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MISPPOTTO MAIL f ftTBWfl. MKttftOiayoUIXU) MONDAV.DECEMBKtt 1, 1930 ': CITY ASSUMES FESTIVE DRESS FOR CHRISMS Decorations On Street And , In Stores Near Comple , tion For Opening On Wednesday Evening. Willi 'street ilocoratlonn on the main IhisIiickk BtriiolH (if Mccli'onl nearly completed tcxluy. und nier cliuntu actively prepuriiiK for we clul window dccorationH, plans Tor the unniiul OirlHtinaH opening Hpon hot od by the retail trude divinion of the rhuinher of commerce Indi cate that on WedneHday evening Medford will present a Kalu ap pearance to the thouHumla ot resl denta of Medlord und the surround ing country who alwuyH ullend this event. ' The street docoratlug pluna adoiiled by the merchants this year are more extensive and (llirerent thun any used hofore In Medford. with large 'hrlstimis treea pluced at many of the principal street In tersections mid with HlrlngH of col ored lights 1 1 1 ll m in (it I li k Hi" large trees. This mellind has repluced the curbstone tree decorations heietol'oro used. Store Decorated Decorations planned by the mer chants' committee. In charge of Ho lund Hubbard, are being amplified by., individual store j decorations placed by the merchant themselves and .Medford is rapidly assuming a very pronounced Christmas appear ance. 1 he rormul opening, beginning with Hie uuvellljig of the Christ inas windows, will come promptly at 7:30 Wednesduy evening, with a blinking of all of the lights of the city as a signal. As a special favor to kiddies of Medlord and surrounding country, old Saint Nick himself will be at tlio cham ber of commerce building to greet the children ami give them un ad vuce taste of ChrlstmaB. . HmiiH Clans this year Is accom panied by Amos 'n' Andy, who will lie In Medford for the occasion, and will assist Santa In distributing fa rms to the children from the cham ber of commerce. Muiio a Feature Medford merchants ure muking special efforts this year to huve nuusiially attractive dlspluys or sea sonable merchandise In their show windows for the Christmas open ing, and tho crowds who attend the evont are assured of un Inter esting and Instructive evening. Mu sic lor the event will be fur nished hy the Medford lOlks hnnd, under direction or P. Wilson Walt, and concerts will bo given on sov erul of the principal streets of the business district during tho even ing. . It. P. Strang, president of the re tail trade division, Btatod today that this year's Christmas opening promised to eclipse any event of the kind ever held in Medford, and that Medford merchants are united tn extending to the peoplo of this city und residents of surrounding communities a cordial Invitation to participate with the merchants in ushering lu the Christmas Beuson. . Harbor Will Open Up New Marketing Possibilities For Southern Oregon Products fly A. II. Run well (Secretary - MnniKr Northern Ctilirornln-Houthorn Oregon Devel ot merit AHHOolution.) The buslncsrt of tho i-oiiimcr-rial organization In promotinK the IntorefttH of n city or com munity 1h no la, niter that of Him ply pxprct jIhk nn Abundance of enthuwiaum In which tho rent of the country may or may not believe. It In u bunInenM( find like any micepHful operation, nuiHt be bUMfd on prnetlenl prin ciple. It linn been proved that Hioho prlnclplPK do not differ muterinlly from those. govifrnlitK the' adver tiwiiiK or promotion of oilier pro ducts when ihn coin rn unity und the market nre rlnhlly mmlycri. Tho program of tho Northern California -Southern Oregon l)u voloprnent iimtoelatlon h one wle ly chosen hy the. hoard of dir ector after a very careful mir vey nnd analyHlM of tho needs of northern California ' and nouth ern Oregon. The vuhI amount of publicity which thiH program hat received h"H been for the moHt part dun to tho fact that it wnn butted on facttt and au thentic HtatlHth-H. With cougreMM nhout to con vene, chanreM nro that the anno ctatlou'H major objective the CroKcent City hnrbor will be given favorable connideratlon In order that thiH Hcclion may be provided with a deep water out let that will relieve tho high freight Kltnatlon 'exiting here