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MAY GASOLINE TAX RETURNS Jncrease of $145,726 Is I Shown Over Same Month Last Year More Non zt Resident Motorists Come .-! SALKM, July l. m Three ejuarters of a million dollar In gns ' ,ltne taxeg were collected by the croury of atnte's office during ,tlio month of Muy, flR-urtvi for thnt . month, ri'loased ioduy, show. Thin Ja an Incroaso of 1146,726.115 over tho corresponding- mon4h a year ..' ago. Tho number of gntlons of r gasoline purchased Increased In th sums proportion. Tho total gal lons purchased during May were 7,210,9. The big month In Mny and of f Inst January, the secretary' office utated, ha brought tho Increawc during the firm five month of 11)31 to S2KC.&02 In tax collected over the name period In l'JSO, and an Increaxe of 17,352,150 gnllona of gasoline purchutted In Oregon. . MOW Noll-ItCHlfk'lltH, The secretary's fltfures nlso showed an Increase of non-renidont motorlMs In jOrcgon this year. Dur ing the month of June thUi class of tourists Increased 1274 over a year ago, while the six months period showed nii lncrenso of only 1 Decrease earlier In tho yenr accounted for the difference, with June's Influx bringing up tho total. 'The number of non-resident mo torlnts rpgbttercd during Juno to taled 14,940, while for tho six mnnthH It totaled 84,910. , ; Last Timei Tonltel , . A Peppy, Cute, Modern Up-to-Date Comedy :-V',- -, The-".:--; ' 'Naughty Flirt" With ' ALICE WHITE , Paul Page, Myrns Ley ,' Also .. . - Newt Vagabond Adventure , ' . Sidney-Murray Comedy - 1 Begins Tomorrow ir!ij JOHN SVEflGALI : . AlaO Graham McNamee-Newa , Kartoon 'Hold Anything" ADVENTURES In AFRICA t "The Buffalo Stampede" BARGAIN PRICES MaU 20 Eva...soe Kiddles ...10e NhAR 111 BARRYMORE UJMARIAN MARSH kiTRILttY Iviai B'ymore at his 1 1 ill b,,U With the Xirll tenaatlonal new YSJt atar find ha him. I lj aelf atlaetedl En- I W acting the weird- i XAa. d r m woman's paaalon A 7 ivee fllmedl A J I hrll no fan can f I . realstl f I 1 , .""7 i t Mrs. (inrdner flu 1 1 In Is' ;. fimwl or Itrtutlvt Hi re. ... , ' ', .Mr. and Mrs. (lurdm-r Bullls and son. Dick, of I.os -Angeles. nrrlved Jn thl city by motor Sat urdays to v I s I t - relatives and friends. Mm Bullis Is now house guest of Heth Hullls and the Itnlnh Boutellrs while Mr. Quills and son are continuing their trip i into northern Cunadu, where they plan to spend several weeks a- ratlunlng, 1 1 Mrs. Uullls will leave tomorrow for Hun Francisco. Hhe has been greeted by many friends during her brief stay In Medford, where she formerly made her home, Hhe i remembered by many member of local society as sister of Mrs. (lertrude Krlckson. who I now living abroad with her children Hoth are daughtor of President Uunnah of the Standard Oil conv puny of California and popular members of southorn society. Applivrute 840110 Of Holiday I'nrty The trees overlooking the Apple. gate river ut the home of Mr, and Mns. True lewls formed a cool canopy over a number of families who celebrated the f ourth of July thore with swimming and dinner, Those enjoying the day Included Mr, and Mrs. Fred Copplo, Mr, and Mrs. True lcwls and children, Noel Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. I.yale Hard and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dorn and on William, Mr. and Mrs. Newt Lewi. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Pahl and daughters,, Alice and Alta, Mr. and Mns. Fred Htlmson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Reed. Enid Dressier, Almedla Harper and Karl Gray. HIclKcrx lU'liirn , From Oillfornia .. