo to wita virions ohseeiit-
Tlien- art- mure tlian lon.i.mu Ho- ties, all conlainiiu: hints of romaii
ai ians raiiiiiK from kinns and ' tie escapades and alleged drinkiiwv
rinee u common hi borers in- proclivities of certain ladies and
bided in ineinia-rsliip clubs thru- - gentlemen.
-nt the world, said the speaker. The first edition of the scandal
toiary was originated over i;t sheet was found about a month
by i'aul Harris, of Kim- aw. mi a lawn on West .Main street,
did not attend the cmi- U contained the information a wi ll
ventton but m'iii a writ i en nn-s.-au'e. known woman had pone to I'ort-
Another feature of today's pro- laud to "see her sweetie."
Ki am was a -;unt by Ibiw.n d The next edition contained I he
Seheftvi I'.iiy frawfurd. tieorm- name of tile purported "sweetie"
Hunt and Jack Kerr, t.i rants i'as.s.a very prominent Medford church
lloiarian. tin- latter was aske.l to man.
a rei ij.e for keeping e.td when The "spite notes" then bepan to
t h- i ihoiio ter mounts to 1 n-t appear with more frequency, but
derives. one of tho group ludd ! always on a different law n. Their
a small cake uf ic- which melt- contents mostly coiuerned women,
ed fast as Hie heated club members 'but how and then a gentleman was
looked on. Incensed of beinp unduly fliri-.i-
(n the cuiiiinittee to arranuc a ! lions. People began t pii'U up
Altbouirli fair weather, continued1 Hen?
Iii. li 1 1' in i (!': lore and low humidtlx ; wielder
iiutor
day
Washington Maddo. Ill
f the broom and biu-'ie:-
the Nate Slasher bai !m r sho;
Mam street, ran afoul of III"
iliis lnotning; and "done had a
elo
recast for tonight and t
follow inc the heat of
with a tiiaxLtmUm of !"'
k in tlie afternoon, winch WiU M,lM 1,1,111
one d"iiive b-ss than tlie maxiniuiu
.if Sunday, a very lig!f.t breeze aris
ing ea ily bis afternoon, t ok el he i
with cloudiness arisin.- in Ihe hoii
on held m the hope that a thun
der s l o r in was bleu in, wiiich
would break today's heat thai
threatened to at least etual that,
of yesterday.
However, many persons thought,
that today's maximum won Id be
higher, as it was cl.uineil by a.
number that street and home Iber-moinet'-rs
this inoriiinu" and fore
iiooii showed U to be tbrx-e decrees
Kotary enlry in the Ameritan l.e.Miieees of naner on the lawns, with
a will ami when the petition tu gum parade August 4 the following ' great expedition, even tho most of
probate the estate was filed it .men will serve: Al Hayden, Louis them proved to he merely innocent
M.iicu me omy ueiis. oi . o. nu i it uui pnrey ami riydu Kekin. ! "scraps of paper.
nuin were his widow. John Itanium 'isiiing liutariaiis at the meet-I Trans have heen set for tin
auu ueorge -. narnum. anu uming included Johnny Johnston, of
not name' the grandson, William 1 Riverside. L'a!.: Hal MeXair and
Laird llarniu'n. j.NVd ilarlan. Ashland: Ur. William
When Mrs. KIdridge. the guard jlkigiey, of Uuluth, .Minn., who is
inn nt' William Laird Itanium, spending part of the summer a;
Warned that her son was not , his orchard near Talent; 1M Slo
Oninied as an heir, she inquired re- Ictiin, Van Xuis. Cal.; Jack Kerr,
-rardiiiR tho same and it was found ;(;ranis fuss. Other guests were
that the minor had heen left out.
as an heir, and on July Li.
an order was made amending the
petition to probate the estate and is. L,
named William Laird Marnum as I'ierci
ui-
erary gossip, but so lar no -tuef
have been Iiuind. None of the im
sages have been sent through I lie
mails. The authorities, nwlnu 'o
tho victims shunning publicity,
have not heen asked to take a
hand.
The activities of tho nolo wi'-r
I'rof. Isaac (Vu n. of the t'niver- ! are attributed to spite, and a lilfth-
sity of South Uakota at ('.rand ; lv developed bump of malicious gos
lSernard Roberts and Hi-, j siping.
