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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRD3TJXE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1935. OLDEST OF J. D. Skinner Has Read Paper Since 1909 Takes Ad vantage of Bargain Rates Sales Surpass Year Ago FANDOM RANDOM By Dick Applegate Communist Returns The o'.dest subscriber for The Vail Tribune thin far to renew his aubscrlptlon for another year under the bargain rates now In effect Is f. D. Eklnner of 1020 East Main irtreet. Mr. Skinner will be 84 years old tn February. He came to Mcdford In 1009 and has been a reader of The Mall Tribune continuously since then. . Mrs. B. M. Fisher of 331 Bouth Ivy street Is believed to be the oldest woman subscriber. She Is 81 years eld and has been reading The Mall Tribune for many years. Ahead of Last Year. - Many other old subscribers have been taking advantage of Mall Trib une bargain days to enroll for the newspaper for another year. Renewal subscriptions are still coming In about twice as fast as they did a year ago and new orders are run ning about 30 er cent ahead of the figure recorded for the corresponding date last year. Mall Tribune carriers have been specially successful tn obtaining new and enewal subscriptions and the readiness with which residents order the paper la adding to their enthu siasm. They report that better re sults are being obtained this year than in several past bargain periods. Robert Purucker of route 8 says that he is "going to have more re newals on his route than ever be fore" while Albert Forman of motor route P states that "conditions are certainly better on my route this year and many of my subscribers who fflllert tn take advantage of the low rates last year are not going to Silas the opportunity to aavsj money this time." Mall Tribune bargain days will end October I. Until then roaders may obtain the paper for a year for & If delivery l to be made by carrier and for 63.60 If delivery Is to be made by mall In Jackson, Josephine or Siskiyou counties. This represents substantial saving over the usual rates which will become effective again after October 1. A rather unusual sight at the Jun- partment. Some of those who didn't one end of the field waa Russel Achl son and his Junior high team, lustily scrimmaging with Achlson looking on and correcting their mlstakea and polishing their offense. In the middle of the field waa a swarm of grade school kids, lining up and going through their paces, getting used to the novelty of having actual plays, while at the far end of the field the Alumni were lined up, remembering assignments from old plays. In prepa. ration for their high school encoun ter Saturday. 10 LOSE LICENSE IS Not Ice. Pythian Sisters will hold Rum mafic Sale, Sparta Bid., Thurtwlfly and Fri day, .Sept. 26 and 27. Anyone having donations pltnw call Mrs. 6 warts at J512-W. Use Mall Tribune want adi. To date, Achl&on has had consider able difficulty In lining up games. His charges are now at the point when a scrimmage with strangers would do them good, and a game with an outside team would do them no harm. The squad looks good. There are some big lads out that are new to the community, and all have come forward rapidly since the first of the season, when we watched them last. One thing Is evident, Achlson Is going to have some real kickers before the end of the year, the bulwark of any real defensive maneuvers. The first week out he had his charges line up and' he then selected those having the most promise In the kicking de partment. Some of those who didn't look so promising to us have shown remarkable Improvement. Apparently the new coach knows what he Is do ing. He's a fine kicker himself, boot ing them out for 60 yards or so, but admitting that he's grown "rusty" In that department, Harold Martin Thompson, driver for a dairy concern, was fined $25 and costs, end hsi his driver's license suspended for 30 days, this week, when he entered a plea of guilty In Justice of the Peace William R. Cole man's court to reckless driving, The court has announced suspen sion of drivers' licenses as part of the penalty for conviction of reckless driving In the future. Thompson was the second driver to have his cre dentials suspended In the past ten days. Thompson was charged with wear ing In and out of traffic on the Pa cific highway, at a high rate of speed. The court granted Thompson the right to pay his fine at the rate of $5 per month until paid. Leroy E. Anderson, charged with petit larceny, was sentenced to 30 days In the county Jail, for theft of a bicycle belonging to Paul Peterson. C. E. Klingle, charged with obtain ing money under false pretenses, In a complaint signed by H. C. Predette, was allowed until tomorrow to de cide on a preliminary hearing In Jus tice court. Klingle Is alleged to have pAMtvl a check on Predette for $15. without funds In the bank. mJ -"""'"' A BE The Alumni squad, of only 12 men, loked as though they would be In vincible against the high school. Which of course they would be were they in any sort of condition. But they probably aren't. Most of them think they arc, and most of them look as though they are, but even a one-year layoff can raise havoc with i a man's wind, regardless of how good he may have been a few short years ago. By gnme time, they will have enough signals learned so that their attack can be varied and, being old hands at the game, they will un doubtedly be able to run spur-of-the- moment plays, but whero they're go ing to be weak Is In reserves. If they have four teams to run In In rapid succession, so that the others can take a "blow," they'll be all right. Any aspirants should et In touch with Ray Honderson. who Is managing the outfit, or Virgil Swanson, captain and quarterback. They practice again Friday night at 6:30. LINFIELD COLLEGE HAS ENROLLMENT INCREASE McMINNVILLE. Ore., Sept. 26. (JF) An enrollment increaso of 40 over the corresponding date lost year was re ported today by the Llnfleld college registrar. Enrollment now Is 600, with a num ber of other students expected to reg ister later. What Is going to be the outcome of these grade school teams? As we see It, It Is going to result in some smart team work by the time the boys are In Junior and senior high. .The sys tem Is the some as taught by Bower man, and by the time he gets his hands on these fellows they are go ing to be well versed In fundamen tals and he can start right In on his offensive and defensive plays. Any