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MTCDFORB MAIL TTimTTNE, MEpFOTtP, (VRTCflON', TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929.
ELEVEN
WILL BE BUILT.
SUBURBAN SITE
HOMES NORTHERN
' Tlio pint and plans for King's
. Highway Garden have been com
pleted by Louis B. Humphreys,
architect, and work on the con
struction of the homes on the
"baby farms" will start within the
week, according to Karl S. Tumy,
. originator of . tho idea. Eleven
. houses will bo built this summer,
-upon the 40-acro tract, each dls-
tinctlve, and In the French cot
: tago design. They will be con
...Htructod of timber and stucco.
IThe tracts, sin fading on -King's
. . Highway, Just outsldo the south
- ern city limits, vary In slzo from
.. acres to 2.0 acres.
a 60-foot street, will 1)0 built
1iiough tho tract, and Hio pint
I will be submitted to tho . City
t Planning comnilsHloh toduy.
1 7 Shade trees : will bo planted
along King's Highway, .
, Each homo will have a garago.
' and tho homes will havo hardwood
' floors, and be modern and com
r ploto In every respect.
. Tho King's Highway Oardon
J tracts aro intended to satisfy the
' local demand for homo sites, wlth
'. in easy distance of tho city, but
i where small farming can be cop
. ducted.
i P. WOULD FLOAT
-NEW-BOND ISSUE
$ WASHINGTON. March 26. iff)
' Tho Houtlicrn Pacific company to
t Cay naked tho interstate commerce
commtaulnn to ctpprovo a bond
Mhhuo jvlth a total value of 6,-
; loe.oop.
. ' Tho now Bocuiitlca will carry
-J rlghtu by which purchasers will
hold' an option to buy Southern
1'aclflc common Htock. Tho pro
1 cmwIh will ho chiefly ucd to pay
.off maturing indebted newt but
'. hiiine portion of It wilHto avullnblo
to moot budgeted Improvement! to
, tho boutliorn I'nclfio KyHtom.
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SHANGHAI. China, March 26.
(JPf Announcement was made at
Nanking today that tho nationalist
government has iHsued war man
dates acalnat the Kwangsi opposi
tion military group.
Advices from Chefoo said that
an expected attack of northern
forces under Marshal Chan
Tsung-Chanff, who has boen lead
ing a revolt In Shantung, material
ized last night.
Reinforced by 7000 national
troops who had gone over to the
re vol tern, ho launched an uttack
at two points west and southwest
of Chefoo. Another 2000 men
landed from junks oast of Chofoo
und created a diversion by attack
ing and deHtroylng a village, but
they were driven off by the na
tionalists and fled In the direction
of Welheiwcl after , losing from
500 to 600 killed or wounded.
It was believed the nationalist!)
had been successful for tho pres
ent in stemming the main attack,
but they aro heavily outnumbered.
Martial law has boon proclaimed
in Chefoo.
CAPT. IRA EAKER
VISITS MEDFORD
OAKLAND, March 26.
Captain Ira Kuker took off from
tho Oakland airport this morning
at 11 :60 for Seattle.
, Captain Eaker was pilot of the
"Question -Mark", rocord breaking
army endurance flight piano. Ho
is returning a fast combat piano to
Seattle, Wash., whero It will be
conditioned for army service, nlr
port officials said.
AT 23 1-2 CENT MAI
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26.
(P) Gasoline, 2Z cents.
After weeks of uncertainty, price
i slashing and price boosting, Port
lands retail gasoline trade toduy
appeared to have stabilized at the
231-cent mark. The Portland Re
tail Gasoline Dealers' Protective as
sociation established the 23-cent
a gallon price at noon after the
Texas Oil company had Increased
Its retail price 3- ceuts to that fig
ure. The new price gives service sta
tions a 7-cent margin.
; WILL A HD, N, M., Mar. 26.
Olceh Uovlns was forced down hero
early today by engino trouble on
his attempted non-stop solo flight
from Los Angeles to Now, York.
Kevins loft this morning In hl
Lockheed moitoplano to oontinuu
vhls flight . cuflt. Ho planned to
mako his first stop nt OIuvIh, N.
