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PAGE TON MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1934. E Four homes, the Unlrerslty olub and Btrsng's drug store were burglar, lzed, or attempted to be robbed, Frt' day night In a mild flare-up of crime that swept over the city. Four homes and Vie University club were burglnrlzed In the west section of Medford Friday night. Police think the prowler Is the same person or persons who entered four homes In the same district last Friday nlcht. Mrs. Lyle P. Wilcox, 010 Eaat Main street, reported at 7:30 o'clock that her house had been completely ran sacked, and between 0 and 10 o'clock reports were made to officers by Mrs. Clyde Eakln or 36 Ross court and Rev. E. Iverson of 60 Ross court. Saturday It was learned the Frank P. Farrell residence at 48 Rose and the University club at 1000 West Main atreet Sad also been burglar ised. Mrs. Eakin told officers that 2 was taken from her purse, which had been left In the house. Entrance to the homes was made by breaking the glass In the doors and unfastening the locks. Captured on Roof The city police are also holding Robert Minor, 33, alias Stevens, who was arrested early Friday evening al legedly attempting to enter the sky light above the Strang drug store on East Main street. Virgil Strang who had closed the drug store for the night, returned short time later and heard someone trying to break Into the store through the roof. He called the police and City Officer Joe Cave arrested Minor after a brief struggle on the roof. According to the police. Minor said he was trying to get money to buy food. He will be taken Into circuit court Monday on charges of attempting burglary. Admlls School Robbery J. o. Wilson, 81, who said lie waa a native of Germany, was returned to Yreka by Sheriff Calkins and the chief of police from that city Fri day afternoon, after he hsd admitted burglarizing the high school there December 0. Wilson was arrested by City Police Officer Tom Robinson here Friday when he appeared on the street with a dozen pencils, which he said he had purchased to sell on the atreet, According to local officers, Wilson later admitted that he obtained the pencils at the school and told the California officers ho, would disclose the cache where the other property taken from the school la being kept. Wilson also obtained some money, police said. Car Thief Returned - Signing a waiver end a confession that he had stolen the automobile In Los Angeles he was driving, Oeo. Belmont, 17, of Los Angeles, will be returned to that California city, ac cording to atate police, w,no have notified Los Angeles county authori ties. Belmont and James E. Cook, 31 were arrested Thursday night a mile south of Medford by state police, and held for Investigation pending the receipt of Information concern ing the automobile. Cook, who was said to be a hitch hiker, Is still being held In the covin, ty Jail. PORTLAND, Jan. 13. (AP) A drop of 1c dozen all through the egg market price, effective Monday morning, was announced by O. O. Keeney, general manager of the Pao iflo Co-ops. This would place extras at jbc dozen. I T Concerning farmer's truck license, State Police Captain Lee M. Bown announced yesterday that farmer's trucH licenses will be checked by the atate police as well as the reg ular 1934 plates. Public utilities rulings must also be observed, Cap tain Bown said, and persons violat ing such will be subject to arrest. A farmer's truck license speci fies the nature of commodities that may be hauled, Captain Bown stat ed, "whereas the regular truck li cense makes no such restrictions, Operating with a farmer's license, the driver Is allowed to transport only farm Implements, farm supplies and products of animal husbandry. A vehicle owner who operated un der a farmer's license the previous year must execute a special appli cation for renewal of registration. Captain Bown said. GET. BLANKS FOR LICENSE AT C. OF C. E Erwln Ceartey. 17, and Harvey Cearley, 33, residents of the Central Point district, entered pleas of dis orderly conduct In Justice W. R. Coleman's court Saturday morning and were sentenced to ten daya in Jail with a $3 fine each and costs. They were given until February 1 to pay the fine and the Jail sen tence waa held In abeyance ponding payment. The younger Cearley Is alleged to have annoyed a group of girls In front of the Centrel Point postof flce Friday evening, and refused to go home at the request of the city marshal, unless the official returned a bottle of whiskey taken from him. This the msrahftl refused to do, and took both the youths to the city recorder's office, awaiting the arrival of the state police. As Centrsl Point has no Jntl the obstreperous