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PXGE EIGHT MEDTTOTtD MAIL TRTBUKE', MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAECH 8, 193?. SALES BANNED BY L Merchants' Request Speedily , Granted Lions Get Re ' lief Kitchen Aid Sewage Plant Costs Presented Definite action to discourse the carrying on la this city of bank ruptcy and selling out sales, claimed to force Into the market merchandise of Inferior quality, was taken last nifcht by the city council in tne pas sage of an ordinance regulating such sales. The ordinance was presented by John Moffatt, representing the men chant division of the chamber of commerce. It was approved by the license committee of the council and met with early passage at last night's meeting at the city hall. -Both the merchants and the public suffer from such, sale practices, Mr. Moffatt stated, citing instances where much Inferior stock was brought in from other localities and sold as sale merchandise here. J. F. Lawrence, local Jewelry man, also spoke In behalf of the ordinance, stating that such sales have proved nry detrimental to the Jewelry busi ness here and have fooled many peo ple, who bought faulty Imported stones, believing them to be perfect ones, offered at sale prices. Lions Get Funds The request of the Lions club for financial aid in feeding the many people, calling at the Community Belief kitchen, was considered by the city dads again last night and the council voted to donate $25 to the cause. The council also voted to grant the newly appointed Jackson County Relief committee space In the city ball. Rooms on the third floor will be used as headquarters by the com mittee as long as need for relief work la real used. Resolution read by City Attorney Frank Furrell, asking that Riverside avenue be recognized as a part of tiha Pacific highway and that no un due obstructions to travel he per mitted there, was approved by the council. Dr. L. D. Inskeep, city health offi cer, appeared before the council, with eosU for the construction of a sew age plant here, as submitted by Frank McQueen. The total cost was Hated as (80,000 for this particular system, which Is now In operation In Ban Francleco. The matter was re ferred to the council committee for comparison with other plans. Milk Law Tightened The milk ordinance, which pro Tides for further enforcement of the ordinance demanding payment of gallonage fees, passed the final read ing last night. The meat ordinance was laid on the table for further con sideration. Petition expressing the desire of 38 dty employes to enter a contract with the National Hospital aasocla- j tlon was read. I Report of the work accomplished during February was submitted by dty Superintendent Fred Scheffel and showed that since organisation of crews from the unemployed Feb ruary 34, the following was under taken: Excavating flummlt avenue from West Second street to Haven, mater ial from this street being distributed on low lots In various sections of the elty. Excavated Boyd street from Cen tral avenue to Southern Pacific railroad tracks. Opened buckshot pit on Sunrise avenue, this material being used to buckshot North Court street from the end of the pavement to McAn drews road; Hamilton street from West Eleventh and West Fourteenth. Mud Taken Out Excavated the mud from West Sec ond street between fir and Orapo and hauled In 100 yards of buckshot. Tore out old wooden box culvert drain on Oak street, between Second and Haven and replaced with 1S5 ft. 34-Inch reinforced oonorete culvert. We are cooperating with the coun ty engineer in laying out and assist ing In the construction of widening all streets In the vicinity of the new county court house. CommlMary notes redeemed to date by this work for the county are as follows: Payroll :FVb. 34 to 37 $ 830.87 Feb. 3B to March 2. 307.61 March 3 and 4 , 300.0,8 Mvch 0 . 310.80 1100.03 Trucks to and lno. Mar. fl... 47S.00 1573.03 OF A. E. Orr of the Weeks and Orr Furniture company, has received notification from A. Cameron Ball, secretary of the Western Furniture conference, that he has been elected vice-president of the conference. Mr. Orr was formerly a director of the same organisation. Having always taken an active part tn furniture associations, Mr. Orr at the present time 1 president of the Oregon Retail Furniture Dealers' as sociation. FRESH LIME In Steel Drum for SPRAY Big Pines Lnmber Co. I 1 Tel. No. 1 Meteorological Report March 8. 193S. Forecasts. Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday: little change In tern perature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Thurs day, but cloudy at tidies west portion and unsettled near coast Thursday. Little change In temperature. Local Data. Loroat temperature thla morning, 32 degree. Temperature a year ago today Highest, S3: lowest, 31. Total precipitation alnoe September 1, 1933, 11.97 lnchee. Relative, humidity at 5 p. m. Tea terday, 33; a a. m. today, 01, Sunset today. 6:00 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, 8:33 a. m. Sunset tomorrow, 6:10 p. m. Observations Taken at 5 a. m., 120 Meridian Time. Tf Iff SB 38 City 53, Boston Cheyenne Chicago Eureka 38 1.44 Rain 34 cloud 34 T., P.Ody 44 Cloudy Helena ......... Los Angeles . MHDFORID ... M 33 .... 