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mkhfoko mail. T!m!f?r Mrrvrrr. ftrjr.r.o::. Friday, ocroiiKit 215. ir28. I Public Market Open until 4 P. M. TUBS., THURS., SAT. Saturday Specials FANCY APPLES 8 different varieties SWEET POTATO SQUASH per pound 2'4 HUBBARD SQUASH per pound 2'4 LOCAL WALNUTS new crop, pouiul ...25f HALLOWE'EN PUMPKINS , per potmtl Wit,' DRESSED RHODE ISLAND FRYERS AND HENS HEAD LETTUCE home grown, head .. 5' QUINCE last chance, to buy HOME-COOKED FOODS Many other specials at the PUBLIC MARKET KIPLING FINDS PAL IN OLD ROAD MENDER NEAR BURASH HOME TO PLANT PEARS: IN SAM'S VALLEYi HAMS VAU.KV. Oct. 20. j (KfM-i'ful 11. Van IlovtMibui k in J huvinjf hiH Jut fly acquired Juii'l jijuw u und iu fust UlNjf it i t'sitiy for tliti Ht'tiini; .f iicur j trees. 'J'ho entire 77 hitch will jicur iM'cliuiil. You Ain't Heard Nothln' Vet 8EE AND HEAR I ne H.'t to u new W, liiml iiLnnail mat In im Vlim. Jdyii lifter two ttityg' vacitMon when Ulie tinchers utlended iho eounty InntUuto. O I The ilil Htnrk wiih rushed u Di ll le the pUHt few UayH Having tin ;ltverod two huby hoys tu mem j hurt of our community this week, j The. Una hoy arrived at the homo ' or .Vr. and AIi-h. i Vinti'MiL on H.ittmlny nlKht and the Hueondl one nt Med ford to .Mr. and .Mik. Leonard Fox who resided on the iiiiKhe fnrni. Home old lime rOside.nlH who lately virdted our diMrict were j.Alr. und Mih. Kdward t.'ardwell and Uuvld I'm dwell of I'"ort Klanmth who nt'tnt Hnnday aft jernooii v.nitinj; the W. W. KdiiiK- ton family. Thin wan David C'unUveH'H fiit visit to th6 old home a h well a h thlH vicinity over thirty-fivo years anrQfho uTTny ehailKts 1 Miil nad L.iia-Jl pluee qulto Iiiiifk'd him. j AlifB Joyce Kredrkka of Anli iland Hpent the. week end wu.i MIhh Naomi MitKruder. Mr. and Mrs. John Holnt iff. Tui'ulay for 1'ortlund where All iWfi will attend the forestem' meetiiiK, after which both JiJ" enjoy tho city before. returjQig home. J, A. Took left Tuemlny morn ins for North Hp mi whe.ro ho Im receiving medical nttention for a k row I It on the face. MrK. Huh Cook of Hold Hill Ik utayiiiK with Mr. Cook'ttwlfe during IiIh abcnce. O Tho MethodiHt minister who an on u need hlH iritentloiiM of deliv ering a sermon here Hunday fail ed to make, an aiiiiearanei, leav ItiK the memljers of Sunday school 6IX BIG DAYS 8tartt October 29 MONDAY HUNT'S CRATERI AN I ON REESE HREEK (The vote Mood -wenty-nlnc tolquainted with tin. nurenia luok-; boupht the Khnu runch neur . I . iwrniy-four. The burtiret Includ- i Ing forward to a l-Upr achool. . V. Vadirll "! lo"K '""" ! Inc tho tran.nortation fur the ' It is d.ilrd that thn i.arent.ml.m the firxt of ,u" jl;:m di:rlc: waa uniy aboutlvllt the acho.il a ofti-n uh they. Hi- expert to raw turKeya mi- t ln; nau iiuut- u " iienre In that line. one-half that of last year in ;aurli)K a tux of about nine mill. ; It lit very encouraaititf to aee the can. The Hunor.y arhool lenaon for next Kumlay the 2Sth la St. I , puhlir come out and manifest j 2aul' iMtl Journey to Jt'rn a d.'eper interest In the affair ;fuenl found In Acta 20:17-21, of the district ami if . ia hoped js-ss; n Cor. 11:28. that they will keep up the ftouod , Tj,g Golden text 'Itemeinberj work. .Vothlns would please the ,n worjs at ,he Ixird Jesus how; ; truvieea more than to leurn the He suUi u iB moro blessed to t ,HworHd M jMM. cxaity AMtraot Co, r.EESKfl riiKSK Ore. Oct.''"""" 01 tno"e Inc ere. Kve than to receive." Acta so:j. tlita Btnwt n4 Canl'al mJ 2 (Special) The 'school elee-: 'rllero wn " scho" '"' FrU is thfl keynote to the lesson l , -Hon last Friday the lath was day the teachera wore called usual.. Itev. John mill, teacher: iieai r.-um nttcndeil hy tho luic.st num-.Ilway lu Inslliuie. .Mrs. Miller of ino muU ,.nK8 hrounht out: A." C llulihard et iix to linn ..f i ......... tretioit-: most' aS the chldren do-,..n nfTlpn.'