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Girl Who Wins Local Beauty
Crown Has Great Oppor
tunity in Lion's Club Com
petition. BUILDING
Public Pays for Good High-!
ways, Whether Has Them!
or Not, Says U. S. Roadj
Bureau Chief,
MISS
MEDFORD GASOLIN
MAY
BE NAMED
NVESTMEN
ROAD
Who will -Miss MeUfiiid" be?
Who will be ".Miss Medford ?'"
The girl who will represent this
city in the beauty contest at the
Liny' Club International frolic
at Jantzen Ileaeh, l'ortlund, July
1C. No one knows as yet. No
uspiranlti to the title have been
named. Competition is open and
all persons sensitive to beauty, the
one quality yf which the world
never tires, are urged to open
their eyes wide in search for the
lady with a beautiful face, an at
tractive form and lots of personal
charm.
Those are the three require
ments Jean Brault, chairman of
the Medfurd Lions' club commit-'.
tee, which will sponsor the search
here, named this mornillK. ".Miss
Medford" will enter competition
at Portland for the title of "Miss
oreKon."
If she wins out above the other
lovely feminine creatures who will
be entered by all leadlnu cities of
the state, she will be sent to iul
veslon, . Texas, for the Interna
tional Patteant of Pulchritude to
vie for the title of "Miss Uni
verse." Seek Most Ilcailtirul.
; The Lions are seeklnK In Ore
gon the most beautiful glr In the
world. They say this state Is
"particularly adapted by environ
ment to develop a type of femi
nine beauty that artists and JudKCs
pronounce ideal. The great out
doors of Oregon, the clean re
freshing rains, and the general
atmosphere go to build that beauty
which charms and wins the ap
proval of experts the world over.
And Medford has as many beau
tiful girls ns any other city of Its
size in the world."
Details of the local contest are
not ready for announcement. Mr.
Brault stated this - morning. A
committee has been named to
canvass the merchants to got each
line to find a beauty and sponsor
her In the race. The campaign
will bo conducted in the most eco
nomical way possible and will not
include the choice by ticket pro
cedure used so many times.
The method for Judging the
fairest, has not been announced
cither. The campnlgn will Include
ninny festivities at which the girls
entering competition will nppenr.
All citizens will, at some stage of
the contest, probably be given n
chance to voice their decisions re
garding the aspirants, Mr. Ilrnult
stated.
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OF a CORK HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO, CM.. Mn'-2S.
Marc A. Van Ness, well known
hotel man, has been appointed
mannger of the 15-story El Cortez
hotel In San l'rancisco, just com
pleted. Van Ness comeB to the El Cortez
from the celebrated Alexander
Young hotel in Honolulu. Ills va
ried experiences In hotel work
lnrgely influenced Mortimer I
Samuel, owner of the El Cortez
and Manx hotels, In his selection
of a manager for the $'1,500,000 El
Cortez.
Van Ness believes that the mod
ern trend is toward residential ho
tels of the El Cortez type, and says:
"The popular clamor for individual
ized service has made the old style
hotel In a measure obsolete. In
associating myself with Mortimer
A. Samuel in the management of
the El Cortez, I foresaw the oppor
tunity to join the movement to
ward residential hotels almost at
its inception,
"in creating the El Cortez, Mr.
Samuel has provided San Francis
cans and visitors with a complete
home that combines the conveni
ence and luxury of n hotel."
Van Ness Is an honorary mem
ber of the "Hound the Worjd Golf
Club," a select circle whose mem
bers have circumnavigated the
globe with their mashies. Ho Is o
member of the Elks, American Le
gion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Honolulu Ad club, California North
ern Hotel Men's association, Cali
fornia Oreeters, American Hotel as
sociation and the Honolulu Cham
ber of Commerce.
located in the heart of the ex
clusive downtown shopping and
theatre districts. It is of particular
appeal to out-of-town folK who plan
to spend a week, or even a year. In
San Francisco. Electrified kitchen
ettes, available with luxuriously
furnished suites and slnRle rooms,
mnko it possible for visitors to en
joy all the comforts of their own
homes.
SPAULDING MILL 10
fKANK I. VNfcLLiH
Ily Frank I. WYIIer,
Asfioci.-iU'd Press Farm Kdiror.
WASHINGTON. U) Thomas
Jf. AIaclin;J(l, ciiief of the bure.-i j
nf nil Mil.- ro:iils. s-n lrusnlino i-t 1
the country's greatest road builtlci.
