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' MEDFORD MXTTJ TRTBTJTNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDXY, MXRCH 12, 1931. PORTLAND, March 15. (AP) The renunciation of polltlca by Gov ernor Jullu h. Meier today contin ued to move tongues throughout the state and to give aspiranta tor th. governorship a new course upon which to train their actions and their mbltlona. In a dramatic conclusion to the second of a aerlca of atatementa outlining hie administration of the paat four years, the governor Sat urday night declared "In announc ing my retirement from polltlca to night, I do ao with the glad con viction that I have served honorably and unselfishly. "In thua eliminating myself as a csndlate for governor you may be sure of my constant devotion to Ore gon. IU people their welfare and prosperity." Oregon, be ssld "should now see a governor who will be able to main tain those methods that have now been set In operation." The Morning Oregonlan, in com menting today on the governor's de termination to atep out of polltlca, aald "Thte newspaper thinks Mr. Meier has been a worthy governor." "On his record," the paper con tinued, "It would have aupported him as Republican nominee had he .ought and obtained the Republican nomination." The editorial said that Meier, haa "notwithstanding chargee to the con trarygrowing mainly out of dla gruntlement because he apent little time In Salem worked hard and faithfully and effectively at the job of administering the governors of fice." "In his Impending retirement now, the paper continued, "he ias earn ed and la entitled to the apprecia tion and well wishes of the state and It. people." COUNTY AVOIDS BEER QUESTION The county court Saturday adopt ed a plan, whereby all applications lor permit to sell beer and wine, outside of Incorporated cities in the county, will be made direct to the atate liquor Board. The law provides that the county court can make rec ommendations for licenses, or that they can be made direct to the atate board. The action, of the county court waa taken, In the expectation It would clear the local beer-wine situation, and provide atate regula tion. The county court, In letters ad dressed, to applicants, seta forth that the atate law require, an investiga tion of all applicants, and their re liability be made. The county court baa no funds for this purpose and could not make Recommendation without first making an Investiga tion. It Is felt that the money re quired for the beer-wine Investiga tions could be better used in main taining other county ltema. 81gna point that there will be a large number of applications for li censes. Some of the applicant are of known stability and responsibility. Others are not. The county court haa refused several application from country district. CALL MEETS ON The corn-hog reduction program 1a bow well under way in Jackson coun ty with slightly more than half of the federal estimate for thla county al ready aljjnM up. While no dead line ha been aet aa yet for the final date for closing, Indication are that It la Bet very far off. Meetings hare been arranged for the coming week at the following places: Ashla-nd, Tuesday, March 13, City Hall, 8:00 p. m. S&ma Valley, Wednesday, March 14, Achoolhouse. 8:00 p. m. At these meetings community com mittees will be elected and the prog ram for corn-hog benefits explained by County Agent Fowler. All those who have already signed contract aa well as those ferment who have pro duced an average of two litters for 1932 and 1033 should be present. 10 COUNTY DUTIES County Judge Karl B. Day return to his desk this morning after a short Illness, caused by a rheumatlo fever and cold. He Is nsw fully recover (Hi He left the hospital last Saturday highly rerrtohed by a rest. Since a aumlng the oftice last August, by ap po.ntmfnt, idns Day has been work Ing hard straightening out county at fairs, so sadly muddled by the tur moil. Systematic order haa now been restored and the strain lessened. NASAL IRRITATION Rellrw all dryiK1" ndl miniion ny apiHying I iiirniiininiimi nini nml tiiuritintf,. Wall St. Report NEW YORK, March 13. (AF Stocks displayed an Unproved tone late today with several old line lead ers moving up 1 to 7 or more points. Trading enthusiasm, however, was at a rather low ebb and the volume of tranaaetlona approximated only 1,250,OCO shares. The close waa firm. Today's closing prices for 32 select ed stocks fellow: Al. Chem. ss Dye 1S1 Am. Can 101 14 Am. & Fgn. Pow . 11 A. T. & T Anaconda .. Atch. T. & 8. T. Bcndlx A via 123 16i 8S!4 ..- 19','t 4H 25 30 ... B4i, 37 t !t . SO Beth. Steel . California Pack'g Caterpillar Tract. Chrysler Coml. Bolv .... Curtlss-Wright DuPont Gen. Foods . 04 i Gen. Mot. Int. Harvest. I. T. As T. . Ti . eg Johns-Man. . Monty Ward i 33?'. North Amer. 19?', Penney (J. O.) Phillips Pet ... , 67 !4 . H74 Radio ..... 85 Sou. Pac. ..... Std. Brands St. Oil CaJ. .. . 38 . 314 . 3BH St. Oil N. J. Trans. Amer. . 1(4 Union Carb. Unit. Aircraft TJ. 8. Steel ......... 34 . 