Medford mail tribune., December 03, 1928, Page 8, Image 8

'MTVnpOItDoMATL TfiTBTTNE. MfipFOUD. QRKOONV MONDAY, DECEMBER .1, 1928.
OW Western flife
Taken Up By Keio j
Japanese Students
JACKSON BAR U. S. ARMY HAS
ASSOCIATION - iBEST TRAININGS
ASKS PROOF FOR AVIATORS?
EZRA MEEKER
i
TOYKO, pfc. 3. A') Col-
k-Ki Kplrit, in munlfeHtuiiofiH
already familiar with the
wHt, tut somewhat new in j
fr Japan, him. icnilwxi Tokyo.
, . j ,. 1 in tin. flint Ky uf a cru-
Demand Made Judge C. M.j Secretary of War Claims Wast-da. univei-HiticH, in tho
y , I 1 full tourney of th Inuircol- j
Thomas Prove Aiiegea suoremacv in Annua Re-i 'k" bnu uub. kio
Delay Accusation Look
er Presents Resolution at'
Meeting.' !
TRAIL PIONEER
won.
port-Stabilization Policy cr:t;;Z X
Tokyo' "Oreat White Way,"
ImijilH'U too much, wrecked
a. wife., or two nnd
ON LAST TREK
Ninety-Seven Year Old Ox
Team Pilgrim Passes in
Seattle Traveled Oregon
Trail in 1852 and 1906
Resulted in Progress
Standard Elevated.
A resolution wuh passed nt tho WASHINGTON, Dec.
-UFJ-
JackHon County Jint- asaociatlon An aviation trulnliiK Hymen, hoc-
mootlns Saturday v.lzhi, sternum!- oinl (0 none In tho world 1h tlaim
KKATTLK, Wnnh., Dec. 3-
Hcore ;K?i;i .Mut-kur, 97, one o the irtst
; or more found thtjuiHulvoi In of the urvivor of tho ra of thy
! a Japanese Iioohokow. A ' covered waon, died here this
j Keio dean obtained their ro- nioriilnjf utter several month h
;4 lease lor dlHiiplininK by the ;.HneHH.
jfr unlveiNlty iiuihoi Itiea. A II i Meeker elun lenaciounly to life
iliK that Judfe C. M, Thumns prove
un accuKatlon ho In alleged to have
xnwle n-K"i'dlnK certain utlernoys
niiillqioUMly delaying justice in the
looal-coui-U, .Tho r.eHoiuuon, wnich
was presented by W. J. Looner,
' follown: . .
"WheroiiH, on or about the 3rd
day of November, l'J2Xt Judge C.
M. Tho in us published u Htatement
over hit own slfinaUU'w, and refer-,
rlntf to the atlornoys practicing in
the. Kirst Judicial dlHtrlct of Ore
lpn( tho following Htateinent:
. "'For a Ioiik period prior to
January 1, miiS, there exinled
y it-practice ,on the part of a few j
attorneys of lhl district of
. keeping chmh on the docket j
' for years with the delilieratu j
j purpose of clouding real oh
' tate titlPH und compelling net- '
, tlement In cane of huIo. Thin
v won nothing Hhort of black
' mull, and it huj been lerml
; nated, A party hag no rlsht to
: uho the eottrtH to annoy uv
hfira.sM lila neighbor.'
'""Now, therefore, be It rewulved,
thnt Southern Oregon Bar uhsocI- j
at Ion dcinandH that huI(1 ('. At. '
ThoiniiM; file with the necretaiy of
thiv aHHOrJutloii within ti'it dayH
front thi dale' a Hlatenient ."how
in the niiiiii'H, of the attorney
refefrod' to in said statement, the
tllleu of the cases roferred to there
in,' nnd mich other fucts as are
necesmiry to enable the 'associa
tion to determine whether or hot
inch statement is true, because,
8b' far uh this associutlon is ad
VlHed, 'the statement is not true,
ami the association horqby calls
Upon Judtfn Thomus to so disclose
whatever information ho has tend
ing to support the ullcKfttlon or to
rOtract the same in wrllliiK.
.riHesolved, further, that a copy
fathls resolution be forthwith
Melved upon JihIko C. M. Thomas,
dlfler by t'egistered mall or in per
SoiS, uh tho secretary shall find
convenient,
"Hcsolved, furlher, that the as
sociation meet on the fith tiny of
January 1!2, al the hour or tl:Hn
p. m. for the purpose of oonslder
Ipk such statement as may ho filed
by snltl JudKo C. M. Thomas; or
If none be filed lit compliance with
this resolution, then for taking of
such action as shall bo proper un
der the circumstances.
; "Dated this 1st day of December,
LOW TEMPERATURES
! very occfihfntttl.
