FORMAL OPENING
STONE
MEDFORD MATT, TRTRTTNfl, MT'DFOTtD, jAHFiON'. SUNDAY. PKfT.MBF.R 2.
I'XOE FIVE
ALL SET FOR THE "BIG" LOAD
UlS AXfSEI.KS. l)w. 2. Tllr
piopnim fur iho fomml upi'iiing
of tin' now FIivHtunv tltu fiu- '
1ury In Los AiikcIis will tafcu
th form of r flvo-il:iy cole-bra -tloll
utiirllns D.Homlitr 4, in
which many ilisllnmiishcd sui'sts'l
from out-of-town. Flrcstono of-,
ficlKls from Akron hpudiiUHrtem.
tho I.uh Auki'Io.- chumbrr of
Commerce mul thu automotive
d.nl.rs will huvo a prominent
part.
The keys of the new lilant .
Wll be formally prcHcnteil to
('"lierul .ManiiBer It. .1. Cope, by ,
Kluhn W. Thomas, vice-president ! .
A tho parent organization of Ak- .
ron. Ohio. There will be a num-i
ber. of speakers. Response- will '
be made . by ltussel A. Firestone,
vli c-cresldent of the California ;
factory, who will also represent '
his father, Harvey S. Firestone. '
Mr.- Firestone last June built the
first tiro In tho Los Angeles fac- j
tory. j
Sales have Increased so rapidly :
that orders for nddl:ional ma-!
chlnery and other equipment have '
been placed to Increase the fa- I
cH'lie.l of tho plant 33 1-3 per- !
cent, advancing production from '
TiOOO to T500 tiros and tubes
dally.
On Wednesday, the civic club
w'lr . meet at luncheon at fho
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OVER AL AWAITS
IEI
wnti M nut l'f rliKililf tn iiihio
SiniiniMiM, Iuhmum the latter llvi't.
'hi the I'a.tt. wlii It Monlsun's lioun
U in t'huiiott, hi tin woifin part.
Stum politic. 1 1 nli-iTVfl'rt I'ufM''
tin iHwclbility that I lit tviiiiidl'-au -, 1 1 1 ilnn i m- tln.ie
imrty, st!"wii;tln'ncil by us vu-ioi ;
In tin1 nri'siili'titial lat-t- ami hy Us
siuto.hs in i'l'.'HnK twti i'oiiki'i'ss.
uti'ii to roplat'i ih'tiu'i'iuts. will
nominate an (.'PIkuhmh fur Sim- ,
ntu'is If tin laili-r survive tin ini- '
mary fiK'it in tlit ih-niutrat ie ' unit that iviiuin-n a. ercw of but
rank. ' nu n. It travels m tligrute of
On tin other hainl, Q is ;ih- ' fiv in Hen mi hour, and ua tho
mu.s.mI Di;it ii pui.luan U-ad.-is k-ii- "talks aw rut tiny fall Intu a
iially ft"! kindly lowitnl the n.na- rKh on tho rlk'ht Hiile of tho
Mi in the "'iUhiiM wln-ri" a man pat-kn them
stnh' larKi'ly m his Unlit mi tin 11 ""l'1 ' tovm thi-ni Into a
(l'iiuL-iatic national slaiularil bi-ar- nork. Winn a bundle is ready
vi-, for tho Kruuml, the tractor is ntop-
.- a . ihmI. u lovi r is I'olt'aseil nnd th
Corn is out ami shook. d at tho .shock is dumped, firmly put tn-
faino liitio lth a pMWir-npritoil irotlttM' and pvoneHy tlnil.
i -
S Joscphus nanicls, s
i THE END OF THE GAME is always the signal for snappy plays by the toxical) sOtiad. When ;ln? navy 'f t tho w
V. -L th,c checr-wcary throngs begin filing out of the stadium, bewildering traffic formations ; ',n,';"ti'
kali-:u:ii. x. ul't A piilhy ;
of "watohful wailing" hart boon
adopted y ilouinor.it lo Kailor.s of
;N'th (.'an ta uh thoy oontom
: plate tin roMilts of Iho nohism
i ulihh sont tho tt,o into tho ro- .
' publican foliunn for tho first time j
' sluoo roconsiriiotlou days with a
majority of lio.tmo fur llorl.ort '
' Hoovi'i- Xovoinlior ti.
j A imticoahlo oxooptlon. howoor. !
