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GRASS FIRE NEAR! VALLEY PIONEER
ASHLAND RESUMES! AND CIVIL WAR !
AT COUNTY FA!R7000 ACRES SWEPT) VETERAN CALLED1
OP IN BLACKFACE
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VICTIM OF CRUEL
PI'S TO HOLD
: FALL STYLE SHOW
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All exhibits of women's work
nt tho Jnt'kHon county fair, .which
begins one week from today, Wed
nesdny, September 12, and con
tinueu for four days, will be ur
ransd by the following committee
women appointed yesterday by
Mlsa June Knedieor, general chair
man of the women's department:
Art and flower displays, .Mrs.
Jap Andrews, chairman; Mrs. J.
A. Perry, Mrs. C. E. Gates, Mrs.
E. li. Plekel, Mrs. H. D. Mt-Cas
key and Mrs. M. Fin ley.
Included in the art groups will
be pictures In oil, water colors,
crayon and photography; demon-
KtraUons of fancy dyeing; exhibits
oiVi.hina painting; decorated fur
niture and plychromo art work.
The sewing division will be
under the direction of Mrs. Eric
"Wold, chairman; Mrs. H. Klersted.
Mrs. Frank GerdcH, Mrs. Georgo
Kubanks of Ashland and Mis.
Fred "Wagner.
Displays of tho best efforts of
housewives' of the county in can
ning and preserving fruits and
vegetables, will bo supervised by
Mrs. Carl Glasgow, chairman, Mrs.
A. H. Davenhill of Ashland.
Mrs. Oscar Shepard is general
chairman of the cooking division
and tho other members of the
committeo have not been selected.
Reservation fur space in the,
woman's building has been made
by tho Valley View and the Relle-
vlew communities and a number of
other gionp exhibits are being
planned. This is the first year
that, community displays have
been scheduled and much interest
is being ovidem-ed, according to
Miss Snedlcor. Each group will
li
The
unlimited to floor space, not more
than four by four feet. 'Sugges
tions offered for these exhibits
include miniature gardens, designs
worked out with, flowers and many
otner oneeiive ideas.
The floral department nt the
Jackson county fair six years ago
consisted of .a small showing of
blossoms in milk bottles, placed
on shelves where they took up tin
little space as possible, Miss Snedl
cor said yesterday. - Each year
flowers have become more im
portant as an addition to the fair.
The women in chargo of flowers
this fall are sparing no efforts
lo outdo any previous floral ex
hibit in Medford.
forest fire situation In Jack-
json county was made more serious
last evening by a fresh outbreak
of the scrub oak and grass blaze
which has been burning several
miles southeast of Ashland for the
I past five days. To date tho fire
j has covered between KEiOO and
Uuuo acres and has destroyed sev
I oral buildings. Relieved to be
nearly under control, men today
were patrolling' fire areas in the
Sardine creek district near Gold
Hill and at Maple gulch in the
Evans creek section.
! The Ashland fire, which is now
working its way toward Climax,
WilS tlhirixl 1111(1.. I- nnnti.nl tn.A .I......
ago but broke out yesterday when
a strong wind blew smouldering
sparks into the surrounding grass,
which burned rapidly. Twelve men
were, on the scene this forenoon
and the district fire warden
planned on increasing tho forco
this afternoon.
Dead tree stumps in which wood
rats have made nests are blamed
for tho fresh outbreak, as the
stumps, which are hollow, servo as
a draft for the burning debris In
side. The sparks and burning
j twigs ny nign Into the air and fall
into the grass,, often starting as
I many as IS fires at the same time.
The fire which has been burning
on the divide between Sardine and
Sam creeks, was expected to be
under complete control today,
after having burned over- Uf.O
acres of brush and timber. This
blaze broke beyond fire trails yes
terday when a high wind made tho
trails as well as back fires value
less. Only a small corner of the
fire area was reported to bo be
yond control this afternoon.