! ' .
! 4
h I o n program,
tho Kecretnry of
Wur milil nlr-,
:raft vonM ruc
tion had bnen
OWKjHT DAVIS koIiik throiiKh
pcrloil or Htnmlardlzutlim and tlmt
Impnivciuciit In exlHtltiK llnon mlKht
he iinllclnmnd lu the futnra rather
than cliiniKPH in (iitttnent. Tho
iiiiinnrlcnl dncrcuHO In oiiilpmMit,
ho milil, hud lieen offHot liy In
creane In quality.
I'" Inal determination of the
HtrcnKth of tho combatant brunchen
of tho urtny, n uolutlon of the pro
motion qucHlioii, nnd comidetion of
tho IiouhIiik pi'OKium will Klvo the
I'lilted StuteH, In tho opinion of
tho Hecrotary, "n permiinent mili
tary f-Ht ubl IhIi MK-lit tmoquulled in
moraio and in profeHHiomil offect
IvciicOh of a hlKlr ratio to It h small
numhel'H."
The aim of a alnlilllzatloii of pol
icy durliiK tho luat four yearn, Mr.
DavlH told the prualilunt, Iidh IP'
nulled In unlnlorrupted internal
proKreBH with OTitlfyliiB rcaultB.
All elementa of tho army huve tiro-
Ki'eHHcd markedly. l'roKreH ban
not heen coullned to the dlHtlnctly
military actlvltlon of tho War de
partmont but hux' been nulte gon-
eral In nil the varied non mllltury
proJoctH.
' Reduction Seen
With an 'uwoBato of 127,837
oummlHHloned, warranf of floor und
onlialed HlrenKth, exeluBive of the
Philippine KeoutH,, ut tho cIoho of
tho yenr, Mr. DuvlH Huld the
Hlreiitilh oT the ovemniiH garrlBona
could not bo dopleteil to provide
Increment fur nu'tmeutatlon of the
nlr corps, if fnrtliur redui'tloiiH ure
neceflHary, nnd one prnbahlv Will
be durliiK thla your, they uiubI
continue to be made In the per
Bounel hinuchi'H within the United
HtateH. .
"It Is with Hruvo concern," Mr.
Davla said, "that tho War depart
ment contemplateii further reduc
tions In hrnnoheB which within the
United Stutcs total but Gt),loT Bol
dlera tor un urea of 3,1100,000 square
inilen nnd a population of over
UMI.OOO.OOO." . . .
"There huH heen n 'distinct ele
vation of the Htaudnrds of units
nnd individuals," lie sold. "Muuy
hundreds ot officers of tho per
manent establishment have com
pleted courses In the splendid sys
tem of Borvico BOhoolH. More
maneuvots of varied type and ex
tent have been held. Muuy nave
cd for the nrmy
by Secretary Da
vis in his annual ;
report to l'resi-jhe deducted tho capabilities and
dent CooliilKe. i limitations of mechanization of mll-
W h i 1 o t h e , V"T forces,
strength .of lhe; "A protracted delay in tho set
air ooi ob is be-'! tlement of tho promotion question
jlow (hat author-1 will result in many resignations
'lzed for the flrat by officers who hnve recently ent-
llncrement of the I ereu the service nnd upon whose
five-year expan-1 proiesBtonui education tue (tovern-
meui nus expenueu a Kreut sum
of money. For u lifetime of serv
ice to the government, It in but
just thut officers who hnve foro
Kone the manliest financial and
other advantaees of A civil career
bo nssured a reasonable reward.
Certainty of promotion after def
inite termB of service nppearn to
be the most Just reward."
SHASTA TRAIN KKHAII.KD
(Continued from Pago One.)
I until the end. holding on by sheet
will power aftj;r physicians and;
rclatlvi.-H had Klven him up. The
pioneer had been at the point of;
death in a Detroit hospiiul for ;
two months before returning here j
elKht weeks aKO. He had Krownj
Kruttually weaker und when his
condition became aliii-mlnir It'WuM.
Impossible to move him to a .hos
pital. . ; ' '
He was bitterly dlsuppoinlcd
because his illness in Detroit . had I
prevented him fro m returnlns
here in time 10 register for the
recent general election. It was
the first ho hacf misled since he
voted lit, tile first "territorial elec-.
tion in Washington in 18C4jand.
he was the last known survlvor
of thut election. j
Tile pioneer, who brought his
bride nnd their- seven weeks old1
Imhy wewt over the old Oregon
trail by ox teuiu In 1852, hud In-:
tended to begin n neeond nutomo-j
idle tour of the trail when he!
was forced to enter the Detroit!
hospital In the first serious ill
ness of his long nnd eventful life. ,
Meeker was born at lluntsvllle,
Ohio, on December 1S:I0. After,
a boyhood there was an appren-!
