MEDFOTCD MATL TUTBIINE, MEPFORP, OKKCiON, WKDXESDAV. 1F. 'KM UKli 17, ISO)
PAOR FIVE
GIVEN SCARE IN
; CINEMA HOLDUP
Meteorological Report
V Mtiiguu AUUvn, aon'of" Mr. and
.Mia. Wm.'Altken of this city, broke
Into the front page of the Palo Alto
fl'lmes, as a result of a holdup
uf tl)0 Stanford theatre Sunday,
.of which Aitkeri Is the. assistant
mnniiKer. Tho holdup' men uiiule
their escape with $1200.
, , 1 ho i'nlo Alto ptiiwr, in part,
mild: "While ,a tin-Ill hunury au
fllence was neiu'lni: . .the-. ind of
the evening's, eecoiul show, at the
Stanford theatre last nit'lit. the
niamiKerial staff of the playhouse
was iiOttlr.it more than its till of
leal life adventure in - the up
iliihs office. l'lourishiiiB suns
luid threatening to use them on
the lenst provocation, .two highly
nervous bandit? held up three em
pluyes of tho theatre and scooped
up tho Saturday and Sunday re-,
ee'pts.
S MIukus Aitken, assistant man
aHor, who hud Just entered the
ufflce. was struck by the door
Rooking around lie came into con.
tact with the deadly looking wea
pon. ,; " "Don't look at me or I'll drill
y.ou.' the robber, evidently nor,-.
.voiis, ' snapped out.
i, "Hearing tho click of the ham
mer, as the gun was cocked. Ait
Upn obeyed orders. The leader
tlii'eatencd death again as the
two men left the office and went
down the stairs of tho mezaanlna
floor. When tho theatre nien
heard the side door slam, they
summoned tho police by telephone,
whioh was not disconnected, al
though an effort had been made
to do Hp. The bandits escaped by
o,uto." .
Other parts of the story throw
light on more details and on the
clipping Mingus sent home to hja
father,' he wrote: "I will write
ii' book on Why Gray Hull's Grow,
Kcc."
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December 17, IU:!U
Mcilford and vicinity: Tonight
and Thursday unsettled, probably
4howers. .Teiniwrature below nor
mal. Oregon: Unsettled tonight and
Thursday: iu-obnbly showers west
portion und local snows east por
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' Local Data , 5 Z " S
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Temperature (decrees) 43 31
Xighust (last 12 hours) 4G 43
Lowest last 12 hours) 32 2i(
Uel. humidity (per el.) G! 99
l'roclpitation (Inches)... T.
State of ' weather Clear Cldy.
Xowest temperature this morn
ing 28 degreeB. .
Total precipitation since Sept. 1,
11130, 4.85 inches. '
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 43; lowest 30.
SEEN IN ELEyj PUPILS DESCRIBE!!;
Following a full in temperature,
whirl, began Into hint night until
;i minimum of 2S was reached this
morning In. Mod ford and the vul
ley. enough snow fell during the
nteht to give u touch of winter,
vith, just a sufficient "amount to
' uiirely cover the ground nnd roofs
of buildingH. and add beauty to
'.lu5 treoa nnd" eh'rubbery.'-'- How
ever, according to reports, no
snow fell In tho foot hills.
', Whllo the officlui 'forecast is
Hued this forenoon was for n tem
perature below normal and prob
able showers, the latter predicted
precipitation may be in the form
.of more enow. There ,wnn quite
u: fall of fresh snow at Crater
National park. dUJj.ng Monday
night and .more may have fullen
at that high elevation during yes-
'.lurduy :. and lust night, .but , no
ty'ord 'was' received in the city
lYont the park 'today. :
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BUTTE FALLS BOY HE.