Korks
Lagesou,
. Crants I
Medfoi d :
iss; Charb
ovge
lUi. ;
(ley and Don .Macrae, both of Uu-
luth. Minn. The latter is the stale
:champioii ,SHa-yanl innuer among!
I.Minnesota high school athletes,
j K. ('. Corn, chairman of the pro- ;
'gram, announced that next Tues- i
day s enlQitainment will he furn
.ished by Kotarian kids.
! -Members of the club Were urged
an heir.
The petition to probate tho es
tate stated that there was no real
property whatever in the estate.
That the probable value of the es
tate was f 11.000,
It is reported by attorneys for
t he plaintiff that considerable in
vestigation has been made in re
gard to the property left by W. S.
Itanium, and it is bhlieved he left
a large estate. Investigation de
veloped that on the dale of Mr.
Itanium's death, a deed from W. S.
Barnum to his wife of all of tlv
iveal property owned by W. S. ttir
limn was recorded and that
deed had heen left in tho First
tional bank with instructions
deliver the same to his wife, the!
grantee of the deed, upon the death 1
of W. S. Ilarnum. On July 13, lltliS. (
the Inventory of the estate was I
filed showing bonds and cash in ;
the estate, not including the real !
property, to the tumoutit of ?91,
suti.si. Cm.in A tin iii nm i hiinw t hul
his lather made him a gift in 1he 'UI-v 1 Asnianu today placed strm-lun winch n
nii.tub ..r l-Vhi-uHi-v. lltS. the month K,'nt wiUer restrictions in effect to j Sua men at
in whieh the father died, of SI.VS.V) I ''""servo the city's water supply
f W. w a s, -epiiu of I t he sidewalk
I in front uf the tolisei'lat pai'lor al 7
o'clock when tJiilcer I'levci cauL-hl
iliim, red-landed .violatiim the ordi
nance auainst defiling the gutters
wiih debris, in the daytime.
In tlie presence of the law. Mr.
' .Maibiox emitted one of his heart v
laughs, and ran into I he I 'll I'er
shop and locked tho door. Not to
be outwitted. Officer IMetch shoved
'a notice I hrou:h tin1 mail slit in
I the door enjoinini; him to appear
1 at the police station,
i Thi Mr. .Maddox did. pleadin-:
1 iumnance of the law. and offering
holier llian at the same time yes- . .,s .lUlli llKll ..h.v ., does." He
torday. I W)S fmM.r infunned that a
The heat ,,f the past two days: fjn(, wul), , ahoul ,.juht, 'hi.-.
ha" soinewliat slowed up business. u ;)S mnt-i
and . ui down auio tourist travel j "liny." moaned Mr. MaddoX. "dat
temporarily, as the ma.ioiit of mo- , iUn ;i lji; SIliait kettle of fish,
tor vacationists have apparent ly j ((.f,,- .h pays, you-all gw ine lo go
hob d up at coob-r places in the J , ,,. highest co'l."
bills and along streams until nor- M r. Maddux denied flatly the ac
tual temperature comes again. ctisation of the arresting officer
The soda fountains continue to that he had heen saucy,
do a record business, and streams fpon his solemn promise he
of local cars continue to be headed j would be more careful in Ihe fu
loward the hills or tho river and jture about his hour' of sweeping,'
other streams, espoelaUy in the Mr. Maddox was allowed to go.
afternoon and evening. The main j
destination of the local cars was1
for the various swimming; holes of
the smaller streams, with the Ap
pleuate section leading in popular- I
Hy. Hundreds of local people w
swimming
from
midnight.-
tiling pools of Medford and -Ashland
and the Hot Springs are also,
doing a land office business.
APPROVAL
is revealed in the
most concrete and
convincing way by
Safest Way to
Stop Pain
It U not ti' m.irv lo take hnrt-f
riruH or d,p of rti.v kind to
irhvr nrivft turtiire c.niscd bv neuuli.
r.'-ir.ib'i .i. sti.ite.i or (hoinirttinm. Jut
rftpiy Tvi!'.ii over the part that hurt
i.rwi rr how quickly you will bo Irea
tiam discomfort.
