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ail Tribune natcb the l'KlBli.rJ- I CLaSSIHtU Alls . . I Lot of good bargain. I that BtlD fenulne j sarins... EDFORD Hicheit yesterday I.oncRt this morning n.'weuty-niuth Year MEDFORL), OREGON, .FRIDAY. APRIL 13, 1934. No. 19. Ml the Weather Fore tost: 1'artly cloudy tonight and Saturday, Not much change in tern perature. M M MLMMEBI TMEME STB I N&s I WAGE DISPUTES ; ,,BiJr"',;i ROOSEVELT GIVEN I tMfii5&-t I runiunrn nnnr I 1 ?1 nnll OniVflr Everglades Dry rrJLi-SyW4- H . ..,.....1 1 RMr-ii ill HAAiinnrnAiiril 4M3!fflSRffi MANY N UN- I Wf KY N Wr.VWrNi ZZnZ 1 V INK lllrMIAT II ii im nil iiti ni sin hiii iru i nil i iiiiiiiii i mi ii i u i ui uuiiuiia-wwiiiiwiii Uyj " VfiJ By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright,' 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13. prober Pecora privately received his walking papers from the senate stock market Investigators the other ' day, but he Is not going to walk very lar. There la a trick In It. The probers held a secret meeting nd decided not to do'any more-probing. Present were Senators Fletcher, Glass. Couzens and two others. They greed unanimously that the Investi gation had gone far enough for all .fill mimeses. Pecora was told that he need not finish the current power company ,.. unless he ran Into something The matter of how long hla salary -ni run waa left to the discretion of Chairman Fletcher. The hearing was terminated for all purposes except one. It was whispered In Mr. Fecora's that ha should hold himself in readiness (with or without pay) to put on his Inquisitorial noseglasses gain at any time. That means the game started by the administration before Mr. Roose- .. was inaugurated Is not yet over. His original pre-lnauguration Idea was to use the committee as a petual sandbag over the fat boys, w. has followed that Idea out In prac. tp. Whenever they showed signs of becoming obstreperous he passed the word to Capitol hill to open up the enow and drop a few more baga on t,ii hnlrl nates. There Is really no reason why the investigation should continue now marlrr, resulatlon bill IS But apparently Mr. Roosevelt did not want to lose his sandbag. av. tha Inner situation is that the ('"famous Inquiry which trapped Mitch ell, Wlggln, et al,--le over yet no - quite over. a ri.rt.ain Democratic senator 1 making a deep secret of certain data be has dug up concerning the holders of silver stocks. He Is getting ready to make an ado about It, If he does sot change his mind. - His Information Indicates that the Ko. 1 silver Investor in inn la a former unueo oa f nnw In nubliC life. The No. 2 man Is a private citizen ho haa Been In the forefront of agi tation for silver legislation. The truth will out, even in Man, thukuo. .Tr,An has tried every - means to i,. tk. .nrlrl helleve that her pup .tat. in north China la not really vt.a hut a seoarate empire. . A Hininmatlc message was con. eocted by the Manchukuo foreign minister after the recent enthrone ment of VuYl. This message waa ad dressed to State Secretary Hull and 1 ainn4 tott.v, honev. V- But th telegraph operator who ,4 uinirtn&f. canltal of r..iiiciin. anoarently made an r' . ,1,4 rt.t. line. Aa It read on receipt hore the message came from Halnklng. Japan. Which Is Juat what the rest of the world haa been suspecting an mui'h Now it can he told that very few persons knew how near we were to a flare-up witn sno uih'"-"' vmi mi recall that State Secre tary Stlmaon cooled off suddenly in .,. int tha Japanese. The reason was that Admiral Taylor of the American Asiatic aquadron sent a long message to Chief Pratt of naval operations, which was strongly worded, tt ssld the Japanese meant v., .tnu in their campaign in China that It was a matter of life or death In their eyes. He actually contem plated the possibility of the Asiatic :..,. and all American vessels In the far cast being wiped out in event of a sudden war. Pratt took the message to the White Kouse nd Stlmson was cauea on, lH.,Ar, In rlnae touch With COn rresmen can aee they have no heart for this stock market regulation bill In any form. Frwer than a per cent . Ihnrn are asltatora for It, in th. ftrat olace. it la a technical subject of which moat of them know little or nothing, voters in in wuu r. ara In about the Same fll. If ttv Incoming mall la any hint as to their bewilderment. There la no political nrewure for It. except that organlred by the little Inside clique of liberals and the White House. A fair analysis of the underlying Ituatton Indicates that the question nr whether there will be a bill and what kind. Is up to President Roose- velt. Unless he asrumcs active leadership In