Way no . B.. Whaley, IS. who Is
receiving; treatment at the Com
munity hospital - for abdominal
wounds, -madtt by entrance of a
bullet, accidentally fired from a
sun In tho hands of his brother.
tiMt..-16, at .their home on tho
Jiulte Kallf rond. Is still in a crlti
cril condition. It was reported at
the-, hospital this afternoon.
i ; Whaley -yns bro.ught , to l the
Uimtmunily : 1 hospital about 1:h
itfcliM'k ypslerthiy afternoon.
Sunnet today, 4:42 p. m.
Sunrise Thursday 7:34 a. m.
Sunset Thursday 4:42 p. m.
Observations Taken at 5 A. M.
120th Meridian Time
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Bftkor ,City 3(i .16 Cloudy
Bismarck 80 ; IS Snow
Boise 34 20 Snow
Denver 42 24 Snow
Dea Moines 26 12 Clear
Fresno f8 T 36 Clear
Helena 32w 28 Clear
Los Angeles. .... ,72 4S Clear
Marnhfield 2 36 Kuin
Phoenix ... 66 38 Clear
Portland 48 44 P. Cdy.
Red Bluff 60 42 Clear
Roseburg DO 36 Rain
.Salt Jake 30 24 Snow
San Francisco... G4 60 Clear,
Santa Fo 28 20 Cloudy
Seattle 4 44 Cloudy
Spokane 32 ' 34 Cloudy
Walla Walla 46 86 Cloudy
Winnipeg ,26 .. 2.0 Clrar
W. J. Hutchison, Meteorologist.
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A "Cook's .Tour Around the
World" was conducted In Ralph
Bailey's public speaking class this
aftcrnpon at tho senior high
school. Each student "was 'as
signed a different country to peak
about, giving .u, , Jjrlef , utory of
conditions.
Journalism students of Arthur
L. Hchoenl were guests of the pub
lic speaking class, and wrote an
account of the trip as one of
their exereiws. 1
Those irivinir talks were Oeoi'KC
Bennett. Kern ftarton, Wildon
baugh. William Porn. Roger Em1-I.
Adra ' Edwards, QoldJe. Fligdnn.
Maxino Hugen, Juanita Hopkins.
Frances Jones. Wayne Lowry, I-u-cile
I-ittrell, Gerald Latham, Ruth
Ottoman, Dfck Proebstel; IJoyd
Sundcrman, Robert Shaw, Ralh
Thomas. Miriam t Watson. Harriet
White and Betty Wafer. s
STEEL GATES FOR!
WILL HALT WASTE
The Metl.ord Irrigation District,
in accordance with a water con
servation policy is installing steel
gates throughout its system. In
the past month 34 steel gales have
been put in place, and 14 more are
ready for installation. All the
wooden gates of the district will
be replaced with steel gates as fast
as finances will permit, and it is
expected to have tho entire system
"steel-gated" by next summer.
The steel jcates are water-tight
and arc operated with a wheel and
screw lift device. The lifo of a
wooden gate is obout six years, and
a steel gato is practically eternal.
Manager K. J. Leach of the Med
ford district says the steel gates
will pay Xor themselves through
saving water.
Manager Leach says that in six
months tho average leaky wooden
gate will lose sufficient water to
irrigate 4.5 acres for a season to
the full- allowance, valued at
$10.16 per acre foot. Ho asserts
a leaky gate loses .02 of a cubic
foot per second, or 7.1 a. m. for a
season. At the going irrigation
raes this amounts to $72.19, or
more than enough to pay for the
steel gate a couple of times.
Besides the above loss, there is
the loss of land from seepage, the
los.s of revenue from water-logged
land, and cost or extra labor to re
pair the wooden gates and clean
the ditches.
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ami an interesting program Is be
ing planned under the leadership
of the new radio artist, Don Col
lier. .. The toys placed on tho Lions'
tree will be donated to the Lion
Ladies for their Christmas boxe.
