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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QT?EGQy," THURSDAY, OCTOBER : 24,- 1929. PAGE TWO FILM PLAN! ARE TAKES LIFE OF ONE Some Exaples of Disappointment As Result of Buying Away From Home ime Follows ExtSlostoh ;in Film Laboratory Panic ' 1 Stricken Workers' Have Narrow EscapeLoss of Film Believed to Run High in Millions, May Have . Been Averted; "The 'Buy In MedforcV ' cam-1 "If i that set hart been bouKht palKn made a' convert tho other I Id Meilfurd It would have been i day." mild "Hill" Uollur. "I had . rlifht In the flrnt pluce, but If uch I the Dent lauKh over It that I have j a thliiK had happened that a' mls ever had, and while 1 am Horryitako had been made by a Med io eo money npent out of town, I ford firm It would have been reetl I am clad that this affair nan-j fled. Med ford merchant are pened as It did. friends of Medford people. Out- "A very beautiful silver set waBiof-town merchants are not. presented to a person llvlnp In "The next rasa that came to my the county, ' and tho preparations! attention," said "Bill" Dollnr, "was were made some, time in advance. Not tfntl.ifled with the selectloi "THE MAN WHO BQUQHTi n HAT OVERCOAT WILL WEAfrACpAT Or MAIL HOLLYWOOD, Oil., Oct. 24.t fI") Kjcplusion and fire which wrecked the laboratory of the Consolidated . Film Industries, Inc., today, pass ed miraculously by , GO meni and women workers In the bulldlni!. with a toll of only ono death. Con rusion was so -reat as tho panic stricken film workers rushed from the structure as dotonatlons shookj It and flames shot skyward, tnat police and fire department offic ials at first believed all had been lost. : One man, Inter Identified as AK bert Lund, was found unconscious near a film pollshinu machine at which he had been worklrfit, by firemen who penetrated tho ruined building after the flames had been quenched. He died In an ambul ance en route to a hospital, Searchers In eas-masks who stumbled through the smoldering ruins of what had onco been the projection, film dark-rooms and as sembly rooms, said they found no one else. Two women workers who ran as tho first flash of flame spread through tho building, said they saw the first explosion occur In a pile of chemlcn-ls near one of the polishing machines in an assembly room. ' ' Jien Oetz, president Jof the Con solidated Film Industries, Inc., de clined1 to make any statement re garding loss to the company of production companies which were patrons' of tho laboratory, pending complete investigation. .May Jlavo Saved Illm. 'Estimate of loss set high In the millions by fire deportment officials and film executives when It was nellev'ed ' that nil or nearly all of several million feet of film In the building had been destroyed, were hrown Into confusion when em ployes and firemen lator reported much film stored In bottle and possibly undamaged, and of ' at ,: ttimnts 1o7elqse ;fro-aoorA ..which may have saved some stored film 'Nleht Superintendent A. Wilkin son,' found wandering in a daze hutsldo the blazing structure, told 'of having passed through tho lab oratory until tho flames drove him out, shutting fire-doors to storage rooms. Included " among ' tho master films known to have been In the 'building and possibly destroyed are "Hell's Angels," 80,000 feet, valued nt' $60,000; "The Taming of the .Vhrew," Douglas Fairbanks nnd 'Mary Plekford production; "Tres passers," Gloria Hwanson's first nil talking picture, and "Itlo Itlto." a Ringing nnd talking production. I J. that mlfrht have been made In Medford the goods were ordered from another state. Kxpoctaney rati'' high, arid as ' the day ' drew near when tho order was promised the thought came, 'What If they should not arrive on time?' Hut their fears on that Scoro woro dis pelled when the package camo as promised. "All the friends gathered at the party," continued "Hill," "nnd tho gift was given to the one for whom It was Intended. Great Joy reign ed, for It was a costly gift. Im agine tho surprise of the donor, however, when the recipient of tho gift said, "Why, my name Is mis spelled.' Investigation proved that every piece in tho set was wrong. "When the matter was taken up wit It the house that shipped the order, they disclaimed all respon sibility for the error. They had received their money with the whlle'I was in a: alios store. A wo man came in and sajd she had received a pair of bedroom slip pers from th' cast; and they ware not big chough, and sho wahted to trade them for a pair in tho window. Tho shoe merchant look ed them over and saw they were cotton felt, nnd the customer said she had paid 81 for them. ' 1 "Sho, said sho was in k hurry! 