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MOUKNHEN k COMPANY Offlee. Id Ni York. Chlfago, Detroit, flu rrtoclKO, Lot Angelea. Seattle Portland. Ye Smudge Pot , By Arthur Perry It ! noted that a Social-Democrat nartv will be organized In Oregon. Any Democrat who U social, Is a Republican In disguise. If the doc tore are ever splattered with the gay and eeml-ldlotio arivei It will be a sure sign that an opera tion la necessary, and they are being scared Into doing a good lob 01 it, of course under the guli'ince of the pstlent. . Scientists regret they will be un able to perfect an Ink and dye maoe from potatoes. In time for Christmas. Science should stop Its foolishness, and try snd make a hlnd-ttre that will also be a side of bacon. Dewey Hill of Prospect, the out standing hired man of the valley, cracked s rib last week and is walking with a decided list to port. Mr. HUI was bunged up while endeavoring 'to throw a Prospectlte on his back while the school ma'ams were looking. Dock Sweeney vulcanized the wound. . Yesterday a Comer Statesman poke twice before thinking, and then kept on speaking. - OPEN LETTER Santa Clans (Kris Krlngle), Reindeer Stabler, Jforth Pole. Sir; This is to advise you I have been a bad boy all year, and Intend to be more so next year. If you try to do anything about It, I will tell everybody that you stole the Lindbergh baby. Don't kid yourself that nobody will believe It. The people are tired of believing the Truth, and want bigger and better lies, and are going to get 'em. No further warning will be given, John P. Medford, Jr. . . . The Old Oregon basketball team Tlilted the valley Monday, and played like the Depression was their coaoh. : Little P. Bybee, the J'vllle serf, has lost a sheep and has tried very little to find It, Another batch of Canadian whiskey has drifted In for the Yule. Experts who have snirfed it, complain that It mails like the third runi of Local Still No. 40. The experts are wrong. Their nose might deceive them, but their bootlegger, never. ... The Soolal Service Union of Amer ica reports a decline in dancing. No figures are given, but it Is safe to guess that the slump la widespread, and where on a Saturday night there used to be 40 danuea per capita per couple, there are now 45 couples for very dance. Dancing, like fishing, leaves Its devotees In such shape they hav no desire to do anything else and are Insulted If a suggestion Is made that they do something else. For many moons, hereabouts, some of the fair daughters were never absent or tardy from a rural shindig. They became drowsy of gllia, and pain fully allm from nocturnal prowling. This little big city Is receiving many compliments upon Its wlde .wakeness nl announcing a 1634 cele bration this year. This however Is not the local record for getting the Jump on Father Time. When Repub licans were plentiful In Jackson ciunty, and proud of tt. they started the 1820 campatgQln 1017. Many cttlnns are also fchtad of themselves, and have already started worrying t-hsther or not the ground hog will see his shadow Feb. a. ... ' ALONG LIFE'S IIH1IIWAY In going down a winding hill He "lt her coast," did' Henry Sill; He met a car upon a turn For him eternal fires burn. Joe drove his auto one dark nlecht And only burned the rlg'.it-haud light The other guy was craxy, too, Now both are out beyond the blue. He thought the button was the brake, Did William Henry Silas Drake; He pushed his good right foot hard down, And woke when Peter aald; "Here'a your crown r His glaring lamps shone down the roads And all the highway plainly showed; But 'tother fellow could not see; Both swapped time for eternity. (Exchange) Normal Weather To Start Winter PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. ai. (API Normal winter weather prevailed in most parts of Oregon today with the official arrival of tlui season and the shortest day of Vie year. Freight Rates and War are still in the midst of " ' ditions are as abnormal, ourselves against the forces of were over a decade ago when forces of military destruction. during peace had to be abandoned for the cxigncies of war, so the policies and principles of normal tirrpg must be abandoned, if we are to auccessful'v grrr. crisis which confronts u-..-rfn IN other words an emerge icy exists, and for many months has ATiararl An1 urhnt wa tinol bm tvmtnAa ntJ ni;ni.. lil. ."