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PAfiE ETflllT DEWEY SHP J Rear Admiral R. M. Taylor Recounts Experiences . Aboard Former Flagship of U. S. Navy - Battle o' IWInniln Piu Mnt Imnp'OC. manna uuj itui iiiiijiv. N HEAP . sive Admiral Dewey Gota!,,";,s!r.,'.'.';: Many Presents. WASHINCTOX. Aim. S.- iA1) Ttiti recotnmendaiioii that lewey'H flagship, thu Olympiu, hp retired qurl ilinpoHed of today urought lo ; Hear Admiral .Montgomery M. Tay-1 nr, oitt of the lew remuiuing in (iervlct) who' wtrc jiliourd her at ... .... .. frllslkU. I' ll: waft mi thiif deck, wltero latt r t.t body of America's imknowji mil- irom France. Il.at Adn.lnil Dewey J .........! ... i..;, f.i,il..v ..o.l L' ,. 1 1 it f 1 1- u 1 1 1 1 iii w.o-il- ! "You may lire when you are reaily. tirldley.M Hill Admiral Taylor had other memories. He recalled lhat alter the balllP every boat from home hrought Admliai Dewey fresh pies eiiitt from his admlrci-H. Ills hoot maker Kent him twelve pairs in' HhoeH. Somebody dispatched a bain-l of hams. Another, for'some rtuiMoii, chose to M'liil nhn a hioom. They received no deco.atioiis in tliowi days. Hat cath inemhcr oi' tho crew, drew tn l.e money. K i- Hign Taytor"s share amounted to : between $:'.(MI and f Hi''. Tlicy r tinned home eventually by way o: Kuropcan ports and the admiral today smiled as liu related that not a cent of his prMu money reached America. The hnltle Itself apparently did not , impress the young ensign so Kroatly. He tecalled seeing heavy shells land ilOP yanhi from the i Hhip, hut none nearer. Ilt runHnn- j bered, too, going to liivestlgale a j group of guiineiH who had crawled i out of a turret through a port mid , were; gathered on a narrow gallery He found them picking uii lor sou vetiirs bit h of Htnall Spanish pro jectiles which were smashing on tho turret armor. Kill It was when tho Olympln re f Mirncd lo this country and tied ii,i ,' At Slnte.il Island thai K'mdgn Tay i Jor had his hands full. An euihii- 1 f Killing Flies Make a game of it ivith this stainless spray "... this new type sprayer It's fun catch 'em in mid-air and send 'cm into a tailspin. sneak up on "em nnd pot-shot a whole colony on the window shade I ' Sprays are probably the most cftective way of killing flies, but they've not always been safe to use in the house. Some made ugly stains on walls, curtains, clothes. Now there's a spray you can use anywhere a stainless spray. Shell ' laboratories produced it. Used as directed it evap- ; orates completely with no trace of staining. Old-style spray pumps, you remember, had a clumsy round tank to be filled. The new Shell Sprayer screws directly onto the Shell Fly Spray can no filling, spilling, muss or trouble. Sec the spray and sprayer at your stores or at Shell stations. s in sttc mob stormed Llio whip. 11" was assigned to keep oidur on deck and I on n 0 himself desperately en gaged In keeping visitors from fall iiiK through skylights. A big (hup approached him and said : "I KiicHS I'm a bettor nuia for this job Ihun you are." "And who nre you?" retorted Taylor. "I am Jim Jeffries," whh e lit re. ply. l.ii! Jut i rii'H dlfl not get the job. AS AUXILIARY LEADER SAI.I'.M. (ire-.. Auk. S ISieH:il) j M i-.l ford I well r'jneMHiitJ at tlii nu, Ampi-inm -..iiwnui.n. j'l'lif I.i-kIiui Auxllinry Iiuh lh lur- i-i-k"H ' r h... mm... ' i.r.