Twelve men were employed yes
terday at the Maple gulch fire In
the Evans creek section, but that
number was reduced by six today
and the situation was believed re
lieved by Warden I'hipps this fore
noon to be nearly satisfactory. The
blaze is blamed on Incendiarism,
.
j Enos Conger, a resident of
Jackson county the greater part
i of the time for the past 51 years,
land another of the remaining few
civil war veterans, passed away
at tho Community Hospital at it. 15
p. m., Tuesday September 4, W2S
at the age of 84 years. Ho was
born in Ohio April 21, 1844 and
at the age of four years, the
family moved to Centervitle, Jowa,
where Mr. Conger grew to man
hood and was married in 1869
to Mclinda in Company E, 47th
Iowa Infantry. In the year 3877
he made his first trip to tho coast
and lived near Phoenix, before
Medford or railroad had started. '
j He returned with his family to j
j Iowa in tho eighties, and came
to Oregon in 1894 and again re
turned to Iowa and moved to Ore-!
gon the last time in 1301. He is
the last of a family of 11 chil
dren.. Ills wife passed away at
their home In Jacksonville in
Hi 13 and seven years later he
camo to Medford to mako his
home with his son, H. W. Con
ger, well known undertaker and
county coroner. He also leaves
two daughters, Mrs. Irene "Wells,
superintendent of the Jackson
county farm and Mrs, Minnie
Martin, now of Ashland. The
body is nt the new Conger fu
neral parlors, where services nro
being arranged.
FIRE LOSS $3320
IN AUGUST; POLICE
F
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i
WJhlle (he city fire department
Iwoh bUu.y last month expending
pnoney in responding to sixty-six
aire alarms, including grass fires.
land extinguishing several fires, the
Kotal loss of which was $3320. the
cfpollce were making $255 for the
ity treasury, as is shown by the
smontniy reports made to the city
.Sc-ouncil last night by Fire Chief
i'Viiior 01 uie uiiy conn.
i:i The largost single fire loss of
'"the month was $1620, occasioned
f shy the burning of a dwelling at
t-iSM West Twelfth street. A gar-Jv-ncro
fire nt nil Mae street, nnnned
u loss of $300. and n. resirienpa fli-o
. lit 315 South Oakdale caused a loss
bf $1500.
1 The total number of cases tried
In the city court was 15, and the
sum of tho fines collected was
; $225. Thoro wore five traffic vio-
lation cases, four drunk cases, one
iilsorderly conduct case, one gam-
-.'.liquor cases.
;MARSHFIELD TEAM
T
For the privilege of giving .Med
ford baseball fans nn opportunity
of seeing the Hertford Merchant's
play the Marshfleld nine here on
Sunday and Labor Day, Court Hall,
manager of the local team, was
forced to dig deep into his pocket
book to cover expenses. Poor
crowds at both games caused the
good-natured manager to lose $300.
Radio Program
KMED
Mall Trlbunc-Vlrgln Station
CITY AND VALLEY
Major-General and Mrs. Anios A.
Fries, former residents of Medford
with their three children Stewart,
Barbara and Carol, are spendln.;
a few days In the valley visiting
relatives and calling on old friends.
Today they make the trip to
Crater Lake and returned to the
mountain home of Mr. and Mrs.
VV. T. Grieve where' they will spend
one night. Mrs. Grieve is a-slstor
of General Fries. While in Med
ford they visited with Mrs. Kiith
erine Walt and Mrs. Votn'ey Dixon.
They leave in a few days for
Portland and thence by motor to
their home in Washingon, D. C.
Tho Fries family has spent the
summer on the coast visiting with
Mrs. Fries' mother Mrs. Elizabeth
Wait of Los Angeles and with Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Fiances J. Hon
ney. Mrs. Henney was formerly
Miss Elizabeth Fries and with her
husband is stationed for a year at
Berkeley. The trip has also in
cluded a Visit to Hawaii.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Fries mo
tored down from Portland to en
joy a family reunion.
