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PAGE-FOTJH HMiKOW SITE OF CHINESE REVOLT IS GOLDEN PRIZE S v ' WA8HINOTON, D. C.. May 11 j"HanVo,"prent;fbcal;. point o the Chinese revolution,' Is one or the world' greatest inland port"," nays a bulletin from the Washing ton. 13. c. headquarters of the National Qeonranhlc society, f . "Lying about 600-miles up the Yangtze, Hankow is as Important geographically., to either of , the warring ructions as Chicago would 'be if a civil war were raging In ithe United ' States. Hankow has only one. railroad but the rivers ana stream wi .. mercltil arteries from which pro duce from nine provinces flows into the Hankow markets, while the port is equally Important as a distributing, point for foreign commerce destined to the Chinese interior.- V , ; .. Decorated Junks Resemble Gaudy , Circus Wagons "Hankow occupies the north bank of the Yangtze where the Han pours its muddy torrent. On the oposlte side of the Han lies Hanyang, and across the mile-wide Yangtze, Wuchang, the latter a venerable ' town which was nourishing when Hankow was a fishing hamlet. Both Hanyang and Wuchang now are a part of 'greater Hankow' with more than 1,500,000 Inhabitants. ; "The Hankow river front is an amazing conglomeration of ship ping. There aro ungainly Junks, but they move about the water in the hands of export rivermen as easily as modern vessels in our busy eoBtrn harbors. Some of them, .displaying rotten hulks with gaping' holes above the water line, cause the traveler to wonder how they stay afloat, while now and then "a ' huge' high-pooped craft, adorned -' with " brightly painted jcarvlngs and plates that make it look like, a floating circus wagon, edges Its way shoreward. ilA.OOO Native Boat Trade at 'vi' ' Hankow , ' VSmall sampans dart -here and there by the muscle-power of two perspiring coolies whose families, under - matting-covered awnings. Till the1 air along the shore with the 'singsong chatter of the Orient. It Is estimated that 25.000 native noats ply in and out of Hankow Snd its ' sister cities. Meanwhile lodern. steamboats 'from . lower Yangtze. '.points come and go on schedule. ' - Y. ' , "The walled city, In the back ground also seethes with commer cial activity to the tune of noises that strain the visitor's eardrums. Home of the narow lanes are paved with flagstone while others are mere ruts. Nevertheless, they are the playgrounds of !thousands of children and the busy, streets of a city which , has been- called - the 'hub' of the unlversed . "The children yell at play; the venders cry " out . their,: wares; coollesi- bearing heavy .'burdens, warn , passersby to dodgo their bulky loads; beggars groan and moan; and rickshaw boys, without regard to podestrlans, shout ' as they hurry their fares through a jumbled mass of humanity. The yolls of carriers of wealthy Chi nese, as; they bear their dignified masters, can be - heard above .the din, and the traveler . wonders If these mon are not employed for the strength of their vocal cords. Colorful Signs Adorn 8lop Fronts , "But this is not all. Along the Sidelines the morchants bloker In loud voices, with' prospective pur chasers In front of their shops. The frenzied spirit of bargaining somewhat .. resembles - miniature civil wars. . ' . ....... : "To. the foreigners, the pedes trians In their loose-fitting cloth ing resemble pajama-clad citizens nn pnrade, but the wearers are by no means 'ready to retire. Busi ness" ih" Hankow : Is tUrijost a re ligion,' and nearly every man seen on- the street has. to do with tho enormous" " amount of commerce that flows through, and past the port. '. '. J'. "If ,ai ' traveler .Unows the ad vertising code in Hankow, he can locate any type of business by 'reading the shapes and colors of the shop signs which project over the . narrow thoroughfares. For Instance,' gold platers use salmon-colored- boards with green charac ters. Druggists' boards aro gilded. Black, gold, red and green are the predominating -colors. On . each sign Is K:moUo'nd when a Ntore changes hands, the sign is valued somewhat the same . as American 'good will.'