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
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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