-Hl.l.lit . h.ir 11 virv l-m.il ihrin, . r iicing slate prt'Hid''lit. ('ompe- utl'Oi Ih nliiiiK in fh-ciiuii ri utn- y. fiver Hcvi-n 1 hou- - sand di'li-Kale, here. j ivii liijiiinn slarietl wiih opcniiig j i-n-etiiiK at W'illNnn park loday. A r n-cia I feat lire was dt-dica lictn of ;the fulfill inunicipal airpiitJ, with ifxhibithui flying ly an army Htunt s i Had mn rollitwed ly a big barbe- 4 SMhik I TKAIts STAND (Continued from Pago On.) finci iirlcr I mil mil." Snnnk rt- 'sinned lifter the recess. "Th Inst j I remembered was when I was sit- I Mini; on the running-board holding ,h'1 '' """',s ' hav- no recollee idlectloii of how long a time passed after ihe first 'blow until I found myself sitting ; on the run ni Mi: -lmji i d . I don't remember a thing after Ihe fourth ! blow." j -Did you thiol, sh. would kill you?" bis aitorney asked. "Il was sure of li . She had 'llirtaleiod ioe bef.n-e ami Ihe way j die said il I knew she meant It." ! I f. Sijook K;ibl he s.i I on the : ru filing bnai d. c i y i 1 1 1! , for several j IllifUlles. "I looked at her lying there. 1 ' Hpoke to her, but she wc.s quiet. Then 1 n-alied I must g t away. I got baclt In the car and hurried iway." Dr. Snook said he went homo (from ihe scene of tin killing ami jiluu h stepi that night. . 1 He identified a blood-stained die, s Miss Hlx wore ihe night of , her death an I claimed ownership i of knife. lie said he found It on the floor of his ca r the morn tug after the killing, "Dr Snook, under oath, if Tlf ora Hlx's Jugular vein was cut did you cut It with ibis knife?" 'I do not know," the witness r plied. He Identified n pair of hlond k !.a I ned ulnves as his own. and said the stains wei'i- from his own hand. Dr. Snook denied emphatically he ave the girl ihe stimulants roiml in her stomach after the uiutng. 77ie new Shell Sprayer ncrewx onto the sprty 111 FIT J 1 W WlU. Cmm fl MFDFORD AfATTi Rattlesnake Does Not Always Warn Before Striking, Is Declaration By Pioneer Guide of Southern Oregon 1 Following an Incident related hy . L. K. Hurbrldge In this paper u few dayH ago, showing I hat a rattle , snake will strike without warning u victim, se vera J corroborative stories have come in. One man I who should know a lot about rat tlesnakes iK William Beeves, pio neer guide of Hotitbern (notion Hui before tie took up his aboil in i this tart i( thf rounlry hr had roamctl irittny HertloiiM wht-ro ven ornous r.-ptlles alioumliMl. "".Much f-xM'l'ltTH III outdoor info" .nun Mi' lt'ei-M "jiltest that lh'prl writer who .-xiM-esd 1.1. ......If In .'...nr.! In :i f I li.unil k ft. ' jthf ollK-r day In th' OrPKonlun 1. H'orr;i-t h'l llic iiIIihi- fellow have jail ihe rail P-miu lies he wants. I; "Some who 'claim lo hi aiilhorl i iies have evi-n Mated that no case ,1s known where a rattlesnake Pile has proved ''fatal. Absolute bunk, Mr. Dltmars, a real snr.ke man. lei's r 1 ho t Ihe Idte of ii Florida diamond . tuiek a snake thai in closely allied ;lo the it iamoml-haek of the uorth I west is M-corid to none in il-;nl U - ne.s. "That a rattler ahvayn warns Is a mytn. Why do people wiih lim- Med experience, or none, insist they know all about all members of ihe species V "In Arizona n I without warning I a hove a t ra il. 1 1 MADE SLEEPLESS I SAI.KM. ore., Aug K tAt v! i I. .in ,-..;,l...lU ivi.n-.. II U-iiUmIO ll i.i ..ii I....I.U c.. mi ...i.lni..ln oinilM'ig JIS be wiih her children, David morning by drum corps, si uut i units and happy freelancers ar- riving here for t he state conven- j tion of the American b e g I o u, wh rh opens today. The biggest thing on today's bill will be the dedication of Salem's new airport. Tint dedl- cation cercmnnfo will be follow ed by u free barbecue for tin public. t 'y Hfngliam. picturesiju sherirf of Canyon county, reputed i all over the west us a barbecue I artist, kindled