; Ik Son. I'urnlfold M. .siinmons, vol-
oran party hador, who ohainpion- ;
;od tho anti-Smith fmves vIkoiuus j
. ly dtirliiK tho oampaiKii- Shortly ,
";afior tho elortiop Sonator Simmons
j from his homo In Now Morn do. j
j elarod that tho party In tho state !
jnhmild ho roorpinlzoil. 1
j 1 lis siiKKslion Ix-oUKht forth a 1
J liroinpt rojoindor from harles I
lAhornothy, roprosoiilalive from tho
j third Xorth Oirullnu distrlot, who
;siipoitod tiov. Alfred I:. Smith, up
I posing any ohano in tho party or
1 Kil7.ation.
Joscphus nanhls, serrotary of
A lison admin-
out in opposi-
loon nt fho; riirn( i-UiU TU "!.:-' 1...J i i 'i .i . i i t ny roori;ani7.ation of the
now plant, and will bo conducted I" "u j V i K i . inc ouys wno can ?nvc ,ncir waV lrougn to one : p;im. m;u.,llnrl.y !n tho Ml;it,..
on ,a tour of inspection. . The toucnaowf ana get back on the line ot scrimmage in time for another long run. To make j on tho whole, however, the load- '
following day will bring together j certain that none of this important football business is lost, one of the big Los Angeles com- ' vr who wore active in the thick i
the automobile and tire dealers; panics insists that all its cabs be completely serviced just before each game. The photograph ! of ,h' cainpaimi hve mmle .
of tho district. j shows part of the California Cab fleet getting filled with Violet Ray gasoline preparatory to ; T I,U,,U' ironum'i.nieniH uf their
Oil iM iday and Saturday l- ire-j linirn tin fur fK Krrl nt rKn ,,,( uy '"'" lvul,lwI ' kU ( views as to the futuro course of iho ,
! t--.-r : : --. -m---r..- . - a:;t-rr i piirty. The newspapers, generally
, .. i , . speaKiiiK. have advocated a conn-
the cuddess of love, ami tho than half way between the me.- Ill lift llll rklTm iatury attliude on behalf ut Ihe ;
brightest of all the heavenly Idiau and the western 'horizon we WW H I I I hi U I IM I F I I conli ndlni; facllons.
bodies. Quite slKlilficant, that), can say nt once, "It Is Jupiter." fill U llliLlllLU ' l"'iulallun has turneil toward
The one In the east is called : At inldniKhl A'enus is never. : the campaign of l:i:(u. with chief
f ) Jupiter, the chief of all the gods. ! visible because It never (tets far finOT I IITHnfinnll f" 'n,'"','"t eenlcrhiK on the priibabll-
ai-coi'dinK to the (Iretks. Venus "om tne tun. In tne niorn'nt," Llll n I I I IIWII lull u y mat Mmatiir niiiiniuns win navu
Is our nearest nelttlvbur. lies he-; 'he rule ls reversed and a briKlil fijl HI I I I 1 1 V 1 1 I fj 1 1 f ! opposition. 'AIHiuukIi the senator
tween us und tlu? sun, and is al-!Hlar in the west is certainly Jup-1 J 111. I 1U I UltlvUILLj s nctu-hu; his Heventy.flt'th year
most as liirue as the earth. Jup-'Iter.. When however, Jupiter is i land Is rounding out 30 years of
iter Is much further from thu In the west at sundown It can ' I service hi Ills present pti: Ulcui. lie
sun than we are. and is Ilia be rccoKulzed by tho fact that Who was the Inventor of the ' climaxed his last speech of Ihe
laiKe:il of all Ihe planets, laiser lt has been In sight for the first automobile V eainpalKii wltli u dramatic annoiuii
indeed than all the rest put to-; previous six months slowly niov- Uon't ask that uuesdon, says ! cement of his candidacy to succeed
Kether. being more than. 1300 lnK from the eastern horiaon lo the Orcyun stale .Motor association . himscll. i
times the size of the carlh. the western Hut if a bright unless a large hall and plenty of 1 "is aunounceiiii iil elicited a
' How can anyone recognize Ktur suddenly uppctirs In the west' time are available, lieeause that ! declaration I r o m former Cuv.
