MEDFOTtP MATT TRTBTTXE, nsbFOTtD, 'OttEGOtf. TTED'KESDST, SEPTEMBER 2, 1936.
PACE TWO
SOCIETY and CLUBS
By Janet Wray Smith
Young Couple To
Be Wed Saturday
Mr. and Mra. 0. B. English ba
announced the betrothal of their
daughter, Virginia, to Richard R.
Wilson, eon ol R. H. Wilson, of thle
city. The ceremony will be an event
ot Saturday evening at the home of
the bride's parents, and will be per
formed quietly with only close rela
tive present.
Both Mies English and Mr. Wilson
are well Known here, having graduat
ed from Medford high achool and
lived here the greater part of their
lives. He la the grandson of Mr. and
Mra. R. I Wilson. They will make
their home here following the wed
ding. Mra. D. Q. Horr. of Spokane, Wash.,
aunt of the bride-elect, Is expected
to arrive soon for the ceremony aa
re also Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lange, of
Treks. Calif. Mrs. Lange la a sister
of Mr. Wilson.
Affairs are being arranged to honor
the bride-elect preceding the wedding
by her many frlenda In the city.
Guild to Have
Luncheon Friday
Members of St. Murk's guild of the
Episcopal church will meet Friday
afternoon for the first aeeslon of the
fall eeason. Arrangement are being
made for a covered-dish luncheon at
1 o'clock. Mrs. M. M. Herman and
Mra. L. C. Taylor will be hostesses
for the affair, which will take place
at the parish house.
AU membera are particularly urged
to be present aa plans for 'the year
will be outlined. A cordial Invitation
la extended to membera of St. Mark'a
parish.
Birthday Party
Sunday Afternoon
Little Miss Annette Ohlldreth.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Chlldreth, celebrated her third birth
day with a party on the lawn ot her
home Sunday afternoon. Refresh
ments and games were enjoyed dur
ing the afternoon.
Guests wore Barbara Jean Cook,
Donna Lee Webber, Barbara Merrltt,
Gary Conrad, Jimmy Sheley, Jacque
line Butts, Joan and Qall McDuffee,
Alison Campbell and Marvin Fry
jneyer. .
Mra. Skyrman .
To Loa Angeles
Leaving today for the south waa
Mra. C. T. Skyrman, of Central Point,
who plana a vacation visit with rela
tive and friends In Loa Angelea.
Among those she will visit will be
her alster, Mra, Julia Beaudrolt and
Mra, Mary Jones,
Mrs. Skyrman also plana to view
the San Diego exposition before re
turning home.
Onest Returns "' "
TP Home in North
Leaving for her home in the north
this morning by train waa Mra, E. E.
Shadduck, of Portland, who waa a
brief visitor In the city. While here.
Mra. Shadduck waa the overnight
guest ot her slater and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fraser.
rinletta Return
From Ban Francisco
Returning home yesterday were
Capt. and Mra. Franklin H. Oanlett.
and their three children, who have
apent the past week vacationing In
San Francisco and the bay area,
where they visited friends.
TICKET REFUNDS
Holdere of model home ticket were
requests today to call at the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce
tonight to receive refunds. It was
emphasized that this 1 the last
scheduled evening for redemption.
The committee In charge stated to
day that about 500 worth or tickets
la still outstanding. To facilitate re
demption a start or four persona will
work at the chamber tonight from 7
to 10 o clock, It waa related. The com
mlttee emphasised that considerable
work Is Involved In retundlng the
money and asked that holdere not de
lay In procuring refunds.
Redemption haa been In progress
the past two nights. Monday night
137 was refunded and last night
log. Considerable delay might ensue
If holders do not cash their ticket
tonight, the committee warned.
G 0. P. OFFICERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
All officer ot Medford chapter ot
f Oregon Republican club were re
elected at the annual meeting held
last night In the Hotel Medford.
Offlrei are Don Newbury, preal
dent; Jack Porter, vice-president; Joe
E. Wood, secretary, and Frank P. Far
rail, treasurer. Mr. Farrell la chair
man of the county committee,
William A. McAllister, candidal for
state representative, was elected a
delegate to the stste convention to
be held In Corvallls on September 18
and 17.
After the election the meeting con
sidered general policies tor the rail
campaign.
Delphian Groups
Plan Combination
Aa September opens, plan are
being made by club and social groups
for extensive fall and winter activity
after the summer period during
which the largest part of programs
waa auspended.
Among important club announce,
rr.enu I that of the proposed eon'
solldatlon of the Beta and Chi Delta
chapters of the Delphian society,
which were organized here last fall.
It haa been decided that more effec
tive programs can ne accomplished
through combination, the resulting
unit to have about alxty members.