tha matter, the congressmen will phensgle things around the Iwue will fail to reach a conclusion. They are etartlnc already. Toil can deal one of the new dealers oui shortly. He Is genial Harry Payer. mot celorlul of administration fig- ure. who left ie state department (.when hla friend. Professor Moley. did and took a foreign trade Job In the pre. Tr.e job did not an-ount to 1, -th. iCentinuta on Th Tom.) Sixty Arrested in Philadel- t A President in Jocular rviooa phia Rioting Unrest t k Ji When Greeted at Station Continues Spread Nash ' (-"fy Tells Members Not to Auto Workers End Strike Hurry Session Close kfe ' ' - WASHINOTON. April 13. MP) Harvey C. Fremlng. president of the International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workera of America, told report ers today a strike Involving 100, 000 members of the organization will be called "within 48 hours" if wage differentials prepared by the planning and coordination committee of the oil code author ity arc ndopted. ' (By the Associated Press.) New disorders clouded the indus trial scene today, causing the arrest of 60 persons In Philadelphia. Further strikes threatened In Con necticut, and glove cutters In Glov- ersvllle, N. Y., are prepared to go on strike unless their wage demands are met late today. The Philadelphia arrests were made when strikers' pickets and police clashed In front of two knitting mills. Automobiles were stoned near one plant. Pickets were on duty at the viscose company plant in Lewistown, Pa., the "lunch period- strike spreaa through the force of 4,000 employes. Less than 400 workers were reported on duty. A crowd estimated at 1,500 milled outside.' ' Two Sunshine Rays. At least two developments gave a brighter hue today to the situation Ten per cent wage Increases were announced last night for all workers on boats operated by the Lake Car riers association. If all 400 boats op erated by members are In service, this year about 13,000 persons will receive the Increase':-' -v4-"-'. - -1 -r' Employes of the Nash Motor com pany's Kenosha, wis., plant voted to accept new wage concessions from the company and end a six weeks' strike. Elsewhere unrest grew and In some places waa marked by violence. A strike of tool and oiemakers jr. 44 of Detroit's 62 Job plant became (Continued on Page Nlne) WARHTNQTON. April 13. (AP) Dr. William W. Wirt haa been told he may go home now, but pot-shooting continues and the Hooaler school master rcmslns, to fire answering vol- ' . . u. .. Dn to the dawn's eany us". ha had the last words In both cases denials to broadaldea from Secretary Ickes and chairman Buiwinme tu.. N. C.) chairman of the commuu that la investigating Dr. Wirt's "red rvnliit.lnn" charges. Ickes said Dr. Wirt sougnt puoi". works administration ninos v velop a Lake Michigan beach section Into an amuaement park. He said the Indlanan paid aevcral visits to the PWA on the matter, and seemed "quite willing" to use communism money" for an individualistic enter prise. Dr. Wirt at once uwueu .vw ment aaylng no one connected with his company, which owned the land, had ever "asked for public works money" and that he himself had never mentioned the subject to either a state or federal official. ,E LOW SAY Dr. J. J. Emmens. prominent Med - ford nhyslctan, who suffered stroke of psralysla more than a week ago In southern California, waa reported j In a critical condition yesterday In i wires received from La Jolla. Cal where he IB a patient at the Serlpps Memorial hospital. j His son. Tom Emmens, atudent In i the University of Oregon medical school, left hera by plane last nlg,ht for the southern city. Mrs. Emmens and son, Bob. have been In the south ainre Dr. Emmens became 111. Lo- i nhvslclans and friends of the fsm- llv were awaiting word from La Jolla this afternoon, but had received no news since yesterday. JEWELER CONFESSES SLAYING SWEETHEARI LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 13. (Pt James William Thomas, Jr, 3S, a Jewel!, confessed today, said DunUp WakefKld. safety director, that he shot and killed his sweetheart. Alma Knizht. 34. divorcee, and stuffed .ier body in a closet of hi apartmont Tuesday. GET QUICK ANSWER F " "ni i i Ik -t F if Ml I Senators Too Proud. WASHINGTON, April 13. tfP) Testimony that Bishop James Cannon Jr., bfore a Mediterranean cruise in February. 1929, destroyed "all the cor respondence I could lay my hands on so that anyone who delved Into my affairs would find nothing," was given todav in the trial of the Southern Methodist churchman. FRIDAY THE 1 3TH F It's Friday the thirteenth again but the old superstition appeared to have' lost Ita' hold on Medfordltes today. They have been educated past It, they declared this morning, un mindful of ladders, black cats and three on a mates," . 