A group of friends of Mrs. Kath
erlne Walt met at her home for
a farewell party before nor de
parture for her new home in Se
attle. The ';ronp Included mem
bers of the Daughters of Vetorans
organization. Mrs. Walt was pre
sented wllh a gift of a beautiful
handbag by the friends present.
30 RURAL SCHOOLS
OF
In addition to witnessing the lo
cal schools open, yesterday also
witnessed the opening of 30 rural
and town schools In Jackson coun
ty, according to Mrs. Susanne
Homes Carter, county school sup
erintendent. Next week will mark
the opening of 40 more and the
following week will probably meon
the beginning of the fall term by
three or four schools unable to
open earlier.
No figures rffhand were avail
able today In regard to the attend
ance and probably none will be for
a short time. Schools which will
not open for another two weeks
are now undergoing repairs and
one, which is at Trail, is just in
the Jast stages nf construction.
- Thursday, September 6
9:30 to 10 McGees Womens
& Dry Goods, Ashland, Ore.
10 to 11 Economy Groceteria
11 to 11:30 Ed Birina Meat
Market.
11:30 to 12 Jarmin & Woods
Drwrs. N
12 to 12:30 Music Box.
12:30 ,to 1:30 Gold Seal
Creamery.
6:15 News and Markets.
8 to 9 p. m. Mrs. E. E. Gore
presenting her pupils In pi-
ano recital.
9 to 9:30 Modern Plumbing
& Sheet Metal Co., present-
In Geo. Maddox In vocal re-
quest number and Karl
Mouldren In violin requests.
. tthone rpnnpstR In 305.
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IMOGENE
WALLACE
Accredited .
TEACHER OF PIANO
Fall Term Begins Sept. 10
Studio 235 East Main Street
STRAW VOTE LEAD
In tho Mnll-Tribuno straw bal
lot vote for President, Herbert
Hoover continues a nine to one
choice of .lackson county voters.
The vote at the beginning of the
week starting September 3 stood:
Hoover 107
Smith IS
Fifty-eight ballots were cast,
fifty-three being, for Hoover, and
three for the" New York governor.
Of the total for Hoover, sixteen
were cast by former democrats,
unablo to swallow the flower of
Tammany.
In the balloting, the last ten
days tho men have taken the lead,
the women being too busy with
their canning, or something.
A ballot for Hoover was cast in
(he waste basket. Some playful
republican alleged that Mose Bark
dull had deserted the party of Jef
ferson, Jackson, Wilson, Judge
Cnnon, and himself.
10 SECURE DATA
A plan was launched today, with
the approval of husineHH Interests
for the taking of a complete sur
vey of local fruit and packing house
conditions to secure data on the
employment situation.
The survey will contain data
showing the number of people em?
ployed, the nature of their work,
the wages paid, their place of res
idence, and how long they have
been employed, and their exper
lenco in the fruit. Industry.
A wef k ago It was announced
at the Lions club luncheon thut u
certain man representing a certain
company desired to appear at 10
day's sneetliiK In order to discunt
an important business matter.
Unanimously the Lions roared
their opposition and the man was
not invinnl.
It should follow that the unde
sirable, visitor stayed away from
Medford. Hut that's not what
happened.
Today, following the soup course
President T. O, Tyree apologetical
ly informed the club men that Mr.
Washington, an efficiency expert
from New York, waited In the
Hotel J 1 ol la nd lobby and that
there wasn't a thing to do but ask
him in. Pro and con tho Lions
voiced their 'sentiments. Ileing ;a
charitable organization they decid
ed to bo bored with a speech. But
they weren't.
