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PXGB FOUR MEDFORD M2TTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 193. Big Indian Village Will Be Feature of Oregon Diamond J ubilee OF SEVEN TRIBES TO Redmen Will Don Native Garb for Occasion - Jubilee Committee Hears Report of Fine Progress Arrangements have been completed for another outstanding feature .for Oregon's Diamond Jubilee celebration In Med ford next June 8 to 0. Jn the establishment of a complete Indian Tillage In the city during Jubilee week. Details were announced at last night's enthusiastic general commit' tee meeting at the Chamber of Com- marce. Over a score of chieftains, braves, squaws and papooses will represent the historic tribes of Oregon and will live u they did 7A years ago when Oregon first learned the meaning of statehood. The Indians will Include six chieftains and will be made up of the Klamath, Modoc, Piute, Warm Spring, finakes, Pitt River, and the Ust remaining' direct descendants of the famous Rogue River Indians, who warred with, southern Oregon whites in 1853. To Wear Old Garb. The redmen will be dreased In their native garb worn before the eyes of white men saw tn verdure of Oregon hills. Medicine men will perform weird rites and make "big medicine' In tribal dances and other ceremo nials. Artful braves, trained In tne way of the woods and embodying all the skill of the hunters, trappers ana fishermen, will present exhibitions of aborigine sports. Ancient Indian archery will be one of these attrao' tlona. Squaws, the original native daugh ters of America, will demonstrate how the earliest of Americana fashioned wearing apparel from wild animal hldea, using sinews for thread. They will make baskets of roots, osiers and fibres, rapidly becoming a lost art. Papoosee will be at play in native frames and contests, all living In to pees, wigwams and wickiups. They will be dressed In buckskins and beaded moccasins, bedecked with gaudy blan kets and wampum. The bucks will wear feathered head -dresses end orna ments. Last night's committee meeting re vealed progress tn all departments, revealing further assurance that Med ford and southern Oregon will be ready for the Incoming throngs dur ing Jubilee week. Announcements of other features of Intense interest are to be made soon. Jubilee Caps Ready. Of especial Interest was last night's approval of an official Jubilee head gear. The headpiece la of an attrac tive design and Is now available at cost at the Jubilee headquarters In the Sparta building. Every person In Medford and southern Oregon is urg ed to obtain a Jubilee cap as early as possible and wear It from now until the celebration la over. The cap will do much to increase the rapidly grow ing Jubilee spirit, already so much In evidence, especially In the north ern end of the state, from which sev eral special excursion trains are ex pected, as well as auto caravans. Concession space la selling rapidly, W. W. Allen, concession chairman, re ported. Prospective purchasers of the remaining spaoe ore urged to see Mr. Allen early. Likewise, gratifying Interest has been shown by up-state manufactur er In the manufacturers' and In dustrial exhibit at the Oriental Gar dens. Here southern Oregon resi dents and visitors will see one of the most complete displays ever offered of Oregon products, W. A. Gates, Chairman, reported. Pageant Rehearsed. Rehearsals are underway for the historical pageant, "Oyer-Un-Oon" (Land of Plenty), and characters have been selected, Prof. Angus Bowmer, author and director, told committee members. The pageant, to be pre sented at the fairground Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, will faithfully review events leading up to and Including the establishment of Oregon statehood. It is historic ally accurate In every detail but yet so interestingly presented It will com mand attention from the opening to final episodes. " J. Verne ahangle told of further cooperation coming from all parts of the country for the pioneers' parade on Thursday forenoon. Yesterday a string of 10 wagons were brought to Med ford by W. E. Morris of the Table Rock district. He has been donating a great deal of time In gathering up pioneer relics and material for use during the celebration. Other county residents have been donating consid erable time and committee members have devoted days to making the pa rade one of the most outstanding ever presented In Oregon, The agricultural parade for Friday la rapidly going forward under the chairmanship of k. O. Fowler. Nu merous floats will be Included and will be one of the bright spots of Jubilee week. Hport Plans Formed. Chairman of the trapshooting com mittee. T- B. Daniels, has completed preparations for this Important event and Is sending out Invitations to nu merous clubs on the coast. Further program details will be announced tn a short time. W. F. Isaac la com pleting preparations for the fly-casting tourney which has already aroused considerable Interest among