The two groupa will meet Thursday
morning at 0:80 o'clock In the olrla'
Community clubhouse to conclude
plana for effecting the new unit, with
Mra. E. P. Merrick to have charge
No supervisor haa been named aa yet.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected at this flrat meeting since
early summer, and all membera are
particularly requested to be present
In view of the Important develop
ments to come before the group.
Mrs. Overmeyer to
East for Month's stay
Mrs. O. L. Overmeyer Is among
Medfordlte recently leaving for s va
cation, having boarded the Shasta.
this morning en route to North Da
kota. She plans stops at various North
Dakota cities, among them to be
Jamestown, Bismarck, Pettlbone, Val
ley City and a number of others,
where she will be the guest of rela
tives and friends.
Mrs. Overmeyer expects to be away
about a month.
Vounrers Back
From Wedding Trip,
Returning home last night were
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Younger, who have
had an extenalve wedding trip In the
north following their recent marriage
here. They went as far north as Van
couver, B. C, traveling by way of the
coast highway.
Returning south, the Toungers
visited friends at numerous oitles.
Including Seattle and Portland. They
will be at home to friends at 923
South Central avenue.
York Children
Home From South
Mlsa Annette and Ed York, daugh
ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
York, arrived home this morning on
the Shasta from the south. They have
been enjoying an extended vacation
In varloua California oltlea where they
were the guests of friends.
The two have apent the paat three
months In the south,
Leaving Today on
Vacation Trip North
Among those planning a vaoatlon
are Mr. and Mra. K. O. Owen, who
left today by motor for the northern
part of the state. They plan stops at
Portland, Walla Walla nd other north
ern cities and will be the guests tor
several days of Mr, Owen's mother,
Mra, Joseph B. Owen, at LaOrande.
, Mr. and Mrs. Owen expect to be
away about three weeks.
Nurses to Meet
Tomorrow Evening
Announcement has been made of
the meeting tomorrow evening ot
the Oregon Oraduate Nurses associa
tion. Mlsa Mary Blood will be hostess
to the group at her home, B3A Eaat
Ninth street, and the time ha been
aet for 8 o'clock, All membera are re
quested to be present
327 PLANES USE
Medford municipal airport was used
by 337 airplanes In August. It waa
shown In a report aubmltted to the
city council last night by Tom A.
Culbertson, field manager.
The planea were olaaslfled a fol
low: 318 United airliners flying a
regular mail and passenger schedule.
40 private. S3 army and eight navy.
One hundred and nineteen passen
gers got oft United airliners nere and
141 got on during the month, the re
port stated. The number of passen
ger tlylng through the Medford sta
tion totaled 1,703.
Postoffice Begins
New Stamp Sale
Sal started today at the Medford
poatofflce ot the new Susan B. An
thony three-cent stamps commemor
ating the 18th anniversary ot the
ratification of th constitutional
amendment granting stitfrag to
women.
The atamp bears portrait of the
famou auftragetta who led the fight
for the enfranchisement of women.
Beneath th oval portrait ar the
words: "Suffrage For Women.
B correctly corseted In
n Artist Modal by
Cthalwyn B Hoffmann.
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MEDFORD FIRMS
ATTACK LEGALITY
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Eighteen Concerns File Suit
in Circuit Court Tern
porary Restrainer Sought
Hearing On Thursday
H. O. Purucker, doing business as
the Electrical Wiring company, and
17 other Medford firms, covering, a
wide range, but chiefly electrical con
tract work, yesterday filed suit la
circuit court, attacking constitution
ality of the Oregon unemployment
compensation law.
The State Unemployment Compen
sation commission, D. A. Dulmore, ad
ministrator, and J. B. Krause, a rep
resentative of the commission, are
named aa defendant.
A temporary restraining order
against the commission is sought to
enjoin them from enforcement of the
law, or make collections under it, A
hearing on the Issuance of the re-
strlnlng Is scheduled for Thursday
afternoon before Circuit Judge H. D.
Norton. Attorneys for the unemploy
ment commission have advised O. H.
Bengtson, counsel for Purucker, they
would be present at that time.
The Purucker complaint sets form
that plaintiffs sre engaged In con
tract work, having to do with elec
trical lnstallatlona and wiring, with
th general public, but chiefly with
th California Oregon power com
pany, "from which they receive con
siderable sums."
Under the unemployment compen
sation law, It la cited, tlrma with
which the plaintiffs do business sre
held responsible for payments under
the law. Thle the complaint further
contend, Involves the expense of
bookkeeping end auditing.
