fcXTTE EIGHT'
PNEU1I1L!
MORTALITY
HEADS LIS!
Dr. Strieker Compliments
' Jackson County Health
.fr Unit at Annual Supper
Vl25 Physicians, Promi-
: nent Workers Guests at
Kenley Home Full Time
Unit Urged.
After couxfnff hl mon6pInne
Pneumonia Is the cause of more through '3B houru, GO minutes and
. . . tltn liltt Heconda of flying, Kuhy brought
deaths In the Htato of Oregon than i,, .,,, , .'-J. j . t, ,
the craft to a perfect dead buck
any othor alible disease, according jan(HnK at Metropolitan airport at
to Dr. Frederick D. Htrickor. ex- 15.39 p m yoHtorday.
ecutive secretary of the state buard j; Tna fueI ioad of 435 gan0n8 of
o health, principal (speaker at the gaHoline had been entirely de
Jackuon county health unit aupper ! pleted.
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I The flfRht eclipsed by one hour,
F. Corning Kenly last night. More 24 minuteH and 15 Heconda the best
than 12ft local health executives, j previous time, established recently
physicians and prominent workers , by Mtirtln Jenaen over Roosevelt
were seated at tables on the terrace Field, N Y., when he kept htff
of the beautiful Kenly home, fue-ipia:ift ai0ft 35" hours, 113 minutes
Ini? Xioxy Ann and overlooking the. and 21 seconds,
vulley. . Fahy's mark will stand as un-
1 Dr. Strieker complmented the ! olYU-lal, despite the fact that a
workors in the Jackson county unit1 sealed bloRraph recording the test
and commended them fo? their ac-( JH now en route to Washington lor
complishmentH during the past official checking".
year, under the , direction of Alius) His first request after landing
Mildred Carlton, president. j waa for some coffee. Fahy used
Emphasizing the fact that pre- up the remainder of his water sup
ventlon Is cheaper than cure. Dr. 1 ply during the hot afternoon by
Strieker stated that the full time, dashing it In his face to ward off
health unit Is the only proper ' drowsiness. A check of the food
Means of controlling health in ajaupp'.y carried by the pilot on his
community. The private physician ! trip showed that while he had tak
cannot give oVer his time to this en only two of the sandwiches, two
w ork, nor can the police depart-j quarts of coffee and a quart of
ment adequately enforce health or-(
dlnances alone, according to the
physician.
Education Is the principal means
by which heulth can be attained In
the community. r.. said. The main ,
problems which confront the health j
department are: The water supply, j
the protection of the food supply,
the protection of the milk nupply, j
Immunization and disaster, the lat
ter not being generally connected
In the minds of the general public
v!th the work of the health unit.
Sanitary conditions may be at
tained by the city maintaining a
liigh standard of cleanliness," he
said. The physician told of a town
in California whose slogan Is "This
1 the cleanest city on tho Pacific
Coast."
lr. Warner .HiMNiks.
Dr. Estlla Ford Warner of Ha
Jcm, director of the Marlon county
ealth unit, who also attended the ;
nnnual Jackson county
.hnnlih
meeting yesterday and was a main
speaker last night, gave an unusu
ally interesting report of tho work) nnrAaa Mliy 30.-(,r) The
accomplished l,y the Marlon county; 4Sth um, 4!Uh ,)omh of th(,
unit during he past five yeavn. 1 PxpI,)M(, (l(Irlnff tHl, , ht ,me m.
drawing parallels between the two twl at tho Plltrum.p wf the 1Mc.
counties, she Interpreted tun mn-ln(l(.r wholesale Grocery company.
Mistical reports in a clear, com pre- lhe othor nt tno Fuhny t.,KIir Htoro
t W.eum.Rnne,r ..u. k . KA ln th0 Htopkym-dH district.
f That It Is only within the past 50 v , , ,
j ;
rnra liiui inu span 01 mo nan
?been increased, was an Interesting
Statement made by this executive,
who credited the fact to the pro
emotion of sanitation, better and
faster modes of living, the. better
.economic status of the majority
nnd education of tho masses of
ji pro pie.
t ,.. i ra .,
.tho north hod t, nd over four!""""1 ,,1ut,wo """U h"or """
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5-".r.'!T:n.i ,h".'. ""v.0-1 '11lhr
mi. 0.1. mini. . . ,nn "(for ,npy nv, llt , rtre for
r,.rl. und,rco,r,,landhilne-ul, thnlyv(1 m Jr '
ii-i.i , .
17- . .. P.u,.m,n na -e
of toxin-antitoxin., scarlet fever Is
reducing and Is under control. Ty
phoid Is greatly reduced, as is
diphtheria, which very rarely re-j
suits in death any more.
Ttll.Ut-.MI.