10 get the right size for they were to be used fur a present that day. The merchant knew thut tho wo mon was a buy out of Medford addict, and showed her a wide sel eellon of better ' slippers In all siyles and sizes for 81 and sug gested that the best thing to do would be to buy a new pair, and get something that would be sat isfactory. Hut she couldn't see it that way and went out to continue her swapping expedition. ''Next I heard a lady complain ing ahout a hat. sho had bought out of town. Khe made the selec tion from a pretty picture, but when the bat arrived It was cov ered wlth beads and llttlo dewdads that made her look a fright. She hud the hat nnd a city up north had the money. It cost her $S to have It made over so that -;she could wear It. Sho was heard to remark. 'I'll buy my next at home. "In my Journey around town." said "Hill," "I meet lots of folks and they nr loyal to their city They try to keep the money that they earn, In this city circulating In Medford. "It Is an individual matter with each and every perso'n as to where they shall Rperid their money. - No person likes to bo told where their money should be spent, hut fne real thinkers know that the 'Buy In Medford' spirit is the one that ASH LAND, 'Ore,, Out. 24.8pec lal.) -Speaking In a'n Informal way of "What New York Thinks of the West," Miss Marian Ady, head of the art department .of the Normel, appeared before the Klwanls club! at tho Tuesday discussion lunch-j eon, uiier a year jm.-ih in. Kruuu oto study at Columbia college, New York City. Tho talk was filled with the many IntorestLmr experi ences Miss Ady enjoyed in the east. She found New York City very hospitable and klnmy to the strang er, and wan surprised to find so many New l orkers who wero for mer westerners. Miss Ady stated that the University of Oregon is particularly well thought of at Co lumbia, and that she was excused from educational requirements In her course beoauso Hho took her A number of short talks were made by various members ex plaining different interetg of the J club members. George Mosser ex- i plained the conference that will bei held In Ashland in November; V. 1 O. N. Smith and John Kudd dis cussed the Y. M. C. A. campaign) , for fonds; Coach McNeal talked of; ' - " ' i- his Normal football team and their UNIVKRSITY OP OREGON, prospects at' the next game, against Eugene, Oct. 24. (Special;) - Mar Marin college On Saturday. ' garet Turner, Evelyn Dew and ilarold Flsk, all of Medford have been declared eligible for honors work at the university. Eligibility was awarded 291 stu dents, or-the group comprising the 30 per .cent who hold the highest ! scholastic -records. Honors priv ileges, If '.the student takes advan- j tnge of them,'' allow him to enroll In honors courses; ' enable him to t come in contact with his profes sors. more closely, and permit him to do-Individual work. VISIT IN JACKSONVILLE! JACKSONVILLE, Ore., Oct.' 24. (Special) Mrs. Mary Spalding, accompanied by her son and wifet Mr. and Mrs. Klmo Spalding, were dinner guests Snturday at tho S. .E. Dunnlngton home. Mrs.-Mary Spalding 1s u- niece of Mrs. Martha Dunnlngton, whom she had not seen for over 4D years. Elmo Spalding is coach for the Menlo Junior collego team of work in education under Dr. Henry California, which played in Med- Sheldon at the V. of O. ford Saturday. AH-'Htudeuts who complete hon ors works are graduated "with honorsV by tho university, and t,he diploma so'deolares. this work has been completed. PORTLAND () Trospectfl for a 25 cent shave went glimmering when master barbers refused to advance the price. 1 ' ; I , ' , ; ' , . . order, and the folks who ordored the sot were strangers, so what spells progress.' did they cure? ' (Copyright 11129 Fred Mozart) Outlaw Bear of Fish Lake Killed By Cowboys; One of Largest Seen "A huge cinnamon bear, one of a pnlr which has been . causing rntilemen In tho .vicinity of Fish I lake heavy losses, and which has! been sought by ninny Hunters, was killed by a couple of cowboys last Saturday, according to Dan I'nync. who with Sylvan Provost, spent Sunday at Iho lake," says tho Ash land Tidings. "The big benr showed fight) when cornered by tho cattlemen and was killed as ho charged to-! ward thorn four shots being re- quired to stop tho onrush of tho hugo animal. :' "According to Mr. Payne, tho benr Is ono of the Inrgost which hns boon killed hereabouts for quito a number of years. Cattle men, on several occasions, have seen tho two hugo nnlmals linn- b -AUTO CAMP IS PLAN A h,1f