Th plalntlffa assert tnat the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company re
fuses to do business with them unless
thev are registered with the unem-
nlovment commission, and nave
registered number from tne comraw
alon. The plalntlffa atate they do not
employ the required number of em
oloves to register and receive a regla-
tered number and aver they are there
by "deprlvea ot business."
The complaint then assert the un
employment compensation law la
"unconatltutional, Impalra the rights
and deprlvea the plaintiffs of reve
nue," la "class legislation, discrimina
tory, repressive, la not a uniform tax
and permlta the illegal withdrawal of
funds from th atate treasury to de
posit In th federal treaaury," and I
contrary to the state and federal con
atttutions. The ult. In general legal conten
tion, la similar to a suit filed re
cently by five Rogue River valley
packing plants, and a grower.
Firms listed aa plalntlffa in tne
action are, besides Purucker: Palmer's
Electrical store. Jarmln'a Drugs, M. E.
Olson, general electric; E. J. Feldman,
general electrlo and merchandise: J.
H. Dawson, saw filing and repair:
Bergman's Blacksmith ahop; Pruitt
Melody Shop; Oharlea PuJImoto, res
taurant; Electrlo Motor Shop; L. O.
Shafer Electrical Worka: Sims Bros.,
gun and cycle ahop; Johnnie King,
commercial art and advertising; Bar
num Machine ahop: William A. Young
Garage; Carl Flchtner Oarage and the
Auto Beauty Shop, all doing busi
ness In this city and county.
FRUIT PEST CONTROL
DEMONSTRATION SET
FOR 2 P.M. THURSDAY
Stone fruit growers are Invited to i
attend a PMt control demonstration
tomorrow, September 3, at 3:00 p.m..
at the old Graves tract, now known
as the Lon Oak orchard, announces
O. B. Cordy, a saint ant county agent.
The Lone Oak orchard la one mile
south of Voorhles crossing on the
Coleman creek road.
The proper way of applying paradl
chtoroben&lne to control root borers
will be demonstrated by O. T. Mc-
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These borers attack peaches, apri
cot, prune and cherrle and severely
damage the trees. The paradlchloro
benzlns treatment Is very erfectlve
In controlling them If It Is properly
applied.
Following this demonstration, the
proper preparation of a good home
made bordeaux apray will be explain
ed. If properly prepared, bordeaux
mixture Is unexcelled as a control
for peach blight and peach leaf curl.
If poorly made, Its use will give very
discouraging results.
The peach borer demonstration will
start at 3 :00 p. m. tomorrow and the
bordeaux preparation will start at
about 8:00 o'clock.
IS AIM OF CONFAB
A conference Is td be held soon
between Rogue valley farmers and a
committee representing Medford gro
cers, to discuss a uniform syajem of
msrketlng, the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce announced today
The conference will consider grad
ing, quality and prices of farm prod
uce sold In Medford stores. This ec
tlon waa voted upon at a meeting of
grocers Tuesday, the meeting having
been called by Mark Qoldy, chairman
ot the chamber's committee on agri
culture. The grocers appointed J. F. riawa.
Goodwin Humphreys, P. A. Whitlock
and V. E. Pope as a committee to
meet with the growers.
TAKEN BY DEATH
John Sherman Van Dorfy passed
away at 0:35 p. m., Tuesday at his
home on Stewart avenue after an
Illness of four months. He was born
In Texas, August 30, I860, and apent
hla early yeara In that atate, Kansas
and Oklahoma. When he waa 17
years of sge he crossed th plains by
team and msde hi home In eastern
Oregon at Union, and La Grande,
until 30 yeara ago when he located
at Medford, Oregon, where he haa
engaged In farming.
September 0, 1888, he was united
In marriage to Mary A. Olllaapy. To
the union five children were born,
one son, Ethan, passing away In
childhood.
Ho leaves to mourn the loss of a
loving husband and father, his wife,
Mary and four children, Mrs. B. O
Lockwood. Central Point: Mra. Wil
liam Hoefrt, Lake Creek, Ore., Mrs, O.
O Cartwrlght, Medford and Orvllle L.
Van Dorfy, Ashland, Ore., and five
grandchildren, also a sister, Mrs.
Clara Ady ot Cherryvllle, Kansas and
two nephewa and three nieces.
Mr. Van Dorfy waa a charter mem
ber of the Medford Seventh Day Ad
ventlst church of Medford.
Funeral services will be held at the
Perl Funeral Home Saturday at 3:30
o'clock, Rev. Adolph Johnson offici
ating. Interment In Phoenix ceme
tery. '
Chief Parts, Indian boxer, whoae
teal name Is Sequoia Green Feather,
doesn't sit down betwoen rounds. He
stands up and inhalea a freah supply
of oxygen.
