.SIEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OJMOGOX. THURSDAY, PfrCEMUKU 2(8. 1fl!.
SEVEN DIE
Obituary
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Father Always Kind to Fam
' ily Says Sole Survivor of
Christmas Day Deed
' Believed Farmer Suffered
Mental Attack Wife and
Six Children Found in
Welter.' ' ' '
WALXUT .COVK. X. C.'IiPC. 2K
(Pj A farmer's wife and six
children hiy dead today, nil ''the
victims of a husband and father,
who on Christmas day became ln
anj. After tduyini; them he ,shoi
himBplf to death.;;: . - .. i
. The, dead : ' ' ' ,
Chariot D. Laws on,; 43, well-to-do
farmer; his wife, 3S iind six
of their children. .Marie, 17; Car
rie, 14; Mnrilielle, 10; James, 7:
Haymond, 5 and Mary Lou, h
months.
The bodies .of the mother and
children, hot or beaten to death,
were found yesterday afternoon in
the bloodstained Luwson home and
a tobacco barn on the place. The
hands of cveryune uf them were
folded across their breasts, their
hearix pillowed, and their eyo.-t
duped. The father had carefully
laid them nut fur burial.
J.yliiK in a p;ithwny in a patch
n f wood s a half mile n wa y ivu
t In budy of the farmer. A shnt
Kiin was nearby and in his pocket
was a crumpled piece of pnper,
upon which was scrawled:
fclamo nobody but 1."
. A coroners jury found that Low
son acted in a fit of Insanity.
Arthur I-awson, 19-year-old son.
Is the only, member of the family
who remains alive. , He was visit
ing an uncle near Oermanton
when Ids father wiped out the
rest of the family.
His father, he said, hnd always
been kind to him and oilier mem
bers of the family.
CHRISTMAS DAY WARM
While yesterday was an . un
usually warm Christmas ,day with
((.maximum temperature 'of i3 ,and
runshine most of the day. It wns
not a record breaker in the mat
ter of heat for Christmas day, for
perusal of records at the weather
bureau for only n few years back
revealed the Tact that Christmas
day, 1 !i2fl, had a maximum tem
perature very much warmer. C"
decrees.
Hut yesterday was fully warm
enough to militate against the full
Hijoyment of Christmas for many
-cople who. desired cold weather
unrt possibly snow.
However, the weather was not
inly delfehtful for strolls In the
Him.vhine without outer wraps
much of the day, but even tho
warm for any athletic activity with
customary clothing on, .for men
played golf in their shirt sleeves
and linen knickers.
Outdoor tennis was also played
: at , .several . ranch parties.' Fair
weather . with increasing cloudi
ness and .valley fogs is the fore
cast for tonight and Friday, fol
lowing . alternate sunshine and
cloudiness todiiy.
, Local Firm Makes
. Generous Donation
; T'?e proprietors of the Rogue
Ui,vrM?ai Cq; manifested-thlr
Christmas spirit by sending 100
roasl to a, Jlst of. JH-qpie furnished
them by Miss Lillian Roberts of
the local Red Cross.
This was one of the most gen
erous offers niade by any of the
business firms and was duly ap
preciated by the recipients, as
well us the Red Crostf.
MISSES WISELY VISIT
PARENTS OVER HOLIDAY
Anions thi ont-uf-toivn people
ako vinitiid lit MeiKorcl over the
holiday were Mlras lioth rind
Ktlrut WlHrly who nre pprn1tns the
holUlnys with tholr parenta, Mr.
mid.. Mil. C. M.'Wiivly at their
hotnr on Wimt JarRson street.
Mis Jleth Wisely ha lieen teach
ing Hchool nt Vmvers. Orecon. for
the past two yearn and .Miss Kilnfi
Wlsi-ly tenohe si-linol a? Talent.
JOHNSTON Kutheilne Bennett
Johnston passed away at her home.
320 North Holly street, lit noon
yesterday, Uecember 25, at the ase
of 45 years. Mis. Johnston had
been a resident of Medford for the
past six years, a good part of which
she was in the employ of the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company.'