Dressed in a neat dark suit,
polka dot bow tie, high collar and
straw hat, the man entered the
Lions den and was Introduced as
Hooker T. Washington, efficiency
expert. He responded in softly
rolling accents as a broad grin
spread across his shining black
face and told the club members
that ho had spent all day Tuesday
investigating the affairs of ,the
various Lions in order to efficient
ly analyze their problems; to bo
able, to help them get along in the
world with less work and more
results.
Ono by one he picked out the
faults of each Lion from the presi
dent to thu tail-twlsier. Deep,
dark secrets were brought up out
of tho past of men who for years
have looked the world In the face
and have become affiliated with
such civic groups as tho notary,
Kiwnnis and Lions clubs.
"Ah tells you gentlemen, nine
out of ten of you haven't got it
and your friends won't tell you
that you need it. Ah moans that
thing called efficiency!" shouted
tho colored speaker.
Among tho hits he mado was
ono that concerned Lion Marc B.
Jarmin, of tho Jarmin and Woods
drug store, who was advised to
discontinue tho moving habit and
start doing house to house busi
ness in order to avoid paying rent.
In conclusion Air. Washington
offered to sell a course In efficien
cy at a low" cost to anyone Inter
ested, hut tho Lions evidently were
welt pleased with his portrayal of
their shortcomings for not a. man
answered tho call. Uowlng his
head In answer to the deafening
upplauHo Karl Davis, tho seer in
disguise, quietly left the room.
! "With Jaunty stride and chin In
j air the prosecutor departed from
his home. iUrds were singing: the
jair tinged with the first touch of
j autumn, lifted up his spirits like
!a glass of rare vintage. Kver and
j anon he greeted a citizen, like
j himself hurrying to office or store
! for the day.
j At the chamber of commerco the
!offUIal enfolded his Liucolnemiue
j height to quaff a stirrup cup from
I Medford's wonder-water fountain
: bubbling neath a rustic bower.
Ho crossed tho Southern Pacific
track and as ho strode along, rub
f bed, his stern though w hiskered
i chin reflectively. A shave would
lining even frrenter peace of mind,
j Stretched at ease In u comt'ort
i able char while Master llarber
tieorge Tung's nimble fingers did
their task the prosecutor gave
himself up to pleasant thoughts
of the coming election, his own
candidacy and tho apparent dis
comfiture of tho democrats.
His reverie at an end with the
finish of his shave, the county
attorney strode forth to Main
street. The first person lo greet
his freshly shaven face chanced to
be Chief of Police Mct'redie. The
chief took one look at the lawyer
and averted his eyes. Clone were
the friendly handshake, the bon
hommo of comrades, the chief had
cut him dead. A few steps further
and another old acquaintance half
hosLated to exchange greetings
and -'then hurriedly passed without
a word, m
Strango, thought Mr. Chaney,
very strange.
His progress up tho street was a
heart-sickening repetition of the
incidents which hail occurred nlnee
first he left Cieorge's barber shop.
Old friends passed with a cynically
elevated eyebrow, or the suspicion
j After having been anticipated
for weeks by Medford and south
lorn Oregon women, Mann's depart
j meat store tomorrow evening will
! havo Its official fall opening at
; the store, where the latest up-to-the
minute styles in women's wear
will le shown on living models,
This display ;s expected to be one
j of tho best ever seen in southern
j Oregon and in view of this fact.
preparations for lint stli; show i
havo been In progress for some
time.
The dresses, coats, hats and
other apparel, according to John
C. Mann, proprietor of the popular
establishment, are the result of a
careful selection of a wide assort
ment of womens wear and are up
to the standard of tho Pacific
coast metropolises as well as th
larger cities on the Atlantic sea
board. The hats on display tomor
row night will ha from the millin
ery department lu charge of Miss
Ash ford and will represent all that
Is chic In hat wear.
Special displays of autumn wear:
will be on display at tite store i
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Music will he furnished during
tomorrow night's opening by Wil-1
son Walto's orchestra.