tlceshlp l'u n printing shop In In-
ilianapoIlH, Ind., lie . married in
1X.11 und slrtu;k out by ox team'
for lowu to homestead a farm. A 1
severe winter induced tho youn'
couple to join a wagon caruvan ,
for the far west of Oregon und
California in 1852. Months of!
hardship behind them, the Meek
ors reached Portland, Ore., In:
Ooiohur of that year. Trail in-j
stinct kept the. Meekers on the:
move until they settled ut Fort j
Steilacoom, south of the present
situ of Tacoma, where Meeker,!
kept a1 store from 185:1 to 1862 i
who was on- his way to Klaiuuth
Kails took her on to Medford.
'"I was looking nut the window
and saw the front part of the train
leave the track," she said, describ
ing the accident. "The next thing
I knew 1 was on the floor with my
head on my suitcase. The ear was
lurching around Bo that It was
Impossible to stand. I could hear
the wheels groaning anil screech
ing, ami finally our car landed
over against u gravel bunk, on its
side. , The windows were free,
Home people wanted to Jump from
the car thru' the windows, but the
officials wouldn't let them, If they
hud, they'd have landed in a ditch
below.
Tile car begun to fill with
smoke and steam. Everyone was
talking at once, and nobody paying .Then the'Meekers moved to I'uynl
any attention' to what was being
said. As soon us the whole train
stupped jerking, the officials let
the passengers leave the train thru
the regular doors. Almost everyone
who came out of the cur ahead of
us was cut uf bruised or Injured In
some way. Several had fainted.
"Jlut on the whole the people
remained -, very calm under the
circumstances. Home were too
shocked or stunned to speak much,
und the rest', realized that there
was no real danger, nfter they once
got outside, rasslug motorists
lup, where tho pioneer becnipfi
interested In hop growing. .
Meek'.'r whs the author of
several books on pioneer life, al-'
though he had but four months''1
schooling in his life.
Meeker retraced the Oregon;
trail with un ox team In .. l'.IOfi
and four, years ago flew over the
route In an airplane piloted by I
Lieutenant 'Oakley l. ICelley. I
Ills last years were spent ill i
obtaining recognition of the hero?
Ism of the Oregon trail pioneers
'v Inducing enmniuniticu along.
carried many of the passengers on th" ''onto to erect suitable markers.
to their destinations, or to hotels
In Hoschurg where they could wait
for the next train thru.
CO X li 1 1 KSS CON V KN KK
(Continued from Page One.)
Best results In curing fence posts
are reallr.ed when the air is allowed
to circulate freely about each post.
Posts which are piled close to
gether or allowed . to lie on the
ground will often decay rather
thnn cure.
colder weathor tonight
V PORTLAND. Ore,, Dec' 3. (IP)
Ij.n t,llu ,i,t mi rnut.rli Willi!
uavo promlso of a cold night in I been conducted lu conjunction with
Portland. . The minimum dipped "Vf" '""""
two, degrees below frectlnir this Mnrt tho use ot air , nud ground
'morning, ami Indications were for , t'""1'"', .. . . . J .n,,
vjiiltuuuiiiiiR "iuin iu ,.( -.,,
report worn:
"The essential material need of
the army, from tho viewpoint of
possible participation lu war, Is
tho development nnd Improvement
!of weapons and material a con
j tinuotiH effort to assure, should
omorgeucv bo demund, the avail-
Dec. 3. (A'l ! ability for production of material
of types of lust-miuutu develop
ment and existence of jlgs,,gU8ges.
MAHBIlFllM.l), Ore., Doc. .1.
(VPr The lowest temperature of the
year was reached horo Sunday
morning when tho thermometer
dropped to 28 degrees. Tho cold
snap continued lust night.
' LA OHANDi;, Ore
First aero wentbor of the winter
wns.ronortod In enstern Oregon this
morning. Hero was registered at
jivniTioln . nt midnight, nlso ht Kl
$jh jtnd North. Powder, during the
early mornltuti ' .
Three passengers anywhere In
cits;,! Sac'.' ', lllaek and While Cab.
I'h(i'ne: (17. ,, ' . i son
STATE
' , THEATRE
Any Scat 15c Anytime
Children under 12, 10e ,
8how Change Dally
iii.i ... , TONIGHT :
"HORSESHOES" 1
Featuring Monte Bnnkt.
f . , Alto Comedy.
waH In session. Adjnurumeut fol
lowed shortly thernufter.
Women Present ,
All four women repttiBentntlves
wero oU the floor, Mir. Horenca
P. Knhn, Cullfornln; Mrs. Kathei
Ine Ijingley, Kentucky, and Mrs.