64 Portland Produce PORTLAND, Or., March 12 (AP) BUTTER Print, extras, 39c; atan darda 3614c ub. BUTTERPAT Portland delivery: A grade 33-34o lb.; farmar'a door deliv ery. 30-Slo lb. EOQS Pacific Poultry Producers' selling prices: Fresh extras, 15c; stan dards 13c; medium 13c dozen (car ton lo higher). Buying price of wholesalera: Fresh extras, 16c; firsts 14c; medium 14c; pullets 13c; under grade 10c dozen. COUNTRY MEATS Celling price to retailers: Country killed hogs, best butchers, under 60 lb., 0-0 c; veal era 90-100 lb., lOo lb.: light and thin, 6-8o lb.; other Unchanged. - POULTRY Portland delivery, col ored fowl. U-14c; leghorn 10-1 1c; broiler, 14-10c; stags, cc; roosters, 6c: Pekln ducks, 13c; colored 10c; geeae, 10c lb. ONIONS Yakima, 1.40-1.80; Ore-, gon 1.40-1.B0. NEW POTATOES Florida Trlumps 2.50-3.60 per so lbs., To lb.; Hawaii, 11.60-1.70 per 31-lb. box. Cheese, milk, potatoes, strawberries, wool and hay, unchanged. Ban Francisco Butte rfat SAN FRANCI8CO, March 13. (AP) First grade butterfat 36c, f.o.b. San Francisco. Silver NEW YORK, March 13 (AP) Bar liver Iirm, V4 higher at 85i. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Parton of thla city, a daughter, at the Com nicrdty hospital Saturday, March 10. emigration1 increases. STOCKHOLM (up) Emigration from Sweden showed a slight Increase In 1033 over 1033. The number of persons who left the country through the three major porta of Stockholm, Oothenburg. and Malmo, waa 368 laat year, as compared with 303 In 1033. In 1030 the number of emigrant was 3337 and in 1030 It was 6716. Ask for Hand Books. OTTAWA (DP) A Canada-wide movement to legalize "hand books" for betting on horse races, haa taken definite form, following Indications that the Dominion government might legalise aweepstskej. Montreal book makers took the Initiative by engaging a lawyer to draw up a bill. Export of automotive products from Canada during 1033 registered a value increase of 30 per cent com pered with 1033 and 48.6 per cent compared with 1031. l-S Individunlized J SERVICE WHEN it comes it is at tended by deepest prief, shook, bewilder ment. Funeral and burial arrange ments must neeessni'ily be hurried and distressful. That is why. it is best to know in advance the qualifications of the mortician, the cost of burials and other details of procedure that can he discussed calmly and free from stress. Such a practice is gaining in creasing consideration among far sighted people. CONGER FUNERAL PARLOR WIST MAIN AT NEWTOWN Solicited For Membership In Order of Qoldcn Rule and Declined E The southern Oregon basketball situation was discussed to great ex tent today at the meeting of the Kl wanls club at the Hotel Med ford fol lowing an address by Coach Darwin K. Burgher, In which he traced the history of Medford's athletic relations. While a number of club members expressed the belief that a third game with Ashland should be sched uled to determine the southern Ore gon championship, the majority obvi ously favored cancellation of athletic relations with Ashland as result of the protest filed, following the barn painting episode. George W. Ager. member of the Bend Klwanls club, and former school superintendent of Jackson county, who Is now connected with the tran sient relief station at Talent, was also a speaker at today's luncheon, and the main address was given by A. O. Soderberg. Med ford scout executive. He stressed the possibilities here for developing scouting and great regret at the fact that there are but th.ee troops In a city, which should thru population, have between 10 and 13. He announced that the Med ford Legion post la organizing a troop and stated that he was confident there was sufficient leadership In this city to warrant organization of many more troops. There are now 020,000 scouts In the United States and officers expect the number to execel the million mark by the end of the year, Soderberg stated. There are 125,000 men volunteering their time to scouting and only 600 paid leaders In the organization. A training course for leaders la planned In southern Oregon to In clude representatives of Ashland, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Eagle Point and Medford, starting March 20. WHILE FALLING TREE Suffering from a fractured hip and a badly bruised arm as the result of a tree falling on him, Jamea Scott of Rogue River, experienced woodsman, at the Evans Creek OCC camp waa to day taken to the Veterans' hospital at Roscburg. According to information received at district headquarters here, the ac cident occurred about 10:30 o'clock. The OCC ambulance took the man north. Lake Creek LAKE CREEK, March 13. (Spl.) Mrs. K. H. Fox, and daughter, Venn, apent several days visiting friends In Medford, returning home Wednesday. Lost creek club flnlahed their sew ing lessons, at a, meeting Wednesday at the Orange hall. About 36 ladles were present and also a number cf men, who apent the day leveling the LOW PRICED LUMBER BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Featuring Owen Ore. Lumber .1 floor of the basement, preparatory to laying a permanent floor, and also In making tables tor the home econom ics committee. Mrs. William Hoefft apent the week end visiting her mother, Mrs. Van dorfy of Oriffia creek. ' Mrs. J. R. Tyrell underwent a tonsil operation In Medford Wednes day. Her friends are hoping for her speedy recovery. X. Z. Meyer received word that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Oould of Red Bluff, la much Improved and that Mrs. Meyer will be home In