.,l fficr when he said : hanl Investment Co.. . 1. 1. It hclna the occasion of vot- "'K nicely. we Kt out or life Wjiat we nm iot t, miuck j I ..... nn .. n-U nA.I..ll.. ,hl. 1. A un. a . ..... nthni-d. W. II. Knilin CI "X imlv ihe nnlu ohlfctinn to the , daddies nrn rt'iiundd that next 'and returns to bless us. "He Fleetwood. Deed $10. hiiditet wn tho tranapnrtutloii I Krhlay the VClh " la "daddy'" j not deceived, tlod is not mocked, i Medford. exnenco of some $300 to lako nlsht ut which time a free en-: whatsoever a man soweth thatj It. U Neertham et us lo l-.ua land in ..nr., nf thn atttrlonta inm liiir Mi'.nm,rt- Will lw ClVCn IU snail ne rCftll. :JIII1' ..amuncii, ... from the attached (lamel ills-1 honor of the fathers C5f the dls-1 Mr. It. Jackson, who has beer, acre In Twp 3SS, K 1 west. trlct. Home, feeling it unjuxt trlct. Tho object of tho enter- residing- on tho Coy place u short; William Olson et ux to lc.nucr transport anv part ofitiiinment la to tho end that the distance from Baltic l'olnt on, Knox W. D. $10, lot the liNtrlet and not ' the whole- I teitehera mlKht Itet better nc-I the Crater Lake hikhway has Uomm Add ono to Elian block to Medford. !Vi. Vm. 'v "'iV:. ltiiilQd Kipling (hiKct) uolofl for IiIh tacilurtiily, has slniclOnp it fririulNJilp with Wlllluni lilt vend or, an uml road nieiider, who works near KljdfnK'H homo (hImmo). Tho writer frtvjiicntly hits on a stile and converses with Ijivem(cr, who Jh neillier . fcarriiloim nor impressed by the honor. IJ 1.im1i' Hnsscll ! of the meat, tell the rest of the (Associated Press Staff Writer. Htory: ' O i Itl.'lt V ASH. Knplnnd (II Mr. j Oh, yen, I have known Mr. Kip-j Jtuuynnl Kiplintr eludes publicity linn and Caroline for 20 yeai'H ! Q'iit he can't elude Mr. Ui vender. now, he drawlH casually. "Caro y Perhaps It Is beeauso Mr. I.nven-! line," by the way, ia the only name i der Is Hi years old, and dual and the old man will use for Mrs. Kip-j not aFOtl fond of conversation, j linir- j that Mr. Klpllrm doesn't try to. "They usually come nlon Just i Km Mr. Lttvendet is the poet's new ! when I'm in the middle of me j confidant and "put," and folks; work. Then they sit on the stile around here say he "hears" nil the ' and Mr. Kipling hollers, 'Come and jrreat man h secrets. sit down alonj; of me, I-avender. I "Often I do. and often I don't, but when I do I Just says 'yes' and 'no' and 'That's r.Kht.' Kor be tween ourselves for the last five year f have hardly heard a word he mhh said. We talksa lot about dr. rtlpllntr lives about a mil-1 cattle, or leastways I think we do, vn rTTe road ami tak-s a slroll and he says all he's ant to say and UirUCALi Youthfulnesa The reading Be(,'ment of the Nokrome Bifocal ia practically invisible. Aa a result, glasses with No kromes have the same handsome youthful ap pearance aa the single .vi sion lenses worn by the young people of today. Dr. Jud Rickert Optometriit , ! 822 E. Main quite disappointed, A pleasant Hallowe'en party Hljj(l win ne Kiven at tne senoot nouse Wednesday evening, which will .uiimiH o. Hi. . iiu.ih.k .." 0,( f,.1iml wo.k unll, th(1 piUKiiiiii uy i no rviiuoi mmnih gumcs and the usual Hallowe'en fun for nil. Austin SrroKgs and brother CluiM. spent Tuosday nnd Wed nesday at W. W. KdinRton's. I Austin was a form or resident O of this district and wns on his way Oom Pomona, f'al., to hln new home at Hilverton Mr. Lavender William Is his first name is bv profession road memler. He OiM been 'meiO" roads iiQind this district for a very bmn time, and somehow Die Job never seems lo finished. M r dow In Mr. Ijivender's direction every, I listens. Then I kpIm up and says. morning. There Is a convenient ; 'Well, sir, Pve koI to Kct on with near Mr. Lavender's hit of me work,' and Mr. JL'lplin tries to road, upon which Mr. Kipllim M't me hack on im- stile, hut 1 perches and ipileily watches his says, Wo, sir, no. Work's work. ricks" and I've pot no time for chatter- in Mr. Lavender's hack call a halt, i Iiik.' . Then Mr. Kipling opens the con-1 "Hut he's a nice Kentleman with versatlon in a loud voice. .Let Mr. 