-"'' ' '. . r- ..' ' , ' '. ' . SET: NEW f. The Reo Motor Car company re ports that shipments (or the month of April set a new, record for that month. i' Total shipments, accord ing: to Richard II. Scott, president and general manager of the com pany, were .6716, almost-equally divided between ploasure cars and Speed Wagons. These totals, ac cording to Mr. Scott's statement, compare with 4tll vehicles In March of this year, and with G217 In April of last year. "Our shlpmnnts for the calendar year to date," states Mr. Scott, "are running aliovfl 20 per cent nJtead of the shipments for the cor responding year a year ago, which', it will be recalled, was our biggest year. The rate at which retail de liveries are being reported, the condition of dealer stocks through out the" country, and .the number of unfilled orders with which we entered the month of May. seem to assure a continuation of the very satisfactory business we have been enjoying." ' " '"''' i- .,' .-' Mall Tribune ads are read bv 10,600 people every day. ttft .: . .! - ' Graham-Paige Breaks Brooklands Record 7 . C Q-RA PAOEI With Cut Sun .. For the first time In the history of the famous. Hrooklund track, England, a closed car has captured speed records formerly held by racing and sports cars. This elKht- cyllnder Graham-Paige, with four- BALLISTIC STUDY MAY GIVE CLUE TO CHICAGO.-H) New Ideas trail Into a new job with Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, once municipal health commissioner and now Cook coun ty coroner. y ! One of the duties of the coroner Is to find out who, and what, killed 1 persons, victims of violence. It Is: an active duty In Chicago, and of-1 fers a fertile field for, new. ideas, i Bundesen, as health commis sioner, popularized health work. He wrote books the man In the; street could understand and pamphlets on child rearing that were as elemental as. primers. He: advertised good health. Mayor William Hale- Thompson ousted Bundesen. The former com missioner. -a democrat, ran away with the election for coroner laHt November, leading all other candi dates on both tickets. February 14 a murder mystery involving seven victims gangsters was laid'-lit his lap, and the new Ideas that trooped ,o,t Bundesen s heels Jumped out- In front to be exerclHed. Bundesen Impaneled n 1 .A lu bu . f cw or jfower so great . . , getaway so fleet .... stamina so enduring that Buick owners alone purchase more Buicks than the total production of any othet car in the Buick neldK: '..''-. '''-.'. ! v BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHj ' '" "" ' Dhlsion V Gntrtl Mcttn Corporation ' Consider the dtlivertd prict as well as the lilt priit when cemptrittg automobile values. SCRIES 116 Sedans $1130 to tlJlO Coupes ! 191 101250 Sport Car .4122 J SERIES 121 Sedtni - .M10toM20 Coupes . 135 lo $1430 Sport Car . Hiii These prices f. o. b. Buick Fsctory, special equipment extra; Bmck dtlivertd print inclmtit only rtmtenaUe (barges for delivery md fimamhtg. Convenient terms cad be arranged oo the liberal G. M. A. C. Time Pyment,PlsJU SCHERER MOTOR CO. 38-40 North Riverside WHEN BETTER A U TO MO HIEDFORP MaTJD spend transmlsHlon. carrylngr com jileto equipment, j-ocfntly set now r(!ordH for 200 Idlometerfl and tor 200 mlli'H for cars of five to eight lltros dlHpluwmi'nt. Its average for the 200 mllea wuh 77.77 miles per hour, from u Htimiiinff start, Jury of rich men. I . He wanted to coll upon forensic ballistics to point out tho machine gunners In the "St. Valentine's day masuacre.'! The county didn't have the money. Bert Masses and Wal ter E. Olson, wealthy manufactur ers, members f the coroner's Jury, did. They agreed to pay for the Imllstlc test. In brief? forensic halistlcs teach es that all guns are1 different and that all bullets fired froth them bear Individualistic markings. The markings are as distinctive and act cuslng as fingerprints. Bundesen had teBt bullets fired from all pistols and machine guns belonging to Chicago, Cicero and Melrose Park police, and county highway officers.