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!MEDFOftD M5TTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OTCTXiOY. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. lfM. PXGE SEVEN GIRL SLAYS Farmer Tires of J Paying for Milk From Wife's Cow MAN AT BAR OF JUSTICE Young Wife Fires Four Bui lets Into Body of Man Ac cused of Killing Father- Jury Leaving Room As Dramatic Climax Comes. WARSAW. Ind., Jan. 1 Chas. D. Kokle, farmer, was grunted a divorce here yes terday when he testified his wife insisted upon charging him 5 cents n glass for milk which she salil came rrom her cow. The Kokles, parents of eight children, had lieen mar ried 41 years. S DEWITT. Ark.. Jan. 21. HP) Having Bhot and killed the accused slayer of her father in a crowded court room, Mrs. Helen Spense Ea ton, 17, was in the penitentiary to day. With dramutlc suddenness she roso from her seat yesterday and fired lour hullets into the body of Jack Worls, :10, just as the jury prepared to file from the room to deliberate charge of murder against him. Her action ended a White River episode that cost the life of her father, Cicero Spense, and eventu ally brought death to her mother. Crowd in Panic As Worls slumped to the Door, panic developed with women and children screaming and fighting to get out. Mrs. Katon surrendered and was taken to the state peniten tiary at Little Kock. Worls was accused of wounding Spense and throwing him from a boat into the White river while still alivo. Two other men and Mrs. Spense were in the boat. The slaying occurred in a remote section of the White Kiver country and it took officcrs.several days to journey to the scene and return Gassy Stomachs Made Well Every person who la troubled with gj.9 lu the stomach anil bowels should Bt a package of Baalniann'a Gas Tablets and see how quickly they will relieve all distresses symptoms. Sharp pains In the abdomen or about the heart are often due entirely to gas pressure. Sometimes the cir culation Is restricted, causing the hands and feet to grow numb. Usually there is much gurgAng or rumbling in the bowels. Many sufferers complain of a gnawing feeling In the stomach, extreme nervousness, heartburn, drowsiness after eating, headaches dizzy spells or labored breath in if. Uaalmnnn's Gas Tablets taken at meal time not only prevent all bad ef fects from gas,- but they invigorate the weak nerves of the stomach and assist In restoring the whole digestive system to proper working order. Genuine liaahnantfft Uas Ta.ble.ta- , In the yellow package can be ob tained at any rood drug store. Price $1 everywhere. Always on hand at , STRANG'S DRUG STORE with Worls and Mrs. Spense, who officers said hail been beaten. Shn died two weeks ago in a Memphis hospital. Would Do It Aftain 'Im not sorry tor it and Id do It uKaiii," was Mrs. Eaton's com ment at Little Hoik. "1 was afraid that jury was going to free him. Worls claimed he killed my father in self defense, but I shot him down like he did my father In the bark or ut least from behind. She has been given lodging in Warden S. U. Todhunter's hom until she can be transferred to more appropriate quarters than the state penitentiary, which has no department for women. 4 LOCAL BUILDING FOR NEXT YEAR 10 SET RECORD City Building Department; Report to Council Showsj Last Year Below Normal! Construction. Rutabaga Snakes Very Dangerous, Says Chicago Cop TWO KILLED BY E SHE 10 BE EYED NEXT WEEK I ASHLAND, Jan. 21. (Special) Cienerul George II. Wood, head ing tho governmental committee inspecting sites in the northwest for the proposed two million dol lar soldiers home, is to arrive in Ashland next Monday or Tuesday to Inspect the proposed site, near this city. The property is located two mites south of Ashland along the Pacific highway, opposite the municipal golf course, and in cludes the well known Pompadour mineral springs. If the site is accepted, the property will bo do nnted by the city to the govern-j ment. j The party will arrive here from! Koseburg, where similar inspec-1 Hon is to tako place the latter part of this week, after visiting St. Helens, Ore., nnd a number of cUios in Washington, desirous of having the home. Pension for Widow. PARIS. Jan. 2 1 Parlia ment today voted unanimously to establish a pension of $4,000 a .year., to tho widow of Marshal j off re." ' Taft State Fish Commission planted 30.000 steel heads in Schooner and Drift creeks of this locality. The city building department's annual report for the past year submitted for tho perusal of the new administration at last night's city council meeting showed that 405 building permits were Issued in 1930 for buildings or other im provements to the value of $33:!, 884 and stated that while the number of permits was consider- j ably less than in former years, however, the amount of building contemplated for the present year will exceed that of any year since 1927. Tho permits issued last year woro for the following purposes: Residences, 78, $192,070; busi ness buildings, 16, $63,800; church, 1, $5,500; warehouses, 7, $7,825; alterations, 120, $43,893; repairs. 