..u. " " v o. iiictuuua emu JJViiuiuo Yt UlUU best meet this emergency, methods. and policies which might well be impractical during normal times, but are not only desir able, but NECESSARY during The matter of reduced freight rates on pears, which Colonel Voorhies presented to the people of Southern Oregon through the columns of this paper on Monday, is a case in point. The freight rate structure is lem and a big one. Under normal conditions there would be no chance of secur ing material reductions, or bringing relief to a comparatively small district like this, except persistent agitation through a But.under prevailing abnormal conditions, there should be a chance, and this paper believes the railroads could and should grant some relief to this district, as an emergency measure, a temporary "war emergency, and to endure, only as long as the emergency exists. fTTE believe such action would not only benefit the basic industry of this section of the state, but would also bene fit the railroads. For the situation is a critical one.- It would materially assist those growers who still have pears in storage to ship East, it would give a boost and renewed hopo to the industry as a whole, as they prepare for next year's crop. True, the railroads are in a present rate structure most of them are losing money, some of them are literally facing bankruptcy. They can, and probably will argue, that any reduction in freight rates, would only in crease their deficits. . But in view of conditions doubt this. Obviously if a freight rate is so high that it dis courages production, forces many orchartlists to leave their fruit on the trees, that rate injures the railroads os much as it injures the fruit growers. Tonnage is what the railroads want. A profitable market is what the fruit industry wants. SUCH A FREIGHT RATE WOULD SUPPLY NEITHER. , OR to express it in another way. If a rate of $1.25 to New York reduces local tonnage to 1000 cars, and a rate of $1 increases it to 4000 cars, obviously the latter rate, is not only better business for the fruit growers but better business for the Southern Pacific. The figure 1250 would represent the railroad profit in the first instance, and the figure 4000 in he second. The above figures are merely they represent the situation LITERALLY, but they DO illus trate the point we wish to make. Which is; that in view of from the freight burden should be given local orchardists, not only because conditions demand it, but because in the last analysis the railroads would be only in increased good will, but N other words we are all in the same boat. Emergency condi tions demand emergency methods. We don't oare whether a business is large or small, national in scope or merely local, this is no time to be looking backward, no time to fall back on red tape or precedent, whioh MIGHT be justified in normal times, but CAN'T be justified in these times. It is time to face conditions and methods to meet these conditions, and thus in a spirit of mutual cooperation, and an entirely new coordination, all for one and one for all defeat the in 1933, as we defeatod the forces of military destruction, four teen years ago. Beer and the "llflllLE on this subject of T T matter of beer. There is in our opinion, one justification for legalizing beer at the present time, and only one namely the emergency which exists. t The question is not essentially a moral, but an economic one. All this talk about beer being a good tonic and a nourishing liquid food, on one hand; and a brew of the devil itself on the other, is to our mind, beside the point. 'T'HAT there are obvious dangers in legalizing beer at the present time we don't think any informed or fair minded person would deny. No matter what the legal alcoholic content decided upon, everyone knows that those who want beer want beer with a KICK in it, and if beer of any kind is legalized, beer WITH a kick will be the net result. This will not only be in effect nullification of the 18th amendment, but it will so increase and complicate the difficul ties of hard liquor enforcement that only a miraelo can prevent what has been generally recognized as a bad situation, becoming worse. So theoretically we oppose legalizing beer, today just as we have opposed it before. Vfe believe it is the wrong way of at tacking the entire liquor problem. We ravor repeal first, and delaying its application, until a definite method of regulating the liquor traffic, preventing the return of the saloon, and pro moting true temperance has