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Newspaper Page Textm Weather Year Ago Highest year ago lislay.. Lowest yiiir ago today.. 115 . 4;: 1 DilU TientMhlnt Trar. . MEDFORD, OliKGOX. SATHiJUY. MAKCH laif). No. 341. The Weather Itorwiast Parti j- cloiulj-, a 11 d ' slightly cooler tonight. Highest ymtenlay ............. 8T lxiwrnt this moi-iiuo? to fi n. m... 48 Mail MEDFORD Today MAY HAVE . By Arthur Brisbano ; 7 Fliers Naturally Fly. Keen, Nervous, Sensive. Brains, ,Feet, Hands. 60 and 62 Billions. (Copyright, By KJtig Feature! Syndicate, Inc.) . Miss Anne Morrow was in tended to be tin wife of u flier. Having t limed "an airplane : somersault with Colonel Lind i bergh' on Wednesday, hI'io 'went ; with him on three short flying 1 trips Thursday.; ITer theory in '". that siuec she means to fly she limy as well fly.' ,. .'..-, Iiudbcrgh steered his plane ! with one hand, the oilier being , iujurod. ' f Good samples of the modern young American.. ' 1 Mr. Hoover's eabinet takes " shape, and newspapers begiu rinting colleetions of eabinet s photographs. ; . - Among tlie faces quite sure to remain in the. picture you might say, off hand, that An drew W. Mellon is the keenest, Henry It. Stimsou the most se rious and William I. Mitchell the most sensitive. Will Hogers, funny,' though serious, says Mr. Hoover chose Mitchell because he is a Demo crat. When be'tries to enforce . prohibition and fails, it, will be a Ucinocrutic failure ami won"!: "hurt: the party.": ." . ( ; The fact is that Mr. Hoover ' .,', ,.ain snaked this afternoon ami is seleetiilL' AinerieaiiS that .! sromid officials feared that furthor . , , , ,, rain might make lauding field con- : know how to work, regardless ;dltlms hazardous, i'of partv. ' - ' ! The storm by no means washed t '' . ' i out the .enthusiasm or activity of ' ... Jim . choice, for .Ulo dep.artrithc cionds., Downtown sidewalks ment of comnierep, as "yet nii-jw nllv,! with sightseers, and a cont I n nous traffic am of motors known, must be dill icUlt.',. It is not ea.sv to replace .'.Holfcert Ifoover. : The house struck out of tlie ; tlel'ieieney bill tlie !(t'.'4,0O(,000 extra inbiiey to etiforec prohi bition. .... , . , , j.o i Anil - f""' .--- 000 buek into tlie bill. Semi tot's are more afraid of tlie v ' liibititm auger than representa- ; tives, beeattse it is easier to eon : eeiitrate on senators, fewer in , number. ; JEr. Ifoger.s' suggestion that j the 24,0U0,0C0. be used "on prohibition enforcement in just ': one wing of tlie Capitol" is not a bail suggeslton. :l l.eou Trotzky says Stalin, iwho exiled him, plays a "?-ig-V'zng policy,", inventing a new .theory .for each inconsistent :; net. W'hul TrotzUy calls ' 'zig fag" ;' may be intelligent npportunism, and anyhow "consistency is the rice of . small lniinls." ' Colonel .Cooper, chief con sulting engineer of the Russian super-power project bit the Dneiper river, says Russia's K"vernment must fall, because it is run only for two classes, peasants' und workmen, i H is also run for the "eom- ltumding bruittat: the top. And f in that, soviet ism follows many ! successful autocratic govcrn- ments. ; Autocraey, possessed of in , telligenee, not depending on , birth and u small privileged I class, but on brains mid the . ' "great masses of the nation.' :; might last a long fine. ! t A government made