She was born at San Francisco,
Cal., June 23. 1SS4. She came from
Hedding, Cal., to Medford. where
she had made many friends. She
had been confined to her home tor
many weeks, her illness being due
to cancer. .,
She leaves two brothers, O. H.
Bennett of San Francisco and M.
D. Bennett of Chico, Cal., who were
with her at the end.
Funeral services will be held at
the Conger chapel at ' p. m. Fri
day, after which the remains will
he taken to Portland for cremation
and the ashes placed beside those
of her parents in the columbarian
at that place.
Fox Theatres Give
' Savings - Accbunts
to Employes
4
All llw ifnployiMMi of -the Fox
j West Coast Theatres in .Medford
I were delighted on t'hi'lf Ijnas to
receive a remembranc from the
company in .the way of v siivintis
i account in the Jacksita- Cuano;
j Hunk, -rl))e i amounts vnryln'K ncf
cording to lite position And lejiglil
of. service.. -.' ;-f , t
Owing to the fact thlu'the , Fo.v
CJtmptlny hHSF'toply owned nnJ. jupti-
rated the local, theatres ;tlirav
months, these. : gifts were all - tlut
more arjireciated hy " the . eul
ployees. , . .' I ' ; . ' ;
The Jackson County lauk tien
erously added an amount to ach
account as a. t'ht-isumis token.
DAVIDSON Vera Mae Davidson,
(laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orba Da
vidson, passed away at their home
on Crater Lake road lour miles
northeast of Eagle. Point at 8:30
p. m. December 25 at the age of
3 years, 11 months and lti days.
Death was occasioned by scarlet
fever for which the family Is quar
antined, i ,
Besides Die parents there are our
sisters, Mrs. McrritV Frances, Ma
rie and Loom is Davidson, nil of this
coupty. , , ; ;
A private burial service was held
at the Central Point cemetery in
charge of the. Conger Funeral Par
lors this afternoon.
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Daily Metedrolosical Report MOORE AND BUSH
OWNERS OF
ELECTRIC STORE
TliuiMlay, DimimiiIkt
Medford and vicinity: KnhrUn
iitght: Kriduy fair; InereashiK
cloudiness and vallcjr fogs.- ' .Vi
change in lempe,ruturi;. . ..
Oregon: li'aji tonight with val
ley fogs weHt hqrtion: Friday fail
east. invrea!uig' ) cloudiness w e t
portion. Nil , Vtniuige' ' 'hi ; itempei a -lure.
'I'l!1;
!'ii"i;i'.
vi Lpeal DaU.i
I.c
T.enie(( tuie, (degrees ).. 4S n-l
Jlighest (lilst 'j'liours) 53 is
I-oWest (last'li-boui'sl.. ti 32
Itsl .humidity tpgt.) SI ' - "
Precipitation (inches).... T. .'I'l
State of weather I't. Cldy. Clear
. Lowest temperature this morn
ing, 32 degrees.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1. 111211, ".34 inches.
Temperature a year ago todnv:
Highest. fR; lowest, 41.
FINAL CONTRIBUTION
.TOSEALFUNO URGED
The yrmual tuberculosis f;hris(
nias (-;l eaiupaiKii curried mi by
the Jackson County Ilea It ii asso
ciation, ended officially - yesterday
and was pne of tne most success
ful in recent years. However,
the report on the total will not
be ready for several days and will
not be announced until after the
first of the year, giving ample
time for outstanding moneys to
be sent in to seal headiitmrters.
Persons intending to contribute to
the fund, are urned to do so av
once.
Last uiwht's Christmas dancinu
parly of the' American Lesion wat
one of the, outstanding social
events of the. season and wns at
tended oy dancers front nil parts
nf tite county. .Music was s i'ur
uUJipd, by Jaiik' Dowi'Iiik's orches
tra of Klamath Kalis, niftkint its
first appearances here 'tor several
months, i 1 - :
The Medford post will hold Its
next dance New Year's night at
the Oriental 'CarclenH. with music
by an orchestra as yet unannounc
ed. ' Another larpre attendance is
expected. -
NEXT SESSION DEC. 31
There was no , .session of the
county, court today. The next reg
ular session wijl be hold next . Tues
day, December 31, when the pay
roll for the month will be signed,
and routine business tnv the year
concluded. The first repular ses
sion of 1930 will be held Wednes
day, January g.