and uUo tie the ineaim of opening up marketK, at prenent Inaceen Klhlr, for our natural reHourcoN. ValiiH and lin porta nc4i of the lint ho r ure no ungr cnntrti vermlal und it is generally con ceded by commercial orgaulwi I In n h, biiNluesH unsocial it'OH, and other iutercHlH that the harbor imiHt be entabllnhed if thiH fac tion of the Pacific coa.st would keep pace with the remainder of the coast In Mm industrial and agricultural march. CurgoeH which will he shipped j from thiH harbor, conwidered by I fome the best potential harbor on tho Pacific coant, will come from tho forcntH of northern California and Kouthern Oregon, the fertile Itogiio itiver valley. Die field of eiiHlcrn Oregon and ioulhwetern Idaho, . the ocean Itnelf, ! and far . below the nur face of the f round. Our oren, timber fruit, flh from, the Pacific, nnd , products of many diversified farming arenH Will oil make f.renent4 (-ity one of the leading cltien of the Wet when the harbor U nvuihible to KhlpH of denper draft. That future tonnage 1h OHHiired tho harbor Im verified' by the MlaternentM . leading auLhorltieH presented at the mineral and agricultural conference which the aHHoi'latlon ttpniixorcd recently. It Jx estimated that the total a m o u i t of outbound tonnage which would pattH through the completed h:irbor would annually amount to r25,r00 tonn, at a total freight Having of W.VM, Oo 0. Adding the eHt'imated In bound tonnage of 68,000 tonn and freight Huving of $202,000, the total tonnage expected 1m G!2,l U0 tons and the total freight nv ing $l!,Ii!)5.000. Thin hugo tonnage 1h better realized when It in considered that in liijj'i total HhlpmentH of CreHcent City harbor wero T.:i, :tat! tonn valued at f 5,700,0 1 R. The completed harbor will caiiHe development of our national re-houi-ci'h resulting In movement of freight that will Htngger oven the most optlmlnttc und It I" little wonder that a spirit of unity exintH among tho business IntercHts of northern California and Houthem Oregon to bring about thin iniieh needed wutri tranHpiirtatioii. It Im estimated that In ship ment of pear tn the Hritlsh llo a saving of Oe per box can be effected. Kx porting of penrs and apples, berries nnd other fruit will be made certain when the entry of ships with refrigeration service Into Crescent City is made P- Ptble. 'PEAR GROWERS! !ARF RFAMIRFI1 I lilt. IIUIWVUIIL.( BY ROSENBERG! - i Meteorological Report Oeccmhcr I. l:t. Medford and vicinity: Tonight iXnd Tuesday, cloudy; no change in ; temperature. OrcKun: - Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probahly rain in north west portion toniKht;no change In temperature. Local Data Talent District Meeting Told . Of Optimistic Outlook Following The Present Depression. -. S. P. BANDIT m SHOT DOWN ESSSS lULULIYIDLM MF! BY POLICE Leader Of Gang Which Secured $65,000 In Nabel Holdup Trapped In Oakland Home Other Members Flee. Wo Protest Filed To Date, None Expected All Departments Cut Deep By Committee. LOCAL DAIRIES) DISTRIBUTE "A" GRADEPRODUCT After almmt two yearn of nglta tlon nnd preparation to bring this condition about, all of the dln trlhutorH of (juallty milk In Med ford today began delivering giU(l A milk to customer In the city, (n neeordnnce with tho edict of the city council, pontpontng the time of Kolng Into effeot from lt Hep tember until December 1st, This news wan given out rnrly thin after noon by Oha. W. Austin, city dairy Inspector, nnd Dr. L. D. Inskeep. I City health officer. . ThU I'nlted Htatos pithlle ntnnd nrd milk o"linance provldtv for four grades of milk, grade A be ing the highest nnd purest, the other three grade being 11, C nnd T), eiieh lower In (pmlity nnd with more hacterln thun the rade pre I ceding. I . To uunllfy far sale of urnde A milk, the Viirlotiai dairies hud to! Uiulnrico change In hulldlnvs to1 make proper sanitary surround Infs nnd nculro specified equip ment for the enre nnd cooling of the m'lk, tind to cool tht milk to a to'per-mro of 60 degrees nt len-ft after milking or latu'.rlfne. Oradt-M ll, C and D nre not pro lured In such sanitary surround Ingtx. 