up "f in-! ? telligenee, workers and peas-j ; ants duplicates the human body i.jvith its brains, litmds and feet, j 4 Vou have hoard from Mr. l'Vedevick Keker. vice-president iF the Afetronolilan Life TllSttr- , IIDCC Company, that workWH in T..:i.l Cllu ..nrn jivlv sixty J I.I1U VIUICM i-KllT ...... (Contlnucd on rase Four). RAINY A INAUGURA I; - :: ! March Storm Brings Doubt i of Fair Weather for Mon I day Ceremony Officials ! Say Spectacle Will Not Be j Dimmed Greatest Crowd I I Ever Expected. i By BYRON PRICE .. , . ; Associated Press Staff Writer WAStUNliTON. March 2. A Mnrch .rainstorm played an un- ' invited prelude today to tile inaug- I Ural cxtravanza, and struck a note ot doubt whether bright skies or j dark will look down Monday on I tho elevation ot Herbert Hoover lo I the presidency. i Arriving delegations, coming In I by train and motor, wore drenched i by tho downpour, and the gay I bunting of the city's decorations j was reduced momentarily to a soggy rorlornness. .Somewhat clear er weather followed, but the gov ernment forecasters predicted more, rain tomorrow "and probably Mom j day morning." The ceremonies are ! lo reach their punk shortly after i noon. J Inaugural committee officials who have followed from tho first a ! raiti. or shine program of preparu-' tins, said the unfavorable turn would not greatly dim the inagnlfl- '. eenoa of Monday's Inaugural spec- tacle. Many thousands ulready are j hero, and thousands more are on their way. One fenturc of uncertainty, how-: over, somewhat worried those i:i charge of plans for a groat aerial ! display on -Monday above the capt- j till. Boiling field, base for the sev- oral -core of aircraft, that' are to j kept policemen busy all along :lu?r '''mimylvanla evenue Weary hotel elerhs unci sivaniped crnwrl ol Ittiiilf nil toictllfir It would bo one of the greatest over. WASI1INGTON, March 2. - - () - The following Is the calendar of events lo take place on March I when Herbert Hoover Is inangil - riiteo i'irjiitiii m i no i unco aunt-o and Charles unitis vtcepresiiieni I L U I'lUfh I1W UI M IIU 'lll liO I arrive tit the White House j 11:110 President and .Mrs. Cool IiIrc. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Kcnutur Curtis and his slsler. .Mrs. Ktlwanl II. Ihinn leuve the While House for the cnpltol. vi.ni.fl tmrl Homitfie dirt In tnkpH tltn : . ,: ; ;.. ' ; ..1.... t until ui uinee o i ii u-ihuphivhi, ... delivers his InuuKUral ttdtlres. I o'clock Mr. Hoover Is Induct ed Into office by Chief Justice Tuft anil then delivers his InmiKural ad dress. i o'clock Me. Vnd .Mrs. Hoover. Mr. Curtis and Mrs. t.laun return up I'ennsylviinln avenue to the White lliniKe. Mr antl sirs. ooiumo ko to union station lo entrain tor Niirlhamnton. Muss. ii:'M o'clock I'arade forms al the peace monument In front of the cnpltol iplaza and stalls up Pennsylvania avenue. :!:3U eclock-or shortly there- iHflei .Mr. iilldMrs. Hoover. Mr. Curlls nnd Mis. (limn and the pres-More leaving; Idelltlal parlv niounl the review-. "There won't be anything to . ing stand In front of lb" Whltcjsa.v tibont that," she said. "I Just House lo review' the lltiradu. ,wanl tu add. though, that thosoj C o'lock or Shortly lliercnlter Ijist nulls of rnrntlc pass Ihe re- viewing stnnil nnd Mr. anil Mrs. Hoover return to the While House. Mr. Curtis und .Mrs. (hum go to the vicenrcsldenllul suite at the May- flower hold. S o'clock Fireworks display onceiitly by Mrs. Mcpherson. stay at thu hotel. ! the monument grounds which Mr.! 