Rialto
Clean rags wanted at tho Mall
Tribune offfco. tf
IMXAHA ROAD CAMP, Sept. 1
Mrs. Carl Cobley of Lodge Polo
visited last week with Mrs. John
Uidenand, Mty. McDonald and
Mrs. McLeod.-
Mrs. MeLood was transferred
last week to Fred Wnrner's camp
on Dead Indian.
There Is much smoke In the
mountains, but no fires of im
portance. ,
Tho new road is completed so
cars and trucks can pass over,
and camp is being moved today
to Fish lake district for a short
time and will move later to Lake
of the Woods.
John Laden and Mth. Laden are
at home now. Ho is under a doc
tor's care, having been hurt while
rolling a log,
Mrs. Anna Conover of Trail
visited friends In camp a few
dnys last week.
.
Clean rags wanted at tho Mall
Tribune office. tf
of a sneer. It.
honsihle to (he
official.' Never
been subjected
and certainly
nil incompre-
friendly spirited
in his life had he
lo Hindi treatment
not in Medford
whero tho spirit of friendship pre
vails to such marked degree.
Loomed, then tho sturdy rigure
of the deputy district attorney,
Frank Farrell. Hefore Frank hud
time to more than glanoo at his
co-worker, tho prosecutor grasped
him firmly by tho coat lapels and
domanded: "What in tho name of
tarnation is wrong with mo? Every
one I puss has been giving liio tho
tombstone stare." '
The assistant pointed lo a badge
prominently placed upon the
chief's coat collar "Vote for Al
Smith." -
Ooorge Tong's nimble finger had
been busy with a Hoover and a
Smith had go as well as with his
razor.
, N IS Wf YORK. John W. Davis
predicted there would be no break
in solid South.
Cool Evenings and Mornings!
will soon lie the villi. They will make tho use
of the fireplace a i;ozr comfort indeed. You
will want to enjoy this comfort in freedom from
worry. With onv fire screens and andirons, you
can nso your fireplace in safety.
Fire Sets
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mi
Shovel, ton.n'Sj and
poker; black finish,
$5.30
Antique brass fin
ish and Swedish
gray finish,
$6.05
Fire Screens
in black, anlique brass and Swedish grays:
fouv-panel and throe-panel, priced at
$6.10 in $12.25
Black Spark G-uards
$3.95 to $6.25 ,
Andirons
$2.70 to $8.10
Eveready Price Reduction
All flashlight batteries or unit cells, now
10$ each
5 Cash Discount
MEDFORD FURN. & HDW. CO.
A Reliable Place to Trade -6th
and Bartlett Phone 35-J
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Is YOUR CHILD
GETTING GOOD
MILK with its purity
guarded by Seal-Kaps?
"Until a child is thirteen," reports the
American Child Health Association, "a
quart of milk a day is vital to complete
development." Yet statistics show that
every fifth city-child is undernourished.
How about your youngster? Is he getting
plenty of milk to drink? Pure milk?
To keep our milk pure end good until it
is consumed, we use Seal-Kaps on our
bottles. Seal-Kaps cover the entire pouring
surface. Seal-Kaps protect the rim from
contamination.
Seal-Kaps are easy to remove and re
place. Noneed to pry with picks or knives.
No milk splashing on your clothes. After-'
wards,they make a handy and safe
bottle cap until all of the milk is used.
Have us deliver your first bottle totporrow '
morning I
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Snider's Dairy & Produce Co.
If It's Sniders It's the Best to Buy
jr civ"-
Itomorrow
at 10 A. M.
The Doors Open for a
GREAT PRICE SMASHING
BANKRUPT STOCK
The Entire Stock of the West Side Variety Store
WILL GO ON SALE AT
222 WEST MAIN
NEAR COPCO BUILDING
School Supplies Hosiery For All
The 'Family Slippers- Apparel Notions Crockery
Glassware and Housewares
Prices Are Slashed!
TO WHOLESALE AND LESS
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