The county court held a meeting
Monday, when It transacted neces
sary business for the week, includ
ing the formal adoption of the
budget.
Both Christmas a.nd New Year's
fell this year upon regular f.our:
dnys.
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AS STATE ADJUTANT
SALi:,l. fire. Wc, 2.-r(P) Tin
pust of c(jinniulid of' the Mist di
vision will be in Kaleini htthougM
division headquarters will be in
Portland, according to Major Gen
eral George . White who has
been elevated to the division com
mand, with his inoiTrttion to the
rank of major general. It will not
be necessary fur him to resign as
adjutant, general of Oregon he said
today. Ills office as adjutant gen
eral is. located hew. The - 41st
division comprises troops In Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Wyoming.
Sunset todrty, 4:4G p. m.
Sunrise Friday. 7:3S a. m.
Sunset Friday, 4:46 p. m.
Obcervaticns Taken at 5 A. M.
120th Meridian Time
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GRANTS PASS READY
iThe OrftntS" Pass chamber of
commerce.' has" 'completed lis hri"f
to bo- filed with-the state highway
commission hearing, January 16.
next, in opposition tdV'the proposed
Williams Creek cut-off. Graphs
have been prepared by J. G. Urom
ley, civil engineer, to show that tn?
distance to the coast will nnt be
shortened.
The Josephine county capilr.1 op
poses the road on the grounds it
is "an economic waste of money."
"does not develop new traffic, and
presents impractical engineering
problems."
linker City 40 20 Clear
IJismarek 44 31 ' V. Cdy,
lioise 4fi ' JS Clear
Denver 6(1 32 Clear
Des Moines 6i P. Cdy.
Fresno 4.S 3S C)ou )y
Helena Art 31 P. Cdy.
l.s Angdes 78 M Ctea-
Marshfield 56 . 32 Foggy
Phoenix 7 4 Clear
Portland 54 44 Cloudy
Ued ltlilff Tili 40 Clear
Itosehurg 54 40 Cloudy
Kt.lt J-ake to 30 Know
San Frartclsco...... t'l 4 0 Foggy
SanUi Fe 4S 20 Clear
.Seattle f.2 4(1 -'lear
Spokane GO 32 Clear
Walla Walla CO 3K clear
Wiimipeg......-.. H l' f"-".V-Wr.
J. HlltCHikON, .
. Meteorologist.
Oregon Weather.,, (.
Fair tonisht with valley togs , l
west portion; Friday .fatn-in eat
portion; increasing clomllneHH west,
und rain north wesl portlnit. No
clange in temperature.,. 'Moderate
variable winds on the roust tonight
becoming southerly and increasiup
Friday. '
Jai-k Mnure.' whit has been con
hecjl'd with thje ' Med fori! t-tlecUir,
company fur ine past eight ytars.
TamiounetHt today that he, hiiij pur
j j based the api llanee department
gf that Concern and-, tylll upeiine
it In the same locAtlon; hi (h
Medtord building. A.t kio eiuny
time It. M. Jlush. who has Man
aged the Medford K.lectric com
pany for the past threat months,
made public his purchase of the
construction department which will
be operated as before In conjunc
tion with the retail appliance de
partment. The new lirm's name
will be changed to the Medford
IJleclric Store.
Since 1UJM, Jack Moore has been
active In the sales division of the
Medford Electric company here
and, during that time, has mude
many friends throughout the
southern Oregon territory. Pre
vious to becoming associated with
the local concern, Mr, Moore was
with the California Oregon Power
company at Klamath Falls and
with the Electric Appliance com
pany of Kan Francisco and Is thor
oughly conversant with the re
tail electrical business.