1-iich grnde of milk must hear the label of Its grade, on the bottle. Grades It, C nnd D nre txiulred to meet the Mme cooling temteralur as A urn do, hut do not meet tho rJRlrt ?i.nrtnry reiulre 'monU in Ihe wny of dairy sur rou!idlnn aid equipment. , Tho list of Medford dairies now itelllnf A itrndtt milk Is as follows: Itaw milk Campbell's, Ker nhaw'a. Madrona, Merrlmnn'rs Mur phy's, 8wlsa Trenmery and Van Dyke'a. PnsteurJied milk Held Heal Creamery. Rnlder'n Dairy nnd Pro duce company nnd the Hwln Crenmery. " Holo In K buna Ih ., J. C. .Doyle, assiaunt aenernl manager of the California OreROn lowtr eompany, left thU mnrnina V-'i hort businesa trip to Klamath fan. . OAKLAND, -s Oal., Dec. 1. (P A man with a lonj? criminal record, identified hy polke and others as tho leader of tho heavily urmed t:ann that robbed n Houth ern pacific train r.f $5(1,000 at Nobel, near here, November 0. was (nipped by ten officers In his Oakland home late yeester day und waa shot to death shortly afterwards when ho tried to es cape. The tiweriod bandit chieftain was -'rank K. Smith, alias Frank Kills, alias W. A. Harris, alias William Z. Hmlth. Police said the Nobel robbery was only one of a Iour series of holdups en gineered by Hmlth from Vim- j eouver, D. f, to I-Yesno, Cnl. As ten ufflcerw suirounded home, the other four members of the train robbery tfamr. fled from their lOast Day hideouts, police said. IIoiim An Arsenal Smith was arrested as he step ped out of a bath In his home here. Officers mid If they had come a few minutei later lhej would probably have hud to shout! it out, as the houu was a ver-i liable arsenal with Infilled wen- lions at Nlratci;lc points In nil I of the rooms. Ills wife, known as Kvelynl Mill, arretted wlih him, was Iden-j tlfied n the "attractive blonde" f who piloted the bandit auhono-i biles in two robberies attributed to smith's KanK OniKiandluii unions ' the Tall fomla robberies attributed t Smith are: The Umleu luanch of the Dank of Phiulo, Setteni her 20, If'Jil, In which Con stable Arthur Mi'Donatd was kill ed and KS.80O stolen: tleTracy post office roltlury In l;'H when $?ft,0ii was taken: tho MeAvoy train robbery In whlrh KlK.ooo w as ta s en. J une 12, I !2!) ; u nd the hljaeKlntr of the ("ulwu uin cry. near Fresno, March IH2S. when I To.ooo worth of t liquor was stolen. lie win- nlso wanted In Kverelt, Wash., fir robbery and in Van couver, D. t. for n t:uln hold-tip. At a meeting of Talent District FruitKrowera Friday evening,' Noy. 2Kth, David RoaenherK khvg a vory Interest) iik talk un the present status' nnd future prospects of the pear Industry. In' Introducing the speaker the chairman, A. W. Shepherd, thank ed him, on behalf of the Krowert. for his unselfish efforts, In a pub lic way, to further their interests, by endeavoring to solve some of tho problems which confront them. It waa gratifying to those who heard him that Mr. Rosen be tk brought to them, on the whole, a very optimistic outlook. Ouoli'H Opinions After reviewing carefully and fully various conditions which have caused the adverHe markets this season, the speaker read from various publications and from let ters written by prominent men, statements and opinions, baHed on facts and figure.-), to show that there is every reason to believe the experiences uf 'this season are not likely to lie soon repeated. A brief review was given of the movement culmiuoting In organi zation of the Pacific Pear t'ouncll and the growers wro asked to be thinking along the line of co-operation in an advertising campaign which is likely to be Inaugurated by the council in the near future. Heck Better Grade A new movement now on foot in California was referred to in which it Ih proposed to try and have peat growers sign an agreement to eliminate from the market all undersized and defective pears with u view to maintaining a bet ter price level and greater net re turns for the crop as u whole. iitr. Dosenberg concluded bv stating without reserve that he be lieved, with proper effort and co operation hy the growers, the pear business can be maintained, ami kept, at as high n level of effici ency and succesa as any busimws. After sonio discussion i' by the group, a rising vote of thanks was tendered the speaker, after which refreshments und a social hour wero enjoyed by nil prescm'. , , -5 Temperature (decrees)., -th ,- 40 HlKlU'.it (lat 12 hm.).... 