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edfoed Mail Tribune u. Second Section, V C! t Second Section Six Pages Dill Tmntr-rourUl Year. WmJIj Klfl-lfhlli Veu. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 19J9. No. 201. m CULT FOLK ARE KNOWN I OREGON Foster Parents of Willa Rhoads Once Lived in Klamath White Mes siah' Was Formerly Port land Bellboy Payette, Idaho, Pianist's Death in Sect Investigated. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 10. (i While Los Angeles city and! county authorities continued their j Investigation Into the mystery do- ings or mo uivine uraer oi me Royal Arm of the Great Eleven, iveird cult which flourished in newspapers today unearthed new, revelations here in connection withj the cult, exposure of which already has Involved dozens of former Portland residents. " ' Major new sensations brought- to light here within the past 24 hours are as follows: Harlene Satoris, former Portland pianist, and daughter of a Pay ette, Idaho, couple. Is the second girl whoso death while a member of tho cult has aroused Los Ange les authorities. A prosperous, aged east Bide business man and his wife, par ents of tho cult leader, disappeared shortly after the cult was founded. Mrs. .May Otis Blackburn, 60, seeress, promoted one of the first Portland-made motion pictures, placing her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Wetland Rlzalo, in a leading rnfc. Mother and daughter are under $5000 bond In Los Angeles on a fraud charge. Was Bellboy.' Wni-il H I n n k h ii r n so-called "white mcsslah" of" the cult and purported youthful husband of the aged seeress, was for many years n employe of a club here as bcll "iboy. .f . .... it Paternity of'tfio idrtt ' tragic victim of tho cult, yet unearthod, Wllla Rhoads, 19, whose body was found undor a Venice, Cal.f cot luge, wns- established through in vestigation which led to Klamath Falls, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rhoads, who adopted Willa when she was two years old and before they moved from Merrill, Ore., to Port bind, went asserted to have par ticipated in another weird burial, that of a U-year-old son of their own. Ward Blackburn and his seeress wife are ulso step-sister and step brother. When Miss Satoris died, her death wns made known, but Loa Anpoles authorities have been un-J able to locate her grave; Tho Kir. came to Portland from Idaho and was employed In a down-town mu sic store. Her ability at tho piano attracted much attention. Friends said she . later began 1 acting strangely and developed unusual beliefs and tendencies. Then she disappeared. It was many months before she was found and before die left tho city figured in a mil- IvUXo attempt, slashing her wrists. Pjler parents returned her to Pay ette, but several years later friends fteard she had gone to Los Ange les after being released from an institution. Adopted Child. Klamnth Falls Investigators said Willa Hhoads was1 the daughter of Ivy lint on nnd an unnamed mnn of prominence In rfhe south-1 Children will fref, often for no apparent reason. But there al ways one sure way to comfort a restless, fretful child. Castorial Harmless as the recipe on the wrapper; mild and bland as it tastes. But its gcntl action soothes a youngster more surely than some powerful medicine that is meant for the stronger ivstems of adults. That's the beauty of this special rhildren"s remedy! It may be piven the tiniest infant as often as there is any need. In eaes of colic, diarrhea, or similar disturb ance, it is invaluable. But it has everyday uses all mothers should ern Oregon city. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoudu adopted tho Imby girl in 1!)08 when Willa's mother was 15 years old, it was said. Pioneer residents of Merrill, Ore, wliero Rhoads operated a saw mill, built n church and engaged In other civic activities, said Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads hurled their 9 y en i-old son n the front yard of their home. Hp hi lives of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Uluckburn, mother rind step father of the aged soercss, began nn Inquiry Into their whereabouts. Ulackhurn, formerly a merchant at Wood lawn, suburb. Is the re puted father, of the stepdaughter's present husband, Ward Blackburn. The aged father is said by rela tives to have sold his commercial enterprise for $30,000 and joined the cult in Los Angeles. ASHLAND, Ore., Oct. 10. (Spe cial) Ashland Is to hold a better business Institute this full under the auspices of tho commorclnl di vision of the Chamber of Com merce. The Institute will be held under the direction of the school of Commerce of the OreKon State School of Agriculture. Dean Maris of the school will make arrange ments for a two-day institute that will be held so as to allow speak-1 era to leave Corvallis on Sunday J and return to the campus by Wed nesday. Dean Maris suggests that the In stitute be- matle open for all of Jackson county, circularizing every town. ) The program as sketched will In clude salesmanship, advertising, stock buyln, turnover and the most modern methods of merchandising. JACKSONVILLE, Ore., Oct. 10. (Special) Oeorge Heuners was quite badly cut about the head in an auto accident which occurred a mile east of town Monday, when John Schump, driving a Jcwett sedan collided with 'a car driven by Ernest Huencrs. ' Both ' -cars wore badly wrecked. KLAMATH IS T0LO OR- ASHLAND BIBLE SCHOOL ASHLAND. Ore., Oct. 10 (Spe cial.) The history of the Ashland Daily Bible school was given to interested people In Klamath Kalis on Sunday evening by Mrs. Grace . Andrews, who has been