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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1929)
VACIV1 ElfiTTT AlKDFOrff) MAIL TRIIUrN'R. M F FFOT D. OR EC! ON'. SI FN DAY, DEC'EMIJEU 22. 1 020. f A COUNTRY LAD MiVJKTOW'.N. III. (A'i 'A cuun try hoy's curiosity in n few "wuthliFs cliiy piles" that liiul hoc n fycNuio to Bcnt'iutiuiis ol his farm folk uni-i'stuni bronchi hint diMint'tion. Dr. Unit J)k iison tn liuyliooil truilKf'il liart'lont over thufu clav )11(h, I) 1m you till til lniiiKi nation utim'il unuU tinu' u whitened mIuiII. tit on o K)iai'-hcail. or bit of nhell bond wuh t'Xjiu.si'd by u hiavy ruin or fresh plowing. i ' Indiana," IiIh fatlu'r would 111, Ililll. "J lit tl f'W WUtllll'KH r'd- fkliiH who wt-iit to tlii-ir happy hunting Kiuuml hemiboutn.' And then the vUlvr JiIcUhoii would complain hem tine the poHky mounds' tnado the cult tvut ion of IiIh farm li f f n u It . Two ycaiH hku, Dr. DU-kHon ho Kiui excuvatliiK one of the Hinallcr inoundH. What he found made hliu iH'Klei't IiIh profpssion of med icine and later remove his mIiIiikU' to heroine an arrlieoloKiHt, with a Ht'lentlfic storehouse In hln bin U yard. KelentlKtH eaine to view the Iiuk" burial Ki'onnd of the Neolithic innti. Five hundred nkeliMoii were excavated. Primitive linpU-j nienla of warfare were found; j crude cookltiK uI'-mhIIh, and cruder) bllri of ornamentation, have been; revealed by Hi la amateur urehe oloKiHt, The hod i en were burled, one on j the other, with u few lnchex ofj clay between, in tine mound llwy j were ho closely packed ay to vuk-i lient u pestilence. ! Some pottery We found mtn-j fcOKtcd nn attempt al Khtfclni;." wild' lMrkson. "Many efflK.v peceH were found, Htich nK birds and animals." Now and Then - About Christmas tuition. Mat'y : ! These photographs would show up well in the "then and now' section. In the group of racing cars is an Oakland (third from left) that was built in 1909 and one year later made racing history in the Northwest. The other photo shows an Oakland All-American Six, built in 1929. It is standing on the now decaying Speedway between Tacoma and Fort Lewis that once attracted some of the most famous race drivers of the West. Note the weeds and trees on the banked turns. This race course is now an airport. It' JosNii-u Nelson Xorlh I love red Htrin and tinsel tn pe And holly leaven and berries red. And tissue paper white and fine. And packages and twlHted iwlne And corners neatly lucked In shape I,lko hublcs into bed. Crunches of evergreen I love And silver tar ami candles llm. Apples and nut: in bulKinu K-aelts And greeting curds and tseul-intf-wax And fragrant rooms and door way k dim With mistletoe above. I love the smelt of baiting . pies And kitchens all ho warm und clean. And grown-up's hands that spice and taste. And aprons tied around tho waist, fr And work ; with happy talk h between, 'And Mother's pretty eyes. had Vlven hlin had none. j It was Ha t u id a y und II o b w;is ' away. Alury was looking for some-1 thing In which she could earn j a button. As she was out in the j yard tdie heurd a screum from! baby. Hhe ran In the Instant she saw her mother with the buby !nj her arms. Utile flames were j creeping ugalnst tho wall. Hho ran to the telephone and called th; -fire department. The fire was ,iu ' out. Mary's quick cut had saved j the day. Sure Pop said "Yom J have done us much as Hob," und ; thai was how Mary got her but- . ton. ' j nomad kings hand down the luwsi for the tribes. 