a fire In a mam- I moth oven built for the purpose at ih airport. ! To adtl the touch of perfection i ,u.y iu,(l r,.cemly purchased, to the wassail a thousand -gallon j ... vat of water rests on another; Miss Margaret Price, newly elect -specially prepared furnace. This ed physical education instructor will be fired at the proper time j for the Ashland schools, arrived on ami sevetai eases of roM'ee dump- j Monday and was taken to the Lake ed Into the tn,nk. j o' the Woods, where she will be n Public opening cere monies of . counselor In the ( 'ampfiro (iirls' tln convention will take (dace in j summer session. Mr. ami Mrs. (I. Wfllsun pink and the opening,' A. Ibiscoe look Miss Price, to the business session will be In the j camp. hall of representatives before) Mrs. ficorge A. Itiiscoe left by noon. While the serious heads are j automobile for Kit gene on Tuesday about convention business the less j morning to lake her father and responsible members me on the mother. Mr, and Mrs. Vogoli of program for post stunts on down-j Talent, to visit wl.h rler.tives. They town stivets. I will be gone for several days. The 40 el 8 will hold a grand 1 ; ttr,.,.i..tii.l.. i.l tit., PILu .dull dor- . Ing ihe afternoon, a print do to night and later n "wreck" at the! fair grounds. , The Legion nuxlllnry Is hold'ng its sessions in t he state senate I chamber. Special feat u res today J will he a garden party at thej home of Mis. Clifford llrown this; afternoon and u glee club con- sKATTI.K, Aug. S. (Pi Plan cert In Wlllson park ton ght. UK the establishment of a drug U t I I'M t.... 0 lil'l Appointment of "a new state ser- j vice t officer to s u c coed June Valient, will be left to the next executive committee when It meets for the first time Saturday after noon. It was reported by Hen S Fisher, stale commander, whose term of office expires this week. (hat the department had a paldi up membership of l-MItil. a gain of several hundred over last year, and lhat Oregon Is now sixth In the Culled Stales In percentage ol ellgihles. New VYInvI. Flehtner's tl.-.rage has Inaugur ated a new service of real Interest lo the motorist whose car has miiea king and cracking wheeN. Thee are caused by ihe wheels drying out or otherwise becoming I loo-c In some cases lo a really ! dangerous extent. Fichtner's Oarage has installed i a hydraulic re-settlnc press that maintains a factory standard "ii t he t Mietie- and balance of '.he wheel. "This assures the motorist of continued wheel satisfaction and service on hth old wheels," saj s Call Fichtner. F j PlllLAIiKLPlflA, Pa.. Aug. K -. ipi Albeit lliischko. tlraf oppe liu stowaway, was tnki n to New i York today tor doportutlon to tier ; many. Ihe tall, bloml Oerman baker's j boy was given n hearty farewell by other deportees at Ihe tmmlgra I Hon station In (1 lorn ester. N, .1., (and then was hiought to tho Kead I lug ti'i iulual In this city and plat ed 'aboard a Nw York train. l am reallv liappy at (ho llioughl ; of getting hack home," ho said i"Kveiyotto has been vorv kind. I Iiimv ilu JiuIki- will lif IimiIimii lu n ' i ii in kiv.iii n iiitii tor wrotmiiR , stowaway. When It is all over I 'intend to return o my job in the J bakeiy." j lie wore a now blue suit, an on i I Ire outfit of clothing having boon , presented lo Mm. In addition, hot lod IS. $.r of It having been tho I Sift of an lminlgiuiluQ officiu!. I TRTTUTXF,, MEDFOTtP, wiih not blind. Landing In the trail, he miii right on the Job with Ihe full use of biH eyes. "A huge diamond -back wiih about to be stepped on. as lie lay just below a rock, lie