- (Suspicion had pointed to policemen as the slay ers). Whenever a gangster was seized, or any other known culprit carrying a pistol was arrested, test bullets were fired from the weapons they carried. These, wtlh bullets taken from slain gangsters, were sent to the New York bureau of ballistics.' Maj. Calvin Goddurd of the bureau said the examination eliminated police guns as the death weapons. Two gangsters faced trial April 20 for the "St. Valentine's day massacre." Import 500,000 Birds Yearly More than 500,000 birds were Imported, into America, last year. Tho great majority were canaries from Bpaln and the Canary islands. Imports of tho little yellow singers averngi'd 1000 a dny. Make Performance your Yardstick SERIES 129 Sedans Couoes . 11873 to (214) .$1863 to $187) Sport Cari- . $1 J2J to $1350 B 1 1 E S' gt B B U I LT : : ; BU I TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, 4t and with one stop for fuel. The photograph was token Immediately after the - Graham -Paige record breaking performance. 1W shows D. M. K. Marenda1, tho driver, who created much attention by driving to a new record in a, sack suit and soft hat. v. A TIRELESS SOUL DALLAS, Tex. (VP) A non-de nominational church In suburban Freemont stands as a momument to a widow with nine children who has engineered sufficient projects to support her whole family. Mrs. Ada Jones put her child ren through school by working a truck furm after her. husband disappeared In a California dam disaster 13 years ago. Later she bought a dairy to increase her income. A passenger line of 11 busses Is her latest accomplishment Five of her children three- of them girls drive busses on1 the line in to Dallas Mrs.-Jones began the service when she lot one of her sons haul passengers in an old truck. Mrs. Jones set about new tasks after three sons -and a daughter married. Freemont had no church, so she donated a site and. advan ced money . for building. ' Lost winter she donated (1,000 more for a Sunday school. The church now boasts 238 members of many creeds. u Clean rags wanted at the Hall Tribune office. ' '" ' ' t Phone 73 CK. WILL BUIttr THBM Jt , n PRECOX, SUNDAY. MAY 12, 1929. uhn a locomotive whittles for a grade crowing, it Hays it is bent to believe all you hear. IMKMimtlng HiH GlftK He heedleHttly ruahed through the preHH '' Of Bwiftly moving trucks and cartH; . II U bcattered - pieces proved, I gueus, ., ; He mUHt have been a man of " parts! - ; - Khe: . ' Freddie' hasn't been out for an evening ...pr taken a drink for three weeks. '. . y, "'. .- r He: Turned ovee a new learv She: No,, he turned overft' new car. . . " ., ' .. : ., . . A new automobile - record was recently made. A guy drove from coast to coast without "eating .-a alngle hot dog. , - !: - "How long did it take your wife to'learn to drive?' "It will be five years in Janu ary." Father "You kept the -car out rather late laHt night, aom What dtduyed you?" ..' : Son "Had a blowout, dad." Father "Huh! Tire or road- hOUH(J?" . , -. Saloons can never come hack to their place on every corner until they dislodge the gas stations thereon. Combination apiiiifc and pros perity poem from ; the Med ford citizen: "Andrew Hash haa bought Nanh.'V- loes It? When you are traveling ' - along In your automobile. f . - And you come to a hill . - ou "give her more gas," But when you are 1 Running your business " ' - And the grade gets steep And business slows down Doyou cut off the gas" And stop advertising? And if you da . Does business get better? Maybe all accidents ' are Inci dental, , but . very :tew . of the old cars that survive to be traded in are Insured. . . . The living room- in the average house is merely a parking place until the meal Is ready. : Every traffic cop knows nt least M 1 1AIRBREADTH precision and custom care OA I demonstration reveals surpassing results due to Chrysler finer standards 43? ' VHRYSLER, by V applying new and ingenious methods of scientific efficiency, introduced to volume production the fine precision standards heretofore associated only with hand-built cars. Ths "75" RorAL Ssdah, JQJ35. The man who buys a Chrysler Imperial, a Chrysler "75." a Chrysler "65," jets a car that is held to hairbreadth limits in every specification. From raw material to finished