Medford Mail Tribune
M. M.
Anniversary
Section
M. M.
Anniversary
Section
Twenty-ninth Itar
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934.
No. 114.
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TOWN OFBUT 967
First Store Opened by Wm.
H. Meeker On Corner of
Main, Bartlett Growth
Paces City's Expansion
OWNER
Forty years ago there were no au
to mob ilea, no aeroplanes, no radios
or sound pictures. Moat of them
hadn't even been thought about.
Forty years ago the Indian wars of
Southern Oregon were barely over.
Medford was a mere child. The cen
sus of 1890 gives the population of
Medford as 867 and of Jackson county
but 11,455.
Amid these surroundings and with
but little encouragement or concep
tion of the future possibilities, Wm.
H. Meeker landed In Medford from
Iowa and founded the business that
has since become the M. M. Depart
ment Store.
The location of the first store was
at the corner of Main and Bartlett
streets, where the Palmer Music
Company la now located. Ten years
later the store was moved across the
street to the location of the present
site of Strang's drug store. In 1911
another move was made, again across
the street to the present location of
Lamport's, where the store remained
until the final move to the present
location in 1923.
Medford grew Into a city and the
business of Mr. Meeker grew and kept
pace with It. I
Dad Meeker, as he was familiarly
known by friends and associates, was '
progressive and took an active Inter
est In the civic, religious and social,
life of the community. He was an!
active member of the Odd Fellows' I
lodge, an ardent church worker, be
ing affiliated with the First Meth
odist church, a member of the Iowa
club and a man who was loved and
respected by all who came In contact
with him. W. H. Meeker laid as the
corner stones of his business, a
FAITH In the future. HONESTY in
his dealings, a SINCERITY of pur
pose and SERVICE to his patrons. On
these has been built the business
( larnice A. Meeker, owner unci act
ive mourner of the M, M. Department
store, pioneer Medford firm. Mr.
Meeker Is actively Identified with
t-hurrli, binslties and fraternal organ
l74ittons of (his city and has served
as a meniher or the Medford city
council.
Medford Building Home of M. M. Department Store
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structure that forty years of undu
lating business uncertainty has not
shaken.
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VANCOUVER, B. C . ( UP ) Fellow
aviators at the Jericho seaplane base
aided an American aviator, who had
lost his bearings enroute to Vancouver
by forming a human arrow pointing
toward this city.
The American flyer had passed over
the civic airport ami -as miles north
of here before he discovered his pre
dicament. As he circled over Jericho,
the grounded aviators concluded he
was lost and quickly gave him direc
tions by lining up in the form of an
arrow on the field.
The pilot "caught on" at once and
turned around. He telephoned .his
thanks 45 minutes later after reach
ing Vancouver.
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PHOEN
Exquisitely
Fashioned
SILK
HOSE
In Service and
Chiffon Weights
the Final Touch
To the Fashionable
Fall Outfot
M.M. Department Store
MEEKER'S
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Personnel
of the
M.M. Dept. Store
Man a Rer and Owner.
Mr. C. A. Meeker.
Bookkeeper and Credit Manager.
Miss Gladys H. Whitson.
Tier Goods, Hosiery, Underwear,
Baby Dept.,
Mrs. Pansy Calder,
Mrs. Edna Pnrsel,
Mrs. Monta Davis,
Mrs. Stella Roop,
Mrs. Eva Hemphill.
Etc.
neady-to-Wear.
Mrs. Alberta Murray,
Mrs. Susie Curtis,
Mrs. Katherlne Satterls,
Mrs. Thelma Pruitt.
Shoe Department.
Mr. A. J. MacDonough,
Mr. Raynor Guy.
Men's FurnUhlnf
Mr. F. S. Brandon,
Mr. U R. Shurtleff.
Mr. A. W. Hubbs.
Basement.