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Btelger , re turned yesterday from Dorrls, Cal., whore they epent the holidays with their son-in-law and-'daughter, Mr. und Mm. Clifford Bevlts. They were accompanied on their return by Ihelr granddaughter, Maxlno Hevlts, who will be their guest for the summer. A, sjr', i Mrs. Gertrude Stroebo, who' was a guest for several weeks of the Htolgers, in now en route to Grand ftnplds. Mich., where ahe will re main until early August. Her son, Dick Slroebe, will bat1 a guest of tho titlger during her absence. HOCIBTV i: Weavers and Mis Iteikinnii To Visit In North Mr. nnd Mrs. Carl Weaver and Mint Annette Ileckmnn, who I In this city from Illloi T, II., for. tho summer, will leave, tomorrow morn ing by motor for Eugene nnd Port Innd, where Miss Heckman will pend n week a guest of httr els- tor, Mrs. Fred Hwlgert. Jr., prom inent member of Portland society und well known golf enthusiast. -Mrs. Weaver will stop In Eugene to spend several days with, her couvln, Mrs. MoKlnley ; ' ' M Is Hull Is (lutwt , , At Drury ltldii.i '. "' Miss Cynthia. Hall, dnughter of Senator nnd Mrs. C'hnrles Hall of Marshfleld, Is In Medford,- the house guest of Miss Ijiuri Drury MIsb Halt arrived hero yesterday and plnns to be here the re mainder of the week. Hho I n sorority sister of Miss Drury'a nl tho University of Oregon, both being members of Kiipim Alpha Thetn. , Miss lliitililwin ilrnnn '( ' tall Ktirckn. CnI, Miss Kern Hutchison has return ed to Medford from spending ev erul days In Eurekn, fnl., where she attended tho boat races Inst week end. Mrs. Brewer In Ih'lllughnm This Week. ' , Mrs. c. M. Brewer Is spending this week In Helllngham, Wash., visiting with relatives and friends. MANAGER OF MILL E ON LUMBER TRADE M, C. Wooilurtl. nf R!lvrfntv Oregon, a director und member of ...n rrvunv. CMIIllUlllce OI llie Owen-Oregon Lumber company, la In the rliy today Inspecting the local plant. This afternoon with Jiunes H. Owen, general manager of the Owen-Oregon Interests In this section, he visited the lugging camps In the Hutto Falls district. Th. m.III .l i "' '-"HHH-U U.!'1M1IUMH yesterday, after the three day fourth of July holldiiy. The log ging camp, closed down June 10, expected to resume operations next week. The work employed ?0 men. m tlenernl Manager Owen viewed the lumber situation with, more optimism today, than at any time since 192s. The moratorium la the greatest thing that has happened tlnre the armistice nas signed." he declared. u win mean in perking up of business In all lines, and will open Kurtipean markets to American lumber, which hu. t,un t.u.., pert by Russian convict lumber".! .ne muioiunuut win mean busi ness for ull lines, the lumber busi ness Included." Mr. u,n said that most of the west coast lumber mills were oper ating on a "restricted basis, princi pally to hold Ihelr organisations together." Htadlasa Turtle Snapped P.A8SKTT. Neb. (111'). Cutting off the head of a snapping turtle didn't remove the snap. Joe Murer. flihernisn, discovered. He caught' a 42-pound turtle, severed Its head and then tested Ita strength. Tha turtle still snapped hard enough to crush an orange. A small boy rode the headlesa body about th yard KEOTORB IDffi Wagnors Aro Ctiests " , At ftanlfls Cuulu. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wagner and eon are spending their vacation ut the Daniels cabin at Diamond lake. They were Joined there over the week-end by Mr. and Mrs. T. E. IWnlels and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nubiltt. Mr. Wagner Is service manager for Don Ijee of Los' ''Angeles, and during the 20 yeurs he has held that position has made1; many friends In this and the .southern state., v ' , H Mra. Johnaon Enjoys Southern Oregon 8cenery Mrs. A. F. Johnson of Independ ence, Kas., Is spending the summer with her son, Dr. C. r. Johnson, and family. . This Is Mrs. Johnson's first trip to Medford and she Is enjoying trips to Crater Lake, Diamond Lake and other scenic attractions of the Rogue River valley. Hour of fiarclon I'nrty For Tlmrwluy ClintiKcd. The gtirden party to be given at the Curl Hwlgart home on fien enee Btreot Thursday by the