1 f Letters and telegrums from ull .corners of the earth come to Mi. I ' Cole for delivery. j Mr. Colo, when 1! years old, I was adopted Into u tribe of Spun- ; Ish gypsies and traveled with them i for 3u years, visiting practica'ly I every section of the globe und ! learning the names und locations ! of the various tribes. j When he settled down here, the, gypsies began communicating with' their friends through him. i Mrs. Cole succeeded him In thlH j work. The Coles know the loca-j tlon of practically every tribe in t existence. K v e r y dark-skinned wanderer finds a friend at this ! store, and the Coles say that the, gypxh's always have repaid them I for their It ItidncKHes. , "They never forget a friend, and , never forgive an enemy." says M h. J Cole. "They r.iu very generous, ; and very unconventional in money mutters. Much like children, they are Impetuous, and of happy tem perament.' Mrs. Cole say there are about r 100.000 gypsies In the world, and about 5,000 In the United Slates.' ,i piaeticub ult hough expensive, ChrUUims Juke. .Make Costly l-allicr J!ru1i , UVKItPPOOL ifP) A shaving i brush which cost $135 has been shipped from this Knglish port to : India. It was 8 Va Inches high aiul ! had an Ivory handle. Its bristles! were selected from $25,000 worn' of the finest badger hair. Th j makers thought H was ordered as liKKNK (!' Switzerland Is credited with the highest consump tlon and also the highest jmidu -tlon of artificial silk per capita lu the world. The United States stands fourth in this comparison, Amer ica Is represented as producing four-fifths of a pound per person und as buying nine-tenths of u pound. JIAXCtKOK, Slam W1) This city Is already planning for celcbratUm of its 1j0 anniversary as capiti.l of tho kingdom, although the event does not lake place until 1932. Th king has agreed to donute a thlrJ of th" cost from his private purse. IS FOR U. S. GYPSIES; How Mary Got Her Button Phyllis Xcllson Hob and Mary were soon to be come Scouts. They were playing they were now. Uob had saved come children in a fire and Pop. ther snfty Scort FOltT SMITH. Ark. (IP) Gypsy trails from nil over the world Ievl to' tho Cole drug store hero, the unofficial interimtlonut postoffico of the nomads. Oddly enough, a woman, Mrs. 11. Cole, who Is not a gypsy, is iheir administratrix and ca.m year bundles thousands of dollars for hir wandering friends. In ad dition to the 10.000 telegrams, cab legrams and letters that come to her for delivery annually. Under tho gypsy laws a "gorglo," orioutsidcr, :hamlles their affairs from them. From the unpretentious Utile drug store that hides deep In the shudow of a broad viaduct at the end of Fort Smith's main business street, the paths of the gypsies cross. It is from there that the. ----- n T T f T T IT T T t T t 1 t T T T 1 H t " . I 1 I EROUS YEAR Earth's Interior Next Field for Exploration Others Conquered IN 1930 SAYS OAI.AN'I), Cal., Dec. 'JS "Tho nutumobile Industry will not bo liver ' produced until everybody I hat1 can afford to own un . auto mobile: has out'." -declared It, J. Klinser, . -vice president and gen eral manager of Chevrolet Motor Conipany here'' today to u group of Pacific coast and mountuiii HtateH officials of his organisa tion. ' Mr. Klluger Is on the last II. .1. KMMiCII Tho Hiiccess of l be Pyrd polar ! expedition has once more em -. phasi'ed the fact that the few re maining blank siio's on the m u of the globe are rapidly disappear ing, Hays the New York Sun. AVith both poles conquered. Africa mi longer a Dark Continent and the1 sens and tropics well charted, thej time Is ripe. for the suggestion mnile to the American (ieogruphlc society by Prof. II u low Shupley j that s leuee should explore lb' earth's interior. The establishment of Piutoni' research laboratories deep in the earth, said Professor Shapl y. J would eventually lead to