MEDFORD -MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,' OBKfiOX,-AVKDXKSDAY.- D KO KMHKU IB, 1929
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MAIN LINK ERRATIC PRICE NO OVERLAP IN
MPT IDF WEND SLOWS COUNTY BUDGET
Haqp inQT SHARE DEALING FOR NEXT YEAR
UflUL LUUI
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Iq.Bone of , Arkansas
Youth Missing From Safe
ol, Sheriff Needed to
Prove Remains Found in
Firei Human Girl Denies
Stony of Alleged. Sweets
heart, i
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' MfJUNTAIJM VIKW, Ar(., Dec.
18. VP) The mnn who clnlms he Is
Pnnnln 17innlrtln U'pnl nn the wll-
ness slnnd here this murninn nnil
Temp
i taollriurl Ihn I hn lu tha Ofinift lint'.
1 son fpuii- men, now on trial, are
f enarseu wmj inriui-iiiK nnn nurn-
lug 10 11 cal li,
. The vfitness said his real name
won Marion . I'Ynnklln Hncrers lint
ln;recen( yearshe had gone under
1 the name of Connie Kr.mklln..
- . Jle'siti'd he was an Inmate of. the
i state hospital for nervous dlsenses
J fnr n. f af mnnllia nn,l aeiW licul tn
In concluding tho direct nues-
tinning defense caun.se! asked: .
1 -'You weren't, beaten to. death
and hiirned, last March, were
you?" i i
'WV I don't look like It nnd
don't feel like it," he. rcplied'amid
laughterv ; '
Ai (he conclusion of the state's
direct testimony last night, the de
fense moved ;for an Instructed ver
dict of acquittal on the ground
that the-.statp had failed to estab
lish the corpus delectl. -Judge S.
B.: Bone' overruled the motion and
the trial, continued. ,
.The ntate'R case wns built large
ly on. two witnesses Tlllar Ruml
ner, -3 7 year old mountain girl,
who Bald she nnd Franklin had
planned Ho marry nn the night, laHt
March he allegedly was slain, nnd
Reuben llnrrell, a deaf mute youth
who hm to testify through Hit in
terpreter. :
V i (Jirl Denies Identity. ;
Tlllnruenled that theyouth Who
says he Is Franklin was her sweet
heart! The, g-lrl, who since the grand
jury -i returned . the . Indictments
against the four:' men, nnd one
fitherV.Alex Fulks, has heon In the
Y custody ;,of Sheriff and Mrs. . Sam
.Johnson;: said the, lust tlnmshe saw
her, Uwer ,wns when - he was. lying
on'tt'd ground In. the St. .James
h'flln obliing t'Y'ou'vo- killed mo,"
and. breathing with, difficulty, front
a heating administered him by the
J four defendants. They used" rooks
1 nnil hraps '.'Itnucks'' tn bent him,
i she sold. .': y. , . ;'.-..' ' "
. The deaf mute hoy said that on
Sunday, , March 10, tho day .after,
M tliD IlnmliK... I.. u-lil h ...:
nessed the heating of Franklin, he
was strolling In the woods In that
vicinity nnd saw Herman (ireen
way, utie of the defendants, drag
ging Franklin's body toward a big
log fire. Three other men were
with (Irecrtway. he said, i
Bonn Mlssiiijf,..-
The other hit of evidence to
establish the corpus delectl was an
odd assortment of charred bones
which tb stale contended were
the remains of Franklin. Because
the ceinple bone which he said
orlgiimlly was Included In the as
sortment! was missing - yesterday.
Di i?. W. (iarrlson, state' health
officer, Raid he could not. identify
them) an' human, bones. Her said
he' hrtd based his original identifi
cation oh the temple bone. Sheriff
Johnson' testified the bone might
have been removed from hfc safe
where he bad kept the collection
since h'. found them In n heap of
annes? ,,
Radio Program
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Mall Trlbuna-Vlrgln Station
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228.9 Nrnlern ' "1:!1IV'Krjr.
4 Wednecday, December 18
R. M. .
8 to Piipular llpmrrt-
: lag.
:1B tb t!:,10 News and Mar-
k'et 'Keportn by Mull. Trlli-
1 line. '
S:.10 Kiinrallonal Feature. '
6:31) tn 7 Popular Heoorrt-
Ingn.
