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! M i ) , MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932. Bankers, Lawyers, Medics Vote Wet While Clergy Dry in Digest Balloting The clersy of the Unltl State are the dryest and the lawyera are the wetteat professional groups In the country,- according to returns of the Literary Digest's special claatifled prohibition poll aa published In to morrow's laaiM of the magazine. The bankers of the nation rank next to the clergy In their dry senti ment and the physicians vote prac tically aa wt as the lawyers, accord ing to the balloting in these supple mentary referendum. In the poll of the clergymen of the country, 30 atatea are voting dry while 16 states register wet major ities and two more vote exactly even on the subject. The District of Columbia clergy men vote more than 4 to 1 for re- peal of the 18th amendment. Stat ing that the figures from the na tional capital In the 1630 clergy poll were singled out for a special criti cism, the Literary Digest calls spec ial attention to the fact that the names and addresses of this group were obtained from the latest de nominational year books and -or the latest Washington city directory and Included 797 clergymen of all de nominations. The clergy In six states vote more than 4 to 1 for continuance of the prohibition amendment and the dry eet of these. North Caroline, votes more than 7 tc 1 dry. Of the total of 43,603 balloU re ceived In the clergy poll, 33,024, or 04.86 per cent, vote for continuance anl 19,684, or 46.14 per cent, vote for repeal of prohibition. In the 1930 prohibition poll the clergy vote was 67.60 per cent for en forcement of the prohibition act while In the current poll the vote for con tinuance of prohibition la 64.86 per cent of the total vote. The poll of the bankera of the country reveal a sentiment of nearly a o 1 wet, although five states show an outright dry majority while the other 43 state and the District ot Columbia vote for repeal. Pour states In this group show a sentiment of more than 4 to 1 wet. The bankera o Nevada vote over U to 1 for repeal. A total of 77,860 ballots were re ceived from the bankers, of which 26,608, or 34.17 per cent, show a sen timent In favor of continuance of the 18th amendment, while 61,363, or 69 83 per cent, are In favor of repeal of prohibition. The bankers' vote In 1030 was 41.50 per cent for enforcement and the present poll of this financial class shows a decline to 84.17 per cent uf the total vote for continuance of pro hibition. The vote of the nation's physicians In their special poll shows they de sire a repeal of prohibition by a ma jority of over 8 to I. No. state in this group gives a majority in favor of the continuance of the 18th amendment. Karuiaa Is the dry eat state In the physicians poll with a percentage of 43.07 In favor of continuance while In the wet column Delaware votes 93 07 per cent for repeal. The medical fraternity returns a total of 60.329 baloU which are di vided 14.770, or 34.63 per cent In favor of continuance of the prohi bition amendment and 48,469 bal lots, or 75.48 per cent, In favor of repeal of the 18th amendment. The comparison between 1930 and 1932 returns in the physicians' vote shows that two years ago they voted 30.34 per cent dry and this year only 24.63 per cent dry. The lawyera of the United States are also voting more than 3 to 1 wet and no atate in the returns of the poll of this profession shows an out right dry majority. Kansas tops the dry column In this poll with a per centage of 43.63 per cent In favor of continuance while on the other hand the lawyera of Nevada give a majority of 30 to 1 In favor of repeal. A total of 63,561 balota were re ceived from lawyera In every atate In the nation, of which 12,736, or 2453 per cent, were dry and 30.625. or 75.77 per cent, were wet. In the 1930 special poll the vote of the lawyera waa 38.86 per cent for enforcement and now thla percent age has been reduced to 24.23 per cent in the present returns. Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, April 33. (Spl.) Thirty friends and neighbors gath ered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crump Saturday night for a birthday surprise party. Several friends from Medford, Jacksonville and Talent were present. The even ing waa spent dancing to muslo fur nished by O. F. Hamilton of Talent and William Pursel of thl section. Refreshments were served at mid night, after which Mr, and- Mrs. Crump were presented with a set of book ends as a birthday gift. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Crump of Med ford spent several days last week camping In this section. Mr. Crump, who la employed by the Union OH company, la having a two weeks' va cation. Mrs. Mayme Tucker of Medford was calling on Applegate friends Sunday. She also visited the board members of the Little Applegate school dis trict, Fred Vanderhoof and son, Hubert, of Olympla, Wash., arrived at Bun oom this week for a two weeks' vaca tion. Bill Jennings of Jacksonville spent last week end as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ansll Ollson. Mr. and Mrs. Blmer Peters and family of Medford were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs. J. A, West and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leatr St John and family and Mr, and Mrs. Orvllle St. John and family of Central Point motored to Tale creek Sunday, where they visited O. B Reeves, who re turned borne with thera to spend thla week All the school children from the fourth grade to the eighth of the Little Applegate, Union town and Ruch schools met at the Ruch school house Monday to take an achieve ment test given by Mrs Una Inch, rural school supervisor. About 40 pupils were gathered there. In the afternoon Mrs. Inch made a trip up Big Applegate- to give the teat to the pupils in the Beaver Creek and Wat kins district. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Klelnhammer spent Sunday visiting friends and relatives near Medford. Walter Ze Idler has been making several Improvements recently on hla house. Besides changing the Interior he Is building an eight-foot serened porch on the front. BUI Pursel has been helping him with the work. Due to the extra housework and gardening, the members of the Little Applegate Sewing club decided to hold their sewing meetings every two weeks during the summer months. Next meeting will be Wednesday aft ernoon, April 37, at the home of Mra. J. J, Arant. (From The Literary Digest of April 23, 1033.) RETURNS OF LITERARY DIOE0T SPECIAL CLASSIFIED POLLS FOB CONTINUANCE OR REPEAL OP THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT BANKERS OLEROT LAWYERS PHYSICIANS 5ta tea Alabama Arlzona ..... Arkansas California . Colorado . Connecticut ............... Delaware - District of Columbia.. ..... Florida . Georgia - Illinois Indiana Iowa KanAAs . Kentucky Louisiana Maine .... Maryland . Massachusetts Michigan ... -Minnesota ... Mlaalaslppl Missouri Montana .. -. Nebraska ......... Nevada , New Hampshire New Jersey ........ New Mexico .................. New York . . North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina ..... South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont ..... Virginia Washington ... West Virginia . Wlsclnsln ....... Wyoming State Unknown Totals ...... For Con- For For Con- For For Con- For jPorCon- For tin u a nee Repeal Total tlnuance Repeal Total tt nuance Repeal Total tlnuance Repeal Total 357 397 034 363 115 478 193 315 508 336 418 634 23 60 83 47 61 108 28 163 181 85 116 161 364 810 674 368 102 460 348 830 578 290 876 666 527 1,288 1,816 783 723 1.606 473 1,811 3,284 867 3,321 8,188 172 376 647 171 180 861 310 444 054 188 472 660 1,304 8,879 6.183 244 822 666 85 064 749 118 659 772 46 72 118 42 30 72 17 68 76 6 68 63 16 74 89 58 346 304 00 426 625 60 371 840 165 4Wt 628 360 130 ' 608 221 768 989 163 630 692 341 426 766 369 73 442 268 525 793 165 461 016 