Kdlth Nourso Hogem, Mussnchus
etts, Republicans, and Mrs. Marty
T. Norton, New Jersey. Democrat,
All of them were dressed in black.
They had difficulty making their
voles heurd above the din of con
versation In nnHwoting the roll
call. .
Many' crowded Into the well lu
front, uf tint Hlienker and dnaeiw
and dies essentia! for the speedy of mcmhera climbed the steps to
Vice President Dnweu named the
two party lenders nnd Incldenlully Klniiiuth Man Pined
mo two men who fought for his poit.Tl.AND, Ore,, Dec. 3. (!)
Job In tho lust campulgn, Bennturs Hubert Itlelnnd wins fined Sluo and
CurtiB of Kansna and Hoblnson of ! KV,.n three months in Jail today in
Arkansas, na the committee to rep- r,.,i,.rnl court for liquor sale on the
resent tho Benuio lu notifying I u-i ,i, i.i n
iieniueill utlonogO tUUt t!OUgresB
New Playhouse
FRANK'S
Comedians
1 "The Ghost
Train"
, Blggeat of Mystery Playa.
Stftrtinft Thuri., Deo. C
For 4 nlghtal
( Coming I
"Th Forttmo HunUr"
mnnufactnro of. such types. The
War department has beeu unrelttx-
Ing In ItH elTorlB toward tins enu,
Typee mproved , .
"In ench branch of the nrmy
bourdfl of oftlcora have under con
tinuous investigation ovory poteu
tlal means for the Increased effec
tiveness of units and of material.
Improvements lu types have .been
welfnlth Innumerable; the nrmy
keopn well In the vnn on nil mod
ern deveopmont. , '
"Action toward ndequnlte hous
ing of tlto peisonnol of tho reg-
julnr nrmy has resulted lu n grad
ual hut very sallBl'nctory pro-
gross." '
"lncrea'slng the subsistence nl-
lowance of enlisted man has been
recognized throughout tho army as
one of the oittstnndln'f moves of
the lust decade for the mainten
ance nt u high state of morale."
"The Nutltinul (luiird has attain
ed the highest plane of military ef
fectiveness in the peace-time his
tory of tlila element of our national
defense forces. Tho National tlunrd
now Is more hldhly orgnnliod,
nioro compotely equipped, und more
thoroughly trained thnn nt - tiny
period in the past: Its standards
! hnve never been higher,
1 "The popular uncross of the ell
jhtnns' military training rumps 1ms
I far exceeded tho tonest expecta
tions of those brond'ViBloned lead-
iers who were so urgent In their
demands thnt the national defense;
net give full legal recognition to I
this project for the physlcnl bet-1
torment aud military instruction of
: America' youth.
I Study Motorliatlon
I ."'The subject ot molnrlitutlnn has,
: been studied from all angles with i
a' view to greater 'mobility of,
troops. Tho orgnnltntlon of an i
experimental mcrhuulxed force was j
I Instituted diirlr t the year. It bus
undergone a period tit Intensive
' cxuoituiuutalluu from which may '
shake hands with Hpouker Lung
wort ti.
Aftor the houo roll call, vhie'i
showed 3"f members present, soven
new ones were sworn lu to servo
out unexpired terms. They wore
l-nl'uyotte L. Puterson of. Ainbnmu,
and John W. McCormack of Mas
saclniaettB, Democrat, und lCnrl W.
Cinvert, lowu; Klchurd H. Wiggle
BOitu, iNfusBitchusettsi Krumis 1).
Culkln, New York; Hobort It. Hut
ler, Oregon, and James Wolfenden,
Pennsylvania, Republicans.
Committees were then appointed
to notify the president and the
senate thut the house was In ses
sion und lifter resolutions ot ro
grut over tho deaths of several
members were adopted the house
adjourned nft,er being In session
one hour. Then the membership
wont lo their offices to ptepnre,
ns tliil the senators, for the try
lug task ahead.
" Iieniix nillc Whip
WASIIINOTON, Dee. S. UV)
Keprcscntntlvo John 0, Hex, of
Jacksonville, Texus, today was
selected ns Democratic whl) to
succeed Hepresentatlve William A.
Oldtleld of Arkansas, who died
recently.
Westinghouse
Electric Appliances
Eleotrio Toasters attractively
priced from $7.75 to $11.80.
Eleotrio Percolators
Electrlo Urn
Peoples Electric Store
212-214 W. Main, Phone 12
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lhatY sure to plcuse
rvcryotie -the orlgiunl
' Tiimovvr Toaster l(h
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pree of hrounuras you
Wk bent.
He Hiire to see these
lieuuttfiil now M'rMt
Initlioune Toasters.
They're attentively
prtreil from $7.?3 to
U.50.
Wtinghouse
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rllCINS
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