4S- . 45 l.nwFrt l'it 12 hm.) 23 ' 3S 1'tel. humidity (p. 71 . ' ; U4 I'reclpHutliin (Inches).. .0(1 .03 Stale uf weather.. ..P. Crty. Cloudy Lowest temperaturo this morn inn. 30 deitrevH. ' Tolal preeipitation lneo Septem ber 1, 1030. 4.0'i Inches. Temperature a year ago today: lliKhest, 50: lowext. 21. Sunset today, 4:41 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday, 7:21 a. m. Sunset Tuesday, 4:41 p. in. Observation!; Taken at 5 A. M. 120th Meridian Time CITY 01 r r V MO a f ! V linker City .10 18 lllsmnrek 20 0 llolse 3S Denver i.-... H 6 I l)es .Moinefl ! I'YeMio 70 j Helena 3 8 j Ixt.- Angeles "iG .Marslif-eld r'S 1 1'linenix 70 I'ol-tland 41 Itnl Hlllff C2 Hik-U'lmrK 44 Sail Lake 20 S:in 1'Yanclsco 110 Stan la Ke j Seattle 4:' Spokane 30 Walla Walla 34 Winnipeg -2 20 30 14 44 2G 40 44 3S 4S 40 . IS 62 30 30 -18 Mear P. Cdy. Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Italn Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Italn l?loudy Cloudy Clear W. J. Hutchison, Meteorologist. I 4- T T Tho nubile. rcnilltiK and hearing on the tonlutlvo ImdKct for(l9i!l, nd praimrcd by Ihe. county budget committee, V. O. N. Smith of Ash land, chairman, will bo held Thurs day, December It. To dute no pro tesls have been tiled nnd nulla un tlelpnteil. Final approval of the budget by the coinmllloo will be mnde when the neeurnto bulnncoK In the vnrl ouh county ilopurtmentH ut the end or the yeur uro nvuilablo. No Im poiiunt cliuiiKu will be niiido I'roni tho tentative llxnreii. Tho budget will then be turned over to the county ussessor's of fice for compilation of the l!:il levy. It la estimated that I here will be ubnut it .li mill Increase over IiiHt yeur owing to tho in crease In tho Rchool levy, and that the tnngiod Htuto of Htuto fluancen will make the total for the county close to 1)0 nillio, or- about 2 in 11 Ih higher than lust yeor. Cut to Bone The l!i:i1 county hudgot wnn cut tn tho bono, with no liu'i'eases In any of the county (lopurtmentH. nnd It Ih within the 0 iet' cent limita tion luw. The general rond fund wiih cut (loop und inont of tlm rond work, outtido of market rontl construc tion, will be by special levies, till tho 12 road illntrlrls of Ihe county but Oak drove vol lug favorably the imxt (wo wcokn. One ot the must Important llema of (he rond program for the com Ing year will be (be oiling of the Applegaln road from Uucb to Pro volt near the Josephine county line. The li lull dlHlrlit will sel aside tr.ooo for this purpose, giving auto- Ih(h n paved or oiled road from Medford to Provolt. Central l'olnt w ill also act aside i apeclal levy funds for the oiling of i llenll lane. Other nreoa aro ex pevtod (o oil luiproveil ronda. A representative of Dr. V. M, Scholl, Internationally fnmouM foot nuthorily, will bo at tho M. JI. Department store tomorrow and Wednesday. Doe. 2 and 3. to ndvlno anyone who is Buffering from foot ullmentn. The Dr. Scholl expert will give n free foot analysis to thoae who de sire relief. There are 40 Scholl appllanceu nnd remedies for foot troulilea. Correct use of these var ious treatments will be given by the visiting representative. PLAN RAILROAD FROM MEDFORD TO SEA, RUMOR !;v ' Hill Line Surveyors In Field .' Is Gold Beach Report .iWould Give Outlet From "Klamath. i STORY 2 (Continued from Paps 1) She went to rhicaco. only to lom what he had made In a ee ond mnrt when the reit fire of 1 S7 1 destroyed her little drewa whop, -Hut her renl career wuh on then, nKltiilltif cotiHtantly for the lahurlnK men in inikeH and trou bles of all HOrtH, From place to plaee ,he went. In and out of Jail, deponed from Matcti, but never quftihi lu her thi're way no com prom 10. William Clreen, president of the American Federal Ion of Labor, mild of her death: "The loss miHnlncd cannot be measured and the service she ren dered will never he surpassed or excelled The heartH of the men nnd women of luhor are very sad," A . fcold Heach dispatch to the Portland Oregonian yesterday Htnt- cd that rail