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DUTCHMAN REGION
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lynching." It baa been reported the
desperadoes, would be held here If
captured.
A report that th Brlte brother
bad been seen In the vicinity of
Grants Pass Tuesday, was branded by
8heriff Brown as "a pipe-dream and
pure moonehlne."
The sheriff also said "th Brltes
have no relatives In either Jackson or
Josephine counties, a far as th au
thorities know. Their only known
kin are their father and mother, who
reside in Siskiyou county."
YREKA, Calif. Sept. 3 (AP) The
Brlte brothers, sought for th slsylng
of three men, were seen at Grants
Pass, Ore., apparently seeking to pur
chase supplies, said a report to the
sheriff's office here today.
Robert Robinson, road manager tor
the Grant Pass Feed store, sstd the
brothern, John H. Brlte, 88, and Coke
T. Brlte, 81, were at the tor early
yesterday.
Robinson said he waa positive In
his identification of the Brltes, who
fled after the triple slaying near here
Sunday morning. He said they were
driving an old automobile and stop
ped near the atore.
Coke Brlte then crossed to the
store, wblch was closed, and returned
to the automobile, Robinson said.
The fugitives also were Identified
by a gas station attendant, who ob
served them driving along the street.
GRANTS PASS, Sept. 3. (AP) The
sherltf'a office here laughed today at
reports from Yreka that th Brlte
brothers, sought for a triple elaytng,
had been positively Identified here.
They have Investigated everal false
reports, they said.
State police could not be reached,
but their local headquarters, a ga
rage, said no report had been made
and the last mention ot the Brlte
search was at 8 o'clock yesterday,
when there was still "nothing doing."
L. T. Robinson of the Orants Pass
Seed and Feed atore could not be
reached, but an employe said that
s report had been made to them about
3 p. m. yesterday that the Brltes nao
been aeen. Robert Roblnsod 1 not
listed In telephone directories. Bill
Robinson, service station attendant
nearby, had no Information.
Other feed stores, service stations
and Robinsons were being contacted.
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more than six months. She vu rush
ed here last spring from Anchorage
after her leg became .nfected from a
skating accident. She haa undergone
several operations for removal of In
fected bone.
Hospital attendants said she le get-
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FALL SWEATERS
Button and slip-on styles in single sweat
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$1.95 and $2.95
WOOL SKIRTS $1.05 to 85.95
PROM FELT HATS S1.95
New Shipment of Blouses
Silk crepe- and satin in attractive Fall
colors
$1.95 and $2.95
"Be hjtuitified in comfort"
Adrienne' Salon of Beauty
Experienced operators only
Standard prices
ting along "nicely" but when she will
be able to walk was problematical.
Her mother, Mrs. Oeorge Markle,
left here for Anchorage severs! months
ago. Relatives here asked hospital at
tendant today to keep from the child
any word of the disappearing of the
plan, assuming that the Mr. and
Mra. George Markle aboard It were
her parents.
Mr. aud Mrs. Markle and daughter
Lou Ann, formerly resided In Med
ford. Mr. Markle was employed as a
plumber and attained considerable
repute as a, baseball player on local
teams. Mrs. Markle conducted a beau
ty parlor. Their friends here have
taken a keen interest in the progress
of Lou Ann since her operation over
six months ago.
, The Markles left here to make their
home In Alaska a few years ago.
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SUCCUMBS IN BOISE
Harold O. Mitchell, superintendent
of the Pacific States Mine, inc., here I
for two years, died suddenly at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon In & hos
pital at Boise, Idaho, Robert E. Stra
horn, company president, was In
formed by telegram last night. He
waa as years old.
Mr. Mitchell left here about two
months ago to take -charge of the
company's properties In Idaho. Last
week he was suddenly stricken In the
company's Boise office. He was taken
to a hospital where It was found he
was suffering from a ruptured gas
trio ulcer. Three days ago he under
went an operation and apparently
waa recovering when ho succumbed
suddenly yesterday, the telegram re
ceived here stated.
While employed by the. company
here Mr. Mitchell resided In Jackson
ville with his wife and two-year-old
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daughter who survive. H Is sur
vived slso by his' mother and a
Bister.
During his residence here Mr
Mitchell became widely and favorably
known throughout the county and
especlslly In Medford. He was s
scholar of exceptional mental capac
Ity and considered an outstanding
engineer. He was a registered mining
engineer In Oregon.
He waa a Mason snd a member ol
the Medford Active club and his
death was mourned here today by a
wide circle of friends.
Mr. Mitchell wss a graduate ot the
University o( Utah where he subse
quently taught for several years. He
studied also at th University of
Otegon and Stanford university. '
Mr, Strahorn and Claude E. Mas
ters, company secretary, are to leave
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