60 19 1 261 58 4 1 90 70 190 260 66 130 195 1,179 8.014 4.193 1.274 1,400 3.674 603 3,429 8.094 0 8.362 4.292 1.662 3.870 4.522 950 531 1.481 633 1,174 1,707 571 1,467 3,038 806 1,227 3,033 785 465 1,360 417 624 1,041 425 810 1.236 1 .1 89 001 2.090 703 392 1,095 339 438 777 474 604 1 ,078 801 843 1,644 588 279 867 362 718 1,080 470 830 1,309 184 695 870 134 310 453 83 573 666 123 617 630 293 494 787 199 122 321 110 241 faSl 00 296 886 369 870 1 .330 320 424 744 1 56 758 014 120 753 878 557 1.090 1.647 707 921 1,688 366 1.873 3,239 554 1,890 9.444 633 1.667 2.300 6R3 651 1,234 270 1,152 1,422 388 1,533 1,021 724 1,764 3,438 656 596 1,252 375 1,032 1,389 360 043 1,303 274 297 571 276 65 841 ' 130 297 427 179 297 476 1,075 1.328 3.402 737 779 1,516 517 1,233 1,750 562 1,567 3.129 88 386 473 118 225 843 02 270 362 62 160 212 502 744 1,246 366 313 678 285 481 760 233 475 608 6 60 01 0 0 15 4 80 84 6 46 60 124 172 296 164 112 260 38 102 140 50 359 818 540 3,117 2,057 737 787 " 1,524 312 1,932 2,244 261 1,830 " 3,100 18 80 08 60 67 117 20 89 100 31 85 106 1,522 5,829 7.351 1,223 3,640 3.863 953 6.454 7,406 1,017 6,550 7.576 669 042 1,311 893 130 1,023 336 015 051 318 647 065 166 636 722 181 168 340 99 240 345 47 200 247 1,418 3.001 8.500 1 448 1,170 3.018 830 2,293 3,133 1.049 3.801 8.910 1 432 655 967 456 117 672 342 655 997 285 617 802 159 333 402 131 108 239 164 377 631 136 326 462 2.464 4,360 6 824 2,403 3,028 4.431 785 . 3,474 8.350 1383 1 4,474 5,857 24 85 100 01 184 265 29 173 202 37 , 303 240 179 238 417 393 02 457 117 321 - 430 111 387 498 222 422 044 186 209 394 143 246 389 70 311 287 852 000 1.452 727 115 842 286 544 830 377 673 050 1,132 1,579 2,711 903 456 1,359 667 . 1,205 1,952 724 1,381 3,105 71 120 101 13 - 13 26 46 127 173 33 123 166 103 187 200 138 07 205 45 100 151 64 09 163 768 1,066 1.834 707 158 865 245 888 1,133 289 789 1,078 232 648 780 309 249 558 167 560 727 164 654 708 474 716 1,189 495 143 638 258 579 837 273 718 941 760 2,820 3,680 439 1,164 1,603 123 448 671 191 1,069 1,260 34 172 200 36 35 70 29 121 150 17 66 72 620 306 820 890 80 479 126 123 248 177 171 348 20,608 61,252 77,860 23,924 19,084 43.008 12,736 . 39,825 62,661 14,770 45,459 00.320 EXCEEDOUTPUT SEATTLE. April aa. UD Current new business reported today by 31 lumber mills of the stat. tor the week ending April 19, was 1.7 per cent over production, totaling about 7.000,000 fee more than for the pre vious week. Shipments were 0.3 per oent over production. Inventories for a group of 144 mills were declared to be 1B.S per cent less thsn at this time last year. A total of 331 mills reported op erating for the week at 34.0 per cent of capacity, compared with 34.8 per cent the previous week and 45.7 per cent for the same period last year. IRIALTflKER SET FOR APRIL 28 PORTLAND, Ore., April 33. PY Mayor aeorne L. Baker, under In dictment for alleged malfeasance and negligence In office, will go on trial April 28, under an agreement be tween the district attorney's office and defense attorneys. Named In the same Indictment with Baker, and to tie tried Jointly with him are City Engineer Olaf Laur gaard and City Commlaslonera Earl Riley and John M. Mann. C. Lee Wilson, Indicted as an accessory In the malfeasance and negligence case, also will be tried at the same time. If present arrangements are carried out. 1 Literary Digest prohibition poll! ballots were mailed to 707 clergymen In the District of Columbia, whose names and addresses are In the latest Denomlnatlonsl Year Books and (or) the latest Washington city directory. The list for Washington (as well as that for the whole country) Includes ALL clergymen and ALL denominations. This note Is appended because the figures for Washington In our 1930 poll (now confirmed by this current poll) were singled out for special criticism. Sardine Creek SARDINE CREEK, April 33. (Spl, ) Mr, and Mra. Frank Taylor and mother, Mra, S. C, Flene, were Med ford visitors Monday, S. A. Duaenberry and