the In structor in the Ashland school since the organlzatlon.of the plan. Mrs. Andrew' was invited to speak in Klamath Falls by the united church organizations of the town, as they plan to Introduce a similar course in their city. JACKSONVILLE REBEKAH CARD PARTY ON FRIDAY JACKSONVILLE, Ore.. Oct. 10. (Special.) The Uebekah lodge Indies are sponsoring a series of card parties to be held at the I. O. O. F. hall, tho first of which will be given Friday evening, Oct. 1 Mil. . A small fee will be charged and' light 'refreshments will be served. Proceeds will go to re pair and paint the I. O. O. F. building.. T4io Rebekah cooked food sale was quite successful, the proceeds netting $9.Q0. They Wish to thank the Jacksonville people- for their assistance. , L4 ; Less than 2500 stars can be seen with the unaided eye on the clear est night from the northern hemis phere. understand. A coated tongue calls for a few drops to ward off consti pation ; so does any suggestion of bad breath. Whenever children don't eat well, don't rest well, or have any little upet this pure vegetable preparation is usually all that's needed to set everything to rights. Genuine Caston'a has Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on the wrapper. Doctors prescribe it. IS JUL 'lEMiiv li "iSSTrt" cii" j I l 'lfcv-iJ;Mir. f vi cw"?; I ft Hr ) I h te- ! SI wi,srS MacDonald to Greet Friends Who , Nursed Him During Severe Illness 1 1 . When Ramsay MacDomild wns ill In Jefferson hospital In Phila delphia two years ago, ho occupied the room shown In Uio circle. Dr. Solomon Solls-Colien (inset) was In charge. Ity Jolin If. Rcltingcr (Associated Press Staff Writer) PHILADELPHIA (JP) Instead of being the honored guest, as he generally will be wherever ho tar ries in the United States. Ramsny MacDonald will be the host to a group of men nnd women when he visits Philadelphia October 10.' Laying aside the cares of the empire for tho momont, tho head of the Ilritish government will make a visit of appreciation and obligation to greet, and again ex press his gratitude to, the doctors and others who nursed him back to houlth here two years ago. Mr. MacDonald was a very sick man when he came to Philadelphia to spend two hours April 22,-1927. His condition was' so dangerous that he was removed to the Jeffer son hospltul, whero -he remained nearly three weeks. lt 'Is publicly recorded for the first titne that seven specialists examined nlm, one of them coming from Balti more twice, -for that -purpose. Your Credit Record Is Always Follows You, "l heard of someone today," Bald "Bill" Dollar, "who claimed to bo related to all the Bill family and I wonder If any of your Brother Bills can tell me about him. He calls himself Overdue Bill." "Yes, I know about him," said Houston "Hill," "and he Is a very distant relative of ours. 1 hope, though, that I shall never see an other one of tiicm. 1 hope that ovcry one of thorn will soon be burled. If the people of Medl'ord will spend every dollar that they can riKht here at home they will kill off the wholo tribe. That is the real way to get rid of this un desirable branch of tho "Bill" Prompt Pay "Bill," who had been listening to the conversation, spoke right up and said: "It Is all very well to talk about getting rid of the Overdue Bills and the Past Due Bills and. while your suggestion is good, Houston Bill, yet I would like to tell you of a more potent way to get rid of them and that Is to Btop them before they begin to grow. . ."Every one of these Overdue Bills grew to their present site be cause of the abuse of credit. The Dollar family plays a big part In the, business life of this commun ity, but if It were not for credit there would he a great deal less business activity In this city. VSo few people have any real un derstanding of What credit Is that it Is no wonder they abuse It and treat It more as a convenience, rather than a source of power. When the citizens of any city real ize that their good name and their standing in the community comes more from the manner In whlrh they nay their credit obligations, rather than from the number of members of the Dollar family they have amassed, then they will he more careful of whit should be one of their most cherished posses sions. " 'Charge If Is only one-half of a Siamese twin the other balf Is 'Pay it,' and one cannot move 11 A 1 v V : 9 1 The labor party leader, has a wide acquaintanceship in the Unit ed States and some of his friends reside in this city. Thirty years ago he spoke three times before 'the Ethical Culture' society of j Philadelphia, of which S. Burns (Weston is the director. So on his visit to this country in 1927, Mr. MacDonald doclded to I greet old friends here. He ar ranged with Mr. Weston to meet ! him and his duughtcr,' Ishbel. i-When ho arrived he said he was I feeling wretched and went to tho i rooms of the Ethical Culture so I cicty. Mr. Weston became alarmed at Mr. MacDonald's appearance and called Dr, Solomon Soils-Cohen. Mr. MacDonald's expected stay of a few. Iflys lengthened to -19. His trouble at the time was de scribed as pharangytls, a severe type of sore throat, which' caused a toxic condition that threatened serious complications.. :-v Your Shadow and Says Prompt Pay Bill properly without the support of the other. 'Chargo It' Is the most abused phrase in the Lnglish tongue. It is heard so often that after a while It seems to mean nothing but get the goods and pay for them when you feel like It. "On the other hand, the people who do pay their bills promptly are the backbone of the business fabric of the city.