Tymnol in n soothing, h!ollnf Btinor
tiiit lh.it (;"'' "i thrmndi th por
i nnd drive out in:1.iitHii.i t ion which hn
pctti-d in thn nnvrs. lhn minute you
rui it on vnii t in Ic-1 it bfmmntc tc
I'Iipvc Pains unci n hss noon stop,
foncrlinn i rfinovfil, .ind orpris
and intiniiiMntiori gradually disappear.
Altlinuh Tvsmol put -ip fipeciallv
for rn-rvn pnin .oid lnH.mimntion. bu
i frrfTs hivo found it. rnualtv Rood for
tnkintr the mif.ciy out of ntiH. swollen
; or nrhtntr joints. Alo fin for larnn
link rid inudi!jr nrrnfi. Plaiinnt,
hnrnilpst and p-iv to us. Don't fnd to
ttv It if you wiit grnuifK. InttinB rn
: Ui-f. You pet a Iibnd supplv for $1 at
ny drug tor. Always in ctock t
Strang's lrtig Sloif.
A BUYER'S name on the dotted line
of an order blank is high praise
sincere, conclusive, convincing.
And careful buyers, thousands of them,
are purchasing these 6 cylinder Graham
Brothers Trucks enthusiastic over their
smooth, obedient power, proud of their
fine appearance, surprised at the speed
obtainable with perfect safety because of
their 4-vvheel brakes ....
See these trucks .... Drive the size that
fits your business needs.
Ulldreds of'loeal people went
r? r AT GOLD RAY DAM
665
MERCHANTS HXI'HESS
1 10" whccltta.a
206S
I Vi-TON-1 40" hrtlhaw
i59S
1 W I ON-1 SO" wl.c.lL.i.
775
CtlMMI IU IAI TtU'CK
I 20 whctltmifi
1545
1 MON-I SO hh.i
1665
2V1-TON- 105"whMlh...
$995
P,i-TON-l 10 whfrllvj.
1 -i.TON--IhS1 whcrllmn
Chitt.ua . u. b. Urlinil
Eakin Motor Co.
16-18 South Fir Phone 30-1
I.!
bavi
i to attend the (.'ha in her of Cion
; inei ee ;hi.I Lions' elllb fui um luneh
!euil meetiiiK tomorrow. Wednesday.
at the Hotel .Medford.
'n ASHLAND FACES A
ALMOST FREE OF
FORESI
Baby Badly Hurt
MAliSHriKIJJ. Ore.. July
iA) Neal Christian, three, s'jn of
Charles Christian of Bridge, waa
badly injured when crushed be
tween a runaway tennt and a fence
post yesterday. He will reeover.
1 an;eis w'.i
, woi i i. d over the laeli of
j the fish botders at the
i dam. will he Klad to
j full head of water ua
! baek into the hold
ternonii.
I 1'ish immediately beuan
t)o hoblers and sevftal
iter fn
lold Hay I
n thai a
t u i lieil
y-stei-d:iy af
tlsiliK
sa lnittn
RAIIAM
Brothers
rcKS
BUILT BY TRUCK DIVISION OF DODGE BnOTHERS, INC.
I
Caused by the continued
wont her and the heavy water
I sumption resulting tlierefrom.
lint
COM
th ;
tn bonds, and these, with the real
property, are not in the estate, but
that the real property belongs to
the mother and the last mentioned
bonds belonged to tJeoriie A. l-nr-num.
It is alleged that the gift
was orally made.
Mrs. KIdridge. the guardian of
William Laird Harnum. claims that
her Hon Is entitled to the share of
as found to he i this district y
The restrictions l in the Reese
effect indefi-
which yesterday
surpi isinuly low.
will probably he
nitely.
The Ashland reservoir last even
ing was found to he only one-third
full, with the stream of incoming
water materially decreased us a re
sult of the mountain snows having
itll melted away. Thta amount of
Tlve continued heat, which is in
creasing the forest fire hazard
daily, fimfs the Crater national for
est singularly free from fires for
several days past, but yesterday
continued to Keep Dwilu l'hlpps,
db-iriet stat" fire warden, jitul his
crews of fire fi liters quite busy
with five fires in different sec
tions on state land, in addition to
keeping ten men patrolling tin; big
fire northwest of Jlilt in the Fruit
tJ rowers Supply company territory.
company has over
work.