Thursday, December 19
' A. M
S to 9:30 Durant Dealer.
0:30 to 10 Oolilen West Cof-
fee to. .
10 to 10:30 Koonomy Ornee-
' terla.
' 10:311 to 11:30 Johnson's Jew-
elry Store, Ashland.
11:30 to 12 Jarmln & Woods.
R M.
12 to 12:30-Oordnn Klectrle
Store. '
12:30 News Flashes by Mall
Tribune.
12:10 to 1 Gold Seal Cream-
ery. '
1 to 1:30 Mulek Dealers. 4
1:3 to 2 Heck's Itnkery.
t. to 2:30 West Side I'har-
niac.T. .
i:3 to .1 YounRlOT ft Co.
to :lf 'Popular Itecord-
InRs,
:15 to 6:30 News and Mar-
. ket Deports by Mall Trlb-
' tine. -
6:30 durational Feature.
k 6:30 to 7 Popular Record-
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Npw , YORK, Dec. .18.4-()
Prices on the 'ew York Stock Ex-,
change continued to pursue nn
erratic course today an trndillK
continued in ltRht volume. - Trad
ing was. largely professional In
character, although the weakness
of several stocks wns nitrihuted to
liquidation for the purpose uf
establishing income tax Ipsses. ' -
The announcement of the for-'
matiop of a large middle western
steel .merger... which has been un
der way for a long time, wns one
of the most Important and interesting-developments-
in-the dny's
news. ,
Pome disappointment wnsi ap
parent at the further falling off in
freight enr truffle, nnd the ap
pointment of a receiver for the
American Piano company.
V Iron Ago stated thnt "tho anom
alous situation,, of production
shrinking, and. confidence Vising
characterizes the steel market as
the:year,end approaches," explain
ing further , thnt producers are
satisfied that the sharp decline in
steel output that, began in October
was a psychological effect of the
stock market crash and greatly
exceeded the actual contraction in
steel consumption." ,
,-A late .demand appeared for U.
Si Steel, (Jenerni Electric, Ameri
can Telephone, Johns - Munvllle
and Air Keduction, nil of which
touched the dny's best prices. Steel
brought 173. while General
Kleciric rose from an early low of
231 to. 241. imerborough Rapid
Transit was nearly & point shigher.
The- closing was firm. Soles ap
proximated 2,300.000 shares.,
EGGS aWbOTTER ON
PORTLAS;D, Dec IS. (A)
Fgg . prices continue weak, but
without change. The Pacific co
operative poultry producers, who
have taken the lead in egg quo
tations since the Portland dairy
exchange went out of existence,
denies -a reported further egg de
cline. Butler values are also weak
because of the largo, holdings in
storage;.- ', .
.llrodiice. : '
?. .PORTLAND, Dec. .1 S. (A)
pggs.'-weak, -unchanged.: - Butter,
milk ' (butterfnt)i poultry,1, country
meats," onions putntyes, wool; nuts,
hay, cascaril hark anil bops steady
and .unchanged.
" Livestock ...
, POHTljAND, Ore., Dec. IS. (P)
CATTLK AND CALVUS Talk
ins around steady except for ciiIv.'h
and vealers tU0ed lit DOc to SI low
er. Receipts: Cattle 13!, includ
ing 75 through; calves 10. Calves,
medium In choice, $01(1)8.50; cull to
common, 4.6iifini. Venlers, milk
led, good to choice, lilfi'll : medium
$7i'9; cull to common, S4.5ili7.
HOGS Steady. Hcceipts 475, In
cluding 15(5 direct.
811 HEP AND I.AMI1S NothlnR
solil early. Receipts 300.
No market hare next Wednesday.
Christmas day.
Sugar nnd Hour.
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. VP)
Cape sugar (sacked basis) -Steady
cane, fruit or berry, $.40 per cwt.,
beet sugar. $5.25 cwl.-.-,
Flour (city delivery prices).
Steady; family patents, 4!is, 7.X0;
whole wheal, 4tln, fli.tlO; (trahnm.
4s, ll.70; bakers' hard wheat,
!Ks. J7.S0; linker's bluostem pat
ents. fi8s,.$7.S0; psstry' flour, ills.
J7.30.
San ll'rniH'Isi'o Itiittorfal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. (P)
Rutterfnt, f. o. h., San l-rnncisro.