lads were held In a local battle. The elder Cearley boy mixed In the argument when the younger Cearley waa "act ing up." They have been residents of this aet-tton for slightly more than a year. They were formerly employ ed In a ltm, Calif., box factory. Old Stage Rancher Freed; Still Charge IRoy Wright, Old Stage Road district rancher, arrested with Price Hsle for possession of a still, was freed rrlday on H0O0 bonds fur nished by O. H. Taylor, an orcharn Ist, and Ernest Scott. Wright Is the father of a large family. Neighbors told the authorities that Wright waa a hard-working man and never In trouble before. They claim he hsd nothing to do with the still but un wittingly allowed It to remain on his property after It was asserted); brought there by lisle. Foreign Vets' Post Homecoming Meet Crater Lake Post No. IS.13 Veterans of Forelpn Wars, will meet In the Armory Monday evening. January 15 st II p. m. This will be an open meeting and In the nature of home-coming celebration. All old members are cordlslly Invited, also those who are eligible. A large at tendance Is requested as we wish to stsrt the new year off with a bang A dutch lunch will he served after the meeting and a cordial wel come la assured, ell. All milk dealers In Oregon must be licensed by Jsnusry 10, accord ing to a atatement made by E. O. Harlan, chairman of the Oregon milk control board, yesterday morning. "To make It easier for the milk dealers throughout the atate," says Mr. Hsrlan, "temporary arrangements have been made for local chambers of commerce, civic organizations, and city officials to handle the ap plication forms which must be In our office In time for the license to be Issued before the fifteenth of January or the dealer shall not be permitted to handle milk." Application forma In Medford may be procured at the Chamber of Commerce, and dealers should make Immediate arrangements to get a li cense, fill It out correctly, and mall it to the office of the Oregon Milk Control Board, 317 Mayer building, Portland, Ore. Following Is a brief explanation of the law: A "milk dealer" la defined aa "Any person who purchases or handles milk within the state for sale In this state, or who sells milk within the state, except when con sumed on the premises where sold." A producer who delivers milk only to a milk dealer ahall not be deemed a milk dealer. Application for a license to oper ate aa a milk dealer shall be made within 30 daya after the law la In effect. The law went Into effect December IB, 1033: so applications snoum be made at once. All appll canta for license shall pay the fol. lowing license fees: "All stores shall pay an annual license fee of ai.oo. (Each separate place of business at which milk Is sold by any atore ahall be deemed a separate atore for which license must be obtained and license fee paid)." ah omer milk dealers shall pay license fee determined aa follows of le on each pound of butter- fat contained In milk received and delivered by a licensee, commencing with the effective date of this act.1 MATERIALS HEAVY Figures compiled during Vie past week show that up to January 1 the forest service, has expended $13, 210 38 for building materials In Med ford and Jackson county for the emergency conservation work In this section, according to Supervisor Karl L. Janouch of the Rogue River na tional roreet. Supervisor Janouch also stated that $47,621 waa expended for wagea of camp superintendents and foremen, and $18,080.40 for supplies and other equipment. Tbese expenditures, Mr. Janouch pointed out, do not Include the money tor the experienced woods men, of whom tfiere are about 300, wno woric lor $30 a month. This lat. ter figure la paid by the army. With plans having been made for tne continuation of the ECW work through next fall, the supervisor said that much more money la expected to come Into Jackson county through auQh expenditures. REGINALD J. EARL Reginald J. Earl, aged 4, and a resident of Jackson county for the past 30 years, passed away at a local nospltal early Saturday morning aa the result of a very brief Illness due to an abcesa on the- brain. Mr. Earl waa born In Eneland. March 23. 