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Second Section
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 19J9.
No. 201.
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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.
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; 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.
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MacDonald to Greet Friends Who ,
Nursed Him During Severe Illness
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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
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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.
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California's range-crop would j
fill a train of box cars extending
from Boston to New York and six
mil'' noyonn.
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