. . . , . . " . ,
iwn. sn s.m.,,Ke U,ad , Wor( religious
Out or 1 cases of tubercu1l j frW(,.ini law observance, serial
reported hi Jackson county faiit pwilyt rcim(irnio d industrial
f,H!' p,,.u,u nvrv iV a-t
ing 10 ine executive, wno urged tnej,ltbvr rilusrH Whl,ro MU,M.rthlp 1)f
"""HW" i'ii."-o j
ho imuenm in guiung mis uiseuse
u ''" " " (mriiess singes, address, the audience sang "Aner
n the only means of eradicating it. !im rollwed by the benediction
Dr. Warner ssld that the mor-lKven by Rev. Uiivmon.i k-
tality rate in Infants was low In
rfHCMun couniy. mere were oniy ; nrternuon nt tho I. O. O. F. ceme
' la infant deaths here last year, but trry for tho dead by the O. A. K
( 16 of these were Inlfants under one I W. It. C and were attended
monin or age. iinis proven, acenra
ing to the physicians, that while
infant mortality on the whole was
low, there Is Ht lit better pre-natal
supervision needed in this county.
flhe quoted from statistics gath
ered by tho Marlon county unit.
; that thev had reduced the Infant
1 mortality rate from one out of 18
tu one out cf -7. in the past year.
'Attractive Special
1 for Saturday by
Med ford Merchants
v.
The Medfurd grocers have a
11 peels 1 for the housewives Satur
tf'ty In the way of a free t pot.
One wf thesa thrwe-otip green tea
.pots, suitable to grace any labia.
Hill be given free Saturday with
a nne-prtund can of Schilling's ta.
Saturday chopper who are
lovers of tea should atch the
ndlt in this paper tomorrow for
-tljin offer by Mod ford nierclunts.
0 ACTION AMI FAITH Xlf'KD
Cnfinue from Page One.)
Of Its honor and evlrtant.
: j' The hush of the reverent trib
' lay over the c-ty and : his-j
Ji,rtc cemeteries with governmental;
activity stillwd and congrem m
Jldjoui'niiwut (or t'! ouaaioii,
INtWUNUhHUIAL
RECORD IN SOLO
Lockheed Test Pilot in Air
Nearly 37 Hours All
Fuel Consumed Recent
Jensen Flight Eclipsed
By More Than Hour.
iJPym6 unofficial record for soio
non-stop endurance flying today ne
lonKed to Herbert J. Fahy, 29, chief
teat pilot of the Lockhed Aircraft
company.
orange juice were consumed.
The Wright Whirlwind motor con
sumed negations of gasoline an
hour during the test, whie only
two and one hnlf gallons of oil were
used.
GANGSTERS DUEL
IN CHICAGO CAFE
CHir.'AOO, May 30. fP) Thomas
McKUIgot, west side gangster, shot
it out with another man in a cafe
on the edge of the loop early to
day, and wns killed,
Tho body of McKlllgott. known
aH 11 ,m,r racketeer, bomber and
Kiiiuiifiii, wits i u mi in i.ne niise-
mem by ft waiter.
Ho had been
shot four times.
iHiiiiiiHc ui Bt'n'iui uurureu uoi
la is was done at both places.
PAYS ROM A;i; TO DKAD
(Continued from Page One.)
sleep. Hut these veterans living
are not to bo placed under the sod
I to gain the honor we bestow upon
1 ' luivr Kiine on nmore
"W think of tho dnl for the
thlli(t thpy hnve Irft behind
Jind matorlal fault. r forKott.-n.
nation," he said in part.
The speaker reviewed the part
AmM.... nn ...m .
tho affairs of the world, decbuini
, the cltixenry cannot live in the
' I mist, hut minrlniiii itn f,ti t)m
. .
re. American peitple must take
justice, racial goodwill and in
uip nation would he hes suited.
upon th( clnH0 of Uov M 'lfs
Memorlul cxert-bes were held this
by a largo crowd
.Surviving Veterans.
Tho surviving members of Ches
ter A. Arthur Post No. 47, o. V
It., of this city are;
William Kynnn. Co, C, 2?th
Iowa lnfantr. commander,
William Hays. Co. G, l.T.Mh 111,
Infa ntry.
I'olk Hull, toth Ind. Pattery.
U H. Tinker, Co. O. 37th Ky,
Inf.
J. C. Woods, Co. A. 1tJ3rd Ohio
Inf.
H. If. Wallace, Co. C. 3rd Minn.
Inf.
Wm. Colvlg, 1st Oregon Cav.,
adlutant.
F. F. Menisog, Co. F, 1st Mo.
Engineer.
I. W. Llndsey. Co. U ?th Ohio
Civalry.
th il war veterans In Medford.
not members of the poit, so far
as their names could In learned:
C. A. Ferry. Co. I, Ith Maine
Inf.