been effected. DUT here the matter of economic emergency obtrudes, just as in the fight for the 18th amendment the matter of the war emergency, was a vital factor. Will legalising beer, strike a new note, symbolize the long awaited "change" so fervently hoed for, will it so stimulate agriculture, provide sm-h a rich source of revenue, that its bene fits at this critical time, will outweigh the dangers and risks involved! That is the question, as we see it. If It WILIj then un doubiedly the experiment from a psychological standpoint if no other, is justified. If it WOVTj then it certainly ISN'T, MEDFORD MAIL a wsr an economic war. Con now, when we are defending eoonomio destruction, as they we were fighting against the Just as policies and principles jo-es are jj an(j econ0mic mi L, the prevailing abnormal times.' an extremely complicated prob by going to great expense, and long prciod of time. time" provision, justified by this bad way too. On the basis of the as they ACTUALLY exist, we arbitrary, we don't pretend the present emergency, a relief equally benefited by it, not in dollars and cents. as they are, to adjust policies forces of economic destruction Emergency emergencies let us turn to the TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By William Brady. M. D. SlgTied letter pertaining to penonal faealtb and hyrlene. not to diktat dUfiKMle or treatments wlU be aoiwered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, kK add rested en Tel ope is enclosed. Letters should Da brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large onmifer of letters received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming, to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady in care of I he Mali Tribune. A GOOD CURB FOR NERVES Our nervous reader may their number decrease will find this re port Interesting or Irritating, accord ing to the char acter of their nervousneas. Lest some n e r v ous reader m la understand, perhaps we had better briefly classify all casea of "nerves; "weak nervea,1 "neuraathenla,1 "nervous exhaus tion, "nervous breakdown." First are the neurack- eteers. that la, persona who plead "wek nervea" as the excuse or alibi for their selfish, sinful or criminal conduct. Second are the mlagulded victim of all aorta of functional and organic maladies who drift along on their own or maybe some quack lah doctor'a diagnosis of "Just nervea." In both elaaaee one ftlnds many In dividuals who talcs advantage of the Ignorance of their friends and es pecially their relative who put up with a lot of ill-behavlor on the part of the "nervous wreck" out of a false sentiment of sympathy. That's my attitude on the "nerve" obsession or racket, and those who are practicing nervous Imposition on the world or their Intimate friends or relative need not waste any sar casm on me In rererenoi to my cold blooded view, for I think I've heard about all the change the neurack- eteers can whine In Justification of their little scheme for easing through life at the expense of the gullible folk around them. Every little while some victim of a quack lah diagnosis of "nerves" or 'nerve exhaustion" write in to thank me for having Jolted him out of it and given him a healthy desire to find out what really ailed him. This leade to a change of doctors and a thorough physical examination. Just aa though no one ever Imagined the patient was "nervous." Thus the I actual trouble may be discovered and ; proper treatment. Instituted snd health restored. , ; Here'a a former victim of "nerves" who suggests a cure which I believe would clear up thousand of such case If we could only persuade the "nervous one to take It: Tou surely hit the nail on the , Communications Schoenl's Plan Praised. To the Editor: I want to commend Art Schoenl on hi presenting a constructive Idea. There should be no reason why cities should not participate la a lot of thing like that. Now. Mr. Schoenl, If you will get your Ideas Into tangible form tne Taxpayers' league will consider It and also will be In shape to help in in vestigations that you may want to make. This Is an example of how the Tax payers' league will be of benefit. Any one that has a feasible Idea can come to us for help In investigations and If found meritorious, the idea will be placed before our executive com mittee and with a powerful body of taxpayers behind them they can ac complish a great deal. Mr. Schoenl' Idea pertain to the cities