'n lot of education and I only wish Lavender, unabashed by the society I could hear what he is saying." tho homo of her son Clar- ure nt ..iilie ( 'l'0 k. Will Lewis, who i,s one of tin? His '"'KOHi slieep owners In tin coun ty was in our pr-'cini-t eitnes- LOCAL ELECTION lirnthnl. u.lmuri hnm. 1m ll Indl. ana was a.-companyinB Austin !(.."" 1l,m" lnB wu" enjoy viHlthiK h:m. yPW, "f I'-'ueiii'lnit a carload . The Jackson Cottnly l'omnnn "V""1'" "'"'ly "'''I""""1 nnawo will . moot .Saturday all ."' ",Hl X,IH- Vu" I lovenhurn I l-ali.i Crock where thu Uilio " " "'Ines. ay niornliiK lor .an llOStS , ,xl""11" V.IM1 111 MINI I' 1 11 lU'lHCO I ami oiner t anioi'iiii citi-s. ' l Crock tlrniiHoi-s will ad ns for the all day meeting. One pnr liculur .husiness of Ibis meetiiiK Is the eloclion of ofticoiH for the two ensuing years, Last week finihhed tho thresh lM of alfalfa seed and corn hUHklni? is now tho last act be fore Ihe curtain linn down on the farmers prournm of crop pro duction for tho year. Our hills andforesit aro again resplendent In trre iido&Ancnt tluu Mother Nature has Kiven, with eo1orrVs loo beautiful for artists' brush to copy, too wonderful for words Jto desert no. Mrs. 13. A. Wilhtto returned Pnndny from a few days' visit From on alfiilfji field of .'t Lti IcOniore t luur 1 (1 acres Max Schultz recently I hreijheti over a on ol-. .iirairnrtHci'd. which be- ihiii rrops 4N oEAGLE POINT sides "or LOACH. K POINT. Oct. lid--(Hue- of hnv icinl) TI:o local election in which SAN FRANCISCO TURPIN HOTEL to $3.00 A SPLENDID VALljfc f 17 Powell Street at M.rUet ; THIS CENTRAL DOWNTOWN LOCATION V' an important funwniW. 1 0014 ; Thtl coopon .ntltlMlieldrrtoFRKR V.llow Ti-dpot to Turpi,. Hold. FREE GARAGE T.E. FARROW W.M.SKI.f,, Jr. STRONGER AND SLEEPS BETTER Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound O 0(.'dcn, Kmipaa. "For throe or four tmmlliH Ik f ore taking the Vcko table t ompomtu 1 wnH run down didn't fret like iUQi any work and could not sleep nt niyht. The lonst ttiii's would umot mu. Wo live on n fitrnt mid 1 have my liouxrwork to do hut ot'trit 1 could not do IU Mv mother told mo of the good Lydia K. IMnkhamV N'egettthltf i'oinpoiind hail done her bo I urn taking it. . nm freling (Imp, mil sleep jjoiui ud can do my work witlin'ut Bvttiniver-tfred. 1 rerom meml (lie Vegetable Compound ftnti will ntiHWer Ivtters," Mas, I.kktki Clmui.nuh, Mux Ogdcn, Kiiiiniik, 1 I Star Meat Market SATURDAY SPECIALS Choicg Chicken and Rabbits Hams, half or whole, per pound . . .30c Picnic Hams, per pound 20c Fre h Side Pork, per pound 20c Home Cured Bacon, per pound .... 30c Home Rendered Lard, per pound . . 1 6c Full Line of Staple Groceries We Deliver Phone 273 makes this Ond produce a nood ; a full hoard of counciimen will h. Income. elected is aroualnu; as much inler- . rat as the national election. It Is i reported that tliero will be two I full tickets in the Held and the I contest promises to be a close one. The ineetinKs which an; heiiiB conducted at the Presbyterian church by Rev. James Aitkin Smith I of Portland are drawhiK wood an Jdlence and are arousira much In Itercat. According to the testi mony of those who nre hnarlui; him, Mr. Smith Is prciuiilim un usually stroiiK sennons and hopes ' Hint Qio ineotinus will resull lu FOOTS fcrtKKK. Ore , Or!. I'd. ' n,,,""i nuieh strenuth and efli , , ... ' .ctency to tho local church. (Mieclal.) Miss m-k was a vis-j m,.8. Merritt Brown represented iter at school Huh week, she the school board at the