8 2, $12,208; dwellings moved, S, $2,850; miscellaneous, temporary sheds, garages, etc., 93, $4,138. In tho electrical department 291 permits were issued, as follows: Peoples Ulectric store, 35; Med-' ford Klectric Construction, 78; Southern Oregon Klectric, 05; Klectric Wiring Co., 32; Indepen dent Electric Co., 54; property owners, 27. There were 1 99 plumbing per mits, as follows: Leslie Plumbing company, 1 1 ; S. H. Hawk company, 32; A. L. Vroman, 18; Coffeen Bros., 24; Modern Plumbing & Sheet Metal Co., 18; Wm. Hammett, 8; Wm. Altken, 9; A. Penwell, 63. Sewer permits for connection to sanitary sewer system numbered 58. Nineteen electric sign permits were issued. "Since the adoption of the new Tacific Coast Building Code," the report says, "wo find that methods being used in construction are beneficial to our department, and we have had cooperation from all builders in the city' Tries Suicide rtOCIC SPRINGS,. Wyo., Jan. 21 (fP) Arthur Luff, a youth from Bend, Ore., was taken to the hos pital here today after officers found him hanging from a bar in tho Rook Springs jail. He was taken into custody Saturday on suspicion , he".vn mentally de ranged. X Albany It. F. . Neuman sold half-interest in his automobile pair establishment to Thomas Cummings. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. OP) A rutabaga is Jut a snake in the grass to one Chicago polict'man. Prof. August Vo'llmer, fa- mous criminologist, revealed I tills when he made public one answer which he got from an intelligence test of the stu dents In his class for police men at the University of Chi oneo. The question was: "What 1s a rutabaga?" The answer was: A very dongerous kind of snake." BUENOS BOMBS AT EARLY HOUR .... unco Western railway terminal, j removal of Pigeon Point reef was Three coache.s of an incoming eleo-;tnken today. The $125,000 appro trie train were wrecked and tw-o ; printed by congress for tho work peroriii were killed nnd several In-1 is now available. Approximately jured. ten months time will be needed. The second ex illusion occurred i Pigeon I'oint reef is tho las in the Southern railway station in : formidable obstruction in the inni llie plaza Constituent!), several per-1 harbor on Coos Hay. anu being injured. - Tho third bomb exploded in a 1 caach of n train of the Central Ar-1 gentine railway, partially wrecking1 a suburban passenger train. i N IS report of the robbery, which oc curred ut Montrose avenue and ie outer Lake Shore drive, wan made at the time., the newspaper add'd. A necklace of 30 pearls was lifted among the stolen ar ticles which wre Injured. BUCNDS AIRKS. Jan. 21. US Three bombs exploding at strategic f placs on railway lines entering ! Ibienits Aii-.m imH'.t ,!,.,, iiiw! linorniim killed at least two per-t sons and injured number of other. MA RSIIF1KI The rirn exploded in the I'lmrs. ! (.41 Tho first ON REEF IN COOS BAY At, ore., Jan. oeUWl step li CHICAGO. Jan. 20. il') -The Chicane Tribune said today it had) learned that Mi'h. Cornells Pox of Philadelphia had been robbed of! $T.,ini0 in Jewelry in a daring hold ii p. hist November 2S. No GOOO-BYE ITCHIHG SKIN Soothing,, healing and tremendously efficient, invisible Zemo brings cool relief to Itching Skin. Even where skin is raw and peeling, thousands have found that Zemo quickly re stores comfort. It helps smooth away blemishes and clear up Pimples Hash and other annoying itching skin and scalp irritations. Keep clean, anti septic Zemo always on hand. Use it freely. It is safe, pleasant. 35c, GOc and $1.00. Sold everywhere. SI LUMBER and POST SALE t Short Time Only! Buy Now! 7-ft. Cedar Posts 5 to 10 each 1- in. Lumber, 4-in. & Wider Rough $00 Per M. 2- in. Lumber, 4-in. & Wider Rough $QOO O Per M. . ' ' ' ' t - ' Also a quanity of cheap flooring. Ceiling and Finish Economy Lumber Co. R. O. "Steve" STEPHENSON 'Phone 594 N. Court Street FACTS ON FARMS ! 