participating in the state gas tax; with hla Idea also goes the Idea of the state caring for state high ways that pas through a city. GEO. IVERSON. Medford, Deo. 91. Mining Stories Verified. To the Editor: Since the establishment of the of fice of the Southern Oregon and Northern California Mining Associa tion", Inc., in the Mfcdford Chamber of Com me roe. a number of stories relative to the gold production of this immediate section have been sifting In. Some of them were brought in as having been told to the field sec retary in charge of the solicitation of memberships, who ! O. O. Clark. These we felt were reUable, but to verify the other data bring told us. some of which had passed through several hands, the secretary of the association, together with Mr. Clark, made a trip this morning to Jack sonville and vicinity In an endeavor to obtain some firsthand information. Our first stop was at a shaft start ed about the middle of October, and, by the way. we saw the first shovel fuls of dirt taken from this hole the day It waa started. It Is located on a vacant lot. fronting on the main street of the town and right in the heart of the business district. It Is operated by M. A. St. Clair and his partner. K. Beeman. VW? arrived just too late to see the morr lng clean-up, which was the re sult of yesterday's work, but- In 3 few minute Mr. St. Clair and trie owner of the lot came from the gold buyer' place of business across the street, and the result of yesterday's work amounted to 113.40. These partners haven't been working stead ily, sickness having caused some de lavs, yet since the middle of Octo ber they have recovered from a space in the bottom or this shaft that would not exceed It by 16 feet square and six feet high, a total of approxi mately asM. Twenty feet away, on the same lot. another shaft was In full operation. In fact they wvre so busily occupied that we got no definite Information from the.n. On the rear of the same lot. another shatft was Just being started, and on this same block, tak ing in another lot about 100 by 100 feet, there were four more shaft In op ration. We called on Mr. Godward. the gold buyer, who Informed ue that . bought aso in gold yesterday and over a loo the day before. While we went talking with him. a tall, angu lar, gray-haired man came In and announced that h had some gold to sell. He waa a man .of the old aohooi of miners, no doubt, and OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932. head when you aay "nerves" are an alibi. Two yearn ago I had such shaky "nervea" that I thought I waa going Insane. But here I am, still sound In body and mind. I waa always looking for ympathy and finding fault with every little thing . . . But I had two children to take care of and I knew Just what would happen to them If I went away on a rest cure or entered a hospital. The first time I read your view of "nerve" I waa hurt and angry. . . , Bo now whenever I feel I am getting nervous I open up the wash tub and start rubbing away -my nervea. That's a good cure. You forget your nerves when you have to wash some pretty dirty suit and dresses for your chil dren. Saves doctor bills, too. I say "Hurrah for Dr. Brady." The main drawback about this cure, In the eyes of the worst suffer ers, is that you have to have some children to work for. When children come nervous Imposition is not so easy a It 1 In the childless house hold. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Gland Treatment Game. Ha gland treatment the property of giving long life and greater vital ity or vigor . . . ? M. L. Answer No. That' Just a racket of quacks and nostrum monger. Resorcln Stains Gray Hair Reddish Brown. No doubt you know your dandruff remedy leave a brown stain and therefore la a boon to those who have some gray or white hairs mixed with the black or brown . . . Mrs. C. H. J Answer Yea, but light blond hair doea not look much better when so stained. That la the one drawback about applying the dandruff remedy solution of 10 grain of resorcln in the ounce of alcohol, witch hazel extract, toilet water or bay rum. How to Think. Suggestions on rules on training the brain to think quickly and clear ly? My game requires that I think with speed. I am an athlete. J. W. Answer Take good care of your general health and hygiene and your brain will he at Its best. Too fre quently In professional or quasi-professional athletic this Is Ignored. (Copyright, John T. Dllle Co.) about 65 