Caleb Sbors, Co. O, lPth 111.
Inf.
J. W, Redden, Co. If. lth ta.
Inf.
Ah-x Duff. Co. A, Uth 111. Inf.
J. RchAtt. Co. I), Mth in Inf. i
J. St. dutches, co. K, VHth Ohio
Inf
Thomni t. wnby( Co. n. 2$:h;
in. Inf.
U V. HuhNird, Co, T, 3 ml New
Jlauiuthlra tut,,
REPFOCT ME
Younger Men Must Assume
Memorial Day Activities
WASHINGTON Ulue uni-
forms of the G. A. It. will be sen
in boxen in the white marble um-j
phltheater at Arlington national'
cemetery Memorial day.
Am the exercise there set a!
solemn note for similar services!
over the nation, younger veterans
of other wars will assume ttje
responsibilities of the day. When!
President Hoover makes his ad-;
dress he will see white-haired sur-j
vivors of Gettysburg and Bull
Run, who now prefer a place of
honor to ac-t.ve na.tieipatioiK
All In their eighties, the Grand
Army survivors will watch the
solemn presentation of the colors.
They will listen to a song: "There
la No Death." Their thoughts
will stray out among the orderly
miles of glistening white stones,
which mark this majestic biv
ouac of the dead.
Only a few of the civil war vet
erans will take tin actual part In
the progrnm. Following the as
sembly call by a bugler of the marine-
band Hosea B. Moulton, 85.
past commander of the O. A. R..'
wi'l give the call to order. Mr.
Moulton enllHted in New Hamp
shire and was the youngest man
In his regiment. - He was at Hull
Itun and Gettysburg ind vuh
three times wounded in action
Senator Porter H, Dale otVer
mont will follow the president
with an address. Soloists and the
t'nited States marine band will
render all the time honored aires
of the day. The Ttev. Lucius C.
Clark, D. D., chancellor of Ameri
can university, will give the invocation.
Historic Cemetery of Jacksonville
Shelters Veterans Who Sought Gold
in Pioneer Days cf the Rogue Valley
Ily Mjiry Grcliier.)
There they rest beneath the
sheltering arms of aged elm trees, in
old Jacksonville cemetery, ovei -
looking the valIo. Fifty feet or
more above the icold beds, where
many of them worked together In
search of the illusive metal that
would end their struggles and dis
tress In the pioneer days. Their
troubles did end, but not with gold
and now they He In peace, their
graves contemplating the rugged
hills about them Catholics, Prot
estants, Jews Hide by side.
Those were the pioneer days
around 1X10 and nationalities as
well as creeds were forgotten. They
were buried in the common bury
ing ground of Jacksonville des
ignated in the records as such.
Later, there were certain sections
purchased by the Jews; by the
Catholics, and by the different
lodges of tho county. But they all
lay on common ground, an;'yuy,
in the old Jacksonville cemetery.
Mar h lfl tombstones, boarlmi
dates and epitaphs, reciill tho no
ble lives of some who died as far
back ns the year 1 N A3. Many of
these were horn In the obi coun
tries Germany, Irelnnd, (Switzer
land, France. They were all pio
neers all Americans when they
died. "
KlaliH Mark Graves.
There are worn wooden slnbs
some of t h em en rved t ha t have
been washed grey by the rains and
finows nf pfrhups threc-quiirtern nf
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MQSA b. MOULTON -The
program will be in charge
of the grand army of the repulse
memorinl day corporation, which
includes, besides tho G. A. the
United Hpunish-Amerfcan war vet
erans, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the American Legion.
Finding the .Memorial day pro
grams too much for their waning
strength, the local civil war vete
rans appealed to governmental au
thorities. As a result, the new
organ'zation was formed, with Mr.
Moulton as president.
a century. Their dates and In-1
scriptions are gone. They mark1
graves of someone once loved
that is all.
In one corner of the old grave
yard stands what appears to be
the wooden frame of a baby crib,
marking a tiny grave. At tho head
of the crib is a weatherbeaten
cross, carved out of wood. There
is no Inscription left to tell the
brief history of the baby burled
alone on the hill in a remote cor
ner of the old cemetery.
But front a distance, through the
trees, one can see it rucked softly
I to and fro in the wind, and catch
a glimpse of the paternal elms
sending down showers' of leaves to
caress It, as dusk comes on.
The lonely graves of old sol
diers, whose only markers are
small American flags, replaced by
1 thoughtful visitors to the cemetery
yea r by year a re seen h ere and
there. Other mounds are entirely
unidentified and from Indications
hnve never been, as not even the
remnants of n marker Is s?en.
Pioneer lOpituplis.