school of. lirouitht back the sewlni; work j fleers' meetlni? In Modford last Sat which had been taken to the state unlay. Mr. .Morann. the clerk, ulso miss )oi k was much pleased : attended the meetiiiK. EXHIBITED AT TAIR' ork done under the fair. with the w,n leadership Ur Mrs. I). M. Kerry Mrs .Kerry has consented to take up second year aowlnu work with Ihe alrls. Mr. and Mia. John Orcb cele- hinted their weddltiK nnnlversnry nnd .Mrs. firob's birthday on Ihe suine day this week. John .Miller has almost complet- Mrs. lleo .Iwtnce and Mr. ami : ed tho house for his daimhter. Mrs. Mrs. Lester llollnn spent Wednes- llalph Stanley. The house la In day In Medford. Mrs. Hollnit was 'he -srowins section of town, near P'lyhiK n special visit' lo the den- 'he school house. Mrs. Stanley an- list. The hoplnn despalrliiK male pop ulation had lo find-a new topic of conversalion last Saturday uli:ht Hut Ihe seasons will soon roll around iiauln and the absorhliiK Interest will aualn have sway. The Medford flospcl team came out o Koots Creek schoolhousc last umbiy afternoon to nlve a sjieclal mcssnun. Theli" meetina wioi poorly attended by local rifJ denls. W Mi', and Mis. Kred liates at Sun day dlliner with Mr. and Mr.... J. II. Short. Miss Mnvr.n llarlnyaw wns a special visitor at Sunday school last Sunday. The (llrl Scouts look a bike with their louder. Mr. Skelet.n. last Saturday. The alrls are learning to be scientific In a very happy way. Leads Colorado nouncea that she la ready to take in sewliiK, and also solicits orders for fnncy work for Christmas pres ents. Mrs. Glenn llenrat is home from the Sacred Henri hospital and brouaht wllh her a new dunKhter which she picked up there some where. Accordlim to the testi mony of the I'nlher, the baby is n fine specimen of young woman hoatl. Mrs. R. I,. Ptuitt hns been con fined to her home with sickness for n lew days. The school children nre tnkln-'; much interest lu tho afternoon mentions which Mr. Smith is hold evening was children's nlKht and a taiK number of youn i peoplo wore present. They furnished tho choir anil their happy voices added much to the nieetlnit. Mr. Smith has won n warm plnoo In the heartH of the KiikIo Point children. Mr. nnd Mrs, ,lnii:iin nnd Mr. Snrlth intended (he luncheon-which the Liidlea' Aid society nt Unite Knlls cave Wednesday noon. N'ntliv. No huntlnt; will be permitted fortho balance of this year on any of ltrophy ,t Co.'s land, formerly known as lUntuc Ittver Canal Co. trround. ??S Glenn Davli I ctptnln of the Colorado Agglea, ' football ch.m plont ot the Rod. r Mount Jin con terence ler t:!x tu;:j3i.vo ejon BOXING GENE O'ORADY VS BOBBIE VERNON Medford Armory FRIDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 2 Has Judge Thomas Speeded Up Justice? This in the lonrth itrthMe on this subject hy the Hotter (lovornnipnt Lcnum:. Oft , The League is non-pnrtisan, and its nicOhevs belong ! tO all parties. They consider the office of Circuit Judge . ns unn-poltitical, and seek tn elect the. "man best qualified for tP,. position. O ' If dismissing cases without repard to consequences is spcediiiK up justice, then .Indue Thomas has eer'nly speeded it up. In order fo make a political record, he put ' the oflQrials at work on, oldiles huntiiij; up eases that hnd not pone to judgment.' The dismissal of many of these will do great injury to the parties. The cases include criminal cases pending on indictments; equity eases which nre tryable before the judge only, and law cases, tryablc before a jury. Not one of these eases has ever been tried. The following instances will illustrate what the rec ord shows: Take the (.'ironit Court Journal No. H7. Frontages 1!)7 to 247 consecutively, 51 pages in nil, he entered orders dismissing LIS eases. AlPof these orders were entered in two days, August 22 and