7hn only .person- about, town . to blame 111 luck on to the date on the calendar waa A. L. Ferns of Phoe nix. He ran out of gas coming to the city, he announced, and etarted home without his groceries. . Vern Canon, janitor at the city hall, was swisMng his broom arouna with a great - flourish and inslstea that he was unaware of the fact that another "black" Friday had arrived. Owney Patton. whose Irish ances try would Justify an honest fear of the date, declared that such "Ignor ance" was not hia and added that he would just ' as soon "ride In 13 aa any other number." He also dis counted the groundhog's Influence upon the weather, while discussing the matter, and told of an Interest ing hotel, where rooms are named for states instead of being numbered, all to evade the 13 hazard. The complications resulting from putting men "out of Georgia and Into Ohio," he said, seemed much more annoy ing to him than sleeping In "Number 13." J. Verne Shangle couldn't be bluffed out of a, trip through the air and a sDccch on the air today, the date .holding no qualms for him. He nhotosranhed the city from a plane this afternoon and made his first talk over the radio In the Interests of the Jubilee pioneer parade WARSAW, Ind., April 13. (AP A man Identified as John Dllllnger led machine gun raid on the War saw police station today, slugged a patrolmen, atole four bullet-proof vests and two revolver snd got away. Jud Plttlnger, the slugged police man, said he was "quite positive" that one of the two raiders was the Indiana "wooden gun" desperado. He did not recognize the otner. The raid, the third such foray In small Indiana cities credited to Dll lingers' mob, put police and bank officials on edge, similar ralda on Auburn and Peru last October pre : ceded bank robberies at Orecncaatle and East Chlcsgo, Ind. and Racine, Wis. I PORTLAND, April 13. fJVi A de'.e. I a.ion f brewers and distributors to- i day told Mayor Joseph K. Carson that brewrs of this district propose to limit the alcoholic content of beer to 3.78 ver cent by weight, or I! per cent by volume. A resolulon providing for auch a! cnhollc content will be prntd at the next meeting of the brewers' as sociation here. The meeting today was called by Mayor Carson, who insisted that the brcver take steps to elimlnste much of the comprint that has arisen over sale of strong beta. DILLINGER AMONG RAIDERS IS CLAIM WASHINGTON,' April' M.Wfl', The .senators who greeted Presi dent' Rooaevelt'at the railroad sta tlon today did not participate In the parade feature of the welcome. The membera of the house marched from the Capitol to the nearby railroad station In columns of four, behind the Marine band. "Who ai they to thin tt be neath, their dignity to march be hind a brass band to meet the President?" said Representative Cannon (D., Wis.), to reporters. "Some of the senators should be following a plow Instead of a bra&s band." WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) President . Roosevelt was welcomed back from his Florida vacation today by some 200 members of congress. "I can't be truthful and say I am glad to be back. I am sorry," he told them Jocularly. , "W.hlle I've had a wonderful time. I gather that, both housea of con gress have also had a wonderful time." Laughter greeted his sallies. The congressional delegation, led by Vice President Garner and Speaker Ralney, had marched over to union station from the capltol behind Vie marine band. Martial music echoed. - Family Welcome When. the. presidential train arriv ed Mrs. . Roosevelt, . accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Anna Dalit her daughter-rn-lRw;.- Mrs.- James- noose velt, and her son, Elliott, lmmedltaely went aboard. A few ' minutes - later the official senate- and house committees went Into the president's car. T.he congressional contingent out side shouted and applauded when the president later emerged on the arm of his son, James. The . band played "Hall to the Chief." Just after that the president said he waa "very glad to see you all" and "thanked the members of con gress for coming to welcome him, Continuing, he said he expected to get publicity on the fish he caught off the coast of Florida, but there had been too much competition be cause "you people have been going from Wirt to Wirt." This also brought a laugh from the crowd. , (Continued on Page Ten) WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP) President Roosevelt announced today the administration woul dextend the blanket NEA code beyond April 30, permitting employes who have not had opportunity to arrange for codes to use