1888. Since comlne here 30 years ago, he has been engaged In the fruit growing business and bears a wide acquaintance through out the county. Besides his wife Kstherlne Earl he leaves one daughter Barbara, aged our years. He also leaves his moth er and one sister In England. Mineral services wll be held at the Conger chapel at 3 d. m. Mon- day and by request of the family, will be under auaplcee of the Church of Christ Scientist. Entombment will follow In the Medford Memorial Mausoleum. Mrs. Rousseau, Writer Western Life, Visits mrs. uessie a. Rousseau, author i numDer or books and articles devoted to the west, particularly early u. on mo racuio coast, was a vis itor In Medford yesterday. Here with wlVi her husband. O. E. C. Roimen on mining business she stopped at "" 'Tioune tor a ohat and re vealed .her Identity. one is me author of numerous aunnsy reaturea, which have been published In the San Francisco Chronicle under Carl Anderson, and has also written special articles for the Los Angeles Times, Oakland Trib une, Portland Oregonlan and Jour nal. Two of her most recent books are "California Bandits" and "Outlaws of Early Daya." SALES TAX PLAN The Jacksonville Orange, In regu lar session Friday night, passed resolution upholding the Oregon leg islature In passage of the sales tax, It was reported by Grangers here yesterday. The motion was passed with but three dissenting votes, The pioneer Orange Is the second one In Jackson county to take stand favoring the sales tax. It has a, .membership of approximately people. Represenatlve A. E. Brock way Is master of the Orange. The Roxy Ann Orange, east of Medford, pawed a resolution endow ing the sales tax soon after the measure was passed by the special session of the legislature The Applegate Orange will consider the sales tax at the next meeting, one week from netx Friday. It Is understood here to be favorable to the legislative action. COUNTY PASSES Mrs. Clara Anderson, native of Jackson county, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Collins, pio neers, died at Beatty, Ore., yester day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Schmltz. She was born near Table Rock November 8, 1897, and was married March 11, 1874. to Quentln Ander son, who died five years ago. She spent most of her life In Oregon and Is survived by four children liv ing In this state: Mrs. Carrie SchmttE and O. T. Anderson of Beatty; Mrs, Grace Owens of Klamath Falls and Irvln Anderson of Medford, also sev eral grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Three brothers, John Collins, James Collins and Thomas Collins of Chtco, Calif., and five sisters. Mrs. Eliza beth Anderson of Medford, Mrs. Sarah Self e 1th of Kerby, Mrs. Clar lnda Hureaux of Portland, Mrs. Helen Bern ay and Mrs. Prances Shore of Vorden, Calif., also survive. Funeral services will be held In Medford, with announcement to be mnde later. 4 Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere ap preciation to our many friends for the kindness and sympathy extended us during our recent bereavement; also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Delia Burns and son; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Peck and family; Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Peck and family; H. F. Peck and son; Willis Watson. Ore &nd Bullion Purchased LkMMd by SUM .1 Calltereto WILDBERG BROS. SMELTING & REFINING CO. OfUm: 742 Mulut St.,Sn Fnacuce runt! Sttjtii but hruKiKo CANARDJAILED A rumor that the Gold Seal cream ery hat dropped the NRA has been spread In this community, accord ing to Ted OeBauer, who declared It to be absolutely fain. Mr. Oe Bauer Issued the following statement Saturday: "Upon my return from Portland yesterday, I waa confronted with the statement that the Gold Seal Cream ery had gone off the NRA. 1 do not know how far this rumor has been broadcasted but I wish to state that we have not gone off the NRA, have no Intention of doing so, and, as far as Is In our power, we wilt adhere to the principle and rrgulntlons as set forth In the pres ident's re-employment agreement, or the creamery code when It Is fin ally adopted.' ALLEpESIOENT OF AUTODEALERS At a meeting of the Southern Ore gon Auto Dealers association . held Friday evening at the Hotel Med ford, W. W. Allen of Medrord was elected president, R, R. Claycomb of Axhland, vice president, and W. W. Walker of this city, secretary. It waa stated that all the auto deal era of the district are organlred un der the NRA and tn full compliance ! with their code. Thirty auto dealers j from Ashland, Grants Taw. Med lord j and other southern Oregon points were present. DRY PINE FACTORY BLOCKS Manufactured In Medford Large Load $5.00 delivered Small Load $3.00 delivered Timber Pk WW S COMPANY ORCOON End of No. Central. PHONE 7 A flood Firm to Trade With. mm FRESH from iheDvraioriEucJi Motel Manx presents a new, brighter face to ill California friends. Every room it charming, and ii being mod ernized to the last detail. Running ice water, Dining Room and Coffee Shop in connection. Door attendant and garage sen ice. NEW DEAL RATES mih.ai ruth imi i.ses.M miarn Bsia DeabM t ea tj WK iuib Sinn. t as s.sa I as true luta tisssis a.se . 4 se Mrs. sllrstllTelr ,rlr.e. HOTEL Hinulnl nn. 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