A vote .or tlmnKs was aUo ex
tended Jim Grieve and his Pros
pectors, station KMKI), and all lo
cal artists who participated in the
TlKvnklvlng program broadcast
for tho benefit of the toy solici
tation. Lion J1. T- Hubbard gave a short
talk on the Christmas campaign,
informing the members that the
Lady Lions started wrapping and
marking toys for distribution to
day. A letter from Earl Davis, who Is
now living in Los Angeles, was
re.ad by Lion Marc Jarmin. Busi
ness Is bad in southern California,
according to Lion Davis, and the
Rogue River valley is still his fav
orite location.
All members of tho club were
urged by Lion Allen Hmith to at
tend the community ball to be
hold at Oriental Gardens Satur
day evening for the benefit of the
community chest fund.
The musical program for to
day's luncheon included two num
bers by the popular Crews Mistors
and several seleetioiis-by the Wake
field sisters of Jacksonville, all
were followed by much applause.
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Brisbane's Today
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eminent is oqmilly ns greiit 'lis
Unit, of the property owner. '
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lillvCWtM', UK' 1IIUU Willi
draws money from a perfectly
solvent bank, in such a time 11s
this, instead of proUvtin him
self, may In promoting his own
nudum;,'.
"Credit is tho lite of business. If
hmykg fail, business will totter. If
husiucHs in wrecked, employment
will cease. And what will profit a
a man ir ho get his. small hoard
from a batik at the price ol' his bus
invvH or of bis job?
"Think of this before you join n
I line of the panicstrickoii.'.'
The statement was signed "Wil-
1 lium Randolph Hearst."
i What was true then is true now.
Those that allow themselves to be
come foolishly frightened when tho
country has lost nothing real, ex
cept its courage, hurt themselves
und others.
Kvery intelligent person should
know that what we call a dollar is
used over and over aiyiiu by many. !
The property of the I'uited States;
is not in cash. There are a few
dollars at most for each American, t
We do our hfisiuess with checks
and credit, our real wealth is in
laud, mines, mills, factories.
In tho whole United States thero I
isn't enough money to pay the do-:
positovs in the savings hunks alono I
if a lot of frightened fools started I
to draw it out all at once.
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High-spirned Americans In-Wall ;
Street, letmitng nothing from tho
past, are cowering H frightened
chickens when they Hee a hawk near
the clo'.ida, and in fats case there
is no hawk. The human chickens
have squawked thoniselvoa into a
slate of tear, They emphasis thelv
fears by selling stocks at prices fat
below those at which, later, they
will buy them back. You can buy
slocks, absolutely sale, that will
continue paying dividends, ni
prices that yield 1 per cent on
the investment. That cannot last
long.
A great man, of whom the world
knows too littie. died H0 years ago
today. Our southern ueighbor, Bo
livia, is named for Simon Itolivar,
who was horn in Venezuela in ITS;',
and died in 1N!HI. after giving free
dom from Spain to Venezuela. Col
ombia, Kctiador, Panama, I'eiu und
Bolivia.
Horn a rich man, his father an
owner of much land and many
slaves. Itolivar Interested himself
in human liberty, and fought lor it,
to his death.
Ho was a far-seeing statesman,
and lawmakers today might learn
from him. Ho forcsnw tho trend,
and tho difficulties of a democracy,
ami his hist proclamation, as bu- :
preme head of Bolivia, was issued
to tho people on his death bed.
Me went successfully through -u ,
bloody battles. Thnl will interest
those that euro little about statesmanship.
price. It Hold yetderduy fur '31 !
cents an ounce. 1
ludia and Cii:ua, with one hull j
the population of the earth, depend
on silver lor their buying power.
And the buying power of onehalf'
the world's population makes a bigj
difference to the oilier half.
Czecho slovakia and Hungary are !
fighting a trade war, huilding up!
tariff walls against each other, a
had thing for tin; uconomic condi
tion of central Kurope.
France has banking troubles and
de;ils with doubtful hankers in dras
tic. l'.u;liion. Thirty-five French
bankers are In jail and 18Q under
government Investigation.