Mrs, Bessie Billings,
Mrs. Ann Brandon,
Mrs. Mabel Smith,
Mrs. Edith Elliott.
Miss Josephine Powers.
Phone 542. We ll haul away ycur
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
The Medford building, corner of Sixth street and Central avenue, hnuseN the M. M. Department Store,
largest and finest bushier structure.
This Is one of Southern Oregon's
SEX APPEAL GIVEN
THE BLUE PENCIL
By Ferdlnant C. M. Jahn
United Press Staff Correspondent
ANKARA, Turkey (UP) Sex appeal
Is banned from press and art, and
many aspects of human interest are
frowned upon by pedagogical. y mind
ed Kemaltst government.
Like a good father it Is trying to
educate the population and keep away
unwholesome and dangerous spiritual
food.
The press Is. therefore, not permit
ted to report suicides, or to publish
pictures of the victims because de
scriptions might entice romantic, or
unbalanced readers, to imitation.
Shukri Kaya Bey. minister of the
interior, to whose department press
matters belong, recently claimed n
parliament that since his press decree
suicides In Turkey had diminished
by not less than 75 per cent.
Divorces and other unhappy family
affairs come under a similar ban.
Colorful descriptions of crimes are
, Goom
IEDKAN-SHEley
ALL LEATHER 1
SHOES
We Are Proud To Feature
This Fine Line of All
Leather Shoes For All
The Family
Made By the Friedman-Shelby Shoe Co.
M M. Department Store
I'M!
'Personality'
FROCKS
and
PAJAMAS
the Last Word
In Smartness
M.M.
Department Store
Meeker $
forbidden as tending to encourage
"herostratism."
Under a new law. Just published,
restrictions have been tightened, and
the functions of "Direction General
of the Press" have been extended to
movies, broadcasting, to the theatres
and to phonograph records.
Vedad Nedlm Bey, the young a:te
tere chief of this department has,
thus, become the Josef Goebbcls of
Turkey.
His conception of the press and of
other means of influencing pub'.ic
opinion radically differs from West
ern ideas.
Even' thing, pertaining to sex. Is to
be excluded, and the part, reserved
to happenings of the day of non-po
litlcal character and to 'human in
terest" news reduced to a one or two
column summary.
Instead of shapely legs and pretty
feces of screen stars, the reader Is to
find beautiful sights of the country
as well as new factories and railway
bridges reproduced in his paper.
National interest, In short, Is to
take the place of human Interest.
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 3. AP
Stockmen and ranchers of the Butter
creek section are looking forward to
drought relief from three wells the
federal government Is to drill In now
dry regions of Umatilla county.
You Want Beauty.,
If You Want Service
You Want Fit With Elasticity
If
Le Us Show To You
'Seventy-4-Seventy'
Crepe Chiffon Hose
Why are they called 70-4-70? Because two
threads are twisted 70 times one way. then two
threads 70 times tht other, then these four
threads are twisted together! No wonder they're
so delightfully crepsy, o sheer, so dull, to long
wearing I
Yes they cost a little more but they
PAY1 A pair of "70-4-70" will outlast
four pairs of ordinary hose,
$1.50 Extra Length $1.65
M.M. Department Store
A Special 40th
Anniversary Showing
of the Very Newest in
FOUNDATION
GARMENTS
By
Vogue
M. M. Dept. Store
Meeker's
Because We Feature
the Finest - We Offer
ENNA
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s
Smart
Footwear
5 aa 6
AAAAA to EEE
SIZES
1 to 12
IT IS with pride and satisfaction that we offer
the new, fall ENNA-JETTIGK shoes for
your inspection . , , another nationally-famous
line EXCLUSIVELY featured here . . .
You'll find the nowest lasts . . . styled to the
minute, with a craftsmanship usually found in
shoes of far higher price . . , Smart! Trim! Grace
ful 1 If you seek the acme of comfort and style, be
sure to sco our newest ENNA-JETTICKSI
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