- M., prr Ainarlilo, Tex., where tho;
.nearest dandlqd flefds aro located.'
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..what was going on and wore stop
pod by Referee Ed Purdy. "
i ... The best account of tho actual
start of tho trouble-was that two
knegroes, one with a knlfo, tho other
Fwlth a pistol, started to fight.
Thero was a general pushing nway
ft'om tho fighters, find the cry of
"fight," misunderstood , ns "fire,"
Nrent up. ; '
An usher In tho trouble Bone
- said ono of tho negroes had offered
to bot on Flolds, tho whlto boxer,
and that this hud angered tho other
.", negro.
i Captain Knkor arrived nt tho
local airport shortly boforo 3
oVlock this afternoon and left nt
3:lfi, after he had ascertained
weather conditions north of' Med
ford, refueled Ills whip and. outeti
a dry bun from tho Pacific Air
Transport offlee larder. Tho cap
tain, with a large ciucstlun murk
painted in yellow on his hoi mot of
dark leather, hud little to say
when Interviewed.
Ho declared his ntlcmpt at a
non-stop flight from Texas. to Pun
nma to havo been a comploto fail
ure, but that ho pluns to mnk'o
another attempt this fall. Ho utt
trlbutod part of his failuro to the
Mexican revolution, suylng it had
delayed him over ono week, , and
the major portion of It to bad
weather, ruin, fog and clouds. Hd
inudrr an uncvimtful trip to Mod-
ford from Oakland this afternoon
In fairly good tlmo and had plans
of reaching Portland when lie loft
hero. ' ' t'
Referring l the record breaking
flight of the QueHtlou Mark, Vnk
ker army plane, which stayed aloft
for Hix dayH, shattering every ex
isting air pbine endurance record,
C'aptuln Kulcor said his crew was
now fairly well scattered at Boi
ling Field, Washington, p. C,
which Is his heudquarters ft.tto. Ho
said tho long flight was tire ho mo
and that It was with considerable
relief ho camo down when , tho
motors died as tho result of over
use .
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Ht. Helens. Pinna underway
to erect building on site of Murthu
Washington Sweet shop In near
future. i
Astorlu. Rulldtng permit Issued
to Point Adams Packing company
for crecllon of framo fish receiv
ing Mutton.
TUNE IN
ON KMED
TONIGHT
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
Presents
Miss Betty Brown
Premier Organist
in an attractive
Pipe Organ Recital
COPCO HOUR
9 to 10 P. M.
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Your Comments Will Me Apprwintoil
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
General Offices iledford, Ore.
Oasollne was selling In Medford
today at cents at the pump,
with the probability that the retail
price will tIho tomorrow to 1!7'A'
cents: Today's price Is one cent
higher than yesterday's figure and
took effect thiB forenoon.
Tlie local Texaco office received
official Information of the' Increase1
this morning, making a standard
price for all gasoline, alter thl
company had sold it for several
cents less.
While it is tho general plan for
gasoline to go up another 2 cents,
there is a possibility that some lo
cal statlous will Wit meet the in
crease .: -.'
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HAS RECEIVED PAROLE
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SALEM, Ore., Mar. 26. W)
Mliis Harriett 'VVeatherspoon, who
was serving a state penitentiary
sentence for implication ' in , the
mieappropriatlon of . funds 'while
employed as cashier, of the lAno.
County State and Savings bank at
Florence, was paroled 10 days-ago,
Superintendent Henry W. Meyers
of tho penitentiary said today. . i
Miss VVeatherspoon served moro
than two years' of a slxryear sen
tence. : At the prison she was em
ployed In the prison administra
tion office. - ''
. C. CT REFUSES PASS
was warned to mako Joint- bus
and rail pasHenger rate publication
in lawful form, but the complaint
of the bun owner was dismissed
without action.
WASHINGTON, March 26. )
The Interstate Commerce com
mlBHion today refused to (dec!do.
whether railroads have the right,
to operate motor bus lines for
pansengcr transportation.