Germany lias found a way to
make danger signals plain even to
the color-blind. Drivers approach
ing a railroad track need not know
tho difference between white and
red. The warning cornea In flushes.
While the way Is clear a white
light flushes 40 times a minute.
When a train approaches a red
light is turned 011 and flashes 80
limns to the minute.
Tho train automatically switched
the red and white lights on and off.
lu the way of real news, you
read about more violent fighting .
in China and more trouble In Spain. !
Yesterday's news from Spain '
told of rebels execute?!. The rch-1
els are supposed to liavo captured 1
Valencia, and they have killed
three generals. "Reds," a new fen-;
tare of civilir.ntioi;, help to make i
matters worse in Saragossa, and
famine threatens because of many
strikes. 1
News, important to the world. Is j
the fall nf silver to a new low1
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Special Sale Thursday
All Day December 18th
Business College Building
Auspices Adventist Church
Lunch 11 to 2; Supper 5:30 to 7
Home Cooked Foods Needlework
Merchandise of Every D-eacription
Closing With Auction 7:30 p. m.
Nothing Reserved! Everything Sold
to- the Highest Bidder
Steps to secure an extension of
the present route of H. F.
No. 3, -out of this city were taken
by the county court this morning,
when they assured James Owens
of Wellen, the county would gravel
next spring the roads in the, Wel
len district from tho Antelope
bridge north to Kaglc Toint. Tho
postal department Is anxious to
extend the route.
According to Mr. Owen the
road at tho present time "would
mire a horse blanket.' nnd that
nobody was rugged enough to get
over it but Carl von dor Hellen.
He described It as the "worst
and stickiest piece of sticky the
sun shines on,"
According to Mr. Owens tho
postal department will extend the
mail r o u te if the roa d is made
passable, both in summer and
winter, by the addition of gravel.
The route is along the Meridian
rond, and if the new territory is
added would cover about 4(1 miles,
and serve half :n dozen additional
families.
Tho county court referred the
matter to eoun,ty engineer,
who may iijcfdef; the road in the
spring graveling w.brk
The annual election of officers
of the Crater Lake chapter. No. 31!
Koyul Arch .Masons for tho year of
131 wan held last cvtning ami re
sulted as follows:
C. M. Houston, high priest: 1-3.
L. Lenox, king; O. W. DeJarnelt.
scriber-O. D; France, treasurer?
George 11. Aid en, secretary; b. C.
Stewart, captain of host: L. U.'
Stiiilb. principal sojourner.
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Christmas plans were foremost
lu the minds of the Lions club
members today at the regular
luncheon held at the Hotel Hol
land. The work being carried on
by the JJon Ladles to provide all
poor children of Medford with
toys wan discussed rrnd 'tlio co-operation,
of the., club promised the
group. The next meeting of the
club will be a Christum meeting
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"Wear As You Pay i The Cinderella' Way"
GIFT SPECIALS
In Wearing Apparel and Accessories
Silk Teddies ,
Dahcettes
Lounging robes ;!
Hose
Hankies
Purses
Lovely Gifts
Jewelry . - 35c tQ s2295
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Finest of ?
Jewelry at the
Most Moderate
Prices
From MEDFORD'S
Progressive
Jewelry Stores
FTKK ALli, llic iiiuch talked of
( lii islnias proMcm liccUii't lie a
pr()l)lcii at all. This season, of all
limes in tin; year, is when Jewelry
is most desired and most ailre
cialed. You will make no mistake
when yon elioose a jewelry gift
and it's just good judgment and
sound business to liny from a de
pendable, established'jewelry store
where me.rehandise is Iwked by
intelligent service and knowledge
of actual values!
Give Jewelry Be Happy in Giving
- It's a gift that inspires 1 lie greatest joy!
It's a gift that keeps on giving one that
evcrvonc craves, vet seldom buys for herself.'
Larry Schade Lawrence's
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