'It. seems like all she did It for! , i Hoover will watch from tlio White jwas to gel a chance to' talk all J.OK A.N'f ii;i,i;h, March Z. (! House. ' - ovei-y station," the mother said, j Wholesale arrests of suspected !! o'clock Charity hall at 'the ("Xaturnlly 1 had to talk back gangsters ami rum-runner.O were j Washington nudllorium begins. Mr. when reporters began to tiulz me." j ordered early today by Captain! Curtis and Mrs. (innn will atlend.j . a hint to the differences exlsl-,willinm l?-ight, eblef of the homl-1 Other receplluns ami halls will be - gin 11 MISS'Ol'l.A. MonV March l.V) W'hOw-s of piisVntier coaeh"S on the. Olympian of the Chicago, MMwaukie and Mtr Paul rallroail were shuttered today by a snow slide, which tumbled from u moun tain near Kyle, In Mineral county, Joy mile tvest of here. "No one was seriously Injured. The train . arrived in Missoula 45 late. j irii Wen her. mlnut" i Generally fair lonislit and 8un- j Mtrme northwest portion: euM'A eat nortlon tonlgllt. Moiera&3 east portion tonight. ModeraWs ' w-lnds. niiistly not t hw-csir-tiy. on tii I I coast. , . HOOVER IN CAPITAL TO AWAIT U ' ' ,141 fit v f Prestdent-islect Hoover and Mrs. Hoover were greeted by Dr. 'Hubert Work and Mrs. Work when they arrived In Washington from Florida. MRS. KENNEDY E TO AID HARDY 11 ' IVlOinOr of Aimee Gives . ,. , inVeStlCjatOrS California Information in impeach- ment . Case . Criticises: Evangel's Publicity. I'o'irTLAN.D. Ore.-, .Mareh -.Ilrs. Minnie Kennedy, motheri ut jMinee Heuinle lel'herson. lie-! ! eluretl hero todtiy thnt she hnsi pim ed Intonrmtlun- In Ihe Imndsl jsIu' 'eUevc, "will help mnterHiliy tho case uf Jule Curios 1 Hardy,' ;who(,c u.ct,llincu o n500 :lu.t.k i , ... ' . , ! fl'0,n -MnS McPnerson is now 1 under Inviwtlgutlun. . yjv tu teaai, .irs. ionnuity i,.ortnU.re,, ..nullouslv 'It won't do hint any harm." .Mrs. Kennedy had u loni; eon fereue6 witli State Senators chirt MVoithvino 'anil William llorn ' 1.1. .11 r 1 ... 1 1 r 1 !-.. 1 mit ,0 ,.,,.,.' ,vU W'hllo .Mrs. Mcl'lieraon has ilo- never bvo iter legal advice. Mrs. Ken nedy said she. herself, cunnot truthfully fay this. We were two little slrantte wo-i men when we opened the fine. bit! lAttKclns Temple, now owned ''-v UMiitie. nuoie. .urn. ivenncoy ftiio. juiiae jtaruy came to us and HAS EMC wc. became very close friends 'massacre case sent Jack McUurn jit's Momerhnes difficult to tctl;and Itocco l'anelil into court for j where friendship aijd ' fticntlly, urralftitment loday. eouiisel leave off and leyal advice ..w,,...,, ,,,i .mi... i where friendship and friendly, counsel icaye otc and legal advice begins ' Kennedy said she plans to Ircturn to Kelso. Wash.. . late to- , night to resume revival services, iillliougli she was lo see tile ian- ifornla delegation onco rnoro bo- jwnnt lo ml Jsennlors in .senniors are certainly ciiurteous and I hopi down there 'Hardy." thi right back antl exonerate juoge O ! As to Aimee. "Mother" Kennedy had little to say. except to crlti else tlie nortiierii trip made re- . lot; petween motlu'i- and duughter was given when Mrs. Kennedy de - ielarei'. that "at the most erillearof the "rubbing out" of an un timeO'f her