Perhaps tho epUuphs which
decorate the tombs! ones of ot hr
graves wlu serve for them, too
ami the dead, like the living, won't
mind sharing their Inscriptions
with those who have been forgot
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out over u space where a group
j of unknown lie buried Is the following:
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TOX TTIURSPaX
"A light la from our household
gone;
A voice we loved Is stilled;
A pluce is vacant at our hearth
Which never can be filled."
On the tombstone of Casper
Kunli. well known pioneer, is the
following:
"Alas, how we miss him today.
The kind and genial smile that so
often greeted us shall meet us no
more. The noble heart that throb
bed for us has ceased forever. Still,
in his noble deeds, and kind words;
in his wise counsel and his pure
exalted character, he in living with
us today, urging us, by his worthy
example, to better lives."
on tho tombstone of Mary Han
na, wife of Judge H. K. Hanna,
and mother of Bill Hanna, is the
simple inscription cawed there at
the request of her husband, "I am
coming, Mary." Mrs. Hanna was
a native of Dublin, Ireland, and
died in 1871.
In the Jewish section of the
cemetary, many of the tombstones
bear Inscription In the Hebrew.
One wee grave, with its own tiny
tombstone. In thin portion, bears
the date 1172, and reads, "Rest in
peace, little Alick."
The pioneer ancestors of many
of the well known men and worn
t n of Jackson county today lie
buried in tho beautlfut old ceme
tery, and the well preserved mark
ers tell briefly of the lives of the
Kmen, Wilkinson, Beall, Linn,
Hoffman, Rybee, Prim, Ish, Miller,
Bilger, Ku'bli, Brltt, Hanley, Gore,
Orth and Ao.m families and others
who contributed to the early his
tory and development of Jackson
county.
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ESTRANGED WIFE
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 30.
(TP) Arthur Sayers, 59, prominent
oil man of Houston, Texas, shot
and killed his 29-year-old wife
here early today and then ended
his own life. ,
The slaylngs occurred at the
home of Roger Q. Williams, a
brother of Mrs. Sayers.
Williams testified that he and
Mrs. Williams had retired for the
night, leaving the Sayers in the
living room. Shortly afterward
several shots were heard. Mrs.
Sayers staggered Into the bedroom
and fell dead.
- "I ran into the front room and
s;i w Sayers shoot himself," said
Williams. Sayers died almost in
stantly. Sayers came to Fort Worth In
an attempt to persuade his wife to
return to him.
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OF
f WASHINGTON, May ,10. (JP)
Tho Norris resolution to provide
for government operation of the
Muscle Shoals properly in Ala
bama was reported favorably to
' tbe semite bv ll nirriciillitrn com
mittee.
The report was made by the
un minimis vote of tho 13 mem
bers present.
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IKY M, 1923
START FLIGHT TO
HOMELAND TODAY!
WAS RING TON. ..May 30. ify i
Captain Carlos i. I'lniilos and :
Lieutenant Carlos Zegarra, Peru-i
vian avitors. hopped off from Bol
ing field at 5:50 a. ra.. today for.!
New Orleans on the t'lrst leg of a :
flight to Lima.
The fliers arrived at the field j
about & o'clock accompanied by i
Alfredo Gonzalez-Prada, first coun
sellor of the Peruvian embassy, 1
and his wife. Low visibility had
been forecast, but at the takeoff
the outlook appeared favorable.
The green and orange Ballanca
cabin monoplane was hastily check
ed by Pinillos, tha pilot, with Ze
garra he then took his position in
the plane, taxied to the - northern
end of the field, turned southward
for the takeoff and soon was lost
ln the haze of the early morning.
'
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Three trainmen of the ChicaKO &
Alton railroad ""'ere killed here
today whin boxcar fell tin them.
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JEKSKV CITV. X. J.. May 30.
(JP) Rescue workers sought today
to recover the bodies of four men
entombed In the bed ot the Hack
enxack river when compressed air
escaped from the caisson in which
they were working, letting it fill
with mud. .
The victims,with ten who were
saved, had been at work sinking
the caisson for one of the piers of
the vehicular and railroad bridge
under construction between Jersey
City and Kearny. N. J.
IIOOVMEATH
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SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 30.
Abraham Lincoln's tomb was
decorated today with a wreath
provided by President Hoover.
Herbert Wells Fay, custodian of
the tomb, today received a tele-
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grain from President Hoover with
money for tho wreath's purchase.,
Duiins the past four years the
tumb waa decorated yearly by a
wreath from President Coolidge.
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SALE
FRIDAY and
SATURDAY
$89.50 COATS
Special
$59.50
$69.50 COATS
Special
$46.50
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Special
$33.00
$39.50 COAT
Special
$19.95
A Special Purchase of
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Beautiful patterns, val
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An Assortment of
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