1 LAMPORT'S I Interest H) increasing dally unions the women of Jackyon county in the coming county farm home economics conference to be held in Med ford, February 6 nnd 7, tin tho preparations for that event tret further under way. Eighteen communities, repre senting north, east, south, went and central Jackson county have sent in Rurvey reports of farm home conditions to the offlco of Mabel C. Mack, county homo demonstra tion agent. Compilation and un nlyzation of tho information con tained in these questionnaires is now under way. Mrs. Zelta Hoden wold, homo management specialist of the extension service of the Oregon State college. Is assisting in this work which will make avail able factual material for consid eration of the 40 women scheduled to meet In Medford next Friday and Saturday. The preliminary meetings sched uled for this week end will be held In the small room of the bnsement of the public library. Tho foods and nutrition groups will meet Friday morning, those interested in clothing nnd textiles on Friday afternoon, the housing and home management group on Saturday morning, nnd the cost of living group on Saturday afternoon. Tho morning sessions will start at 10 o'clock nnd tho afternoon sessions at 1:30 o'clock. 1 REFUNDING PLAN WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, WV- The house ways nnd means com mitteo today approved the Mellon proposal to Increase the second liberty Innn hond issue from $20,- 000,000,000 to $28,000,000,000 for refunding purposes. Chairman Hawley explained thi measure was privileged and said it would be brought up for final action in tho house soon. The treasury proposes to refinance first and fourth liberty loan bond Is sues maturing -within tho next 3ti months at a lower rate of interest under the second liberty lonn bond authorization. 1 FROM AUTO FEES SALKM, Jan. 20 Feea col lected by the secretary of state in automobile licenses and opera tion during tho last six months of Jt30 totaled $6,192,38C.fiS, a report Issued by Secretary Hal K. 1 1 oss today showed. Of this sum passenger cars contributed in li censes more than $5,000. 000, There were 233,787 passenger automobiles licensed In Oregon December 31. Trucks licensed to taled 23,387. POUT-LAND, Ore., Jnn. 21. WP; Willis (K. Clark, president of the Portland stock and bond exchange, announced today the board of gov ernors of tho exchange has decided to suspend operations on Feb ruary 1. Tho exchange, witl remain closed, his Atatement said, "until euch time, as the general conditions of scurity market in the country, and tho particular situation in Portland, Justifies a re-Mubilrih-ment of an exchange in this city." SEEK ARMORY FUNDS SALEM, Ore., Jun. 21 fV) Two hills asking for a $40,000 armory for Klumuth Falls tnd Astoria, were Introduced in the house today. The hills were pre sented by the Klamath and Clatsop county delegations. The hills call for constructing, enuiplng nnd furnishing the buildings. BIG i ami "iu w all Paper Clearance L3k ipi 1 r u Clearance Starts Thursday, Jan. 22 And, folks, what we mean, this is going to be a real sale and no monkey business. What we have to offer you is going to be from 33 to 50 per cent cheaper than you ever bought paint in Medford. 100 GALLONS OF UNIVERSAL PAINT In White, Ivory and Pearl Gray, per gallon 98 KALSOMINE All Colors 3c Per pound $2.25 Cans of PORCH and DECK PAINT To Close $1.12 Per can LINSEED OIL $1.05 Per Gallon - .12 PRICE ... ON DUCO LACQUER Cream City Varnish Glidden's Auto Paint or 2 cans for the price of one and Jap-a-Lac FREE PAINT! FREE PAINT! Buy a can of Utilac Enamel and New Kitchen Enamel or Nason's Enamel and GET A CAN FREE WALL PAPER One Lot of Wonderful Papers Priced to Close Out at y3 OFF 500 Rolls of Assorted Patterns at 6c Per roll Paper Paste 12c pound 100 Rolls Paper at 2c Per roll BRUSHES All Sizes All Kinds at 12 PRICE And folks. Here is something interesting. A number of our best paper hangers have offered to hang paper during the sale for 1-3 less than the regular price. Also several decorators have offered their, services at $4.65 per day during the 15-day sale; so if you want to save 40 percent on your painting and decorating this spring DO IT NOW! LAMPORT'S Largest Stocks of Wall Paper and Paints in Southern Oregon What You Want When You Want It . . . . . 226-230 E. Main D o B o D o 1