son, Arthur, made a business trip to Medford and Jacksonville Saturday, Helen Mercer of Gold Hill waa an overnight guest of Mabel Duaenberry Tuesday, and spent the evening at the Croft home. Oliver Pierce of the Sleepy Hollow ranch spent one day this week at the Flene ranch with his tractor, preparing ground for the seeding of alfalfa. Ralph, Duaenberry and niece. Edith Duaenberry, were Medford visitors Saturday. Mrs. Gerald Herman visited the Alderbrook school one day thla week. Bernard Governor la engaged this week on road work out from Gold Hill. Mrs. C. W. Martin and Miss Jacobs of Gold Hill were calling on the parents and patrons. In thla vicinity, of the Gold Hill school Tuesday. A. B. .Rhodes of Medford waa calling on the voters here thla week a candidate for sheriff in the coming election. Word comes from Mrs. Eva New ton, who accompanied her daughter. Mrs. Mary Sutherland home to Portland two weeks ago, for medi cal treatment, that she Is slightly Improved. They had X-rays taken, which show an Injury to several vertabrae in the neck, which ne ceasltates the wearing of a brace to hold them in place. Quite a number of the Ladles' Sowing club from here met at the home of Nora Bailey In Gold Hill Thursday, where they pieced the hostess a quilt. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon. Those from here attending were Mesdamee B. C. Flene. Frank Taylor. William Wright. George Smith, S. A. Dusen berry and Nina Dusenberry. Eden Precinct IHKSDME SESCEEY "Serves You Right" Phone 743 606-608 E. Main Free Dishes! One or mors pieces of a 32-pioce green glass dinner set FREE with the pur chase of one package Luckol'i Borax Granulated Soap. 43c Flour Bed Rose Flour 10 lbs 29c 24 lbs 63c 49 lbs $1.17 1 quart vinegar in attractive decanter Choice of twelve colors and design. Special s4.Ut Kerr's Wheat & Oat Flakes 31b. pkg- Beg. 30o value 3for79c Even Tho We lost our sign We still carry a fine line of choice Fresh Meats Lunch Meats FREE DELIVERY ALL DAY Fountain Candy Pastry Dept. Ask about our Whitelava Candy for Mother's Day. J. E. Spence La helping Mrs. Lock wood with the feeding this week while Mr. Lock wood Indisposed. Howard Murry, brother of Mrs. Geo. Parker of Phoenix, is making her a visit after spending a couple of months In California. E. C. Lock wood has been under th care of a doctor for a couple of days, and is much better. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Spence of the highway south of Phoenix spent last Sunday In Ashland visiting Mr. Spence' mother. Mrs. Pred Rapp and Mrs. Will Bruin of Talent were business callers at the Crey plant farm Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Mast and son Fred and daughter Delia were vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Chandler last Sunday. Mrs. Mark Hardesty of Phoenix called on friends along the highway last Friday. Mrs. Anna Simpson of Medford spent last Sunday with her daugh ter, Mra. Noah Chandler of North Talent. Quite a number of the small ranch holders in this locality still have faith In the hen and are raising sev eral hundred baby chicks again thla spring. RACERS DUE HERE TODAY, TOMORROW FOR BOAT EVENTS All highways will be dotted with cars, heading for Emigrant lake, Sun day, Is the forecast read In the sun beams today by members of the Ac tive club and southern Oregon boat men, who are sponsoring the cham pionship events on the well known waterway Sunday afternoon. Entries are pouring In from all di rections and the weather promises to be rosy. "It has broken," was the boat- fans' optimistic cry this morn ing. Sacramento drivers are expected to arrive this afternoon with their out fits ready f or en trance. The balance will reach Medford tomorrow after noon. The largest party of drivers to as semble at any one race In Oregon Is releaved In the entry blanks, which show, to date, 13 to 18 entries In each of the five events scheduled In the program. Many spills are predicted, which will make Hell Divers