dar- den Hub will be held at 7:00 JriHtcad of 2:30 p.m., It wui an nounced thlH afternoon. An lnvl tutlon to the affair in extended huBbandtt of club memberm, MrH, Hleotor Ih 1 1 oh t cms At KuiK'lioon TfMluy Mrs. R. W. tileeter entertained thin afternoon with a brtdKe lunch eon for a group of frlendn. Kol lowing luncheon, there were three tub leu of cards in play. ThU party In one of a wrlea planned by Mrs. Hleoter for the summer. . Vacation ut CroMvnt City ' A puity of local people who flpent the- week end at Crescent City, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. U mi ley and daughter Wil lamette. Included Mra. Hena Col He, Mini Knld Funk, A. C. McOlIl and Norman Judy. UlrlcliH 1 tot urn from Wwk KihI. Heattlo , Mr, nnd Mrs. Lewis Ulrlch re turned yoHterduy from Seattle, where they Mpen-t the week end with Mm. Ulrlch'rt sister, Mi-h. Frank Bennett. Hussell Ulrlch, who accompanied them on the trip, will remain as gueat of hid aunt for the summer vacation. Htihhards Tjcave for Vacation Tniiiomnv Mr. nnd Mm. Ttoland Ilubbnrd and children, will lenve tomorrow for their Diamond lake cabin, where they plan to vncntlon for several days. A. C. llubliurilH Arrive In Seattle Toinorrow. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hubbard, who are enjoying a tour of Alaska are expected to arrive In Seattle tomorrow. They will continue from Seattle to1 llelllnghnm to! lie gliosis of Kort Hubtmrd nnd tlion return to their home In Medford. Mrs. W. W. llasclrlgg YMts In Mnlfonl . . ' M, W. W. Hnielrlgg of Ala meda, Cel.. ts guest In Medford of Mrs. sue llnsolilgg, at her homo on Medford Heights. Visit Here Knun Sacramento : ' Mr. and Mrs. L. Hates and son fclwood of Sacramento arc guests In this city of Mrs. Hates' sister. Mrs. fluy Crosbv. ThoV nrrlved In Medford Saturday, and plan to lenve tomorrow for their home. Ml Hargrove Will Ho Mixlfonl (luest Miss (lertrude Hnrgravo of llor- keiey, Calif., who Is traveling In Alaska this summer Is expected to arrive In Medford soon for a visit with relatives and friends. Dr. und Mrs. Margrave aro now local guests. STOLEN NARCOTICS FOUND IN AUTO AT E STOP The sheriff's office was ndvlert this afternoon thnt the narcotics valued nt Hoot), found In an almn- doned ninn ui -.-i.. ; : "ie quarantine Mtatlon neur Hilt. Cal,, hud been ......... i-u.iii'.mi drug store last week. l)ree, valued at 11000 stolen from th R. r. lwRra ,; at Ashland Friday night, were ., recovered from the same car. Two men In Ik .. .. . . " were naiten by the quarantine officer, and were sjoiu to he dismissed when a sec ond car drove up. Tho quarantine officer turned n-ldo to qunitlon the new arrlvnl iha ...- , , ' men, evi dently frightened!, left their car and walked toward a service sta tion. Thul ...... .k , . . . .. ..- ,,, mm sren OI them. Investigation late Monday revealed the loot. The garments were returned to K. H. Isaacs and the nanv.iin. I i ... '"'"i" iiwiu ior apposition by federal narcotic bureau. ,! ..u urnriimgn ot ine two men was obtained, except that they were between ti and 10 year of age. It Is thought they boarded a south bound train that pamed through Hilt shortly after their disappear ance. OREGON UNIVERSITY ART PROFESSOR SUCCUMBS EHOKNR, Ore.. July 7. IPi Michael J. Mueller, professor of painting at the University of Ore gon, died In tho Rend hospital last night from mmnlliL.K. r..n .. J owralb'n for appendicitis. Wor3 ... ... ur.iu was teiehoned to Ky. 1 Hrown. Inatmrtor In archltec- . mseiitir on a palntlnj trip la Kastern Oregon. QUARANTIN TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, JOHN WALKER HUMANITARIAN PASSES AT 84 Publisher, Engineer and Ad vocate of World Peace Has Busy Life Farming Experiments Successful NEW YORK, July 7.