trouble, Alnice took . s.erted .ingsti-r whose body was lhe wrong advice." She refused ' found in a field near Ventura yes to ampllf.o this remark. Itcrday. italils by police and dep- 1 A morning nc-wspnper's nccourJ uty sheriffs on hotels and upnrt of lest nlglit's scskJoti with MrVmerit houses In the West Hlxlh iKcnnetly was rend with gleo by street district in the early hours the evangelist. jof the morning, netted 30 arrest. " 'Closeted with four men who j Frank It.iccu and Conilnlck l.eo 'peered' through a crank in the of I'ortl.-iiul, Maine, wero slfled door.' she read "lloodness my rcputnllon i Is ruined." t fX "Tf nnllTT A h "J A ! K Hill Ml 111 mHII I 1U I IW WASHlN'S rOX. March . iA't- - The house tf.day passed the John - son bill to lltiralle provisions of tjie. M'oi Id war veterans act. The metisure goes to the sepat". 4J J fin s mi, 4 i ,m I.I T- v -rrT. ' Lady Told Congress Won't Let Her Talk Two Hours at Time SKW VOllK, Mar. 2. 7P) Mrs.' Ituth I'rutt , soe.s to WuKhintjlou to bo a memljiT of coiiktohs with ihu affotM- 4 tiona of her colleagues In the ! board .of iililormon, ;ut with -4 n 'warning. SuM Alrlerman ) I'etcr J. M(!Ou!nncts in a i farewell: "Thum cold ImhioH down them won't k't htir talk r two hours like who kopt un f here. There will n no ehance like in t li boiird whore nu'ii f " "' t un r ' . Claim AIIDIS 01 MCVUrn antl . railUIII Tall neiUaSc Un Bail to Be Opposed Los Ancjclcs Cleanup Ordered for Gunmen. ' ' (tV) The CMlCAOl). .March 2 charKcs j fti-.-t nturdet to be Is- sued ill the Valentine's day gnu:' arraignment loday. - -Woeo Kiiinsl.ed ti.nle nllnis " .. .,.,,. ..., ',.,,. " Km" A,"".m- "avid stansbury, "and within 30 1 (days we'll be ready to go to trial. '' liotn were ineuibers of the exc- cutlon cliad," Htansbui-y declared, and any orrorc to seek their re - lease on ball will be opposed with nil the force we can command." htansbui-y would not indicate, wjiut evidence he hud to disprove i iMcGurn's story that hu spcnltho niutdcr morning in his room tit me Hlcvetis hotel. Jt was levealcd. , however, that the police had J.rnct'd tctijjlione calls made by Modern during his two weeks jelde ninad of. the Ios Angeles j county sheriffs office as a result - 'it of lhcsi and held for fiuiher "ii'estlgatlon, ' ( ' they hud evl - Investigntors fal donee, which has pointed to Itocco mid l,. ii as owners nf the iiutonio- bile, in which tbe dead gangster was "taken for a ride.' llandlts Caplaie Two. W'-VNU''-iT'- areh II W'. The lapliire by .Mexican rebels of Henry llunson, American resi- ' dent manager of the Man Nicholas :.Ilning and Milling company, rn. i Voeas. Durange. and .1. W. Held. j a Ih ltlsh subject employed by the company, was reported to the state department today by American Ve "Usui Itonneti nt, lnriingf' l TRY GANGSTERS IN THIRTY DAYS FOR MASSACRE INAUGURATION 4 r o1. f il vv . IS TRY NON-STOP L , ml, rU " 'W:'jirye-t-v J..ji.. Mhk,! i Oa K-.n 4 iEXICAN FLIERS HOP TO CAPITA Dlcll dllU UUIU IVIUIIUHIrtllU loo prmeipm oi uk, 4ML - .M.rj - nu - i tn -t . n , n &" ,,tU 1,11,1 ,H-MT i;oJtM,V,,A '1; ?ni : 'Captain CarranZa' 011 'overwhelming nmjorily of thoUolo- ; 'Bat..