He prefers to look upon th
$432,311,519 collected In gasoline
taxes last ye ir
as an invest
ment rather
than taxation.
He bases his
eon tenvion on
the premise that
the public pays
for good roatis
whether It has
ihenror not.
It is a simple
paradox. If the
public- pays for
Hood roads tlx?
cost of operation
and upkeep is
less on vehicles;
if It does not, the eoss
are oorrespoldinKly increased.
"Owners of motor vehicles rea
lize." he says, "that with pond
roads the direct financial benefits
they receive fn lowered opera tins
costs in addition to greater free
dom of operation, far exceed the
sums they puy as taxes."
IllCTWIMV St 'OH.
A. comparison of the gasoline
and motor vehicle figures of 1921
with those of HlliU shows the enor
mous increase in the use of high
ways. At the close of every state
wfts collecting a gas tax which, to
gether with the tax collected in
the District of Columbia, brought
the total to $432,3J 1,519 on 13.
400, 1 S 0,061 gallons of motor fuel.
In 1!21 only 1 r states Imposed a
gas tax. It netted a revenue of
V-3 K 2.1 11.
In 1 ii 2 1 the states collected
$122,478,654 in license fees on 10,
4 0 2 , 2 It 5 motor vehicles. In 1929
they collected $347,843,&43 on
501,443 vehicles, an increase of 1S4
per cent in fees and an increase of
153 per cent in the number of ve
hicles. In 1921 the states had in their
highway systems a total of 202,91 !i
miles of roads, 84,372 of which
were surfaced. At the end of 1928
they had 30(1, 4-12 miles, of which
192,138 were surfaced.
According to report made by
Seely V. Hall at the last meeting
of Medford post, American Legion,
a large number of airplanes will
visit the local airport for the pro
posed dedication this summer.
Itoth naval and army planes
have been promised by officials
In charge of the two branches of
the service nnd these, together
with the projected Northwest nlr
tour, would make the greatest
aerial display ever seen in this
section of the country.
I'lans for the dedication are
continuing and a definite ilnto will
be set as soon ns the schedule for
the air tour 1h definitely decided,
tided.
Oregon Weather.
Unsettled with showers tonight
nnd Thursday; cooler tonight anl
in the extreme east portion Thurs
day. Strong southerly winds with
SO. (til IK
SALEM. Ore.. May 28. (Ef
fective next Monday the lumber
mill of the Chft-les K. Spamling
Logging company here will reduce
its working week from 48 to 4"
hours, but will continue to operate
six days a week. Slack conditions
In the Industry were given as the
reason.
Makes Life
Sweeter
Children' stomachs tour, and need
an anti-acid. Keep their system
sweet with Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia 1
When ton jrue or breath tells -'of
acid condition, correct it wttfi a
spoonful of Phillips. Most men and
women have been comforted by this
universal sweetener1 more mothers
should invpke its aid for their chil
dren. It is a pleasant thing to take,
yet neutralizes more acid than the
harsher things too often employed
for the purpose. Ho household should
be without it,
"Milk of Magnesia" has been the
IT. 8. registered trade mark of the
Charles 11. Phillips Chemical Co. and
its predecessor Charles H. Phillips
since 1875.
PHILLIPS
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Memorial
IF you are one of the millions planning to
take a week-end drive over Memorial Day,
look to your tires.
Nothing wrecks the holiday frame of mind
so completely as a struggle by the roadside
with a tire change, while the stream
of vacation traffic passes you by.
Maybe a new tube right now will
save you this experience; maybe it's
a new casing, or two, that you need to
make sure,
. Whatever it is, there's no place so
Godyor cam tivt ysm grtaltr tirt pet
msM btcams Goadytur builds sure than
of oil the tires used in America, the
remainder hetnf diiditl emmf lumt
forty manufacturers. "More people ride
am Goodyear Tiros than on any other
Umd."
well prepared and equipped to look after you as
the nearest Goodyear Service Station Dealer.
Go see him now, he'll help you make an
inspection of your tire equipment, and whether
it's tires or tubes or service, he sells the
world's best at prices you can afford
to pay. "
He's part and parcel of that combi
nation of superior quality and superior
service that makes "more people ride
on Goodyear Tires than on any other
kind!"
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New LOW PRICES
on PATHFINDERS
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30x3y2 O. S $4.98 30x1.50 ' .$8,S5
31x4 $8.85 28x4.75 ........
29x4.40 $5.55 31x5.25 ; $9.7