The five fires on state land
sterday included two
creek section, which
the stale that his father. William ! "'" -ianu pracMcany whm-
Harnum. would be entitled to if he pioteenon should any Iarg
deed 1 'tlitA oreaK oiu ami ine resiriciion
t measure was immediately resorted
j to today.
Water users can only Irrigate
three litues weekly ami on Sunday I
afternoons and forenoons during i
certain hours. The citv has In
were living, and that if thr
to the real property and the gift to
tleorge are allowed to stand, then
:hr minor will not receive his share
of the property out of tile, estat;;
of W. S. Itanium.
.Mrs. KldridL-o. up to receully. has
been residing in
ii nu- i-nt it ell oil tn Alorlloril Where I
she intends to make her home. ' at 11 "' strictions. it is
No court action has- yet heen 'i'"t. by Ashland residents, are so
comuienced with the exception ol ,"'' " """ " "e ,""
the iiinilb-nHon bv Ceome A. Mai-!1"5 Mu
limn to take the testimony of Mr.
Kmerick. 11. K. Hanna is tlie
Portland, but has ! 'I'vided into two sections in ortler :
n Medforil where I""1 ,m'' ,)n section can irrigate;
torney for the estate. Ceorge H:i I'
ll mu is represented by T. J. F.u
right and the guardian and minor
arc represented hy Cliarles W.
Keames.
summer heat.
The water flowing ut present fnt
the Ashland reservoir comes from j tl;,.v l-inh
mountain sinini:s. which aie o- : dislrict near Mel
pected to he able to supply enough
water if the restrictions are in-
f were till repoilted under control
i this morning. One of tlmse fires
1 was near the lleese Creek si hool-
house and burned over 1" acres of
brush, and the other also burned
over much brush aloim the branch
of X.-il creek.
I Anoth"r fire burned over
t acp-s of brush and grass back of
( Itoxy Anne in the Li y creek sec-
tion. At Long ('.ranch, this side
j of Trail, there was small fire
j In brush and grass. The fifth fire
was caused by (be old flic above
,Mi ( 'IcimI on Sunday, hb-h was
; thought to have li- n e.tiiiguihed
I by yesterday niorniiij-. breakniu out
auain and burning ovr five addi
tional acres before it was u inter
control in a few hours.
The only forest fire In the Crater
national forest f.,r several days
past took place Saturday and-Sun-
Applegnte.. i iver
gulch, in an old
Imi rn
1hre
which burind
teres amoim tr
nt i-fil
TOURIST CHASED
BY A 10 WOLF
NEAR UNION CRK.
Ili'iny Fri'ilprlrk of lliis eily n--pnls
that lat Sunday a f'W niilcri
mirth ot Central Point, while mo
toring, he came upon a tourist who
lorited to him a thrillim; tale nt
hulti!; chased for seven or eiKlil
miles In the hills this side of chilo
liiln by a wolf that had aone rrazy
from the heat. Krederick (lid not
learn the man's name or his home
town.
The traveler said that lie was
IravelinK alonn the road tiirouKh a
wooded (listrlit H";idav when he
noticed that he was Iwiiiu vlKor
ously pursuerl by a beast which oc
casionally nve short yips and was
frothini! at the mouth, lie thoimht
nothinu of It until he nualn looked
back and saw that tho Bnlnial had
trained upon him. and there was nc
doubt about lis vlelousness. and Its
purpose. The driver stepped on
the Kas and went full speed ahead
with the crazed creature in ho(
pursuit.
As the race waged the maddened
wolf made repeAted leaps at th"
auto and. accordln.r to Krederick.
the marks of Its sharn claws were
visible on the side of the car.
The autoist finally drewoaway
from the wolf, the animal dlsan
pearinir in the timber. The tourK!
arrived at Cnion Creek, where he
told his Mvry. and that afternoon J
'(hvive to i-ent"1.! Point.
Ixical naturalists say It Is pos'
R'oif tt uo mad. larn. !
the varmint ?bAt chas
tourist was a coti'e with
'lxcal nat ui
v ible '"f a o
rThcy iigtviy t
ed the touris
Htiiouslv observed. I "Id before coming umtei
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