-, Unofficial GOOd Will FliClht' Mr- Ul,nnnt lri ,,0,,llntu"t ,In UMUillUldl UUUU Will ruyniti.yl ftml ron ni;infUeiuring elr - to Washington : EXIect Cajgi1 ,R i' - Arrive Sunday. . ; . ' ' .' .uliiX'urir (MTV, Mar. ."u. " I .louiiullj tiouxnle!! Pilehftto md C. K. JteMlllln timk Dff from Vul- !fjllcnc0l fr thoy wore ns silent 1 liueim TlyliiK field .tit M7 o'clock almost tm the lonih. thin niui'iiliiK 7 :47 Mnn K. H. T.).j As i, wultH.tho rtuwn uf Mon- un a non-stop flight Jtt'ni .Jlexleo j City to WanhliiKton, 1 ' I The two airmen hoped' to reach iBollins field, Washington, I). C, i hnnic . for many years.' He Is early Huntla.v niornlni;. .The ills- Lut-roundcd there hy all of the1 ; lance was estimated at i'.DOtl miles. jmombci'M of his iminedltlto fam- . Colonel Charles A. l.lnilberKh Is .ily,.lhe circle havlllB been com Mime the only man who has flowu'pjeted with tho arrival lust night!' without u stop between tho lwo!r Allan, who is a studont nt ; capitals. . , 'Stanford I'nlvcrnlly, California. j The twifllersi were ;naklliK their. Mrs. Hoover Is kept busy wind-; : Kood-wlll flliclit In a black and !nu up tho affairs of this house-; KullJ tnonopiano- nutneil "Captain 1 Cava rn ?.a."..,., 'I'hry'enrrleil letters of KrcethiK new one on Pennsylvania avenue.. A saving of approximately J1U0, frum DwIkIiI IV. Morrow, the I Mr. nnd Mrs. Herbert irbover. Jr.. j 000 Hill be realized on fruit pack Atnerlean .-imba tidor, to Presl- ulcvote much of ihelr timo to IKclr . jn eoslH during tho Jltl'll season dent-elect Hoover and .Secretary of. two llillo children who also re- by thu fruit urowttiK luduntry of Hlato Ki-llucK, MeMlllln, who was piloting made a perreet takeoff ilcplle hl heavy ; load of TilO KallotiM of Kaiollne. 'This was believed to be (he heavi- ' 1 loan, or Kns ever carried lt)l by n nliine from Mexico City, which inevents a difficult task to filers ver. dean of the scbool ot ongi Icnnun meeting at tho Hotel Mcd liei.'aiiHe of the high altitude and I ncering nt Htanford, who had such j ford, where n largo crowd of grow riiilfleil air. a largo hand In the arrangements WOre nssnmblcd. I Tim flight was not officially I sponsored by the Mexican govern- "'"' and II Is believed that this explains whv no teller was sent fnn President Portes (Jll as Pach- ecu had Imped. Tlie men them- selves described the trip a a good - will. mlsHlon Intended lo promote : better feelings between the two ! countries ami as a compliment o j Presldetil-eleit Hoover. whos.O In- i uugnrntlon on .Monday they hoped to witness. Pacbeco Is a wealthy vomer Mev. Pacbeco Is a wealthv vonng Mex.il'oH'h s are laid nside uy m" Iran air enthusiast. MeMlllln. the pilot, hnH been flvlng for IS venrs. of which six were spent In tin I'llllei! Kl.it rine. ll.. In (l. w le was in tn air-mail service for" four- month i .i 1...1 """ """ '"" test work. I Musician Prefers Death to Deafness, Dies by Own Hand I'lriCAtl'i. Mar. i. 'H'i llnrrl I son Major Wild, one of Chicago's i best known musicians, preferring death to deafness, killed himself last nighl. Mis bmty was found In 'ihe. basement beside that of a pel. lilum jvhli li h id been killed by a . bullet from u pistol. 1 Mrs. Wild said her husband, who . f,,r nun e tlmn " years was a con- doctor of Ihe Apollo club and the .Mi iidelssojiu .Moeimcrelvor, had l.e.-n desoon,..nt i.incc denfliesn be- Ciin restricting his musical useful ness, lie often told her, she ald. thai Ijle iled liecome 11 burden hc- ciiuse of his falling hearing. 