MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE. MEDFOKD. OKECOX. FRTDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1936.
PAGE FIVE
1228 LEAP YEAR
LAW IS CALLED
)E ABOVE
We Cannot Tell a Lie! . Burelson's
LAST YEAR'S RECORD
GLASGOW (UP) With th ar
rival of another Leap Year, with lta
legendary privilege of allowing wo
men to propose marriage to bashful
awsina, an old discussion has been
revived among Scottish historians.
For nearly a century a supposed
statute signed by Queen Margaret
of Scotland In the year 1228 has
been offered as proof of. the origin
of Leap Year.
In that year the Scottish parlia
ment Is supposed to have passed
the following law:
"It la statut and ordalnt that
during the rein of hlr ma 1st bllsslt
Mageste Margaret, for ilk .yeare
knowne as lepe yeare. Ilk mayden
layde of bothe hlghe and lowe es
tate snail have liberie to blspoke ye
man she likes. Glf he refuses v to
tak hlr to bee his wyf he shale be
mulct in ye sum of ane hundrlty
pundes, or less, as his estatlt may
be, except and alwals glf he can
make it appeare that he Is betrothlt
to a n 1 th er worn an , t h en he schal
be free."
A large group of modern historians
point out that, although 1228 was a
Leap Year, there was no "malst
bllsslt Mageste Margaret" on the
throne or Scotland. From 1214 to
1249 the country was ruled by Alex
ander II. they point out.
Moreover, they argue, the first
mention of the statute was found in
"The Illustrated Almanac" for 1866
and the "conscientiously antique
wording" suggests an imaginative
writer, rather than a genuine docu
ment of the 13th centurv.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 31. (AP
Reports of 107 mills showed 43,739,
000 feet of new business for the week
ending February 15, the Western
Pine association announced today.
This was above the corresponding
week & year ago, but 11 per cent be
low the preceding week this year.
Shipments were 43.639.000 feet and
production 38,840,000 feet. The same
mills for the corresponding week a
year ago showed orders 40 .063 .000
feet and production 31,378,000 feet.
For the period January 1 to date
orders were 10 percent above the
same period a year ago.
NAME HENRY FORD IN,
CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT:
COLUMBUS. O., .Feb. 21. (JP) Four
new names, including that of Henry
Ford, entered today a poll of Re
publicans to determine sentiment to
ward possible candidates for the pres
idential nomination.
Organization leaders who polled 15.
000 Republicans said 6.800 answers
had been received. They refused to
disclose the trend of vltlng, but it
was reported reliably that Gov. A!f
M. Landon of Kansas held a strong
lead'.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21. (AP) Harry
Mosher, Jr., received severe but not
dangerous burns about the eyes when
sulphuric acid spouted from a battle
he dropped in the Willamette uni
versity chemistry laboratory.
Ose Mall Tribune want ads
"It's the Truth"
A Close-Out of Antiques
not all colonial not all so
very old either but things we want to be
, rid of and if using the hatchet on the price
tags will cut the sales resistance this old
merchandise will be all gone on Monday
night!' '7 ; "y
Dishes . . Glassware . . Pic
ture Frames . . Purses . . Bill
folds . . Pottery ..Pewter
Ware . . Books . . Kodaks . .
Photo Albums . . Mirrors and
hundreds of other attractive
things for gifts and home.
WE PROMISE YOU BARGAINS
GALORE!
"It's the Truth"
SWEM'S
GIFT SHOP
4 rm
Your personal
representative
Do you want business anion at tome point out of town? Co
there by telephone. It is fast, personal communication.
D. you want to cut costs? Telephone. Long Distance
multiplies your ability to be in many places in a single day.
Do you want to hold out ol town customers? Iclephone.
Supplement actual trips with frequent voice-visits.
e will be glad to help you work out a systematic business-building
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BARINS "
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Spring Wash
FROCKS
All the new spring styles in
blister crepe, seersucker,
repps, cords, broadcloth,
pique and novelty materials.
Tub fast and pre-shrunk.
Sizes 14 to 46. Reg. values
to $2.95. Hat. and Mon.
1.95
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Smart Spring Dresses
Beautiful new styles in spring dresses.
Plain colors and new prints. Sizes 14
to 44. Many of these formerly sold at
$7.95. Outstanding downstairs store
valuer
j $3.88
WASH FROCKS
'Many new-styles and late fall styles. Light
and dark prints. Guaranteed fast colors.