fly-casters. Further details wilt be announc ed In a few daya. Entries for the tennis tourney are being received by Chairman H. O. Wilson from numerous parts of the state and will be carried on June 8, 4, S and 0. Eight or nine tennis courts will be used In accomodating all the players expected, The mineral exhibit for Jubilee week la rapidly progressing with, of fers of displays coming from numer ous sources. Citizens of Jacksonville are prepar ing their city for the Important part It Is to play In the Jubilee. Thou sands of visitors will journey to that historic town during the week. Nu merous special attractions are plan ned there. E.P. EAGLE POINT, May 3. (Spl.) In the short time of one year Eagle Point Boy Scout Troop No. 18 has grown from seven scouts and four cubs to 21 scouts and five cubs. Gene Walton Is scoutmaster and Floyd Bar rett assistant. A great deal of credit Is due Mr. Woodrlch, who organized the scout executive committee and put scouting In Eagle point on a firm footing. Messrs. Woodrlch, Clem ents, Young and Throckmorton com prise the troop committee. The troop consists of two patrols. The "Eagles" are David Hannaford, Elmer Harnlsh, Billy Osterhout, Ches ter Smith, Jack S toner, Dale Throck morton, John Woodrlch and Clayton Cannon. The "Wolves" are Junior Clements, Dean Cram, Eddie Dahack, Earl Harnlsh, Lawrence Ousterhout, Russell Seamen, Lyle Smith and Billy Taylor. F IN GOOD SHAPE IS TREASURYJEPORT Definite Improvement Noted All Warrants Paid to May 1 City Employees Get Pay This Afternoon Reflecting a definite Improvement In the city of Med ford's financial condition, which has at no time been particularly discouraging, according to Ous Samuels, city treasurer, an nouncement was maoQ by the latter last night that all outstanding war rants have been paid up to May 1. Less than a year ago Medford was also at one time operating on a cash basis while other political divisions were many months behind with war- rant payments. Warrants issued for the new month were not distributed at last night's meeting of the city council, which was adjourned because of lack of a quorum. The session will be resumed at 4:30 o'clock this afternon, to which time city employes will receive their pay. ' ' I Councllmen Frederick Heath and S. A, Kroschel were out of town yes-; terday and Dade Terrett and Al Lit-! tretl were also absent from the regu lar meeting, scheduled for the city dads. The four councllmen, who ap peared, lingered for about an hour! discussing matters, unofficially, with Mayor E. M. Wilson, then adjourned the session. Harry Parkinson, representing Flsk Flag and Decorating company of Port land, appeared before a group to pre sent the cost, estimated, for decora tion of the city hall for the Diamond Jubilee. He placed the maximum cost at 950, which would Include decking the building from roof to street with Jubilee banners and other festoons. The Flsk company has the contract for decorating the city for the Jubilee and will place. In street decorations alone, four tons of materials, Mr. Parkinson stated. The matter was referred by Mayor Wilson to Councilman George Por ter' committee. The beautiful blue and gold banner to be used as the dominant note In the decorating motif wa displayed by Mr. Parkinson. A letter, forwarded from the Cham ber of Commerce, voicing requests from the Parent-Teacher association for supervised playgrounds In Med ford this summer, was read by Mayor Wilson and referred to the parks and playground committee with Instruc tions to confer with the finance com mittee. The letter asked that the city fi nance the hiring of two men and two women, needed as supervisors at the local playgrounds, stressing the urg ent need for supervised play during the Diamond Jubilee, when many vis iting children will be In the city. The cost of the project was quoted at 9300 a month, which would necessi tate, for the three months' period, expenditure of $000. All kinds of .g. clanks for sale for rent, no bunting, no trespassing and other cards for sale at Commercial Printing Dept. of Mall Tribune. For Garden f.uwing Tel. 9 12-J. PLANNING FLIGHT HERE TO JUBILEE W. R. Schanhala, who la head of the amateur aviators' group recently organized In Portland, was a visitor here yesterday and conferred with Tom Culbertaon, superintendent at the Medford municipal airport, con cerning a flight of the club here dur ing the jubilee. Mr. Schanhala said that last Sun day a number of the pilots In the club were taught flight formation In order that they might follow the army system when making long trips. It la the plan, Mr. Schanhale pointed out, for the ships to be divided Into groups according to cruising speed, and placed in formation with experi enced fliers leading. Mr. Schanbals, who Is branch man ager for the claims department of the Farmera" Automobile Inter-Insurance exchange, also attended to busi ness matters for his company while here. He continued to Portland from Medford late yesterday. Plan to attend the Factory Dem onstration of CONLON AUTOMATIC IRONERS, Thursday, May 3, at White Sewing Machine Company. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet Works. Phone 842. We'll haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. DIAMOND LAKE GRANTS PASS, May 2. (Spl.) Work now being done on the road to Diamond lake from the point where It crosses Rogue river to the body of water Itself, will not Inter fere with travel, it was stated by a highway engineer In a recent letter to O. S. Blanchard of this city. Blan chard owns a cabin by the lake. H, D. Farmer, senior highway engi neer, wrote that a crew of men Is now grading the road from the cross ing of Rogue river to Diamond lake. expecting to complete the work with in a month or six weeks. "A little trouble would probably be experienced In getting through now,' he said. For your information, the westerly 13 miles of the project Is under con tract for surfacing, and this work will be carried out during the com In, season," Farmer wrote. THEATER LOSES T PORTLAND. May 3. (AP) Labor : has been upheld In the first contro- j versy her In connection with NRA provisions Involving union workers and the theaters. A theater here known as the' "Pantages," but not operated by that family, ha been ordered by the NRA to reinstate "wrongly discharged" operators to their Job at the wage scale provided by the motion ptc-, ture code. The theater had refused to ac knowledge rulings of the local and regional labor boards and an appcnl was taken to Washington, D. C. A telegram from Sol A. Rosenblatt, dl- : vision administrator of the NRA at 1 Washington, advised the theater I owner "I herewith advise you to Im mediately comply with said decision, otherwise proceedings will be taken against you for violation of the mo- ; tion picture code." ELLIOTT AND DAUGHTER PLAN EXTENSIVE IP Dr. B. R. Elliott and daughter Amy will be leaving the middle of this month for an extensive trip through the south. They will travel the southern route to New Orleans. Reav ing May 30, then sail from New Or leans on the S. 8. Dixie of the Morgan lines, for New York. They expect to return to Medford about June 33. While away Dr. Elliott plans to spend a day In each of the following establishments of dental interest: L. D. Caulk Dental Laboratories Mllford, Del.; 8. 8. White Dental Mf- Co., Philadelphia; Dentists Supply Co . New York; Forsyth Children's Clin!--. Boston, Mass.; X-ray Dept. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y.; Rltt.-r Dental MfR. Co., Rochester, N. V.; Clevedent Dental Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and Patterson Dental SUppty Oo., Minneapolis, Minn. MINERAL, Cel., May a. (AP) A aprlng snowstorm blanketed two spots In northern California Tuesday with three feet of snow falling In the Las sen Volcanle national park here and 10 lnchea at Tahoe City on the Ne vada border. At Tahoe City, several weeks of warm summer weather had caused wild flowers to bloom and trees tc bud. I Vonr nailery Itattery Ready For Rummer Driving? Multnomah and Severln Batteries Arm. Rewinding (aeneralnr fcxrh'g. Phone sno t.VJJ N. Rlvrrilde ml ,r-' I' I , pfpii 'IP ediord Si JUNE 3rd TO 9th -1934 Ijl So That YOUR Friends May Know About 1 . c Oregon's Diamond Jubilee To Be Held in Medford June 3rd to 9th The Mail Tribune Is Co-operating, With The Diamond Jubilee Committee in Offering a Special Lou Subscription Rate During May For An Entire Month Sent to YOUR Friends 30c IMPORTANT- Immediately upon entering a subscription, a letter will be sent from thli office Informing the addressee that the Mall Tribune Is being sent during the month of May to arqunlnt them Willi the Jubilee through the thought fulness of whoever pays fof the subscription. In the case of business houses who may desire to subscribe for several papers, a letter will also be sent at the expira tion of the month, explaining that the paper was sent through the courtesy of such business house and stat ing the nature of Us IhisIiicm and prominence In the community. Effective May 1st Just Half Regular Rate DURING the first 27 days in April the Mail Tribune pub lished293 column inches of publicity matter and two editorials regarding the Jubilee. As time for the celebra tion draws nearer, more and more stories concerning plans, details and general information will be published. In co-operation with the Jubilee committee, the Mail Tribune has acquainted southern Oregon people with the program from June 3 to 9. The purpose of this special subscription offer is to interest people outside this area and induce them to visit the Jubilee and look over the surrounding community. The Chamber of Commerce has submitted a list of several hundred people interested in attending the Jubilee. If you are unable to think of anyone to send the paper to and would like to do your part you can remit 30c and we will send the Mail Tribune for a month to one of the interested parties on this list. 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