(JP John Mrisben Walker, 84, publisher, en gineer and crusader for world peace, died today at his home In Brooklyn. He wag formerly publisher and editor of the Cosmopolitan Maga zine and owner of the Stanley pat ents for steam automobiles, a busi ness which he organized. Along with other activities which crowded his long life, he was a rancher, educator, road builder, nil manitarian, politician, farmer and soldier In a Chinese army. Born In Pennsylvania, be was educated at Georgetown college, Washington, and West Point. After resigning his cadetshlp he served for two yeara In the Chinese army, Success in Farming After three years of Journalism, be went Into farming and Introduced-alfalfa, foundation of many fortunes, on a 1600-acre farm near Denver. - His friends laughed when he bonght bottom lands along- the Platte river but he devised a means to control the river current and sold out to railroad Interests at a reputed profit of $900,000 on a 100, 000 Investment. When he bought the Cosmopoli tan Magazine for $360,000 Its circu lation jumped from lliOO to 151,000. It was eventually sold to William Randolph Hearst Mr. Walker organized a company to construct cheap highways and was the first president of the Auto mobile Manufacturers' association. - Tho . wedding butflnesa in the local Justice of the pence court la perking up this month, with the first couple1' to be mnrrled by Judge Taylor last Friday when he Joined Ilosnlyn Ripley and Klvln L. Pearce of Eagle Point. -Tlion yesterday afternoon at dlf forent times Judge Taylor pro nounced the ceremony In his of fice, which united Krma ' Smith kin 1 Atistln i Jnnies1 ' -Hubbard, i MetUord couple and Janice Daniel nnd Harold L. Kelly of Los Ange les, who - Journeyed here from California io be married. 4 SCOUTS CALL IT UDUGH1 Cnmp McLoughlln will be the official name ot the lloy Scout u m m e r camp at Lake o' the Woods, Oscar K. Hoover, scout ex ecutive, has announced. llyron Hnekc.4, Jacksonville scout delected the name, and was pro claimed winner of the contest. which ended July 1. Ho will re main an additional week at tho camp as a reward. . E STOLEN AS Too many chickens bad been stolen from Dan t"olller', ranch. and .Monday he resolved the thief should not escape him nnother night, according to the story told on the streets today. So he pre pared a comfortable resting place on the back porch where he could sit during tho evening, and If nec ossary, all night, In order to appre hend any vleltors to the chicken pen. With gun In hand. Mr, Collier eat for sometime watching the cnickens. He was determined not one would be mltng by morning. With the coulnees of the evening. he fell asleep. All of the chickens were In the pen when he awakened. but someone hud removed I S.J 5 from his pock I. TALENT GRANGERS TO MEET ON JULY 14TH PHOKNIX. Ore.. Julv 7.. -isii An error was made In announcing date of the Orange meetlnu f..r this month. Orange will meet on the Hth nnd not the Tth as hud oeen announced through the pa pers. The committee In charge of serving . next meeting Ik: Mrs. Fish, chairman - Mrs. Walk. Mrs Wilcox, and Mrs. Itarklev. !W.rl new members will be obligated at the nextieetlng. tamoiM (iold Mine HcoikmiimI. . tU'TTR. Mont ( I'lMTh. lard mine, one or th r... minis gold mines In Mnntnn kl- tory. has been reooere I alter years of Idleness, by a group of .....ninun men wno Dellev there in la much gold In lla depths. VRtiSOS, TUESDAY, JULY 1931. Evangel Is Bride Mrs. J. . Hudson who was Mrs Minnie Kennedy, mothei of Evan gellst Almee McPheraon before ier marriage to the New York larayman in Conflview, Wash Pomi'u1 W5A G , Mi iLnrotoimli-s "Reach for a LUCKY instead 7 v. Place your finger on your Adam's Apple. You are actually touching your larynx this con tains your voice box your vocal chords. From the report of a famous scientist who studied the effects of LUCKY STRIKE'S exclusive "TOASTING" Process- " During the course of tome recent investigations... we became inter cited to ascertain whether Ultra Violet Rays