4.1c.
SHELL COMPANY HAS
H. ,V UrayJilll. iU'drnril. jnailr
nger for the shell oil company,
announced today, the completion
of n new storage tank, plunned
'to furnish1, the largest capacity of
nny cqmpnpy in (he county for
crude nil for smudging purposes.
The tank? has Just been 'completed
at the plant nt the corner -of- Boyd
and South Central and guarantees
nn adequnte supply of smudge oil
under any wenther conditions. The
company ' also . recently completed
the Installation nf a new gnsoiine
tank to meet Increasing demands
for Shell products.
Lois Moran Star of .
Movietone Picture
"Sitting By the Window." nnd
"A Night of Happiness" are two
songs thi are sung by1 Joe- Ws-r-stnff.
outstanding musical comedy
star, in "A Song of Kentucky," Fox
Movietone all-talking nnd singing
romnntic comedy drama coming to
the Rinltn thenter today. The
catchy nnd tuneful melodies nr
likely to become lntnnt hits,
Co-fer tured with Wagntnft In this
drama of Kentucky love. IntriRUe
and horse racing is Lois Moran.
beautiful and talented screen art
tress. Dorothy Iturgess heads the
supporting .cast, which Includes
Douglas flllmore. Hedda lloppe.
Herman Ring and lCdwards Oavia.
THE MARKETS
December Disbursements jto
Be Charged to 1929 Ac-
i counts, Under New Sys
tem Approved By Courtf
Aid Prompt Audit.
t
A system wliaretiy December dls
buisementH of Jackson county will
be charged tq accounts and
paid at the first regular meeting
of tho county court In January was
approved by the county court this
morning. .Heretofore December ex
penses .liuve been paid In Jnnuury
and charged to January expenses.
TIih throw the budget out of gear
tun! waH a thorn of HtKnmeiil.v
Under, the new plan, recommend
ed by K, M.. Wilson, expert account
unt. alL expenditures, lor 19:19. will
drawn from the budget of tliul
year. It will give Iho 1930 budget
a chance to start , with a clean
slate. . . '
.Vlerclianta nnd ; others ' having
business with the county will he
requested to. present their bills for
Decomber soon ufter January' 4.
Heads of county departments wiil
bo urged to do likewise. As there
will be no payday until January 8
lor county ofliciuls . unil workers,
and Christmas at hand, no delay
I'ioiii this source is aiiliriiiatcil.
Aid Prompt Audit . '
As soon as the 1929 business has
been concluded. on the county hooks
10. M. Wilson will start bis annual
audit of the books of the county.
Selection of election officials for
the coming .year, was ulso consid
ered by the county cuurt without
any definite action upon the pro
posed double 4ioard system. ;'
The jilun is .to secure as -many
clerical people as poHKihle for serv
ice at elections and lite co-operation
of concerns will be sought to
this end. - Heretofore, when a bopk
kenper was enlisted Ills employer
usked his release on the grounds
there was a rush of business at
hand and he could not he spared.
Other citizens called to the same
duty were in the midst of tasks
that required their personnl super
vision. Later, it - would develop
that civic duty nt 37. cents per hqur
wns Hliiinted to go "fishing or play
golf. , ,. ', ... . -. i -
There is no law requiring compul
sory service on an election board,
but a-direct appeal will be madeiin
the interest of speed in counting
the votes. .. ' .j ..
The remainder of the session was
devoted to tho transaction, of. rou
tine business and approval of the
regular batch of mid-month bills..
QUARANTINE RULE
. TO BE ENFORCED
Duo ,lo continued reports that
families, 'tinder scarlet' fever nuur-.:
antie have been breaking nunran
tlne rules flagrantly, enilangaring
the health of others. Dr. U. C. VVil
31111. county health officer, today
declared the rules will be rigidly
enforced, and nil violations shopld
be reported, to the health office, so
that violators. may lie given proper
attention, v . ,
There are some eases that have
never been reported nnd: cause
many contacts in spreading ihn dis
ease, of which there wero three
more cases reported yesterday. ,ln
making reports, the makers are to
qtlRKted to give their name's nnd pd
dresses to I lie health authorities: so
that unnecessary mistakes may be
avoided. :
The quorum iuc low. ri state stnt
ule, carries a fine and jail sentence
and it lu likely Unit flagrant vio
lators here will be dealt . with
harshly.