Reg. $1.69 and $1.95 values. Out they go!
Limit two to customer.
99c
Will Feature the BEST BARGAINS
IN TOWN for Saturday and Monday
Spring Suits
DRESSES
DRESSES
DRESSES
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KNIT DRESSES
35 knit dresses. Dark colors and small
sizes only. Values from $3.95 to $5.95.
While they last each
$1.00
No try-ons or exchanges '
Brushed Wool Sweaters
Zipper style. Wine, brown, navy, red and Royal.
Junior and mlsay alien. Beg. $3.9$ quality. Out Miry
go . . .
i m
1
m mm- .
ma
ill
$1.99
WOOL SKIRTS
Novelty woolens, plaids, check, and plain colon,
fHzei 28 lo 33. Many of these skirts retail at $3.93.
Your choice
$1.77
Transparent Silk Raincoats
9 of these coats. Reg. $5.95 value $1.99
8 Transparent Silk Umbrellas ..$1.09
2-piece Rayon Pajamas
Black, red, blue and green.
Reg. $1.49 values ........99c
2-piece Pongee Pajamas
Reg. $1.49 values 99c
Japanese Rayon Robes
Reg $1.95 embroidered robes 99c
Full Fashioned Silk Hose
Chiffon and service weight.
Reg. 79c. Special 55c
Two pair for $1.00
Rayon Print Dresses
$3.95 values $1.90
Tu-Way Stretch Girdles 99c
Tu-Way Stretch Girdles
Lace top. Special $1 M
Rayon Panties, Peach 49c
Rayon Panties, lace trim 25c
Silk Crepe Bias Slips
Sizes 40, 42, 44 only. Tea rose.
Reg $1.49 value 88c
) Mannish tailored short Jacket styles.
J Finger tin leneth and swagirer lens-th
suits. Hair lines, plaids,
checks and plain colors.
Talk of the town value.
$9.85
Better Suits
Plaids, checks, stripes and
plain colors. Mannishly tail
ored with twill glo lining.
Very special
$12.50 $16.50
$19.75
6
Spring Coats
Styles you will like in beautiful new
fleece coats. Wrap models and
swagger styles. Real values at
$9.85 $12.50 $19.75
8 Winter Coats With
FUR COLLARS
Values to $45.00
$12.77
LAPIN FUR COATS
1 black and 1 eel gray, Reg, $69.75
$39.75
0
Hundreds of styles that are copies of
models shown at the Los Angeles and
San Franoisco style shows and. repro
duced at low prices. See these new
spring dresses. You can buy several at
these prices. Plain colors and smart
prints. Sizes. 14 to 44.
$9.85 $7.95
$4.95
LONG DRESSES
Evening, Party and Dance Dresses.
One group of about 40 dresses to close
out. Values to $16.50. Special
thi n "J
$5.00
PLAID SUITS
Ohio new missy styles. Sizes 14 to 20.
Bargain prices
$6.95 . $7.95
Wearpruf
SLIPS
Paynne Satin. True bias
cut. Full length rip-proof.
Adjustable straps. Laco
trim. Sizes 34 to 44. Tea
rose and white. Reg. $1.88
value. Two days only
$1.29
Downstairs Store
Millinery Sale
One table of Spring Straws. Values
to $2.95. Sat. and Mon.
$1.95
One table cf smart Spring Hats.
Reg. $1.95 values. Special
$1.49
Small headsized in Spring Straws
49c
New Shipment of Pastel Felts 1
Humming Bird
Silk Hose
Three-thread chiffon. ItlnjlrM full
fn.hlonrd nnrt In bkwI rolora. BUM
i to 10. Res. SOS quolllr.
One pair . . .95c
Two pair . ...$1.79
BON TON CORSETS
Tu-war atretrh bark. Lure top. Inner belt. Tu
nny atretch Inc. top zipper models. All sles.
S9.00 value.
$3.95
SILK HOSIERY
lull fiKhliin.il .Ilk itnrklnfa. Nat
ionally known make. Mingle, rlill
lon .nil senlr. weight, fl food colors.
.lre a. to 10!. too pair.. While
they la.U- pair
55c
Two pair for $1.00
Humming Bird Silk Hose
Full fashioned chiffon and service weight.
Sizes Z'i to 10; i. Regular $1 quality. Pair
88c
Two pair for $1.69
BURELSON'S
Mcdford Building
Phone 28