years of age. His gold weighed Just one ounce, lift penny weights, or a little over one and one half ounce, for which he received aae.7B. HI name was Wm. Hasklna; he had been mining on the upr Applegate near Palmer creek, had been shoveling Into a slulcebox. nd the $20.75 was the result of a week's work. Two more interviews only confirm ed the reports of the production from these various shafts at Jacksonville, and a checkup of the number show ed about 30 shafts In operation, each providing work for from two to four men. Prom here we drove up Jack son creek for about a half mile, and counted seven outfits in operation in the creek bottom, from which all the gold waa supposed to have been taken years ago, but If it had, these men would not now be there, would they? So, being satisfied that the stories we had been hearing were not myth ical or of the fiction variety, we re turned home, to tell you about it, A. E. KELLOGG. Medford, December 31. Jenkins Comment (Continued trots Page One ) the average of tire years before the war. ,. So there are CONTINUINOLY more sellers than buyers In the markets. THE great bulk of this added wheat acreage Is what la known aa "marginal" land. "Marginal" land la a fancy term meaning land that la not quite good enough to show a profit from, farming In normal times, and must SHOW A LOSS except In those occasional periods when prices are abnormally high. We don't like to talk about aban- I donment of this marginal land. That I would be hard on the owners of It and on those who ha-a loaned money ua It. It Is much easier to talk about passing laws. ate. But aa long as this marginal land remains In production, putting more wheat on tvie market every year than there If. demand for. the price of wheat will remain low just as the price of cabbage hung around a cent pound while there were more sell ers than buyers. When production of wheat declines. either through abandonment of mar ginal land or for any other reason, to the point wfiere there are irore buyers than sellers, the price of wheat will rUe Just as the price of cabbage rose sharply sfter the big free no that reduced the available sup ply. 4 Sheet Is Fire Net For 9-Months Tot CHICAGO. Dec. Jt (API A fire department llfutrnant and at least five tenants of a two-story building were Injured In an explosion which rocked the building and then toppled It to the ground early today. Fire followed the blaat. Hyman Oreenberg and his wife. Betty, threw their ntne-months-old son. Morton. Into a sheet held by two j apectators. He was uninjured. Pstrontre hjme Industry. Buy WhltelaWe Chocolates. Keep that money at bom.. SEVERE TEMBLOR SHAKES WESTER STATES IN NIGHT (Continued from Page One) tremblors have been recorded In the last 'few years. Professor Perrr By. erly of the University of California computed the epicenter aelmle ver tical as "probably somewhere In He. vada." selmsologists at the Unlvet. slty of Ssnta Clara agreed. The pens on the recording Instru ment st the University of California at Berkeley were thrown from the drum at 10:10 p. m.. and were re placed seven minutes later when an. other shock threw them back Into position. Professor Byerly said the record of his Instrument wss com parable to that of 1925 when the ma' Jor part of Santa Barbara, Cal, was destroyed by an earthquake. Windows Broken. Reporta from Reno. Ely, Oerlaeh and Austin, Nev., indicated the shocks were severe but no dsmage other than broken windows was reported. Officials of Wie Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, operating Ines through Nevada, said there bad been no interruption in train service. Residents of Rawlins, Wyo., felt the shock and persons In Needles, Cel.. far to the south on the Colorado river, said the ground trembled. At Sacramento, Cal , police on duty In the state capltol building aald the structure swayed and creaked. The tallest building In the city, a 18 apartment etaoshrdleut shrdletaosh story office building, swayed notice ably. Many persons In office build ings, hotels and apartments rushed Into the streets. i The shocks were comparatively light In San Francisco, but were dis tinctly felt. In the Interior Cali fornia valleys many communities, in cluding Sonora, Fresno and Modesto, reported distinct tremors. Cities as far south as Long Beach and Los Angeles said the earthquake was dis tinctly felt but csused no damage. Residents of Salt Lake City report ed buildings shook, dishes fell from