46 .... 44 1.34 34 .. 48 .... 34 T. 40 34 ... 33 48 .... Clear Cloudy P. Cdy. New Orleans ...... 60 New York 48 Omaha , 40 Phoenix 76 Portland 63 Reno 83 Foggy Cloudy Clear P. Cdy. cloudy P. Cdy. Cloudy Roseburg 64 Salt Lake 63 San Francisco....- 60 Seattle .... ......... 60 Spokane 46 Walla Walla 64 Washington, DjO. 68 P. Cdy. P. Cdy. Clear Clear 38 34 43 P. Cdy. COURT DELAYED BY Court procedure ha been marking time thla week, due to the non judicial days occasioned by the bank holiday. There hays been no sessions of the circuit court, and the Justice courts have transacted only routine Dusiness, such aa hearing ploas and approval of bonds. The circuit court Is expected to resume Its sessions next Monday, with Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan of Klamath county presiding, circuit Judge H. D. Norton of thla district, holding court In Multnomah county. The bank moratorium has delayed the court a week or more. The petit Jury has been excused until It Is ended. 4 ' ' Viola corbln announces new Beauty Shop at Fountain Lodge, 338 W. Mala Phone 017-J. New tow prices. CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK! Moratorium Dress Event ' at PENNEY'S What a Clearing H ouse This Will Be! CHECKS ARE GOOD! So are Polka-dots Plain Colors or Plaids! Safety N.S.F. Plaids Coin Polka Dots Silver Gray HERE IS OUR STATEMENT: These values will do CREDIT to higher priced garments . . . No style NOTE has been omitted. It will pay you big dividends to investigate these certified values Dresses that will be "on demand" at These SLASH IN TAXES TO BUSINESSMEN (Continued from rage One) a tremendous Increase of this type of business In the last two months, The National Economy league has taken a new lease on life with the appointment of Lewis Douglas as budget director. Douglas is In warm sympathy with the league's objectives. Ralph Pulitzer -ex -publisher of the New York World in taking a leading part In a membership drive. The Nasi publicity Chief In the United States, Kurt Luedecke, has a tough Job on his hands. After he had told the German radio audience- speaking from Washington that America welcomed Hltzler's ascent to power, he was asked to send In clip pings from American papers backing hia statement. Instead, German headquarters received several hundred press comment which were not at all complimentary to the Nazis. Ger mans In the United States mailed them anonymously. Now Hitler contemplates sending his strongest publicity man over here. He is a Mr. Hanfstapngl, who was born In the United States and Is a graduate of Harvard. His chief ap peal will be that the Americans as Germanic race of masters," should support Hitler's Ideals. He thinks that the south will appreciate more or less open expulsion as a warning to others. . -4 IRKING IN WEED Report of the death of Catherine Carter, 30, at Weed, Cal., proved er roneous, following an investigation by California authorities, upon the re quest of the girl's mother, who re sides in this city. The Investigation showed Mies Carter very much alive and In good health. The mother asked ttift local sher iff's office to investigate the report, who contacted the Siskiyou county sheriff. After a search of official and hos pital records, Miss Carter was located In a home, where she had been em ployed for a month. Neither the mother nor the daugh ter could throw any Jght on how the report started. It seems to have been Just another of the deluge of vicious and disturbing rumors that have been In circulation dally the past several weeks. aeorge Samuel Hogue funeral ser vices for George S. Hogue will be held at the Perl Funeral Home, Thursday at 10 a. m Rev. A. G. Bennett offici ating. Interment at Selma, Oregon. We are featuring all of - Deposit Blue Interest-Bearing Yellows $3.00 dresses are producing plenty of interest You can bank on that! J.C. PENNEY CO. WE ACCEPT SCRIP Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson County History from the Files of Tbe Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Years Ago.) TEN VKAB3 AOO TODAY Match 8, 1933. (It was Thursday.) "Collapse of American form of gov eminent" forecast by English lec turer. Pittsburgh audience booed him 32 minutes. Grand Dragon of the Oregon Klan returns to Portland, and reports "great disgust with Jackson county politics." Monarch Seed and Feed Co. has a window full of newborn chicks, which attract wide attention. Two Portland drummers fined IS each for turning around In the mid dle of a Main street block. The court inquires, "Did you think you were home?" Defense opns in the night riding trials at Jacksonville. Little crime In valley during Feb ruary, according to reports of sheriff and police. Auto aalea brisk. Many local real dents plan trips to old homes In mid west when school closes. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 8, 1913. (It was Saturday.) Spraying and other orchard work well underway. Ross Kline and Harry Hicks start a theater war. and state "If there arc better pictures, we don't know where to get them. ' Farmers to enjoin new state law to make tfhem out their weeds. Medford to have baseball team, with Court Hall as honorary manager and Tom Fuaon aa active manager. Call for bids for new county bridge; rush of taxpayers causes Increase In force in sheriff's office. Police round up a group of young hoodums, who have "been playing hookey from school and raising ned nights on West Jackson street." MINE HOST' DENSON IN HOTEL REPORTER The latest edition of the Western Hotel Reporter, a hotel publication Issued on the coast, carries on the front cover a photograph of P. G. (Pete) Denson, new manager of the Medford hotel. Beneath the picture Is publication of the fact that Mr. Denson has taken over the management of the local hotel, having lea Bed. It from the Emll Mohr estate. Mr. Denson Is well known on the Pacific coast. in hotel circles, having previously oper- atea the Traveler s hotel at Duns mutr, Calif., which he owns, Real estate or ins urance Leave It to Jones. Phone 796. the new Spring Shades: Overdraft Red Collateral Pink Currency Green Post dated purples FEHL MAKES SPEECH ON COURTHOUSE USE TO W. R. Balrd, teacher of Everyman's Bible class, which meets In the court house auditorium every Sunday, states that last week he appeared before the county court and asked that the class be allowed to continue to use the auditorium for their meetings. Commissioners Billings and Nealon signed a written permit granting the request and Mr. Fehl agreed orally. Sunday morning, Mr. Fehl attended the class and asked one of the offic ers of the class not Mr. Balrd If he could make a statement explain ing his position regarding the use of the auditorium, which was grant ed. No comments whatever followed his remarks. - The class Is non-political, unde nominational, and every man and young man Is Invited to attend. I 4 Due to a change In dates, the inter national president and district gov ernor were not able to attend the meeting of the Active club at the Holland hotel last night. Secretary Kenneth Den man announced that they will be In Bedford net Tues day. At the meeting last night the Ac- tivlans decided to enter a team In the city kitten ball league this spring. Prospects look good for a winning team this year, according to Presi dent William MaoAIlister. Several good ball players have Joined the Active club since last season. Miss Margaret Luman, accompanied by Mrs. Virgil Holly, entertained the Acttvlans with several songs. C. L. Hopkins was the only visitor. LICENSE RIGHTS The county clerk's office to date has Issued 426 dog licenses, there be ing a brisk demand since March 1. The number however la far below that of last year, when 1126 dog licenses were Issued. In normal times there Is a dog population of more than 3000 In this county. In 1938 there were 3128 dog licenses Issued. Dogs like everything else are decreas ing due to the depression. The county court fixed the dog license fee at 25c for male dogs, and SOo for female dogs. Under the law, the license fee can be doubled March 1. Aa yet this has not been done. The dog license fees are used to pay claims for sheep and other stock killed by dogs. KMED Broadcast Schedule Thursday 8:00 Breakfast naws. Mall Tribune 8:05 Musical clock. 8:18 Peerless Parade. 8:30 Shopping guide. 9:00 Friendship circle. 9 :30 Today. 9:45 Meeting of Martha Meade so ciety. 10:00 Weather forecast. 10:00 Pashlon Parade. 10:15 The Pet program. 10:30 Morning comments. 10:45 Morning melody, 11:00 Quartettes Parade. 11:15 Vignettes. 11:80 Bong and Comedy. 13:00 Mid-day revue. 12:15 Color and Fancy. 12:30 News flashes. Mall Tribune. 13:30 In the Garden of Melody. 1 :00 Varieties. 1:30 Orants Pass hour. 1:45 Interlude. &00 Dance matinee. 3:00 Songs for Everyday. 3:30 KMED program review. 3:35 Music from Yesteryear. 4:00 Across the Seas to Hawaii. 4:30 Maaterworks Period. 5:00 Popular Parade. 5:45 News Digest, Mall Tribune. 6:00 Medford Theatre Guide. 5 :05 Reminders. 8:30 Hubert LaMarr. 7:00 Talk for Labor Exchange. 7:30 to 8:00 Eventide. OF GOLD HILL PASSES Christopher O. MLsner passed away THE TOGGERY of Course MERCHANTS Spring Suits From $14.50 Newest Colors Latest Styles Fortune Shoes for Men $3.50 Nunn-Bush Shoes $5.00 ' We Will Accept Merchants' Scrip Enabling You To Secure Exceptional Bargains In Every Department Of Our Store CERTAINLY Medford Mail Tribune at a local hospital Tuesday morning, aged 03 years. He had been a real dent of Gold Hill for the past two yean. He leaves his wife Mollle Melsner. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Thursday at 11 a. m. Interment In Medford I. O. O. P. cemetery. THIS STORE WILL ACCEPT LOCAL SCRIP ' In Exchange for Merchandise MEDFORD'S OWN STORE This Will Enable You To Secure Some SPECIAL BARGAINS In Smart Spring Men's Wear ' LMUE JrrTvsr EDFCRD FURKITURE & HDWE. 'From the Cheapest that's Good to the Best We Will Accept Merchants' Scrip On Advertising and Subscriptions Announce Dance F. L. OlxLs' club will hold a dance this evening in the I. O. O. F. hall, with music by the Oregon Lumberjacks' orchestra. There c will be balloon and feature dances, and a small admission charge will be made. The public w Invited. Will Accept SCRIP that's Made" 4