August 23, 1!24. From pages 1!)7 to 217 appear 01 criminal indictments dismissed. ' 1 From pages 217 to 237 appear orders dismissing 83 equity eases. : ' . Froi pages -3" 247 appear .ordersQlismissing 32 cases. p r I ii thnQ.venr he also dismissed 24 additional criinintil cases, nine of which were dismissed on snid two (lays, mak ing 107 eases dismissed in two days. O v '' " This Prooedure Dangerous Distil issrS?goold cases accomplishes lio good because they injjst be retained in ihe files'. Many property rights depend upon such eases. Sometimes the eases nre allowed, to remain untried beeaOiC they were brought to stop the statute of limitations from outlawing the claims, ' to pre- vent loss of title to property; otlgT times they arc pending on .settlements that rest upon contracts which may be se cretly held by the parties. In old cases attorneys may, have died, or may have iii0ed away, or the parties may have died, so that notice would be of no use. So that no el-Slit is due anyone for dismissing in two duys 107 eases; Tho dismissal' of criminal cases is more serious, how ever. The public is not interested in the other eases. Every good citizen is interested in the criminal eases, lteluw wo show THK fi UK AT VAKIKTY OF CRIMES FOR WHICH' PEOPLE HAVE HEEN INDICTED WHERE THE IX ' DICTMENTS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED , WITHOUT REASON. The Docket It is said that he is cleaning up his docket. Properly the docket is simply a book -which shows the name of the ease, the names of the attorney, nnd the condition of the case. No modern judge capable of handling n largo amount of business lias anything on his docket except cases ready for trial. When a case is nt issue, it may then, upon mo " t ion, he put upon such a trial docket. When the judge opens his court he finds before him a docket linving only those eases on it which nre for trial. In this county that would be eight or 10 or 15 cases, and that is all the docket that the judge would- have to concern himself with. Of' course if lie wants to make it appenr thnt the docket is large, the judge would carry all the ancient criminal eases on the docket which have not been tried, cases whebe de fendants have not been apprehended, etc. v Many Cases Dismissed in Violation of Law . Section 1707, Oregon Laws, reads: ' . ' " WHEN COURT MAY DISMISS ACTION ' UPON ITS OWN MOTION, OR THAT OF THE . DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The court may, cither of , its own motion, or upon the, application of the dis- , .. trict attorney, and in furtherance of jnsticn, order an action, nfter indictment to he dismissed; but in'' that c&se, the reasons Qf the dismissal must be set forth in the order, whith must be entered in the journal." This was passed in 1S64 and lias Sen the law evyr since. No judge has any business to be ignorant of this provision. Certainly no judge has any right to violate it. Reason for the Law If a man is indicted and the indictment is to be dis missed, -the reasons must be entered upon the Journal. Whyf Because if he is innocent, or if the evidence, is not sufficient to convict, the state owes it to him to state that fact iu the order of dismissal, and to clear hiH name. If this is not the fact', the public wints to know the Paid Advertisement reason.' The stating of the reasons will prevent corrupt practices. Take an example : State of Oregon vs. , indictment No. SfiO; Dismissed Judgment Roll No.1977flj, March . 20, 1020; grand jury indicted defendant for driving an automobile while intoxicated. Indictment No. 802-C; dismissed Judgment Roll N$. 