parents who are worried about their sons turning out for football at such tender years should stop at one of the practice sessions and get an Idea of what's going on. No chance are taken, and the boys are rigidly supervised, with a flrst-ald kit always at hand to tnko care of minor scratches. If you'll remember lost year's statistics, It was the unsuper vised 06 per cent of football whore the bad accidents fell. The reason Is obvious. A boy who doesn't know how to tackle, but does so anyway, perhapa on a rocky field or lot, Is playing against the odds. Coach Bowerman'a gloomy predic tions about his squad bring to mind his own high school playing days, when he was affectionately known as "Sad" Bowerman. He may be trying to live up to his former name. Sev eral of his stars are roally hurt, how over. After bringing his squad up to a remarkable degree. It will be In teresting to see what he does In this emergency. Earl Browder (above), secretary of the Communltt Party In the United States, whose speeches dur. Ing the Comintern In Moscow were a primary cause of diplomatic trouble between this nation and the 8ovlet government, Is shown on hla return to New York City. (Assoc! ated Press Photo) WILL BE PROTESTED BY COUNTY'S BRIEF A brief protesting clemency to Enrl Hanscom, former Eagle Point district resident, serving a life term In state prison for the death of Albert Ting leaf, his friend and neighbor,-during a ftst fight In front of a rural dance hall. In July, 1933, Is beltvT prepared hy District Attorney George A. Cod ding. . The official protest will be supple mented by protest petitions signed by citizens, and protest letters to the governor. Hanscom. through his attorneys, a week ago filed a petition asking for a hearing on clemency pleas, on the grounds that he should be serving time for manslaughter instead of second degree murder, and that there were extenuating circumstances in his behalf. Hanscom Is the third life term prisoner from this county to seek freedom. The others are l. A. Banks, former local agitator, serving life on second degree murder conviction, and Albert W. Reed, sentenced for com plicity In the slaying of an Ashland policeman In November, 1031. Banks' plea Is still pending, and Is Involved with allegations of attempt ing to buy his way out by bribing a former parole officer. Reed recently figured In a prison escape plot. Claud Stevens, city fireman, la now on vacation, hunting deer In eastern Oregon and while he may not know It he will have three porcupines to take I care of when he returns to town. The porcupines were caught by Ro'oert Porter, Copco salesman, after he heard Mr. Stevens say that he would like to raise the spiny animals In captivity. He waa taken at his word and Mr. Porter went out Into the country at night and caught three of the creatures, one of them being placed on exhibit at Pick's hardware store. The other two Mr. Porter has at his home, waiting the return of Mr. Stevens. Mr. Porter, who makes a pastime of collecting porcupines, had previously given one to Mr. Stevens and the ani mal was being converted Into a mas cot at fire headquarters when a boy came along and borrowed It for the rodeo parade last Saturday. The por cupine was not brought back and to day there was a rumor around fire headquarters that the other fire fighters, not wishing to get a footful of quills In a mad dash for the pole, tipped off the youngster to keep the animal. The firemen, however, have no objection to Mr. Stevens raising porcupines at his home. "How in the world do you catch porcupines without getting all stuck up?" Mr. Porter was asked. "Oh, that's easy," he replied. "You know they do their damage with their tails." "Well?" . "So all you have to do Is gently grab them by the tall and then you can stroke their backs so that the quills lie flat. That's all there Is to It." "My. that sounds simple," Mr. Por ter waa told. "Yeah, but I don't advise anyone to do It who doesn't know how. He might regret his action when he la trying to pull quills out of his flesh." After a few hours In captivity, porcupines become quite friendly, Mr. Porter explained, and In a short time they will follow you around, eat out of your hand and everything, Mr. Porter believes Mr. Stevens will have no difficulty in raising the por cupines In captivity. There is one drawback, however; Mr. Porter has not ascertained the sex of the three porcupines he Is saving for Mr. Stev ens. They might all be males and then what would Mr. Stevens do? LUTHER L GREEN PASSES, AGED 81 Luther Linden Green, born at Cas talla, Iowa, Mcy 19. 1854, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oliver Rogers, 619 Crater Lake ave nue, early Thursday morning, at the age of 81 years. He had made Med ford his home for the past 14 months. Mr. Green was united Jn marrlsge to Addle May Hall, December 31. i i 1875. and tn 1924 Mrs. Green passed I away. Those surviving are Mrs. Ella J Rogers, the only daughter, also four j grandchildren, James. Dorathy, Lu-1 clus and Allen Rogers, all of Medford. The body Is at the Conger Funeral parlors, where funeral arrangements are being made and from where ser- ! vices will be announced later. J DISMISS ELLIOTT ROBINHON (Continued trom page One) The plaintiff chargea carelessness on the part of the defendant. In driv ing the hose cart at a high apeed. Contributory negligence in "failure to depart from a position of peril," waa claimed by the defense. It waa also claimed by the plaintiff that an emergency prevailed, that it was their duty to 8trln(E hose and control the blaze In the hotel with no delay. Witnesses called by the plaintiff yesterday and today ware Mrs. Inea Vsn Dyke, Miss Mary Van Dyke, Mar jory Phythlan, Charles Prank. Al Davis, Robert Robinson. John W. Johnson, John Enrlght, Roy Elliott, Glenn Downing. Ruth Robinson and Dr. A. P. W. Kresae. Defense witnesses were Roy Elliott. Ed Kanoose. City Policeman William Peck. Charles Geppert. Mrs. Letha Vawter and J. T. (Shorty) t-onrao. long-time city water department lunt-VAP vhn u'n. nn rilitv at the flTO plug east of the hotel at the time of the accident. aby's Cold Proved best by two generations of mothers. WICKS lW VAPO Rua I ALL ARE INVITED to the Catholic card par-y at Parish hall, Tuesday evening. Playing begins at 8 o'clock. Prizes and refreshments. Mrs. Clark- son, chairman. GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION NEWS! A U. S. 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