'In Arrange Vnpllnls. llKLtillAlJI-l. Jugoslavia, March fPf The nespiiper Vreinyu says that King Itorls of IlnlKiirli Andemon and Itoblson minority ra- secutlvo targets for u perfect scove. will visit Home during thn end port which killed the bill. Theltia Knillh of Isjng lle.ich today of this month to comiileto plunffnrm bloc and Orange members iletl many of Hie country's expert for his I'flen runinred engngement . were united In their op position to j trapshoolers In tho third day of to PHnocKH (iieventia of Italy. ' Hi" fish wheels. 'the ie Monte hundlctip, incMTiTV nc r llUlal I I I I I U . I I r?7i .xr n mil r-T in in III All I IV i L hr pi ip h i r- r iv.mn. , ill ni i ll mi l 1 1 l ill ii i i ii i 'it r uru r V m I1L I UMULU I ! Arthur M. Hyde, Governor of Missouri, to Have Agricultural Berth Robert P. Lamont Ap pointed Secretary of Com merce Family Awaits Inauguration. iiy ointnvs I. Wot Asmu'lalfd I'ri'sa Staff Writer. WASIIl.NUTOX, Mareh 2. (.! -The ell mux of n crowded career only -t.S hours awuy, r reside ni- eleet Hoover luduy was u walling ! his inaiiKuratlon, serene In the Knowledge that his cabinet ap pointments had been marto" and ihnt all iirrangementH for the core-: mony hud been completed. j ' The Identity of tho last two men; Th() Fl.nmrv rt)Cl.lu ,of tho appointed to tho cabinet was re-1 M(,arunl pnMl0fn,.o were the Kieat vealed today. Arthur M. Hyde,; f))p unv lmn,th Jn lho MBtory former governor of M issourl has f (ho h)(,u wfru.Wt Th, ww aJ accepted lh' aKrirulturo pm-tfo ho. jm.lvnH0 of KOVOn ,ier ,,ont oVi?r Uobert V. Lamont waa appointed tho lH,t,t,IpU nf F,(,n.UJU.y 0f lust secretary of commerce. y(inr- ,Wt nmnth-H m.oiptH l A veil of mystery had been :UH(UKO nmnunUMl t() t , o,2r,4.-i;i, thrown over the npriruUm-o and . . .,,,..,. ,,1MMV,ltH fll. ),,, 'u,Ml"vllu i.I.uui.0. commerce apiiolntments. In appointing Mr. Hyde." .the next chief executive went Into the ! camp of the most formidable of j his foes In tho pro-convention campaign lormer .moinm- . Wolghl one car each from tho jo. j.owden of Illinois, who with- X niURUtn(M.v V;m company and drew his name at tho hennas UtVjtho Xlllionnl ,lulUlH H(1(SH onmliny .. .. J. V. onvenuon anor am '"i"'".......-.. t,U'rt 1,1 Chi, KK , mi ,h rUnVC"Stw "ve mcnlluned houses send Ciicses Amus4 i...., , i ,,,,.u ( ,vt , Apparently getting the s a m e ,,, , oi ..r lhi et L-nesHlnu- Kumu tlmt he lum fi'ohi its inception motitliH agor ihu iivoMfiien(-o left nnnarenlly - had HU-orii to secrecy all or iaom wnom no oao luhvu tutu ma i- ,,1.,,.. .Mr. iluovnr Is enjeylnif the 'iieitee of the ld(r red lirick mansion ! ,, street which has hoen his bold and rooking- arter me in- mnifenicntK for taking over the. rlvo the fontl nltentlon of tholr dlsllliKUlshed Krantlfather.- Mr. Hoover's only sister. Mrs. Mary l.eavltt, of l.omt Itcach, Oil., i Is on tho way hero Cor tho limit- Kiiralion. but tho only broiiier oi the president-elect, Theodore rlo ; for the notification ceremonies nt HlnnCorit on August II, lust, win HlnnCortl on AUgusi. ii, ium. be utiublo lo attend. lit Is Buffer ing wllh throat trouble und his lihysli-liiiiH nil vised him against risking Washington winter wca be utiublo to attend. lit Is suftcr - l"g wllh throat trbublo and his pliysl'-laiiH advised him against risking 'Washington winter wca lther. I'ulltlcs IjiIiI Ashle. ! rionils and neignoors nrop in; n