1I!)7-D. This inctment is against the same diO fendiiiit for manslaughter, to-wit, the killing of woman named in the indictment. The grand jury O indicted April 28, 1920. Both indictments, the one for driving while intoxicated, and the other for the killing of the woman, were dismissed by orders in exactly the snn language, on the 2!Hh of October, 1926. The order reads: "Ordered that the above ' entitled cause be and the same hereby is dismissed. C. M. Thomas, Judge." certified copies of each of these orders arc on file with the president of the League. glic facts charged in the two indictments refer to the same occasion, namely, that the defendant was driving at great speed while intoxicated, and the woman was killed nyhe upsetting the ear. The accident oecurred just after the car had left Jacksonville. The car left the pave ment and landed on t he opposite side of Jacksou Creek. It has been said thnt the defendant in some Justice court in the county, plead guilty to reckless driving, and paid a fine of . 100.00. We have caused search to be made at the most likely Justice's offices, and there is no such record. THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE SHOWS NO SUCH FINE PAID IN BY THE DEFENDANT, SO FAR AS WE CAN FIND. We do not say thnt the indictments should not hiive been dismissed, for we do not know. WE IX) SAY TILVT THE LAW REQUIRES THE REASONS FOR DISMISSAL TO BE STATED IN THIi' ORDER DISMISSING THE INDICTMENTS. Judge Thomas Dismissed 80 Criminal Cases; 80 , Indictments Without Giving Reason In Circuit Court JotirQals 30 to 44 inclusive, appear ' orders dismissing these 80 criminal cases without any rea son being stated in the Journal for tho dismissal of any of them. These cases cover the following crimes: Posses sion of intoxicating liquor, larceny, forgery, non-support of wife, unlawful carrying of concealed weapons, giving liquor to minors, traffic violation, obtaining property by false pretenses, driving while intoxicated, operating a still, possession of mash, maintaining a nuisance, vagrancy, keeping a bawdy house, larceny by bailee, selling liquor, contributing to the delinquency of minors, obtaining money under false pretenses, burglary, polygamy, transporting liquor, carrying concealed weapons in motor vehicles, pos session of still, malfeasance in office, larceny in shop, ar son, larceny by embezzlement, manslaughter, uttering and publishing forged instruments, unlawfully acting as real estate broker without license, fornication, burning with intent to obtain insurance, assault and battery, being armed with dangerous weapon, larceny by stealing steer, etc. They also include such cases as criminal indictment ! No. 259-C for burglary, where tiie.dcfcndant was indicted, skipped out. forfeited his bail, and has never since been apprehended. If Judge Thomas had known the nature of the crime and that the man was a fugitive, of course he . would not have dismissed the indictment. . " But ho was making a record. Ho could not give tb reasons in these cases because perhaps lis did not know even the nature of the cases. Of course, some dismissals may have been warranted. In some cases a defendant is indicted numerous times for tho same offense. This ought not to be, but it seems to be a practice. When sufficient punishment has been dealt out under ono indictment there may be good reason for dismissing the rest. BUT WHETHER THERE IS GOOD REASON OR NOT, NO JUDGE IS JUSTIFIED IN VIOLATING SO WHOLE SOME A STATUTE AS SECTION 1704 REQUIRING THE REASON FOR THE DISMISSAL TO BE STATED IN THE RECORD. The foregoing illustrates to you how it is that Judge Thomas can claim to have handled such n very large num ber of cases. v . We speak from the record. We feel justified in ask ing you to help us elect to office a man who will guard your rights in his court. Who will not ruthlessly and reck lessly dismiss cases in order to make a record ; a man whose chief concern will be to administer all the laws' ns he finds them. i BETTER GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.