Larry Schade
Your Fnvorit Jfcweier
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l!..i(ii!llit'l,jTi)
It. A V, W. Club lToUls ; ,:
lHnilMT Meeting. j .T
"Womt'n'a Part .In ACortimunlo
Develojiment" was the subject of
an extremely interesgng talk given
by A. 11: Baniwell, secretary of ihe
Southern Oregon-Northern Cali
fornia Development nssucialiou,
before the- lluslness anl lrofeK
slonal Women's club at the Hotel
Medford Insi night.
Stressing the value of coopera
tion In the promotion of civic proj-
eels, .fir, 1 Jam well reviewed the
fir -reaching- benefits to be receiv
ed by this territory with the build
ing of ndeuiiale harbor facilities nt
t'reseent City nnd the subsequent
opening up of heretofore untouch
ed resources In both stntes.
Another treat on tho Worthwhile
.program was a talk by Lytton .van
hop of tho iVoregn Power company
at Ulo Janeiro, who Illustrated hl
remark 'on Brazil with moving
pictures, taken there, (illmpsett of
South American Industry, life and
customs were covered in the films.
Onorge 'Peck ham, popular hays
singer, student of James StcvcjiF,
accompanied by Miss Kvclyn Wold,
sang n group of solos. Poth art
ists were heartily applauded.
(-nrlstiuns- Party
Tor VMMlincn.
The Koynl Xelghliors and Mod
ern Woodmen will have their
fhrlstmas party Thursday evening,
the l!th, at W. O. W. hall.
There will lie a tree and trent
for the kiddies and every grown
up who wants to tnlu- part, in the
Christmas gift game is nsked to
bring a present not to cost over
1 ii cents.
Thre will also lie a short pro
gram nnd Christmas games.
' Make:THis The Happiest
n Sty
y -
oik
U.lrU League Plays
j Sunt a lo Primary Crudes.
The Cilrls' leugue of the hiii
school jdi yed Santa Claus t chi!
' dren in the fir.st three grades of
.Mt'dftii-il srhools this afternoon be
! ginning at 3:3a. Cars were, sent
j around to the various local grade
I school- and the children taken lo
tho h corated rooms of the hluu
I school, where a brilliant Yuletide
j tree was awaiting them.
J A eitstumed Santa Claus awaited
rthcm. who presented them with
camlv canes, bags of cu)dy and
i mils ami toys. A nicrial program
1 was also given In their honor by
tin tMiu-riuinmetit i'numittie of the
j lea mi o.
j '(verei Ulsh Uiiincr '
j Planned by Hub. 11
The fiolden Kinks class of th"
! First I'-ajuist church of Medford
1 will hold a Christmas party at th
I church Friday . evening, December
i ""'
I A covered dish dinner will be
served at (i:3i, followed by ent'-r -i
talnment and piU'ty.
! Al niemlicrs of tho CJolden IJnks
t lass and their families an invited,
J Annual Christmas Party
j Hazitnr High School , .
I The annual bazaar and, Chrlst-
mas parly of the Oirls' league will
; open at the higii sctiotd tonight at
:7::to. au vxhibition of beautiful;
Christmas gifts, many of which j
have linen made by . the sewing
Classen, and needle work artists of
the high sellout will he offered lo
tllO l.lll.lto fj.f L-lil.
A delightful program has also I
j been planned by the girls for the
jenteiiainiuent of the patrons. It j
1 follows:
Hunting net. with Mary l-Mmls-
GIVE A GORGEOUS
fv.VBROPIfY'S' name on a gift box really moans
fn.i something. A small deposit will hold your
gift selection, '
. Take advantage of our Extended Payment Plan
whicli enables ycu to pay in easy installments
ton. Helen Kdmiston, Hutli Pe
mores!, Berthu Crane. Frances
Moller and Janet Wruy Smith en
acting the various roles; tro In a
group of popular songs, the singers
consisting of F.dythe Stump. Flora
MacMath and Fvelyn Snyder; toe
dance, "Honey" by Kthel Chord;
tap dance by Helen MacAlIfster
aml Ia Murle Beck; and selections
by the orchestra.