Ithese two planets and - know at sundown it must be Venus (tuition contains more food for j Onm-ron Morrison, national etnn-'
:lhem from each other and from coming up from behind the sun controversial discussion than al- miticcnian who was one of (icv-
tlie other heavenly bodies. H Is and will be higher each evening, 'most tiny oilier that might be' ernor Smith's most ardent cham
'iiulte eas'ly dene. None of ihe That is what has recently named. pious, that he hoped Simmons
jilanets wiir give any trouble cx- !laken place, and Jupiter at al- "There are several claimants for I would be a candidate In order
'cept possibly Mars, tho god of most the same time appeared in the honor of being the first, but It i that lie might lake Ihe stump
I war, because they are too faint, the east. And now the Interest- seemingly never has been settled
I.Mars gets quite blight when It lag thing to note is that both Just whu should gel the full glory,
iconics close to the earth every tars will get higher every eve- And there's the point exactly. No
fifteen years, but Us red color hing. nppeur.ing to us on eurth one Is entitled to 'full glory.' .Many
identifies It at .once. Only one to be coining together. "Will they men have worked oil the automo-
jot tile-fixed stars is sufficiently conic close enough for Jupiter bile Idea.
blight to niako trouble, that is to give Venus a kiss? It is pos- "For example. Thero were
Klr;u:i, which will soon apnea.' 1 slide. They may come lo suchtcam automobiles hundreds of
In the early evcnlhg In the south- a position as to appear as a years ago. Then eiiinc the pioneers
jieis.sJnglo. stmv or will Venus re-;of the gasollive car In the latter
all elesu to the ecliptic, that cede before Jupiter gets that far. years of the last century. There
is. close to the path made by "I don't know. 1 am not an as--was :iwood Hayncs,
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Mr. Busieess Man-
roulinoiv the economy
or an
'ensxon telephone
Provide that
economy for,
your home by,
presenting your
i convenience
you would not
be without in
your own work.
he cost is but a few cents
a week
ORDER TOURS
SBmAG&Tk
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JIAItVKV S. I IUKSTOM-:
ulm.,1 ln-.in.-li nvinnirm-u friim Ion
wcHtoni stales and twenly-throo ;eust "Ht rlMin "ut lc llwiBU,sdnjr; tm
branclioH ami warehoiiKCH, walen
nnd do:ilora;'oC..llvi UlMtrh t. j
nnd doalora-'oC-.tlvi UlMtrht.!'"- l" "" ; " , t ' t,.w,t (lu nnum
"4v,ll pathei- with company offic-'tlu' sun f-0-s tho sky. Sirlus , tronomcr. Jf T had next years. many nHsign credit for turning out
ialH in an Important nates con-1H luo Ii,r bU,,l 10 ot m. "' ui p.acuca. K'isoi.no nuio-
vontlnn in .Hhohhh tho now Klro-' tril,,' of ,ne P'otn. Ho whnn pass each other, close or further mobile. At almoMt tho mime in-
Btone nlans and ubllnlos for 1020.wu kl,ow ' w,mt l,art ,f tnc ."Pnrt. nnd thon when cnun xtant npioar tho names of tho A
. ... ' ... s hU- to look fur .111 niter and Von-: lurnn tiack no lnny overmiio nernon brother
aftiust tho volornn party loader, '
whoso bami'-r he Jiud followed for
30 yearn. !
; MurriHon 1h credited Kunoralty ,
with IntopdiiiK to .seek a Konatorlat '
tOKa hlniMolf. but under the un-
written rule of North Carolina
politics, which itividoH tho two son- '
iitor.ships between the Aaslorn and
western pai'ts of tho ntate,, he
Home Telephone &. Telegraph Co.
Of Southern Oregon
and i:halio!i I)ur-
wm. mil, viAc.l 11... neivlox 1 ul,lv Uestloii Is whleli 1 Jupll er anil pass him again be- yea. Then came Charles II. King.