shelves and chandeliers swung In wide arcs. CLOSES SCHOOLS SALEM, Ore., Dec. ai. (AP) Sick. ness In Marlon county has caused several achoola to be closed and has made large lnroade on the schools which have remained open. County Superintendent Mary IM1 kerson reported that Illness at Brooks had caused the achool there to be closed until after the holidays. The large sick list at Monmouth brought vacation a week early and the same sltutalon prevailed at both Independ ence and Orand Island, though most oi ine sickness waa In the faculty there. Approximately one-fourth of the grade school children are out on ill. nesa at the Salem schools and 427 were reported absent from the high school and two Junior high schools .here. MUKDEN, Manchuria, Deo. 21. (AP) Seventeen Japanese are dead, two are missing and four Ue seri ously wounded today after a battle with Chinese forces 30 miles east of Tashihklao 100 miles southwest of here. A Japanese platoon of 40 sol diers was surrounded two days Ty greasy superior Chinese guerilla forces until the survivors cut their way to safety, Japanese mUltary re ports said. Tol TOLO, Dec. 21. (Spl.) Tolo Com munity club will meet at the school house December 22, at 2 o'clock. All membera are requested o attend. The club wishes to thank those contribut ing so generously to the Christmas treat fund. Mr. Fenton Is confined to his home and must remain quiet following a heart attack a week ago. He Is under the care of Dr. Gill Is. Rev. D. T. Randall accompanied by Miss Mickey Plerceson. Bible-teacher, held a meeting at P. A. Tracy'a Sun day evening. Mesdames Unger. L. Davis. D. Davis and Track met with Mrs. Thurston at the school house Mondsy to knot a comforter. Miss Dorothy Inman and mother, Mrs. Tracy, spent Tuesday with Mrs. John Bohnert making candy. A Christmas progrsm will be given December 24 at 8 o'clock at Tolo school, under the direction of Mrs. Lulu Thurston, teacher. Laurelhurst LAURELHURST, Dec. 21. (Spl.) Pupils of tke Laurelhurst school went to Prospect the afternoon of Decem ber for a spelling match with the Prospect (trades and playing the high r.chool groups at basketball. Prospect won the spelling matches, but Laurel hurst won the basketball game. Laurelhurst has a remarkable bas ketbsll team, as they only have an outdoor court to practice on. Three games have been played: Nov. 10. Laurrlhumt. S8: Shady Cove. 12: No vember 29. Laurelhurst. 14: Prospect 0: December . Laurelhurst 14; Pros pect 13. School will be closed for a week during the holidays, closing Decem ber 23 arid opening Jamisry 3. Pupils of the school have been prsc tlclng lot the Christmas program tot Cops First Money .v--.i IT Kpw In the winter quest of gold for golfers, Craig Wood. Deal. N. J., professional got off to a good start by winning the Pasadena, Cal.. open shortly after taking first In the 8an Francisco open. (Associat ed Press Photo) ' the evening of December 23 at the schoolhouse. Patrons of the school are Invited. School pupil were pleasantly sur prised Monday afternoon when Mrs. Nedry served refreshments In honor of the eighth birthday of her daugh ter. Joyce. Games were played dur ing the last period. J. E. Peyton and family plan to spend the Christmas vacation visit ing relatives at Aberdeen. Washington. Mr. Colling wood expects to move to his ranch near Gold Hill soon. During the cold weather the Lau- relhurst Sunday school will meet at two o'clock In the afternoon, Instead of In the morning. L SEIZED By PROHIS Federal prohibition investigators this morning arrested Frank Vander veer of Seattle, Wash., on the Slskl yous with a load of 50 gallons of al leged alcohol, a dozen pints of liquor and a small quantity of brandy. Geraldlne Taylor, also of Seattle, ar rested with Vanderveer, will not be held, according to the officers. Van derveer aald ttiat he was en route from San Francisco to Seattle. Vanderveer was acheduled to be taken before the United States com mlssloneer this afternoon for a hear ing. Investigator Cyrus A. Herr of Med ford and Investigator Clyde Hedges of Klamath Falls made the arrest. MEMBERS FOR OFFICE At tvhe meeting last night of the Active club, the board of directors announced nomination of officer for the next six months. They were: President, William McAllister: first vice-president, Darren Huson; sec ond vice- president, Gordon Pratt; secretary-treasurer, Kenneth Denmon, and sergeant at arms, Howard Gault. Further nomination from the