- When thoy pay their due bills at the time agreed on they permit their deutorB to pay their bills also, and that Is wnere me uouar lamuy piays a big part. A Blnglo "Hill can pay hundreds of accounts, and that Is what makes business good in Med' ford when people pay as they prom Ise. "Your credit record Is your shadow," said Prompt Pay "Bill "It follows you wherever you go. The credit men's association all over the country (and there are thousands of them) are consequent ly chocking up on people who travel, from city to city. No matter where he goes to the credit record that he has written will follow him. "Credit associations merely keep the record and give this Informa tion to their members. A person's reputation as well as his character is an open book to tho members of the credit men's association. The manner in which a person has met his promises In the past and even the manner In which a person Is now paying. Is a' matter of fact, black and white record, Instantly available for those who can com mand It. "When a ' person abuses his credit he throws away his reputa tion, and writes a record that may confront him some day when ho doesn't, want It to. Reputation Is the public estimation of ' you character Is what you are, and the way In which a person uses his credit helps determine his charac ter. "Now lot the Dollar family all work In Medford to ellmlnato the Overdue Bill trlho and great hap piness and prosperity will com to all," concluded Prompt Pay "BUI." (Copyright 1929, Fred Mozart) . The great Egyptian obelisk' In Central Park, New York, was coat ed with paraffin In 1883, and has since resisted (he disintegrating efforts of weather. For all Colds HOW JAM UStP YtAHY inMm IXj For all Colds Aft GATES ELECTED DEVELOPMENT GROUP LEADER Northern California-South ern Oregon Assn. Names Officers at Crescent City Meeting Harbor Assist ance Is Outlined. . i At tho first ahnuul moetlng of the board of directors of the North- j ern California - Southern Oregon Development association, held In Crescent City, CuW October 7, 102, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presldont. C. E. Gates: vice-pros-1 Ident, Josephine county, Isaac Best; vice-president,' Del Norto county, t T. E. Peacock: vice-president,! Klamath county, C. IS. Williams; vice-president, Jackson county, Irving E. Vining; treasurer, Ham H. Uaker, Grants Pass, and man-; ager, A. H. Banwell. I Committees as follows will be ( formed immediately by the presi-; dent, with'two representatives from i each county on each committee. 1; Traffic and transportation. 2. Resources. 3. Agriculture , 4. Harbor development. i The purpose of those committees will bo to mako a complete survey ; of tho matter thoyv have in hand and report same to tho board M i directors so that a program of work ' along these four lines can be put into action Immediately. Tentative arrangements weroj m.4n tnwnt-.la thn fnrmntlnn nf n nrosrflm for obtaining further an-I propriations for Crescent City har-bor.-but these will not be completed until after, the hearing -scheduled to take' plarc before the board of army engineers In Crescent City of October 25th. - Tho report of the financial cam paign at present being conducted by the organization showed that the quutns set for Del Norte and ; Josephine c o u n 1 1 e s havo been reached. ' - The following resolution, to be sent to tho mayor and city council of Crescent City and tho Del Norte rcointty -board of . supervisors . was adoptod: . - Itranlutlon. - . wnorcas. ine noninorn uaiuor- j nia-eoutnorn Oregon .Development association Is an organlzaUon rep resenting the counties of Josephine, Jackson and Klamnth, Oregon, and Del Norte. California, and Whereas, the board of directors has doomed It wise and expedient) to tend. Its Influence and effort to tho advancement of the Crescent City harbor project, which is tho outlet for northern California and southern Oregon, and Whereas, your honorable body! will no doubt ho asked for permits or franchises for the right to con struct docks, wharves, or piers on the city waterfront, therefore bo it Besolvod, that the directors of tho Northern Callfornla-Houthern Oregon Development association, at their nnnual mooting held at Cicb eent City on Monday October 71 h. 1H29, representing tho counties of Del Norte, California, Josephine, Jackson., and Klamath counties, Oregon, for the. purpose of aiding and assisting In "the development of harbor facilities at Crescent City. California, and; tho Jurthrranro ofi rail and truck transportation to! southern Oregon, would recom-J mend that a Jolnt'.meeting be hold of the board of supervisors of Del Norte county and tho city council of Crescent City. California, for the outlining of territory to be embrac-l ed in a Port ot Crescent City, and i that such steps be tnken as arej necessary for the formation of said , port district. 1 ' j Also that harbor facilities bo j conserved and adequately handled j and that such terminal ground and necessary connections with the port be reserved for contemplated rall- roads.1 I Be It' further resolved, thnt tho j hoard of directors of tho North ern Callfornla-Bouthern Oregon Development association is opposed J te" any prlvnto control being given to harbor facilities at Crescent City, California, and that a plan foaslblo , for such harbor facilities bo pre-' pared and subnilttod to tho U. H. I board of. army engineers at tho hearing to be held In Crescent City on October 201b, 1020. . ' t California's range-crop would j fill a train of box cars extending from Boston to New York and six mil'' noyonn. Rf7r WATCH u repairing! 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