of several boat men not yet members of the order. Several drivers due here partici pated In and won honors at national championship finals at Lake Merrltt, Oakland, last fall. Parking space has been arranged to afford all spectators a view of the complete race course from starting to finishing line. The advance sale of tickets Is mov ing along at a rapid pace. An an nouncing system Is being Installed to keep all fans Informed of details. Earle Davis will preside at the micro phone. -4 - Idaho University Barn Is Burned MOSCOW, Ida., April 33. ffy-Fire destroyed the University of Idaho col lege of agriculture dairy barn early today, causing loss estimated by F. W. Atkeson, professor of .dairy hus bandry, at $30,000. EDEN PRECINCT, April 33. (Spl.) Marian Hartley butchered a nice fat pig this week and sold the merit out in sausages and small lots to locai people. . Mr. In man. who is running a fruit ranch west of Phoenix, waaat the Carey plant farm Tuesday on busi ness. Mrs. Howard, who stayed at the Barneburg home last summer, but now Is In Oranti Pass, visited Mrs. Barneburg Wednesday. Mra. Anna Simpson and Mrs. Noah Chandler called on Mrs. Cora Evans Sunday. jifbeFtty Food Stfoi?e LibertyBldg. "The Home of Pure Foods" W.MainSt. Alexander Grocery Inc. E. F. ALEXANDER, Gen. Mgr. FEEE DELIVERY Phone 143 We are trying to make folks happy by selling clean, wholesome foods at low prices. You'll like our intelligent food service. SATURDAY SPECIALS 25c pkg. Sperry's Pancake and Waffle Flour JQ 2Bo jug Cane and Maple Syrup. 50o value for .. . stsiJC 2Bo pkg. Pearls of Wheat 2-lb. pkg. Mother's Cocoa- 54o value for White Corn Meal Yellow Corn Meal Farina Graham Flour Cake Flour Pancake Flour All you want, sack 3 cans Del Monte Tomato Juice, 30c value 1 Bottle Snider 's Catsup, 16c value Total value 4Bc All for Fresh Peanut Brittle, 2 lbs Jewett Brand No. 2 Golden Bantam Corn, from Maine, 2 cans Good Grade Green Beans, No. 2 sise, 3 cans ... Regular BOc box Chocolate Covered Cherries, box High Grade Teas in bulk, English Breakfast, Japan and Gunpowder, lb BATTLE CREEK HEALTH FOODS MANNING'S ( Phone 611 Model Bakery SATURDAY SPECIALS Joe Doblmeier Sugar Cookier Raisin Coffee Cake doz. 10c ea. 10c Choc. Malted Milk Cake MJalted Milk Bread ea. 24c 3 loaves, 20c Phone 164 Liberty Market E. R. Pech "The Home of Good MeaU Govt. Inspected Swift & Co. Steer Beef" SWIFT'S BEST STEER BEEF and PORK Aged meats contain 1-3 more food value than fresh-killed meats- SPECIALS Swift' Premium Hams, half or whole, lb 23c Pure Lard, 3 lbs. 25c I have a choice line of Beef Pork Veal Lamb fine col ored Fryers Turkeys and fan. cy Rabbits, 100 per cent Pork home-made sausage. 100 per cent Beef Hamburger with so cereal or water in it. NEW SHREDDED BISCUITS OFFER MANY ADVANTAGES Local Grocers Say Customers Delighted with Kellogg's WHOLE WHEAT Biscuit Grocers are now featuring a new shredded biscuit which offers many new features. Kelloggs whole wheat Biscuits are "pressure. cooked" by a special process that retains the complete food value of the whole wheat. At the same time, delightful flavor is baked in. These new biscuits have been an. alyzed by the Medical Arts Labora tory of Philadelphia and found to be so rich in food value that every package is certified. Any mother can now be certain her family is getting a well-balanced and tempt fng dish whenever she serves these new Kellogg biscuits with either hot or cold milk or cream. Other Improvements are a bis. cuit of more convenient, economical T.., tl.aoA HOW hitUMlitS llUtl Bl&C. w . " " 1 - fit the cereal bowl. You also get 11 to the package instead of the usual dozen. And every biscuit is toasted a rich golden brown on both top and bottom not just one side. This makes them exceptionally crisp and appetizing. Kellogg's whole wheat BiseurU are tasty for breakfast, lunch, chil. dren's suppers. Extra good with fruits or sweetened with honey. 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