Import-; ant acquisitions In many fields ofj scientific knowledge. In addition to producing data on the mineral j wealth of the region bored, under-j ground research may help to sokv numerous problems In ireo-physic j and astronomy. According to thi.j scientist, fully equipped experi mental laboratories at great depth j below the surface of the groun 1 would enable research men I J sillily earthquake waves, variation- In gravity and the effects of lunar tides and to confirm the dates f the Ice Age and tnterglacial per iods. Tapping the source of he.it at the core of (he earth may h'm bp possible, thereby raising new Issues lu the perennial controversy r over power reserve. I Scientists Can Only fincss Numerous conjectures have been' made by science on the nature ofl the earth's core. Professor I leu - j hmld Daly of Harvard recent I v said 11 was a glasslike mnl(r;i mass. Another scientist not lonu ngo advanced tjie belief that t he rent el of our Ida net was a ball lap of a tour which carried him nf solid magnetic Iron. Slories 'if lo alt parts of the United Suites. 'n world perpetually in flames el III voicing optimism for a pros, the renter are so ancient as to be pel otis liKio, Mr. Klluger contln- venerable. lied. "When we consider what n. The difficulty of boring into the basic factor the automobile has- - - .t. -r.. --tz come to be in the lives of alt of lis, we can better appreciate the sound footing on which nor In earth shafls of sufficient depth for such scientific observation as Pro fessor Shapley proposes cannot be Ignored. Abandoned mine shaft.t , ami the craters of extinct Vole.ui-' oes may assume a new importar.co , if underground research is nctim! j ly atteinpted. Several holes more, than a mile In depth have heel .j. bored for geological exploration, notably one in Cfcuehow, Silesia, V. 3X4 feet deep, and another at Leipzig, t;.2ii.') feet. Oil Well the lccH-Ht A boring at Pittsburgh of more than 5.-rHMi feet was made to obtain knowledge of coal nnd oil bearing formations. Some nf the greatest depths In the world however. have,j, been reached by petroleum wells. (Hie oT these In Vet Virginia wm sunk 7.r.'i7 feet, nnoiher 7.3WO f"ei.4. Coal mines seldom drop lower th.m i .1,001) fe't. or a little more than half a mile. Hut In a thousand years of incessant digging and pry- lug into the crust of the earth hit- man beings may fairly be said no. lo have scratched Us surface. Th"U' g, most ambitious undertakings n delving are inconsiderable In com- parfson with the mnss of tin globe. ! t ' Santa Never Fails to Visit Those With Money in the Bank i 'i t !? i? T dlistry rests. Our first nerd Is! something to eat. (hen something ' to wear, then a roof over our , heads and then a means of trans-j porting ourselves from one point ' to another. The desire to explore; to go places -bus iilw been with us and not until the arrival ' of the iiiiiomobile had this de-1 nlre been gratified to the utmost." j Mr. Klluger nays: "The airplane: Is no more a compel it or of t he ! automobile than the radio Is to ; ty lbiibaiii I tea u fori the newspaper. For every plane j Fashion Kdiior Associated Pros that goes Into the air them will! Feature Service) be the need of one more nutoino- j iutiH ;ptThe freaklst fie.iU .n.o ,u ' " l-P"' ue .... s(yU, (f tI)(i )H,Vlin, I mi 1 1, iii ii uu n mil in motor iiochs to haul suniilles lo the iilaucs. The airplane Industry will dcvel-jt" match finger nails, which pi op along with the automobile in. turn are supposed to match Jewel., i lust i y. Tlie automobile business Cleopatra had nothing on t he is Hill expanding. The replace-; few daring devotees who displ.iv tneiit market Is getting larger