a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ragsdale and In fant eon spent Saturday and Sunday at the Ed Cowden home near Eagle Point. Mrs. T. J. Hoefft and daughter June went to Medford Wednesday to spend the rest of the .week with her mother, Mrs. cnnle Meehan. One Twin Mlnslnf, WICKFORD, R. I. (UP) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dalley were a little surprised recently when their 10th child, a- girl, arrived alone. On three previous occasions, In 1028, 1030 and 1032, Mrs. Dalley had given birth to twins. All 10 of the Dalley children are living. Predicts Lighted Roads. TORONTO, Ont, (UP) AU high ways eventually will be lighted so brilliantly that night driving without headlights will be generally permitted, In the belief of W. P. Dobson, promi nent engineer. All five L BE IN EAST By DON MO TLB j (United Press Special Correspondent.) j RED IODOB, Mont. (UP) East-I em Montana, scene of many fossil finds, may have been the "cradle of mankind," In the belief of Dr. J. C. P. Siegfrledt, Montana paleontologist. Spurred by this belief, Dr. Sieg frledt hopes to launch at Beartooth Butte one of the greatest and most specialized "man-hunts" ever carried on within Montana's borders, he re vealed today. j The sesrch would be for remains of the prehistoric man, who, Dr. Siegfrledt long has believed, once in habited this area. The Red lodge Scientist said that he plana to bring into the Red Lodge district specialist in the separate fields of science dealing with the his tory of man. Group of Experts. U present plans are carried out, anthropologists,. paleontologists, geol ogists and other representatives of science would be brought here to SCENE: Wije enjoying small triumph in judgment. "Mh. Dillon: "Maybe you'll let me buy the gasoline next time, Jimmy." Her Jimmy: "Yes I know I know Tet raethyl Standard Is what we need I just didn't realize the difference." "wrfuy at no extra cost Tetraethyl Standard is unsurpassed in Anti-Knock value and also in Starting, Ac celeration, Mileage, and Speed. Standard Gaso line works just as hard for you in ANY car the newest "1934" and all the earlier models giving you unsurpassed gasoline value in every essential quality. There IS a difference! Let your car show you what it can do how smoothly it can run with this fine gasoline. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA TSmethul carry on an Intensive study and re search in the "Beartooth shales" .near here, which have produced some of the most interesting fossil finds in recent years. A lone believer for years that Mon tana might hold the secret of man's mysterious beginning and establish herself as the site of the long-sought-for Garden of Eden, Dr. Siegfrledt 'a hopes were bolstered last summer, when members of the International Geological congress visited thla re gion. Thla group waa composed of inter nationally known scientists and in cluded Sir Arthur Smith Woodward,1 world-famous anthropologist and co dlscoverer of the Plltdown Man near Sussex, England. .Briton Impressed. Sir Arthur was much Impressed with the possibilities of thla region, and stated that the ancient river ter races which abound here offered a promising field for the finding of a prehistoric man. The British scient ist urged that a systematic search be conducted. . Further encouraging statements were made by Dr. W. T. Thom, Jr.. University of Princeton scientist and leader of the Scott Fund Geological expedition, which has been sent to this region for the past four sum mers by the eastern university. Dr. Siegfrledt haa made several trips east recently and has endeavor ed to interest scientists and philan thropists in sponsoring an expedition for researching In the area adjacent to Red Lodge. He haa high hopes that his effort will be rewarded with success. Meal Ticket for Tax. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oxla. (UP) Unable to pay his taxes of 99.80, W. T. Smith, proprietor of a small res taurant, sent County Assessor Bodine two five-dollar meal tickets as tender of payment. The assessor returned them. Drives After Injury. NEWBERG, Ore. (UP) Herbert Holtemeyer. 34, drove four mllea un aided to a hospital here after 66 dyna mite caps, which he was trying to dry out, exploded, Injuring him In hundreds of places. Mayor an Athlete, PUTNAM, Conn. (UP) Mayor Frank Murphy, this community's youthful chief executive, plays a guard position on one of the local semi-professional basketball teams. DOES YOUR STOMACH BOTHER? Mrs. Cbaterina Cippa of 6311 Ellis Ave., Seat tle, Wash.. says: "J never felt like eating and would belch gas all the while. I felt tired and miserable. But Dr. Tierce'i Golden Medical Discovery rid me of the gas in my stomach, re lieved me of ihe indi gestion so that I could eat anything without fear of distress." AH druggists. New sice, tablets SO cts., liquid $1.00. Large Size, tab, or liquid, " Do Our Pari. AS HUM When Christopher Columbus ap peared before Queen Isabella upon returning from his first exploration, he presented her with sweet pota toes picked In the new world. HISPERED Great Complexion Secret ! TO her friend she eetv f eased the aecre t of bar flawless dear white akin. Long sgo she learned that no cocraeUe would hide blotches, pimpleaer altowness. 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