Following the program ami sale,
dancing will be enjoyed by. the
girls and guests. The party is in
chnre of committees under Cie
following chairmen: refreshments.
Pauline MeXelll; program, Clara
Mary Fuson; ail vert islng. Peggy
M iller; invitations, Mary Xorris
anil clean-up, Kilna Allen.
Ashland IU-V
Honor Metlfonl 4'luh
Members of the .Medford 1I1-Y
were honored guests at a huiuiuet
given by the, AHhland Ili-Y at the
South .Alelhodist church In Ash
land last night.
'What Dues the Future Hold,
for You?"-was the thume of the
address of the evening given by
Matt Thompson, Y. M. C. A. secre
tary. Tom Simpson, president of the
Ashland Ili-Y acted as master of
ceremonies and introduced Maxine
F inert who sang two numbers,
"True Blue Lou" and "I've (lot a
Feelln' Fm Fullln'," accompanying
herself on tho piano. She ami
Laurence (iilt also sang it duel "1
(let the Blues When U Hains.'1
Tiie Medford delegation con
tributed a solo, "Am I Blue?" by
Charles Clay accompanied by Mal
colm Stiue, nnd u short talk by the
Medford president, Lionel Caslle
mait. , . i
Mrs. ICnrly Hostess
Party for Faculty
Mrs. (ilennie Mae Knrly enter
tained several members of the
high school faculty at a bridge
party at her home on West Jack
sou Inst night.
I ler guests were Misses Isabel
Wllsfc, Lt.ru Milch. 'I, Josephine
Klitley, Johnnie Fleet, Doris Baler
Now and Exqulsito Gift Rings
especially created for Christmas
We, as selected jewelers of this community,
offer these exquisite, gift rings especially
created by Traub for Christmas. For Mother,
Sister or "HER" we suggest these exquisite
diamond ring creations." No gift could please
more, no gift would be appreciated more.
Let this be a token of your Christmas spirit.
We suggest this as a happy solution for your
Christmas gift problem.' ' Priced from $35
to $150. Come in, let us show you these
and many others In duf complete selection.
Clita Walden, Maurine Johnson, I
If ill li 1- IlifktM-Miin unil M n t- 1
tillbei't.
M Iss Flea nora F. Ha rwood en -tertalned
ai a Sunday dinner at
the home of her parents, Mr. und
Mrs. (!. H. Skeate on Spring street
in honor of Miss Lucille K, Draws
who will be a December bride.
i Covers were placed for eight. !
Mrs. Clarlbelle Kliott und Mrs. !
(.eorge Codding, were hoatesses to
the 40 et 8 wives at the home of
IMih. Codding last night. A beauti
fully decorated Christmas tree wuh
a feature, of the evening's enter-j
talnnient. und bridge was enjoyed
through the evening.
A special meeting with Initiation
of candidates the principal feature
will be held by the Iteatnes chap
ter of the Fustern Star at the Ma
sonic lodge rooms tonight. Fol
lowing the business session a social
hour, under the direction of Mrs.
(iwcndulyn Woodcock, will bo en
joyed. Min. W. B. Blhlb Sr., plans on
leaving tomorrow or the next day
for Chicago, where she will spend
the Christmas holidays with her
son who lives there.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Per) are In
Los Angeles whero they intend to
spend the winter, having left here
Saturday.
IDS MAI
IN TURKEY IS STUDENT
i:rf:i:.'ic. ore. mii. neg-
liine Snhukimi. 17. A r uve plan
hnUKcmalil In t'omitnntimiph-. Tur
key. Is awaiting n letter telling
her that she Is enrolled as n tu
ib llt ill the rnlverssity of Oregon
extension division.
Tiie girl, whose mime would be
Helen" In Kngllsh. keeps bouse
GIFT RING
JEWELERS
MEDFORD, ORE.
ami tends the baby In -thef.honvS 1
of Mrs, Lucille Suunders -McDonald,
gruduaiq or the University pf.
Oregon, now foreign correspondent
for the New York Times.
A man of moderate means,
can ill afford the cost of
lengthy litigations which are.
sure to be forced upon him
should any flaw come to
light affecting the validity
of his title. It is much more,
economical to pay the small
premium for. the absolute
and. permanent protection of
a title insurance policy.
Jackson County
Abstract Co.
121 E. Sixth St.
Phone 41
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