Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 27, 1931, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREIiOX. TUESDAY. .TANTARY 27, 19:11. JACKSONVILLE 10 ISS'I Quaint Old Spinets Owned In Medford Worth Big Sum Avers Instrument Expert 'Three Musketeers" Use Richfield Gas un-thc A fepjinff of harmony nnU rterstfinding is settling upon two factions thnt for the past three weeks had had differences con cerning the operation of dances In the historic old county seat town of Jacksonville. Early this month the city council voted to close the dances, following action taken by the Citizens' Civic league for the appointment of four special offic er on grounds fflat the Saturday night parties were two hilarious. The council Is to meet tonight apd will probably grant permis sion for the reopening of the dances In the old United States ho tel. The first dance is to he held next Saturday night under the aus pices of the Jacksonville Commer cial club, owner of the building. There will he no special officers. The general agreement is due to a desire for harmony and the rev enue which the dances brought in to the city. Her Fishing Fx pensive FOHT LA U I) K It DA L 12, Fla. If ft good lino helps, Mrs. Helen K. Thomas, woman fly-casting chamlpon of, Washington, should catch lots of fish. Taking nut a Florida license,' sho listed fishing tackle valued at $l,noo and n rnrl nt $1'J5. (By i:VA NICALOX) Though gay blades gathered round it to join In the "rendering" of solemn hymns and balads tie fore the forty nfners took the went ern trail, its keys still follow through on the strains of Yankee Doodle, when a player's hand reminisces with the quitim little spinet, owned by Mr. nnd .Mrs. C. M. Kidd of this city. This grand nncestor of the mod ern organ was assembled by lior ger in 1X47 and Is a Mason-Htimlin So. 44-1S, Gene Howard of Oak land, Cal., well known reconstruc tor of musical instruments, discov ered while working on the spinet last week. Fashioned of solid rosewood the body resembles the old square piano. The keyboard of Ct notes looks vej-y much like those owned by organs of the gay nineties. As an antique alone the spinet is worth thousands of dollars, Mr. Howard states, and as a musical antique it is worth much more. The pedal system which rules It is proof that artists of 1847 were willing to work for their music. There are very few spinets to be found on the Pacific coast, Mr. Howard says and the fact there are two of them In Medford, the oilier being owned by Mrs. Porter J. Neff. further characterizes the city as "music minded." Mr. I Inward has worked in Med ford since July reassembling and reconstructing pianos and organs. Diiriiiir t har time lie hua Her viced 417 piatius, most of the in he has found to be very fine instruments. lie works In all cities of the Pacific coast and has made surveys which show that Medford has moro pianos pro rata than any other city of the state, including Port hind. He also suys that the surveys show Medford to be "the best musically" of any city south nf olympiu and north of Sacra mento. The people of southern Oregon do not only possess more pianos but are better educated In the ap preciation of music, he concluded, and because they are he is consid ering coining to Medford to make his home. L.Y. St ' The monster total of 377.910 gallons of Richfield Qasohne has been used by the original nine Doug las airplanes of the Western Air Express since 1926 and the "three muekeeters" of the line are shown here with one of the original ships. These veteran pilots ore Jimmle Carson, Fred W. Kelly, No. 1 and Jimmie James. world. The nine original planes flew 2,514,475 miles or equal to 100 trips around the RECEIVE BEEP, Bill ! VANCOUVER SKATERS AGAIN HEAD LEAGUE I VANVorVKlt. P.. C, Jan. 27 OLYMPIA, Wash., .Fan. l'T &) tiuy l'atrit k's Vancouver A bill amending the slate bone' Lions are silling pretty once more, dry law to permit manufacture ami The local puck chasers last night sale of eight per cent wine and j regained first place in the Pacific four per cent beer was filed in the j Coast Hockey league by defeating house today, marking the first evi- Seattle Kskinios, 4 m 3. The Lions donee of moist sentiment in the lead the second place Portland lower branch of tho slate legisla-1 ISuekaroos by one point, with Se- pniut behind the Huelts. ruin. attle Heatf Purifies n W S LUCKIES always kind to y o u r t h ro a t The advice of your physician is: Keep out of doors, in the open air, breathe deeply; take plenty of exercise in the mellow sunshine, and have a periodic check-up on the health of your body. jrrr .;. Everyone knows that sunshine mellows-that's why the "TOASTING'' process includes the use of