ea h gaudily manicured feet on wht n year ami we rind a higher :iver;ie j colored nails are distinctly vislMi of uutoniolilles per tuinily than ; through cobweb hoe and low cut existed In m-evlntis i'inrn " i anl;ls. Mr. K linger bt lb ves tliHt th-' Conservative Parisians u-v - country is exceptionally sound, i shocked by the style which the that business comlitlonH are in ex- j I'Hnces de Fauciguy l.ucing". rellpnl shape and states that j someihlng of an autocrat of the Chevrolet In the first ix months "Messing table, says is n direct Im- of the new year has un excellent . lontlon from pain. upportuntty to equal the remark-j able record set during the flrsi i nix months of this year." ' This is the lluio when the pinch of poverty is iell as at no other time T of Hie year. You should not envyj those with money In the hank for J you tan have a hank account your- I self If you will only xnwy Theroj Is a time coming In every life as I his season comes every year when you will have joy hi your life if you have uvcd and sorrow If you have not. t guard of fash - enameled In colors i t Order Yoiir Christmas Turkey Early AH No. 1 Oregon Birds -DUCKS -GEESE ' CHICKENS Also a Full Line of Quality Meats Christmas Hams and Bacons MEDFORD CENTER MARKET 'Partners in Community Development" Rear of MacMarr Store on North Central We Deliver Phone 255 i I PKIIMXll A' I'rlniiiml. f.u-ili-iunrd tn iliHlli muni hi(liT In )mt nl rtnwn wtihmit tlii. (MllnVllinilniMlt nf n lilt'f!" Iltlfllrll.''1 fiiy.' mi finlpl1 lwiicil ly (ItMHM-jil I.IJVu Yin. inllMury Movpvnor of llw rlty. Tho nrilir followrrt nn ln.: .iPllt In whlrh u rrllnlnitl tolrl crowd hp did not liicril drulh In r"uim he had mi enjoyed hu IhvvIh. life. 1IOHCIIW 111 HiiiwImii lumber M llle VRlue t 6. Olio. lino va rx Imrleii In an eiiinpaied with IT. Silo. Olio (n the ireredlnjt yea1. Muni nf the lumler wan imld tn Ku rnpe. hut the I'nlted stnle., ruha. Mt'Hiro hnd Arnentlim were nl,." nninng the cinlnmera. No I'Yench wnniiin of tHM'c wuulil lutlke htrsilf no (Mtnnilru oui." .ho .ild feelillKly t .1 ! -porter who wnntvil her view on tinted hall. "Kri'nrh women make n inlslul:e to ape the duMnuii faNhlnliN net ty foiil;nerii." wuh the way Andie, ite Koiiuulere. i.enil-offU'lnl lteml Iti-ummi'l of h'ranre, vvilceil hui otilnion of dyed milli. Novel thole, (he Kronen wife of I one of Kraneo'a mo.t fnntou. eo:-! turlori. I. n leader In Iho nlovolno-it i to fa)ilnutzo dyed iiiiiIm. She npon-i Kora the ntyle of emerald nallai whloh mali h euietald rinKi. Herj own aila are it hrilhant Kreen. j See Brill for Body Work Radiator Repairing Fender and Door Repairing Automobile Glass Installed while you wait. Thp coinnmiHtno lit "Thou Khali not hHr fuijte witiiPNtt," hH lren i minted In lettem two feel hln-1 in tho I in wxiiii eon til v, TpH!, court room. Christmas Greetings To All That Read This RAINBOW CLEANERS t s,. Fir St., Mi-tlfttrtl GIFT HINTS mi . Special Bargains for Monday and Tuesday Shoppers A Soecial Window Full of Fine Gift FURNITURE Special BARGAINS We have arranged a special window display of furniture to be sold at a sacrifice. Se lect your gifts from this group: Smoking Stand End Tables Magazine Racks, Floor Lamps Odd Chairs Childs' Davenport; Chair Zenith Bicycle Stunly, tloulili! lmr liicydo. iSpcfiully lirici'tl lit $29.50 1 Ism m r Dinner Ware Set This set of Dinner Ware is decorated in an at tractive design, w'ust the gift to make any woman happy. 42 pieces for only $6.98 Kitchen Sets Genuine Russell Kitchen Sets to make cooking a pleasure. Set consists of: Paring knife, 'spatula" butcher knife, sheer and bread knife. 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