rond activity Ih under way In the coafct nrea, nnd that 1 the belief has heen expressed that .the Hill line are seeking a route to lid own tor. Speculation in re ported rife over the rumors, filling Houthwestren Oregon. j The route as outlined In the dispatch, would he from this city, over the KiskiyoiiH and down the I Chetco river to Hold lleach or Crescent City. j A surveying crew is reported op erating In tho Hold lleach vicinity, and they were seen at work hy A. H. lianwell of this city. " A further report nn their opera- ; Hons is given in the dispatch, as follow.: i "Hofore mining to the Chetco they worked hi south western Jose phine county ami then dropped over to the Tlnenp. a branch of the Chetco: they have surveyed over onto the pistol rh-er divide 1 and are now making tnelr way diwn the Chetco water cur:e. ( The article sunr.i-eH that the ( Hill lines, the Cnion Pacific or .the Southern I'Kclflc inlj;it he hack of the surveying. I It Is nlso pointed out that a tine from .Medford to Cold lb-ach woutd give the (Irent Northern a line from Klamath Kails to the Pa cific ocean, via the Weyerh;ieuei logging road and the Pacifie Mr, "to m. BURGLARS ENTER STORY 1 fConllnutd feom Pnqt 11 Four dynamite cap" were placed on the doorstep in Mich a tnnnner n to explode if step ped upon, nnd ihortly afterward three rhots we" fired Into one, loom, ono hnrely . mlsjtitiy th;'. legh nf a girl sitting on the hed. Mrs. HUracv discovered Ihe The Will H. Wilson furnishing storo reported to the police today that A visit of burglars nt the establishment 12:40 Sunday morn tux resulted In the theft of three suits uf clothe, two overcoats, a hlaver nnd n pair M shoes. Knlranee was made thrnugU the front iloor hy "Jimmying'' the lock. Police officers surprised the thieves In Ihe midst of their work hut were unable , to apprehend them. dynamite before any damage re mitted. Mr. Rtnrace . denied hav ing any enemies. No arrest were made, HI Coming WEONESDAY iSHv CO-DP SURVEYS TURK MA S CAR Estimate Shows 50,000 Pounds Left In Valley ; Figures . On Thanksgiving Pool This Week. Klvine pool are available. old in the eimt with a Kuarnnteed price of 2 cent vct pound for top yotin tomn. If as good or better price is offered for Hie Chrlnmas ahlpments hy the eastern firm, the hulk of the pool will he ship ped there again. Figures are ex pected by the end of the week. The turkey census should be taken !.t once, as the first carload should be dispatched within the next len days, to take advantage of the Christmas prices, and reach the Atlantic seaboard ;n time for the holiday buylnjr. Jlost of the turicVA ln good ; condition; but a fi'W need more meat on their bones' before Ihey can be Ki-aded at their best. The latter class will probably be held and fattened for the early January pool. Mail Tribune ad, are Mid by te.nnn nnol ve-fr 1a. H The Farmers' Exchange Co-Op-"j eratlve today maileu to the turkey KTowera of the valley a letter lc ciueritlng them to report the num ber of turkeys at once, as u basis for he proposed Christmas pool .shipment. It is estimated there I are about 50. 000 pounds of tur- keys left in the valley. 1 Definite details on tho Christ-1 mas pool will not bo formulnted until the returns from the Thanks-i Oresham K.. A. ". Kvans pur chased Green I'arrot reslaurnnt . from Fred Slabenco. SAME rOUGHS PRICE Ktopped almost instantly 85c with one swallow of oie THOXINE Jarmin & Goods DriiR Store and nil other good dr.ig stores. for over 0 ye' '"- ' j Feed Specials Mill Run, per 80 lbs. . . . . $1.25 Rolled Oats, per 60 lbs. . . $1.10 Rolled Barley, per 70 lbs. . $1.15 Scratch Feed, per 100 lbs. . $2.25 Laying Mash, per 100 lbs. . $2.45 Best No. 1 Klamath Spuds . $1.80 Good No. 2Js Klamath Spuds $1.25 CASH ONLY Farmers Exchange Co-Operative Phone 932 Everyone Invited! Everyone Invited! Come to I Bedford WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 3rd For the Christmas Opening FREE Toys and Candies FOR THE KIDDIES Santa Claus Assisted by Amos 'n' Andy Will arrive at the Chamber of Commerce Building at 7:45 p. m. Brilliant Christmas Window Displays Unveilins: Promptly at 7:30 p. m. Band Concerts I cn I