the Ultra Violet Rays. LUCKY STRIKE -the finest cigarette you ever smoked made of the finest tobaccos the Cream of the Crop THEN -"IT'S TOASTED." Everyone knows that heat purifies and so "TOASTING" -that extra secret process removes harmful irritants that cause throat irritation and coughing. It's toasted 99 TUNE IN TheLuckyStrike Dance Orches tra, every Tucf day, Thurtday and Saturday evening over N. o. C. net works. o Your Throat Protection against irritation against cough mi, Thf Ajnrlctn Tobacco Co.. Mfri. County Jail Inmates Enjoy Gospel Service On Sunday Join In Hymns With Gusto KLAMATH WILL VOTE PORTLAND MASSEUR Ore.. .I.ti 'ouneil la eiifi-n KIM MATH FAI.I.M. JT. P) The illy IliKht took (teis to phtet hotul isKtte before the voters ot' 1 Kin math Kalis to uMahi fntwls fui : eon-strin'tlon of an under-uraile oro!ilntr where the .SdUiiu-ni l'a-1 ciflc main line tra tu cross main , street, mid to provide lot' new bridj,'P to tal; the place of euu deiuued Hpnn.s over the government irrigation canal ruuniim: th i uuli the city. j i'i.NuviI lasM windows, to Rive a St. Helens St. Helens ( 'oopel a - , lii: lit that renders blond indUttn tlve Creamery nssoeiatioii voi.d to uuishalde. is beinj; tried at Michi Joln Lower Columbia i'.mu taiive State eollee ha a euro for cun lniry MHMoeiation. nitirdm In eliii lcil-'. VAXCOrVKIt, WuHh., Jan. 27. t.Vi Th jury was cojinlf tl today in the murder rial of Wnino U. .Ma 1:1. I'urtland masseur, rhurKori with the slaying of Andrew llcnd riekson, I lookiuson resident, who wan beuteii to death lust -N'ovom-ber L'4. lmmediali'ly aftor seteotion of tho jury court refossod for u half hour, a ft or which opening arKU infills were mado. Sunday afternoons arc bright soih In t he lives of prisoners in the county jail, visitud weekly by a roup of faithful member.s of the I'ull (lospol church in Medfonl and Ashland, to brim? mums and I Htruments. sormonrt to prisoners shut away 1 Kins the i Adrian Thompson, church worker, who has hardly misled a jail meet Ini; In three years, Mrs. Thompson play.s the portable ottran nnd two other members play stringed in- When the music he ld Jail, with cots hum; from the world. Tho visits of Ihejall around on the walk and the religious worker are u at icl paled "Pauley" cells In on corner, re by ilu inmates, who ai-runtfe- seats sound with religious fervor. There in the "bull pea" for the visitoraiis hardly a prisoner that does not an hour nr o before their arrival. Join in the chorus. A reporter was present at the) "I think we do considerable meet i up Sunday and learned the; (rood. Mr. Thompson .said Sunday prisoners provided as attentive an I afternoon, "and we always enjoy a ml ie nee a could be found in most I coming down here with the hoys, ehuivhce. They chimed in lustily We don't preach to them to force on the hymns ami remained in re-' something down their throats, but speetful tfilenco during l he nerinon, I only talk and try to explain the Kiven last Sunday by Kev. S. It. ' way to n better understanding. We Kowler of Ashland. He told them t aim to kMp cotning down as lonjr of salvation and tho benefits of Christianity, and Inquiry for inter ested ones in religion brought up the hands of eiKht or nine prison ers. The Sunday before almost every hand went up. There are two bibles in the jail and they are read consistently. At is they let it,' lite Dunfonl. Jailer, watches the entrance door to the hull pen at tentively and also Joins In the hIiik hiK with his HtroitK bass voice, A special duct was puiir for the prisoner hist Sunday by M r. Stephen Zarka and Mrs. Marie Ashland the lant meeting, one inmate read I'ederson, both of the several verses, later explained by church. I F CHICAGO, Jan. 27 WJ Thri-c I'lllllll-IIRt't'H mill till' tlls'fvllllillK cliiiinploii, Johnny J-nytnn of Sel iilia, .Mi.. were JiKHin ilnudlnrko)! for Dm Ifinl today In tho slniKKW' for the world's tliroo-i-ushion liil li.'ird championship. Allen Hall turned the rare Into a free-for-all battle last ninht by defeatintt the leader, Otto Itelxelt of Phlhuli'lphia. 