I4A N tV Ore.. qrt.'JM. fHMuMU.9 ' li thin' : 'Hti(tntfti enmp ,irounds. which havo nhvnys Itccri nni- of tho brnuty Hpots of Awhlund will he n spot of uuumml lnvellnoxn If the pi-PHent plana of Mr. rtnd Mih. KltwlnRer, tho new H'twee. nirrloa. Atdilund peoply huve hpotj making (lonatloiiH'of Hurplus flow! ih and nhrubH. which will he Hit Into the groundx, mnklrtK a verlt nhlu flower Rani en, Contrlhiiitunx of wiNterln, I'leumtlr, honeyNiickle, Vtrnlnln creeper have already heen uned In the lamlnc-hpt work and a rife vnrlHy of- -hullm nnd flover. freed 'wilt be used In the scheme. BANQUET; IS TONIGHT ' JACKHONVU.LE, Or.i; pt.Vf4. (flpel.) The Jacksonville Gran no will have a pet-tope tlur nicotine Thursday evening, with a 7 o'clock hanquct. They hope to have all member presont. Mrs. Wlma nnd her committers nro very busy this week decoratlnK and preparing the hall nnd banquet room and maklnn plans for the lnncr. 4 bcrlntf away from carcasses of animals they have killed. Recently some cowmen name upon the bears as they were eatlnff on a cow they hud just killed. Tho bears Uft as tho cowboys npprduched and three days lator when the cattle man visited the spot, nothing re mained but tho skeleton of the u3il mnl. " y ' ' f ; "Great rolls of fut were on tho nnimalt ' ac.cordinK to Tnyno and J'rovost, who broupht homo some bear steaks which they expect to thoroughly enjoy. "OUtlenfon nro fejololng 'over tho h,mintf of tho animal which Is said to have killed much yountr stork: They will continue their scarirh for tho female boar who is said to be even more ferocious than her mate." ' ' MEDFORD WOMAN VISITS JACKSONVILLE RELATIVE ' JACKSONVrU.B, 'oV'.V Oct.' '84. f-r (Special ) M rs.' McJViniM yo'cum from Medford spent Sunday with her grand-daughter. Sirs. Joe Mo Intyro of Jacksonville. ; Mrs. lo cum hns Just returned .from a visit of several months' In the Willamette volley. She also called at the S. K. Dunnlngton home while here. .wwwwwwwwwww v ' XI . D .V' x 1 -rrrnvrmiUnliiiHtmi ullllirmr - ' 'n -H wy III ' " w 'Sf v r rtt V fOl " " v - T Li I I I iantmthisiafk closet : I MUST get an Edison Mazda Lamp for that empty socket right avay. And I'm going to keep an extra supply on hand right along. In the morning I a call at r . The Caufornia Oregon Power Company V orncis. LGfsnn Pau.KoKbuit.lOAiiuilh Mil k Dununi-uulornu .. fixture will ive yon better GOOD GGFFEE EVERYWHERE PACKED BY M-llrB's! H'j -TEST VACUUM METHOD 'Ul''f-fVy-ViW '-St.. LAWrlEAD IMPROVING JACKSONVILLE HOME SAMS VALLEY ROADS JACKSONVMTXK. Ore..A Oot. ,24. (Spoolal) Tho Jaokson county, brldKo creV Is working In Hamsj Valley where they are dohiK smno repair work nnd will build a now! brldKo near the Van lloevonburK ranch as soon an tho material arrives. ASHLAND BIBLE SCHOOL FINANCES ARE PROBLEM .lACKSONAMUE. Or., Oct. 84 (Sperlnl) -r-; q'hAtnns liWheltd 'Is romodollnR nnd ImprovInK the hiitise. which he recently pur chased on south Third street nnd will soon have Ms home mdorn. V FREE De.Hc.ritilncfCAUAe.A and Effect nf 1 And other RECTAL and COLON AILMENTS Y1TE OR CAJ .L. TOR BOOKLET TODAY Dr.CHASJ.DEAN RECTAL COLON CLINIC MMBfc PTOlCOMTIMMf tit! AWKMntUMMMM lELtrTIONE ATWATf.R 061 LOS PILES I I ArrtuATeo orrtcca A ASHLAND, Ore., Oct, 54; S(ie-j clul.) To solve tho financial pro gram of the Ashland Week Hay ; lllblo school, the various churches of the city mot In union service on ; Sunday ewninK at tho Methodist church. The school expense has ; always been prorated among the churches of tho town according: j to the membership of tho orgunl-1 sntion, and each fall a meet inn Is held to discuss the fin n noes and , other needs of tho school. The Dully 111 hie school In Ashland hns been nn outstanding success and has been the pattern fur mnny almltsr tu-Kanlxatlons. 1 , , EAGLE POINT RESIDENTS ucad on a n McrnccinMCi KM Out On GOOD YE ARf S ends Winter l ire Worries 1 I i. -i i . .. l f . ... . ;: f i ' - ... j.. that 1i " c KAOI.K POINT. Ore, Oct. 44. ' (Klirclnl.) A nVh'imtlon of KllKl, Point pMilo MUmliMt the Ornnitr meotlnu Ht 8nm Viilliy Siiturilny vonlng to hnr th ippfichMi niailo by the mpmlieni of the Mfrtfopt Ohamhor of Commerri nl County I hngincpr Pul Hynnlnii, rrlatin to tho William Crvek roail. Thow nttpnalnic wpre Mr. ami Mrn. It. W. Wnrrt, Mr. anil Mm. V. I'prry.' Mr. unit Mm. Hoy Hmlth, Mr. nuit Mrs. 8. K. Iinrnrn nnd (latinhtrrf rrnnrri. ana Kitiin wptnman. j In 19:2 thp fliM tcpthihp rein-1 VPrmtlon nciosn tho Atlantic look i Your tires 'may look all right . . ': but'if they are smooth and v worn, look out! 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