wiih not blind and his tongue wax darting, but nary a ran If. fine touching him or getting within range Ktmiit ;i fii chance of feeling his fangs. Another w a i Hid when my hand whh with ii fix inches, and J cer tainly moved. "In Houthern Oregon guide ; l"IlinK over a l..K Instantly u, K After the snake's fangs ! i were t'tihtt-ned in the mun'n troms I 'i'H he xang a nicrcy lune. So did j Ihe guide. j , "A forr-wt ranger, bathing In a small pi tot i f a I it lie creek, was . Mil ling wit h urn1 hare font. almoKt ! touching a nil tier on a rock. No hliml about it. Nude, the. ihan j had been wlibin a I'not of the 'deadly reptile and no warning had ! ever been Riven. j "I wa 'following my partner up j a trail ;iml We weir holii keeping lour eyes on an overhead telephone wire. I gUneed down to see him nH'p vt coiled rattler. I would (have sippetl Miuarely on trie i snake also, hut I saw him and my ' foit simply would not come down, rattler struck No sleep or blindness about that from a bank I snake and no warning. Oregon missed, hut he ' ian. FAMILY IN CRASH ASHLAND, Ore., Aug. R. (Spl.) Mrs. Charles 1- c.aftney. wife of the pastor of Ihe Congregational church, was bruised ami cut about tile face in an automobile wreck which occurred on Tuesday morn- ami Isi belle and her small nephew. Norma n Thrasher, wvre traveling near Woodburn, Ore., en route to Walluia, Wash., on a visit to rela tives. Details of the accident are mea ger. .Mrs. C.af f ney was able to tit Ik to her husband by telephone, and assured him that they were not seriously injured. The Caffney ear. driven by David f ia ff ney. was struck broadside by (ae n,fl(,r n(ltfS11, car. : According to the message, tbe driver of the other car admitted that the accident was his fault. ( 'onsiilerable damage was dime to the (Jaffnev car. which store in every city uf HKIO or more Population in . Washington and Oregon, an expansion program tn cost several million dollars, wns announced today by F. T. Jamie son, head of t he Janiieson Drug -store. Inc. Approximately LMlll stores will be added (o the company's present chain of -x, Jamieson said. Ite sides stores in Seattle, the concern operates establishments in Auburn, Tacoma. Olympln and Itreinerton. ,limleson's plan call." for the ac quisition of existing stores In com munities in which he intends to expand, or i he founding of new stores where necessary. ; TOCTOR? quite approve the j I quick comfort of Bayer Aspi- '. i rin. These perfectly harmless tab lets rase an aching head without penalty. Ihcir increasing use year after year is proof that they do help ami can't harm. Take tlieni for any ' ache; to avoid the pain peculiar to . women; many have found them nanrloits at such times. The proven directions with evcrv pack- ae of P.ayer Aspirin teil how tt lri. - c0;j. ,ore ,r,,.(. oliral'ia. I t irritis. ic. All ilruggisti. SPIRIN A.ptoti l tf nU nA B Mrfciurt s; i H .A ! OKEtiOX, THURSDAY. 10 RAISE RATS MANY VERSIONS TIM DIP DAMPU MCIPUDHDO DflW ;UI1 UIU lHI1UM MLIUIIUUaO lUU NEAR PROSPECT GIVEN OFFICERS ! j a r base of the Zimmerman ranch, eight miles south of I'ros- , pec i by a group of California ; t he property Into a mukrat ranch was announced ihl morn- ing. The 100-acre farm was fold for $r.o,oon. according to members of the Northwestern Pacific Km: Tradfnir fonipany, Medfonl. now In , ,. Itoy i Hills Is president of the ,eompan;. j reminded as serious Tuesday nigm, .Indue Tracy lieckei. I.os Angeles; U showing sieady linprovemt.nl. Frank Jordan. California sec-1 It wan reported today, retary of stale, und Halt.. Kvaris, The affair