floor and election of officers will be held next Tuesday. Charles J. Prttchett was Introduced aa a new member. HALF-YEAR LICENSE Issuance of .half-year auto licenses started this morning In the sheriff's office with a fair demand. In the first hour of business, five out-of- state and five Jackson county resi dents hsd ptocured permits. It Is expected many autolsts will procure licenses for the Christmas bolldsys. Even If the next session of the legislature anould vote, which seems likely, a lower license fee. It would not be effective until July 1 next the end of the present license year and would not he applicable, as many think, to the present licenses. It takes a Christmas Seal lo make It a Christmas gift. Pictures frsmed for less at K. D. Ross Co., 22 S. drape. Health can be bought! Chrlstmsa Seals are the currency. Flight 'o Time (Medford and jacksoD Coootj History from lbs rues of ft stsll Trtban. of a and 10 Kear Ago.) TEN YEARS AOO TODAY December 21. 1B?2. (It was Thursdsy.) Council votes ajoo for relief of flre-strlcken Astoria. Santa Claua will visit every ehild in city, and no one will be hungry, plan of citizens. Oil stocks soar on Wall Street. Christmas mall received break an records. Now develops thst man thought victim of suicide attempt was hit In head with rock on Jackson street bridge and robbed of 1900 draft. Fire survey shows need of more fir. fighting equipment. Protest filed by taxpayers. TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY December 21, 1D12. (It wss Saturday.) Mike Spanos and Frank Seymour, convicted of murdering George De daskalous and burying his body be neath the Farmers Exchange build ing, will hang February 14. Enterprising boys are selling Christ mas trees In the city. University club to stsge minstrel show. New hearing asked In Bear creek bridge suit, Wednesdsy study club to hold a recegtlon New Year's day. Mrs. Jap Andrews returns from an extended visit in the east. "Four Days a widow," at the Isis; "Broken-hearted Sarah" at the Star, and "Misery in the High Hills" at the Ugo. Fsrn Valley FERN VALLEY, Dec. 21. (Spl.) Mr, and Mra. L, H. Hughes were en tertained Thursday avenlng by a party of young folka from Poenlx. Singing, Jokes, harmonica and guitar selections were enjoyed. The enter talnera were Misses Caroline Zoolauf; Naomi Montgomery, Mabel Hardlsty, Margaret Kllnger, Millard Hensen, Charles Smith, Gordon Dayton and Raymond Brownrlgg. other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marshall and children and Wm. Ray. Mra. Ezra Messenger spent Saturday In Medford on business. A number of men In the communi ty have secured county work this week. Mr, owman.B whose health has been quite poorly for the past two years, was feeling quite Indisposed the past week. Mlas Grace Roberts and Ellis Kin card of Provolt called on Mrs. Mildred Marshall Thursday afternoon. Lem Hughes spent Dec. 14 with his mother, Mrs. M. F. Hughes at Sams Valley. Mrs. Hughes celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday on that date. She is in very good health excepting that she recently lost her eyesight. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Montgomery and son Gary of Medford spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mar shall. Mr. Messenger was in Medford Tuesday on business. Mr. Steele killed his turkeys the first of tha week and prepared them for marketing. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Loffer and Mr. and Mra. Luclan Wilcox were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ward Sunday evening. Nicholas Dewlt Is Installing a radio this week. Mr. Steele's shepherd dog died this week of poisoning. Mr. Morse, Mrs. Ward's father is Improving some, from his serious condition. Mr. and Mra. Bd Marshall and chil dren were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Montgomery in Medford Sunday. Mra. L. H. Hughes spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest eer in Medford. A good time was reported at the Juvenile circle program presented at Phoenix Monday. Leaking loofs reDSred. For roof work of any kind call 628. Broken window, slaaed bv Tm. bridge Cabinet Works. Real Estate or Insurance Leave tt to Jonea Phone 784. Severin Battery Service Medford Made Batteries 8-volt, 13-plate, 1 year guaran t tee, 33.20 Re-wonnd Armatures 91 np Recharge 50c Our Make 2,1c 1S22 .V. Riverside Phone 390 PHONE 1300 For TOWING or Wrecker Service Anywhere Any Time Lewis Super Service