the Hoover's now and then and of course there still are a few pollllca"! callers, but for tho most ipart politics und mo inougms "l i polities are laid nslde by tho ; president-elect, who lias eompicieu his Inaugural address anu mmej all tho adminislrnllve decisions that HfO ;O essal'y until llliei '10 enters the White House After the colorful I the colorful ceremonies; ...;".' .... ..... o of n I lent! ing ;flce. Mr. Hoover will get hack 'to work, meeting Tuesday ' with I his cabinet and ntteliillng to' many, 'details connected with the ehnngej iof iidmlnlstralloiis. However, he, ;wlll give the time Tuesday and; Wednesday to meeting groups from i distant cities here for 111" Inuugu-, ration that cannot bo received en j Inaugural day. ; FISH WHEELS RULED HA I .KM. Ore., Mar. S.--WI'I l'lsh wheels shall not turn In Oregon, j waters. The Heufcrts ami Warrens and other fish cannery owners wtll I ! continue to pay their poundage luxj 1 to the 'state of Washington. Met- ; ' tlemeler's flsli wheel 1,111 was given ;a chance on the floor of the house i fllday nlitht. - Only 13 members of the house ! voted wllh Hcttlcmeier against til Turk Clain Champion Cake Eater of World S.MVl;.S. Turkey. March --(!') Ajrk of this Ana- clly, olio liunseiu Kf- lutins to t,e the chum- plun cuke eater of tlie world. v lleeenlly he nuide tt l)et of one dollar wllh an inercuu I lolls lielgbbor hero that he 'J couUl eat, one after the oilier, j with no breathing Hpuee be i & tui'en, ' 1 Ml ot tlie round. Former sweel Turkish cukes, which r uro ho inucll like ! rencli puslrlcs. Ho incHNfully tle- vourcd lar, unit then bad lo stop. He lost tho-bet. but H not the cukes, and claims thnt the t0.' cakes make him world's champion. i your wero ?!ir7.!t:i. Tho receipts of last month i were FEBRUARY WAS; tBEST MONTH IN POSTAL HISTORY itmn.'h auuinented by tho fact that i 9 year term: C. C;. Colt. Vortlnnd jtwo car loads of mall order houno niembor board t Diversity-of Ore .catalngueM, amounting to fi5 tons j - ,iuirn.m...l tiirmnrh thn ' I were uisiriiiuteil throiiKh tno (K,ul posloffieo lo southern ore - "'ijaceut northern Call- funila n ..... .. ; The Medford postoffieo has had thin mall order cataloKe business fMr m. HO nmlKonrh of thn . j,Hm,)eiuleot of HiIh mnll X Li S , i, ,,.i. ,., n ..." i.,.i' r"w TV."": " ."" . "'""" ineser: imr.yios u,t w last mon u, .,..,.,., - t, ..... .., T PLAN IN 1929 : . - , Jackson county as tho result of lllo successful crrorls of a com mittee composed of Mert Anderson. Curl Glasgow and J. C, ilarnes of the. Jackson County I'Yullgrowers' league. ' 'I'lle comnlltlee's report wa.i rcatl this afternoon at the The report revealed that whllo u nmjorlly of packers were In 1 conl W,h tjic five-cent reduction ,,.01I0HIHl by the cOnunlttco, reduc- ing the coel. from CO 1o fni cents per box. there, were several packers ; who refused or wero not In u poBl- n,,,, u u.ot the luoposul, In nddlllon to the committee ro- fmrli ,vnc, WI)i , 1)Ui,MH'il In fu tomorrow,, discussion took pi,,,,,. n, nfternoon on the bnnnna tni'lff Nltuiillnn und other fruit top- vg f interest. II, Vanlhieven- ),,. who returned reeently from t)lt, ,,, lV(, tt n.uml on . general . ,,.,, ,,,, ' Journey, which extended over sev eral mouths. FLAYS TREASURER IN j WAHIIINtlTON, Mulch a. 