Ik highly involved, writer for the Saturday Kvening Mho district attorney's of flee says, 1'ost and other national maga- and a wide variance has develop.! .ines. are siockholders in t h In the stories of the witnesses, projfei. C. lie Ijtrn Is to be The Wolffs clnim that -Mrs. Mil eriniendeni of the farm. ('apis, attempting to net in tho Work will he started at once j role of a peacemakr, was hit in constructing hutches and other hy a club in the bands of her huiblings necessary for carrying j husband when she stepped in bo ntt the business. The farm is to'lween the battlers. The brothers he stocked with over !iU0 animals also claim thar when she grabbed this season, the MUperlntendent one of th brothers around the announces. I arms to keep him from hitting Development of the Prospect! her husband, she was again fell- farm is the first link In a chain of several music rat farms to ho located in tho Siskiyou moun tains, ihe owners Rtale. Negotia tions are now under wa v t'o r i starting ihe other farms hut an- nouncement as to whero they will tie located can not he made now. Tho musk rat today reigns mi (lie undisputed monarch of the fur kingdom,' having long ago usurped tho throne of the heaver, fur growers report With such economic importance attached' to the lit t le animal, it Is easy to understand why "big business" has organl.ed in Km behalf. Fur fiirnis have embraced the inuskrVu and live animals are being reared to restock depleted marshes of ibis continent und to supply the demand that has recently become Insistent from Kurope. AS I II. AND, Ore.. Aug. S. t.spl.) The Kiwaniansat their noon lunch eon this week enjoyed a talk on the Mcdford airport, by V. J. War- nor, post master of Mcdford. Mr. Warner, after describing the port and discussing Us Improvements, spoke of the big celebration of the opening of tho port which Is set for next July, and solicited the. help and support of Ashl&nd for the event. Postmaster Warner was assured of the unanimous support of Ashland people. Archie Demeers and "Will M. lodge are oiling tho lower sen ion Tokyo where refueling will be fol of Sherman street betweeh thebiwo.l by a flight lo I, oh Angeles Itoutevard ami Allison street, and Across (he Pacific and (hen, the nre doing the job by hand. The oiling has been done to rid their properties of the dust nuisance. Chester Woods and Miss Kcglna i Johnson made a trip to Crater iake on Sunday. Seize Ale. WHITK HIVKIl JCNCTrON, Vt. Aug. S.-r-fp) Two freight cars, eac:i filled to the roof with Canadian ale, ore in the ha mis of federal prohibition agents here after what is described as the largest liquor seizure ever made in this state. The total seizure was estimated at iio aaa pint.s. AUQUST SALE OF WICKER-REED AND GRASS FURNITURE 20 Three Piece Suites Regular price $79 Sale Price Reed Table Regular Price $13.00 Sale Price Reed Flower Box Regular price $9.10 Sale Price SEE ATTdUST 3, 1020. Wnrrant.i ulatril fur Iwliamv WVdncday HKuiniU Juinm and Blaine Wolff. Iirnihi-rn. for In- ! Juries received hy .Mrs. nose 1 C a p i s during a neighborhood j ! rumpus last Sunday noon, were, : delayed hy me an.sence irom city or Justice or the reace i.iemijoo .. O. Taylor, the district attorney 1 ,.rfi,. .1.1 n,nPnin.r ...i,,., ..,iot ed by the same club in the same hands. They ,also' allege that Cn pis tried td draw his jack knife. Deputy District Attorney Neil yen said that from what he could deduct from the stories of eye- I witnesses of tho fight. Mrs Cupfs was knocked down "at least three tlmex and maybe more." Some of the witnesses allege (hat after