the Blue Esgle so long as they observe the spirit of the NRA. Set Bonneville Hearing THE DALLES, Ore., April 13. (AP) Major Charlea F. Williams, dlatrlct engineer, announced today that hearing by the united states army board of engineers will be held here May 28 on the question whether sea locks should be substituted for the proposed barge-locks st the Bonne ville navigation and power aam. Vegetables and Eggs Fly As Campus Pacifists Try To Hold Peace Meetings (By the Associated Press.) Student pacifists and their more martial-minded classmates clashed to day In widely-scattered college cen ters. No one waa Injured In the various orstorlcal and phyalcal combats re sulting from the anti-war strike call ed by the Student League for Indu trlai Democracy, the National student league and other sympathetic organis ations. In New York, police broke up a meeting of city college undergradu ates. They used their flu, and the college football team came to their aid Just In time to rescue Dean Mor ton D. Oottthall from a Jostling crowd. He had refused premlsslon for the gathering. Students of Hunter college tit women held a conclave on the cam pus and adopted an anti-war reso lution. Peace-loving c unl'.e:iy rtudeste engaged, ia 4a oral battle MIAMI. Fl., April 13. fl) While hundreds of blrda rest In gorged lethsrgy, millions of trop ical fish are dying in alowly leV ing pools in the Everglades. Tropical biological society mem bers who returned here after a survey trip Into the 'Glades west of Miami, reported tbi vast area of sawgrass. prairie and cypress to be almost tinder-dry. White ibis and blue herons, with occasional egrets and other vari eties of heron will have a rich selection of fod without effort un til the spring rains again flood the sloughs. DEATH SEPARATES COUPLE WED HERE SIX HOURS LATER REDDING, Calif., April 13. (API- James O. Moffatt, 38. was killed and hla bride of six hours. Bertha, 20, and two other persons were serloualy Injured In an automobile accident au mllea . north of here last night. The others Injured were Mrs. Mof- fatt'a brother, Albert H. Ollphant, 32, and Mrs. May Blaner,' 19. Mra. Blaier'a 14-month-old son escaped without Injury. Trafflo officers said the automo bile, driven by Mrs, Blaier, who re sides at Dunamulr, akldded In loose gravel while coming off the Pollock bridge across the Sacramento river on the Pacific highway and struck a tree. Moffatt and hie bride and her brother were returning to their home at Anderson from Medford, Ore., where the couple were married. Mra. Moffatt received a fractured knee and her brother and Mra. Blazer were seri ously cut and bruised. , Marriage license was. Issued at the Jackson county courthouse yesterday to Moffatt, who gave his address as Siskiyou county, and Bertha Mae on phant of Shasta county. The marriage ceremony was per formed about o'clock by .County Judge Earl B. Day at the courthouse. Attending the couple were Albert H. Ollphant. and. Mrs. Prances Blazer. KILLED IN WRECK KLAMATH FALLS, April 13. (AP) Harry Loulza, 28, of Klamath rail was killed late , yesterday when his car overturned on. a market highway two mllea south of Port Klamath The victim waa returning from i fishing trip and failed to mate an "S" curve, The car turned over Into a road side ditch. Louisa's body waa pulled from three feet of water after a pass ing motorist bad notified a garage of the wreck. 1 ' Mrs. Ursulu Desn, who formerly resided on Wagner creek, died today at the age of 17 yeara, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louie eolver, at Phoenix. Mra. Dean had been a resident of Jackson county for sev enty years. Announcement of fun eral services will be made by the Conger funeral parlora. with unsympathetic undergraduatea Anti-war speakers had difficult! time. Their patriotic classmates I drowned their effort by elnglng "The Star Spangled Banner." A pacifists' meeting on the Harv ard university catnpua at Cambridge, Mass., turned Into a melee of flying grapefruit and onions. The entl-wsr student tried to make speeches; their rivals shouted "We want war" and "Down with peace." An obllgato of honking automobile horns and cheers effectively drowned the oratorical effort of J4 Syracuse, N. T., university students who went out of their elaases on a one-hour strike against war. There was nothing peaceful about the anti-war demonstration of un- dergraduatea at Johns Hopkins uni verslty In Baltimore. Md. j The air of Hopkln assembly hail, was filled with pacific speech, then! with eggs, catcall and very muut tomatoes. A hose was thrust through! a window tod speaker were drenched. SILVER BILL UP E0RH0USEVOTE Banking Committee Agrees On Final Decision Alaska Dry