produced any change in the quality of the cigarette. It , may interest you to know that I wot able to detect a very definite difference in the irritant qualities of the treated and untreated cig arette. Several tests were made, ' not only on myself, but others as well, and we experienced little difficulty in selecting the treated or irradiated cigarettes as dis tinctly less irritating to the mu cous membrane of the nose and pharynx than the control or un treated cigarettes." Sunshine mellows heat purifies - that's why LUCKY STRIKE'S ex clusive "TOASTING" Process in cludes the use of modern Ultra Violet Rays. Remember- LUCKY STRIKE is the only cigarette In America that brings you the added benefits of "TOASTING". And so we say "Consider your Adam's Apple". Be careful in your choice of cigarettes. IW4 66 It's Sunshine Mellows Heat Purifies Yur Throat Protection -against irritation -aqainst couah COMPARESWiTH F 160,000 Autos Tagged to ' Date, Says Secretary of State ' ' Warnings Is sued to Laggard Owners SALEM, 'Ore., July 7 . (JP)r Courts, magistrates or other offi cers do not have the right to sus pend an operator's license on ac count of operation of a motor' ve hicle without proper llncense plates Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle stated in an opinion handed down to Governor Lulius L. Meier. SALEM, Ore., July 7. ffl With the issuance of 160,000 license plates to date, the secretary of state's Office today stated that the percentage of new automobile licenses this year rated favorably with last year. On July 20, 1930, the total number Issued was 180,- Oill), that date being the first in which totals were compiled. The Issuance of plates the first Elcosp - aeairsh ORMER YEARS iiv. -. ..l..rTOt . j iry . 1 5asasss" toasted" Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays week of the new license year was reduced " somewhat by " the an nouncement of 'Governor Julius L. -Meier that he would pardon any arrested for not having new piuies. the department of state announced but the purchase the last part of June kept up the high percentage. There are always a few who wait until the end of the first month to secure their plates, the office declared. Ihmio Wal'iifngH Enforcement of the automobile license laws within cities in the state has been lax this year, due to the governor's statement. Port land officials declared a morator ium pn arre-sts, which act was fol lowed by .other cities and counties. However traffic officers are issu ing .warnings, and if motorists have, not heeded, these warnings urrests will follow. . . ,To dute the governor has had no notices of arrests necessitating pardoning or remitting . of fines Meier announced. PHOENIX, Ore., July 7. (Spl.) Neiphbonj of Woodcraft will meet at the Granfc'e hall Wednesday night. The committee appointed for serving is Mra. Gertrude Iiar deHty, . ehnlrmun; Airs. - Bertha CoatH, Carl Bermele, Mrs. Leanor Tower, and Miss Ida Bishop. All members of the circle are urged to nttf-nd the meeting. Your Thirocafl PAGE THREE LE KLAMATH FALLH, Ore jJ (if) Joweph S. Klk-fHon, 25 . ,;l man for the Guthrie compil working on the Great Xortvj extension construction work instantly killed last night wh'w fell from a 40-foot trestle 17 lr south of Klamath FuIIk. Ellef' bkuii was rraciureu. .No one the accident. Kxeouto Assassin CALCUTTA, India, July 7. Dinesh Gupta,' a student at lk, university, was executed today j the murder of Colonel N. s. sjiitf son, inspector general of pris, last Ajeutriiiuer. 111 protest, a g, era! strike has been declared. For Sour Stoma Do favorite ! Boraeiiraesditju fuUneBs.bur.l BournenB, be!th,5 nausea, utwetui ach,etc.7TUig newAntaddnitl Rives almost iaJ diate rlie. eat three orW isenniiph i anvrtnm vniy lue. km WHIM TUNE IN Tht Lucky Strib Dance Orcnrt" rra, every Tvt day, ThuriJflJ ami Saturday evening ovtt N.B.C.netu'orfa 1 UeoK,if '