product, Chrysler is applying to all phases of manufacture the 128 iBt-y-yui . one driver who always slures at him as though he had stopped a parade. Traffic here!" cop "You can't atop Motorist "You this car." don't know "I've been watching . that me chanic for the last 15 minutes. There's a mnn who knows his bus iness. ' He didn't spill a drop of oil t.i me .ground-- He put down the hood gently, fastened it securely and left no fingerprints on it. He wiped bis hands on a piece of clean , waste before opening the door, spread a clean cloth over the upholstery, . meshed the gears noiselessly and then' drove slowly and with caution into the street." . "Yeh. That's his bwnour." There little jaywaiKer, don't you cry, " t ', You'll be an angel, by and by. ' 'The one-aimed driver may he courting his tral, butt he Is also courting dlsaatef, ' ' t Perhaps you've never given serious thought to the mat ter of title insurance? It's a mighty serious matter. ' as any experienced realtor can testify, and should not be overlooked by the property owner who wishes to protect the capital he has invested. It insures him permanently against any and all kinds of title trouble. Jackson County Abstract Co. 121 E. Sixth St. ; Phone 41 , . custom care and accuracy for merly possible only in costly hand-built cars. An elaborate system of inspections and tests safeguards the'finest kind of craftsmanship, and makes cer tain that every par; scales to the ultimate decimal of its pre scribed weight fL and dimension. The extreme - 3 ' to which Chrysler : !Lt.. - mvariauiy goes III protecting quality and accuracy is Wire wheels extra. something unique in the field of big production. Care guides skill in every move. Infallible instruments eliminate chances of human fallibility. So it is that Chrysler cars, as they take to the road, are in every particular as fine and - MEDFORD MOTORS S. Riverside i Quarter Million School Children Ride in Buses The motor bus has virtually rev olutionized rural education, and more than 250,000. school children j depend upo"n 40.8745 school buse dayC A total of 15,930 schools now j use buses, wnicn cover niv.eivi, miles of route dally, and comprise j ner rem ui mc tumi , It's Time to Reline With- Raybestos The Pioneer Brake Lining LnTRELL PARTS CO. 317 East Main St. 'f Telephone 237 Largest Auto Farts Dealers in Southern Oregon CHRYSLER CHRYSLER MOT.ORS" PRODUCT Chrysler 7-bearing nunUr-nveighted crankihaftt art teiUii txactirtglj for accuracy tf both dynamic and static balance. This it only one of the many reasons for tbe smooth performance . of every Chrysler molar. i Chkyslei Imperial Roadster with fault-free as modern science and expert human craftsman ship can make them, And as the natural outcome of all this standardized care and precision, plus the genius of Chrysler engineering, there is a distinctjfrmin Chrysler perform ance that is wholly and lastingly de lightful. We invite you to take a dem onstration and learn the difference for yourself. Iiu.-es used throughout the coun- - , . . try. , .(.. i The motqr bus has been a doml-1 nant factor In, bringing about the cunHolidatlon of rural . schools. which has Resulted in a much hWher type' of educational center. Approximately 35,000 one - room Kchonh have closed their doors Hlnce 102", to be replaced by at least 7000 consueuatea scnoois, which are equal to the best In the country. Tragic deaths In Cuba last year including accidents, suicides and he like numherel 28 10. Raybestos MOLDED Brake Lining is used on many of America's foremost cars.' Each seg ment is designed for a particular type of brake a feature essential to modern brake practice. The complete sets of individual sizes of molded segments are packed in cartons. Each segment is readily designated by the characteristic sil ver edge.' To avoid delay and be assured of the best, ask your repair man to order from us. 4 rumble teat) , $219$. Wire viheels extra Chrysler "65" S1040MH5 ; Six Body Styles : , Chrysler "75"-?lS3S it $1795 Eight Body Styles Chrysler Imperial $289S ?3855 Hint Body Stylet ' All prices f.t. b. factory , ' The Chrysler "65" Two-DooR Sedan, $1065 Phone 762