Repeal Signed; Bank Deposit Vote Looms WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP) The house banking committee agreed today to take a final vote Tuesday on the Goldsborough federal mone tary authority bill with Ita silver re monetlsatlon amendment. WASHINGTON, April IS. (AP) Speaker Ralney issued a statement today saying he would be glad to see the stiver groups In congress unite on a bill, and promised he would make way for it In the house. "There ia an. overwhelming senti ment In the bouse of representatives, and I think also In Vie senate, for silver." be said, "and this sentiment reflects the feeling of the country generally." WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed a bill repealing the prohibition laws In Alaska. -1 , , WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) The list of signatures . on .a. petition to force house action on the McLeod bill to pay off depositors- in -closed banks reached the required 145 today when. Representative Slrovloh (D., N. T.) signed the request. WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed the Johnson, bill prohibiting financial transactions with foreign governments which have defaulted In their debt obligations to. the United States. ,Golng Immediately to hla desk upon his return from a vacation cruise. Vie president' also signed' 20 other "measure, ; principally private relief bills. WASHINGTON, April: 13. (AP) The modified DIU-Rayburn 'bill (or federal regulation of communications waa approved today by the senate lnteratate commerce committee, i The bill, Introduced by recommen dation of President Roosevelt, would create a communications commission of five to take over from the Inter state commerce commission supervi sion of telephone and telegraph com pantea and from the radio commis sion Jurisdiction over radio commun ication facilities, f- AT CHILD'S FUNERAL CHICAGO. April 13. (AP) Fight ing and clawing In an effort to gain a point of vantage for the funeral of little Dorette Zeltlow, a frenzied mob of 10,000 persons, mostly women and children, today atormed the chapel where funeral services were held for the 2A -year-old victim of a 13-year-old "moral Imbecile." When the doors were closed and word sent out there would be no further opportunity to view the ba by's body, all semblance of order dis appeared, and the mob, atandlng elg,ht abreast In a line two blocks long, surged about the building. Hundreds climbed to the roof. Thou sands mounted housetops and auto mobiles for a view of the tiny cas ket being lifted Into a white hearse. Women fought and scratched at each other to get closer. 1 : GASOLINE PRICE WAR EXTENDS TO DALLES THE DALLES, Ore., April 13. (AP) The gasoline price war, raging In other Eastern Oregon cities for several days, extended to The Dalles today, with a reduction of four cents a gal lon. First structure motor fuel waa being, sold at 19 ',4 cents, and third structure, at 18 cents. . Autoiat Makes Surprise Call For Breakfast LONO BEACH, Cal., April 13. (Pi carl Johnson and his mother, Mr. Stella Johnson, had an un invited gueit for breakfast this morning. He showed up before the Johnsons got out of bed, And howl Fred M. Brown of Lynwood, an oil worker, was en route to work. The pavement was allppery from the early morning fog. Hli auto skidded, turned hslf around, Jump, ed the curb and sidewalk, and crashed Into the Johnson house. The mschlna passed through th well, demolished an organ, two Ublea and several chairs, and came to a halt In the dining room, right In front of another table. 80 the Johnsons' four room home ln't what It was before Fridsv the nth .-llo, New York! ftrsyV'W!f?',f SaVSWsS iV4Mtt tjii The most recent arrival In New York from Hollywood Ii Glorli Swanson who returned for a bit of stage work. Here the ia waving to greetera. (Associated Press Photo) E LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 13. (AP) The disappointment In love which Marjorle Whltels said ahe suffered when Harry' Joe Brown, screen director, married Sally Ellers, film actress, brought her a Judgment for $5,000 today from a auperlor court Jury of seven women and five men. Miss Whltels, better known on tne screen- as Marjorle Gay; - expressed through hor lawyer, Whltnoy Smith, satisfaction with the verdict, al though she had sued Brown for M00,- 000, claiming ha Jilted her last ran, after a four-year romance, to marry Mlaa Ellers. Brown, advised of the verdict at his some, said: "The 6,000 will be Just a little souvenir for Miss Gay. However, we will consider an appeal." His counsel, C. E. Mtlllkan, describ ed the verdict as a clear-cut victory because of tho small sum granted by the Jurors." . As the talesmen