Mrs. Capls was knock ed down, the Wolffs kicked her in the abdomen and the chest. A Mr. and Mrs. Brown, report ed to have seen the combat, re ported yesterday ami saiti that was Impossible for them to have seen il, as they were in Crescent Cil v. Cal., at (he time. The case will ho given an air ing In tho justice court as soon as Mrs. Cap is is able to leave the hospital. , OFF TO CIKCI.F (.I.OBK (Continued from Page One.) spite one slight delay when a rope I tangled .and had to be straightened out the t.lraft was in tho air six teen minutes after it cleared tin hangar door. Over Times Square An hour later to the minute it 1 passed over Times Square and so ' headed up the coast for New Found la nd and the great circle route to (lermany and its first stop on tho world flight. At Cape Hace, N. V., Dr. Koken- er expected to head his craft once more over the ocean that il had already crossed three times and ! will cross again after completion ot the world flight less than month after its takeoff. From Friedrichshafen tho course j over the Siberian wastes to ; fuel tanks once more replenished the Oral' will cross the Cnited States to the end of Its long, long trail here and the realization of Dr. Kckener's years old dream. The Oraf's passengers when she left this morning were a mixed crowd. There were two titled Brit ishers, Lady Ciruce Drummond Day and Sir George Hubert Wll kins, both acting as reporters: illlam B. Leeds, American mil lionaire husband of the former Princess Kxenlu of ltussia, who was just "going along for the ride". Lieutenant John Kichardson official observer for the American to 40 $49'95 $y.95 $C-95 OTHER PIECES OUR WINDOW Southern Oregon's Popular Credit Store Laeut. n-i..-- hl4 MUlll'illL. rnnndi f ( harl.d '. RoMnluhl. and virions l.tiihi,- men. ri-pm t is and phmoKraih-rf'. I'll-m-mttT" Ilil'fllliMIt Si-veral uf the payener .-i'i'iii-ed iivcn-iinie with diffidence about their adventure and the complete .......... lij. .vnu not available until just hefore the (liaf nailed. At the lout moment Nel.son Morris' of ChleaKo cllmhed aboard and so Rave the first intimation that ho was itoiliK 1" liml'e the eastward flililit us well as the westward erossiiiK of the Atlalllie completed hy the dirigible last Su inlay. Olhem who showed siiih mod esty that It was almost impossible to Kel verification of their inclu- sion on ui i'"""" ' A. Godfrey, a Jirooklyn banker, and m. cooper, descendant of J. j ,"I , M " , ' ,V 7 " "T " ...u s; ine iasi weMn.uu . ... 'was hooked f o i" tin world tour. wa-j also nn the doubtful list all but finally decided to go as far as Friedrichshalen. 1 1 As ihe (iral wan passing over j New York City two messages were j sent from the ship to the naval j station here and the navy depart- , ment evnresslng tnanns lor mis- j' is sii m mm luta III HOOSE now from j Ik j I 9 orimnal hot weather ' 1 ha a? II llluliti fa8hiona lhat start with iMf quality and stop at noth- KLJ liyjll ing short of remarkable la Bi W W value. IKB! II E It I I iVP 1 ' 'Values to $22.50 TBI I fm ' IP ie i (Pin ncr II I a J.: ' IB . 1 i in mi iciiiec a a n I ffZd I Msdford National Bank nMffl I 1 i , til M I M.. .. nTstlf Reduction Grass Rocker Regular price $9.75 Sale Price WickertTable Regular price $21.00 Sale Price Reed Rocker Regular price $19.50 Sale Price AND SETS REDUCED i'iiiii-(pilality shown the flyliiK f.ireiKii- rs whllo they were here. flreshain Portland und Diesham imsts uf American l.epion horse ruciiie meet lieing held here in the newly Improved ruce field. chQvermindf $7.95 $J4.95 $14.95 PVil STANDARD OIL) 25 Dresses l