Firestone fiotorV ehnrie'erlzc it'ls '"PHer and which is Venus, fore he goes below tho western . It. K. Olds. Alexander Wlnton anil
as n model of "efficiency fdr the This ' question is more difficult' horizon. I don t know W'lilc n Henry Kurd.
entire industry. All its enulp-
than the other. lint Venus is will happen, but I like to watch
"L'pon the work of these leaders I
,.. .,., ,,,,. nnhinveiiinms 1 much blighter Unit a iill le ; every lime me two como "i.o in,, automotive engineers of sue
from both mechanical nnd tire Practice makes one unite confi- this position. ceedlng years have built u npblo
building stnndpolirt.
dent. When both are visible at If you owned a brilliant jewel edifice representing refinement,
ti... .i .ii i, once the difference In brightness and was wearing It on your fin- efficiency, ease of oncraiiun. ccon-
proul of the new Firestone fac-' mukcH it easy, the brighter one ger you would look "t it often omy, beauty. Trying to determine
tory It marks an era ot rlslnr 1 Venus. ,love. the blightost stai' tind enjoy the shine. A far mor.l where to give full credit would be
nnd' prosperous industrial (level- i llllt "nines. We can't forgrt beautiful Jewel hangs In the cast- mi endless task, but to say that
opniciit on the I'nclfio coast tliat. Hut when only one Is In ern sky. You can look at them many men have worked ceaselessly
, ' (sight it is more "difficult to say Corns' ky. Yiu can look at thenvto give the world a fine new mode
promptly. "That Is Venus, s. .or ami enjoy mem every mgnt 101 . 0 transportation Is to stato a
'That Is Jupiter." fv." a few', months and not cost you great truth."
If a bright star Is near the H'Cetlt. you eun also Bpeculate j
palli of Ihe sun in the evening on Unit possible kiss. I'1IITI.ANI lirlc Ilauser leads
and somewhere between the cast- ;.. , : WM. M. CATSt.B. ! 'hive lo raise HoO.OUO l'acllic
rn horizon nnd a point not more . ' Aptos, ful. college endowment.
Ramblings of a
Foot Creeker
Ail Easy Lesson In Astronomy.
To thd Kdltor: ' !
City folks have little chance
to enjoy the "glory of bod in
the heRvens" for the glare of the
city lights conceals tho lights of
heaven. Farmers have a better
fiance, hut in the modern rush j
comparatively few even of country '
dwellers take time' to get ac-
liiainted with our friends IhOj
stars. Every few years however.
an vent occurs in the sky which
it seems would compel the atv
tention of tho most careless and
demand 'thought of, even the!
most thoughtless. That event is
in progress- now. and 1 am writ-.
Ing In the hope I may help
some to discover and enjoy a:
beauty which they might olhcr- j
wise miss.
Tho event has been In pro
gress for several Weeks for those
whole eastern and . western hor-j
Izons lie low. For those whose
horizons arc high it possibly Is
not yet visible but' soon will be. i
I refer to the appearnnec of two j
very blight stars to bo seen, one ;
in the oast. tiio. other In the west.
Immediately after sunset Just
above the horizon. To the as-;
trononier these aro not ' slurs,"
hut "planets' or "wnnderers"
nnions the stars. - This nidus
mt theyihelung to our own fam
ily, and. like tho earth are mov
ing around the sun which tho
astronomers call a "slnr." ?
Why these are called "wander-1
crs" will lie readily evident If
o will watch them ' clotely for
several evenings and compare
them with the stars. . The stars
will all keep the same relative
positions, but these two cun be
seen, with only a few night's ob
servation, to be getting closer to
some nearby star. or further
from It. They aro wandering,
the others uro "fixed" or slay
In place.
The last statement about the
stars being "fixed" is not abso
lutely true. Curoftll observations
nnd measurements with powerful
Instruments show that they. too.
aro in motion, but their distances
are so very great that the change
of pailium during the lifo ot one
pefM-n is too minute to be iyt
1j4iMc They nre "flseiV n!v
tn comparison with the. planets.
1'erhaps the greatest lcsVn that
nstronomy teaches - ns that ev
cryHiInu Is moving except the
throne of tlod. ,
Of theso two planets the name
of the one In the' vest 'is Vcnur
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omorrow
Night
Medford will usher in the Holiday season with a
Great Christmas
Opening Celebration
A BIGGER AND BETTER
CELEBRATION THAN EVER BEFORE
ii i j li ii ii
OI5
Will Be Distributed to the Kiddies By Santa Claus at 8 O'clock Sharp
The City Will Be Brilliantly Lighted and Decorated and Bands Will
Parage the Streets
PRIZES FOR THE BEST DECORATED WINDOW
BEAUTIFUL WINDOW DISPLAYS
Will Be Presented By Medford Merchants ; Promptly at 7 O'clock
EVERY ONE IS INVITED
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