K. M. Mush, the new owner of
the Medford Electric store con
struction department, has been
connected with the former Med
ford Electric company for over 7
years and enjoys a wide reputation
as cm expert on all types of elec
trical installations. Previous to
Aiming tn Medford in 122, Mr.
Hush iived In Montana where he
was engnged In work attendant
with the electrification of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road. He was also associated with
(he Missoula l.lght & Power com
pany after .coming west from New
York slate. His experience in
electrical construction work ex
tends over a period of 30 years.
The new Medford Electric store,
under new management, Is now
opon for business, continuing the
busmoss of the former Medford
KUwttric company.' Jack Moore is
.now: Jm'l'ortJand purchasing fix
.tuiuH and appliances. Included In
t hoi list of-lines, which will con
tinue to-be handled by the new
fliua nro Kparton rnfllQit, Holpolnt
ntntiofi, . Easy washing' machines,
Kdtson IsmpH and Paul Putnpsl
COLDS
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iNfO PNEUMONIA
Uid to B0- I ta
l- Cougti from colds mar
riou, trouble. You con slop them
now with Creomulsion, an emulsified
creosote that ia pleasant to-take.
Creomulsion is a medical1 -discovery
with two-fold action; it aoothta -and
heals the inflamed membranes and in
hibits germ growth. l
Of all -known druga creosote- 2a rec
ognized by high medical authorities
as one of the greatest healing agencies
lor coughs from cold, and bronchial
irritations. Creomulsion contains, in
addition to creosote, other healing
merits which soothe and heal ths
inflamed membranes and stop the ir
ritation,' while the creosots goea on te
the stomach, ia absorbed into tha
blood, attack the aeat of the trouble
and- checks ths growth of the germs.
- Creomulsion Is guaranteed satisfac
tory in the treatment of coughs front
eolds, bronchitis and minor forms of
bronchial irritations, and is excellent,
for building up the aystem after cold)
or flu. Money refunded if not re
lieved after taking according to direc.
tioos. Ask your druggist, (adr.)
CREOMULSION
FOR THE COUGH FROM COLDS THA THANG ON
WiirDirer Dresses
are repriced for. i
January Selling
'!.:::
In Three Groups
$18
.50
$13
.50
$8
.50
Our buyeri have already telected many of tie atur Spring
tyles . . , so we have put a new low price on these Winter
dresses for your immediate needs, to make room for the new
things when they arrive. You will find types for every occasion
in this extraordinary collection . . . gracefully feminine af
ternoon and evening dresses as well as more tailored styles with
the new softer lines. Every dress is an authentic copy of die
fashion successes for this season. The new low prices offer you
an exceptional opportunity, to buy several dresses at a fraction
of what you would expect to pay. , Canton crepes, , satin .and
combinations of materials in black, brown and bright shades to
wear with Winter coats. Sizes for women, misses and juniors.
aCPENNEYC
ISIS
East .Main Near Bridge
Admission 10c and 15c
, TONIGHT and Friday
m. ar Mr .
A FIRST RUN PICTURE
Matinee 1:30; Evening 7:00
A QUESTION OF HONOR
?f.w' Rlltll 'aPsi-lQ2 '
HIGH on a Sierra'tmountainsidev;41vo
men were wagingaquietbatrelentless
struggle when Anne WUmot arrived there
for a visit at Leon Morse's palatial lodge, ;
Anne was resigned to her destinyto
recoup the dwindling fortune of her
family by marrying Morse, railroad
builder, financier and wealthiest man of
her New York set 2l,v
Then the disdainful glance of a young,
bronzed giant of the hills stirred the
embers of revolt in Anne and plunged the
warring forces into a grim battle for two
prizes instead of the one they had Bought
before.
The first was the site of Scott Glenn's
irrigation project which blocked Morse's
dream of a railroad through the clouds.
The other was Anne, and the placid Sierra
hills suddenly became the scene of a
mighty conflict.
Ruth Cross has woven this" back
ground of elemental strife into a thrilling
story of romance, adventure and stirring
climaxes. It is being published, for the
first, time.
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