52 to 42, in a long march of lid InnlnuH. As a renult Laylon, ftelselt, Hall and Arthur Thurnlilad of Chlcaito Hod for fli-Ht placo wiih four vietorieH nnd one defeat eaeh. - HURTJN CRASH STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Jan. 27 (!, raptiiin Klnnr 1-undboiR, the SwedlHh aviator who rescued the Italian Oeneral Nohlle. after the disastrous Italian polar flight. wa seriously injured today when hit plane crashed from 11 height or 1 -10 feet durhiK a practice MlKht. Captain Klnar-I'aal LuhdhorK, who picked Oeneriil Nohlle off an ice floe In the arctic, has lived n romantic life. Ills father was a. Lutheran minister, hut the yoiiriK man Joined the Swedish army when he was nineteen, the younK cMl cadet In the army achou). CHICAGO, Jan. L'7 ;P) Orant Withers, youthful motion picture player, rested comfortably In n hospital following remova I of his appendix during an emergency ap pendicitis operation early today. Withers, here for a week of per sonal appearances, was stricken 111 Just before his last turn on the staK" last niKht. Withers Is "doing well" and probably will leave the hospital in about a week. Withers' wife, Loretta Youmr. nlKo of the films, has hecu notified In California. SHIPBEESTQF1.0RIBA ITL n A I N I J It I IK II !, On. m Th n old-f ashlonod bee used to bundle up In his hive In the winter, wait ing for the HprlnK. I tut the modern hen noes n a winter lour to Florida nnd en Joys sunshine ami flowers all the yen r. Owners of bee colonies In south Ocorghi. not satisfied with Just n half year's work (mm their bees, ship them to Morbid apiaries for the winter. FINES BY INSTALLMENT REDUCE JAIL EXPENSE DESTROYED BY BOLT KKltltV, Ore., Jan. 27. (pl.) A mld-wlnler liKhtninff storm Ui blamed for t he destruction of tho Kei-by I'eak forest lookout station. There were only ii few flashes seen hut one holt hit the .station with such force that the roof was splin tered. I'arl of the sidewalk sur rounding the .station wa knocked down the mountainside. It is re called that five yearn ar;o a sim ilar storm totally demolished the lookout station on Mt. Kmily. ST. JOSEPH, M.i.-il'i--The In stallment plan for paying fines is becouiltiK increasingly popular here. I'hder the "eny payment' ys tem, cioi't officials point out, of fenders, unable to i a le cash 1o meet flnejf are not sent to Jail to llvo at tho city's expense. I tnlc llesl Hok UH9 rilANKKOUT. Ky. (IV Illch. flrd Hren, an Oldham county farmer, is Kenttnky's champion hoc raiser, using the Ion litter an n unit of Vroduction. He raised a litter of pig" lo weigh 2.723 pounds when ICEt tay old, and led tho 0 fairheiB in the tttuto content. Children's Colds Doubly Dangerous With Flu Around Vhllo thero Ih no eaiiHn for KoriotiH ularin over tho ih.'Vel optnent of seuttered cuoh of Ilu In lliiH locality, health iiii IhorltleH any that, extra pre euutloiiH hIioiiIiI be taken to cheek every cold nt tho Hturt. rnlenn treated promptly, coUIh tend two lower body renin! ance and may pnvo tho way for an attack or Infhictizu with all I(h serious eoinplcallinn. Internal uicillcattmi Hlioulil be avoided except on tho ad vice of a phyxlclan. Too much "doxillK" orten (tlxturlia the ilhsCHllnii and InweiH tho vital ity JuhI when tho child noedH bin body HtreiiKth nioHt. Applied exteruully, Vlc'n VapoKuli can ho uhpiI freely and aa often as needed with no fear of iinpttinK tho atom ach. Huhlied on throat uml eheKt, Vlrka acta IhroiiKh the Hkin like a poiiltlco nr planter, druwiiiK nut tho Unlit uohh and RornneKH. At tlm snmetlmn, Iik tneillcated vapii, rclimseil by tho warmth or l Me body, urn inhaled direct to tho Irrliteil alr-pnuHaKen, looHeninu; th e phlcKiii, and Hoothlim thu In na tion. or coure, Vlrk two-way action In juat nn effective for adulta' rolil-troiihlen, too. Imn'Vx tako chancea with coldn Vl q 4( FIRE INSURANCE restored it! " doMrhome "Because the peril of fire kid never actually touched Ui, u e fell that ire were practically immune from diiailcr. Year after year u e were satisfied to larry almost nominal in surance on our h t ne and its contents. "Then it happened! A faulty chimney ivas responsible, n't stood by helplessly uhile'he flames, in a short half hour, badly damaged our home and the belongings it had taken us fifteen years to accumulate. "Luckily, months before, with the help of our insurance agent, we had carefully invento ried our possessions. Our protection was found to be inadequate and we promptly secured additional and proper coverage. "Accordingly, we were fully and promptly compensated for our losses, and soon were happily re-established ill our renovated and refurnished home. It was a lucky day when we first awoke to the importance of carrying . adequate insurance. " I ' ijMicarit AFFORD to be under- insured Too m licit iiiHiiraiu'C in wanU'iul and fulilc. Too liul e niny prove cliKimlrotiH. glut! lo liuve yon fit II on iik for competent, impartial in formal ion ns (o wluit hIiouIJ be provided for ndetjnale nntl Hfife protection of yotir home nnd il contents. A copy of our "Inventory of llie C!onlenht of llie I Iome," to aid yon in keeping a systematic record of your liounehold possessions, will lie sent, free, upon request. Telephone yjj Carl Y. Tengwald Hotel Holland Building Medford, Oregon e GENERAL , INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA a m mi i i