filed out of the court room to begin deliberations, Miss Whltels had said: "I- don't care what they give me aa long as they return a verdict that I was wronged." The actress had asserted ' that Brown proposed to her In 1820 In hla apartment and later had dis cussed with her plans for a home and had made some household pur chases. The director, celling upon a num ber of screen celebrities In his de fense, attempted to show that none of them had known of the asserted marriage proposal, which he denied Throughout the trial he was accom panied In court by Miss Ellers. , 4 : FOR FINAL FUNG - (My the Associated Press) Winter, having done a fine Job of record-breaking cold, seems un willing to admit that spring Is here. Snow fell yesterday as far south as Dahlonega, On., where the Blue Ridge mountains wore edged in white. In upstate New York the snow reached a depth of 18 Inches near Utlca. Heavy rain and melting anow over taxed many New England rivers and necessitated removal by boat of sev eral famlllea from homes at Rut land, Vt. The unprecedently mild winter and spring weather continued, how ever. In the Pacific northwest. ISSUE TO BE REDEEMED WASHINGTON, April 13. (API- Secretary Morgcnthau today called for redemption on October lfl of II, 300,000,000 in fourth liberty bonda. The bonds called have serial num bers ending In the digits 8 or 3 and are preceded by letters H or B. The total of outstanding liberties which pay 4'i per cent la I4.300. 000.000. IHUSKY SECOND FROSH WIN CREW PRELIMINARY LAKE WASHINOTON, SEATTLE. April 13. (AP) The University of Washington second freshman crew won the mle and half preliminary race of the regatta here today. Vic toria Rowing club was second, van couver Rowing club third, and the U. of W. lM-pounders fourth. OFE Cloak of Despair Cast Off by Former Utility Magnate Heavy Turkish Guard Brings Ironical Remark By JOHN M.OYn Associated Press Foreign Staff PANDERMA. Turlcev Anrli ia (AP) Samuel Instill ttimeH inu.... today on a little train chugging toward Smyrna, where a ship waits to mm to tne united States for trial. To the surprise of rellnw.n....n..-. he cast off his appearance of despair during the night voyage by ahlp from Istanbul to this Marmora seaport. He even Joked about the aeven-man Turkish escort. "It Is remarkable." he said In Jest, "That I should need an escort, of seven. I'm perfectly harmleu That Was over t.hn ar.np-rtln I fee aboard the steamer Adana en route from Istanbul. Has Good Sleep. The fact thSt hA Waa h.nlnnlnR . Journey against which he fought a year and a half hefnra finaiiv Jailed by Turkish authorities at Wash. ingion s request, did not disturb In sult's sleep. He waa aleenlnir laundiv rhin th. Adana docked here at 3 a. m. He waa taken ashore at ft.-ia. Hair a hm,. later he was aboard the train, Smyrna. nouno. The train was due at Smyrna, about (Continued on Page Seven) - . BANKS DETAILED TO PEN LIBRARY SALEM, Ore., April , 13 (Snl.) After his initiation in prison routine where ,ie Is serving a life sentence for the murder of city Constable George Prescott of Medford ' about a year ago. L. A. Banks has been re moved to the prison library from the laundry, where for many months he was employed. This change, accord ing to prison authorities, haa resulted In a marked Improvement .In the prisoner's health and disposition. Mrs. Banks, who lives here In an apart ment, -visits her husband every week or ten days, and Mr. Banks employs his spare time writing articles and making notca for a new book, which he hopes to have published. OPEN FEED STORE The Jackson County Feed company, located at Fourth and Bsrtiett street?, la a newly organized business under the management of Clavborn Konkle and Jerry Barr. Both of these men were formerly associated with the Medford Seed and Feed compsny. which haa been purchased by Mr. Konkle. A full line of Hodgen -Brewster poultry and dairy feeds la particu larly featured at the Jackson County Feed store along with many other necessary articles for the farm. WILL ROGER? Piays: SANTA MONICA, Calif., pril 12, Wo got the movinp picture thentro owners out hero on a bitf convention. They all report business much bet ter all over. Now what .better barometer can you get than them. Their convention informed ,he producer, that as about jverytliiiig in tho way of sex hud been produced and that the audience didn't care to see it over again. They suggested that for a chfliii?n they thought I ho audience would like to see iust nn old-fashioned movie and they also want to elimin ate the sensational and suggestive- advertising used for pii'tures. You can't niako n picture as bad as tho ads load you to be lieve it is. Yours, da' PlMI MtMiMit tree! b