'A rigorous alluck on Secretary Mellon was made In thn sennlo to day hy Hennlnr McKelhir, Demo jcrul, of Tennessee, who eonthtfuoil of "extresslve' 'tnx refunds allowed by tho trensmy. Ho said that If : Herbert Hoover rentinied Mellon jho would oppose' his conl'lnnatlou, GETS PERFECT SCORE lJlll, Mo.VTK. Cullf. March 2. bTV Itreaklng ono hundred con- PACKING COS REDUCTION S SESSION IS BEST YET SAY SOLONS 35th Assembly Stands Out for Constructive Legisla tion Summary Shows Much Important Business Handled Credit for Most of Program to Carkin. MALKM, Ore., Mar. 2. W) Oov ernur 1'uttei'Hon loday nnnouuei'd the fnllnwlliK ttppollil Illfilltt to' the board of higher education, wup planlintf boards of regents tft alt slate Hchools: 1 year term: Herman Oliver, Canyon City. 2 year term; Aubrey Watzek, rorlland. - . il year term: lid K. CalUtstor. Al bany, 4 ytsar term: A. S. JVufle, Tlie Dalles. year term: Alfnit liiircli. Med font. B year term: It, 1'ortlunil. Sammons, 7 year term: C. Ii. Htarr. I-'ort-luitd, member boarlJ of regent mi, normal schnol. . . S year term: It. F. Irvine, Fort land, member board' Oregon State College. t MATjIOM , Ore.., Alar, 2 What I ovor may havo boijn Km shorteoiu- ! lncx. Ph mlKlilccK ii ii rl Its ulmittoil n" , .. ' , '. ... , ' , i V 1 ' ' , . ;lu,;t'l . tho 1'H' .legislative session stands , out 1 amunK tli amljlIK of roo;,nv iJt l1'" f,ort ;ntrctlvo legislation . nnclucl. In the opinion of its lead- ZT,lZ VZ , 1,11 P'ogrews closely from day to y' - ! lvln !"w 11,0 B"minll,: ,v" ll,lv'' 'H'eeleil the eourso of ! lhtfsoHiiloiiiim -lit...tItn1tti,..hli.v.. . mM)t( I(1)uut ,, J ; " j r.iniuinu'i'ui ihv uni conson- Knaothldnt of dullnu: the boards of rcsonUi of tli I university, (ho colloiro and "thit I normal schools Into a sinijlo board : of education. ; , lAdopllon of a resolution refer j rlim to tho nooplo tho plan of, re i orffanlzlng tlto state tfovernmetit to j centralize nil administrative nnd executive functions In a cabinet. I Revision of tho automobile II ; cense law- to rutiueo fees an ,nver ! ago of as percent addlntr ono cent i to lho (taso)lf(O tax. i PawsaKe of a memorial pctltlou ! Intr congress for n nation-wide ln I vesll(tatlon of tnlephono ratuB and I practices. .... . ! These all In addition to llie titx I and revenue proposals sponsored I by the properly lux relief commis sion, although . tho consolidation propowil also carried tho recom mendation of that commission. fContlnund nn PiiBa Slx Will Roger. Say.: NEW VOHK, March 2. Mr. Coolitlge,; you' are leav ing us, and this is only ii comedian's 'eulogy. But : I will never forget ivliat votir bosom friend Dwiglit Mor row told inn that you Htild to him on bu iiiff suddenly sworn in un office that wasn't yours. "Dwight, 1 am not going to try to be a great presi dent.".' . . . , Thut'.i all you said. That will si and in my memory as the greatest remark any of fice holder ever made. For no man is great if he thiuki he is, Vou should bo leav ing without' a single regret, f have told many jokes about you, and this don't mean t. am going to quit, for wc love to joke about; those wo like. And, Mr, Ctmlidge, any one who ever heard me men tion your-name on the pub lic stage know what. I think of yon. I am only sorry 1 was too niasculino to con tribute lo tint bountiful gift of the ladies of Washington. .So good luck, (.'al. you; ami tiriieu. Yours, WTLl, ROOKItS.