The Issue was placed before
It by A. Jaloff, operator of a bus
line out of Portland. Oregon. -wjio
romnlained that - tlio, Sookane.
Portland and Seattle railway had1
en ten Into competition:- with',, his
enterprise by running busses r be
tween Portland -and, Astoria, both
In Oregon. . ; -r' 'V, . ' ,
- The commission; pointed out that
the railroad had , organized a
subsidiary corporation to operate
the buKses and determined that
there was no jurisdiction con
ferred upon it as a ' regulative
body to declare the practice un
lawful. The railroad company:
GUATEMALAN FLIER
ANDERSON CREEK
HOUSTON. Texas, Starch' !S.
VP) Lieutenant Colonel Oscar No-
rales Lopez.. Guatemalan army of
ficer took off from Klllngton field
near here at Till o'clock, this ihor
n'ing Dn a' one stop flight to; Guate
mala 'City. Guatemala. Ha hoped
to reach Slexlco City this' after
noon where; ho will spend the
night bofore resuming his - flight
tomorrow.. '. . '-: .
The Guatemalan'alr.-QfflCer nar
rowly escaped turning:-over just
befpre. his heavily' loaded piano
left thesground.'Tho. wheels veered
in the soft turf; -the plan lurched
from side to side and rolled along
on one" wheel before rising.
.Three attack- planes from Fort
Crockett were on hand to escort
him to the Mexican border at
Brownsville! . -
Mrs. Powers spent 8unday at
the Mays home.
James MarMowcIl and wlfo were
out to Medford Wednesday on
business. '
Mrs. James Mays spent Wednes
day with lior nephew Burdette
Centers, who is quite ill In Ash
land. , ' : s
Frank, Marquess and family
spent Sunday with the Loos fam
lly en - Waifner creek
"Mr. Harrison lias traded -11
ranch on Anderson creek for :,a I
ranch near Ierby. .. , , . '
M. S. Centers and son, Burdette
spent Sunday evening with tho
Mays family.
Mrs. Jack Iloltman and mother,
were out to tho valley Monday
afternoon. . - - V
There was a social dance at Jim
Marquess" home Saturday1 evening. .
Every one spent a pleasant even
ing. '.
Mrs. Jack Iloltman gave a card
party at her home Saturday
evening.
PESO
II Trowbridge Lumber Yard
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Distributors for Johns-Mannville Roofings '.
Trowbridge Cabinet Works
Cabinets,; Wlndowt Doors, Screen!, Etc. -'.
The Old Reliable-rEitabllshtd In 1908 -When
in need of ANYTHING for Building, Phene 238v
We can be of real ervlce to you..
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ,
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Another Hat Sale at MANN S
200 New Easter Hats Here for a
Four-Day Event That Offers New
Proof of Why Mann's Are Leading
the Town in Fashion Values
Speaking of Front Page News . . . here's Mann's annual Easter Millinery Classic'.'... anoth
er evidence" of Mann's policy of presenting the new and fashion right at the height of the
season at economy prices. Two hundred completely charming new hats ... in every import
ant new style ... in every smart hew straw T. . every intriguing new' combination ...
every notable color of the season. A stunning collection . . . actually . . . whose two sale
pricings can't begin to tell you about the values. ,
' Straws ,
At $0.75 Crochets, Hairs, Toyos, Perles, Novelties ... all marvellous .-,'
nt .6.75 ! " - '' . '-
At $12.00 Hullibuntls Leghorns, Bangkok, Crci'ics, Sliuntungs
. . . splendid values at 12.00 ! .... 1
Styles
New poke bonnets'. . . hats with ear flaps . . . vagabond types ...
fisherman's hats. . . l'atou's fan-tail bonnet . . . broken brim styles ..."
skull caps . . . hats with scarfs. . .
x . Colors
. Tlenty of the season's so smart sun-tan and natural shades , . . plenty
of black . . . Purplo Aster . . . Chartreuse . . . Bleu do Lyon , . Castil
' ian . . l'andora Hed . . . Cameo Maize . . . and dozens more!
Millinery Shop, Second Floor . .
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THE STORE FOR EVEPVBODV i
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