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Death of L. A. Hectic Time in Memories of the most violent period of Jackson county poli tical history were stirred Sunday with the news that Llewellyn A. Banks, 75, former Medford pub lisher and orchardist, had died Saturday in the Oregon state penitentiary after serving 11 years of a life imprisonment term. According to word re ceived by county officials here, death was due to cancer. Banks was one of the major figures In the turmoil which focused nation-wide attention on Med ford and Jackson county in 1913 and which ended in murder, ar rests for a large group of people and sensational trials for Banks and five others, i Banks' arrest for the murder of ' Constable Geo. J. Prescott and ' the trial brought to an end the editor's bitter campaign as honor ary chairman of the "Good Gov ernment Congress" to put out of office a group of public officials whom he harassed through the columns of his newspaper, the Medford Daily News. Ran For Office Banks entered the political picture in Jackson county in 1928 when he came here from Riverside, Calif., and purchased an orchard. In 1929 he pur chased the Daily News, then a weekly, and converted it to a daily. He ran for the office of United States senator from Oie gon in 1930 in opposition to the late Charles L. McNary and was overwhelmingly defeated. In his campaign he uttered out spoken indictments against na tional industrialists and firms which he said made up the "capitalist group, frequently re- 1 WgII ctront " Early in 1933 Banks allied himself with the movement to remove from office Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, District At torney George Codding and Com missioner R. E. Nealon. At one time Banks stated at a public meeting at the county courthouse that he was ready "to take the field in revolution unless justice Is restored in Jackson county." He carried on a campaign in condemnation of Constable Pres cott after Prescott had entered the newspaper office to attach newsprint in satisfaction of a Judgment which had been awnrd ed Eugene Wright, an ex-employe of the News. Threat Issued In his issue of Feb. 4, 1933. he stated "I serve notice on the gang. I mean business. Either you are going to destroy me psysically or I am going to drive you out of Jackson county. Some one is going to pay the penalty." He carried on a savage war of words with Leonard Hall, then editor of the Jacksonville Miner and both editors were indicted by the Jackson county grand Jury on charges of criminal libel. The two men represented op posing factions into which the county became divided during the strife. The now famous "ballot box theft case" followed the election as sheriff of Gordon L. Scher merhorn, which was contested by ex-Sheriff Ralph Jennings. The evening before a recount of the ballots, ordered by the court, Was IU IctKC pirtt, me uaiiui boxes were stolen from tne Jackson county courthouse base ment. Arrests Made Several officials of the "Good Government Congress" were ar rested in connection with the f ballot theft. This had a sober ing effect on some of the mem bers of the Congress and repre sentative citizens of Medford or ganized a "committee of 100 to uphold constituted authority and put an end to the political strife disrupting the internal life of the city and county." Boiling point in the case was reached when Constable Pres cott, charged with the duty of serving papers on Banks charg ing the editor with complicity in the ballot theft, was shot on the steps of the Banks residence on West Main street. Shot through Bring your Radio to Ward's Service Dept. 2nd floor for need ed repairs, adjust ments, tubes and bat teries. Prompt and Economical Service M ontgornery Banks Recalls Jackson County the heart, he lay on the porch for an hour while police laid siege to the house. Home Was Arsenal Newspaper stories of the af fair stated that Banks gave him self up and "smiled as he walked past the bloody form of the slain policeman." Rushed to Grants Pass by car. Banks was jailed there to avoid crowds which threatened violence here. State police, who searched the Banks' home reported that it was a "miniature arsenal" and Banks had often declared that he would never submit to arrest. In the days which followed Banks and his wife were both charged with murder and 15 of Banks' followers, including three county officials, the sheriff, county judge and jailer, and the mayor of Rogue River, were in dicted for ballot theft. Five, in cluding Banks, were found guilty and sentenced to prison, the edi tor being convicted by a jury at Eugene and sentenced by Judge G. F. Skipworth. Mrs. Banks was acquitted. Others pleaded guilty and served terms. Among those convicted of the ballot theft was County Judge Earl H. Fehl, who was removed from office by the governor and served a term in the peni tentiary, from where he was later removed to the state hos pital. Livestock Portland, Ore., Sept. 24 (U P ) Livestock: Cattle 2550. calves 400. Active, fully steady. Medium-good prass steers largely $14 00-16.00, few loads 516.50-17.oo. common grades AnSi10J; medium-good heifers M3.00.15.00, common heifers down to 5950; canner-cutter cows $6.00-8 00 fat dairy type cows to 9 50; medium good beef cows $10.50-12.50; few leads 13 50; sausage bulls $9.50-10.50; eff V.1.1 to 12-00; good-choice calves $13.50-14 00: few vealers $14 50. Hogs 150. Steady at ceilings. Bar rows and gilts $15.75; sows $15.00 choice feeder pigs $20.00-21.00. Sheep 800. Lambs active, steady. $10.50 good feeders S1I.00-11.5O- ewes slow, best held around $5 00. South San Francisco, Sept. 24 (U.P.) (USDAI Cattin 850. Very active. Steers fully steady. Four loads medium to good 1,025 lb. Oregon steers $16.00; load medium 930 ibs. at $15; four loads Oregon feeders steers $13.00-13.50. Two loads medium heifers $14.00. 14.75; load good cows $13.00. Com mon dary bred slaughter cows strong, few early $10-11, canners and cutters otronr, mostly $8-9. Common to good sausage bulls $10-12. Calves 50, strong Package medium 355 lb. slaughter calves $13.50. Hoks 100. Firm: few packages 235 lb. gool to choice barrows and gilts $15.75. Odd good sows $15. Sheep 2000. Highly mixed run. Good and choice lambs salable $13.00 13.50 Medium to good shorn lambs $7-12.00. Common to rood ewes $2.00-5.25. Chicago, Sept. 24 (U.P.) WFA Hofs: 3,000; active, fullv steady; good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs., and up at $14.75 ceiling; good and choice sows at $14.00. Cattie: 20.000; calves. 1,500; fed steers and yearlinijs. includinr yearl ing heifers fuliv steady; strictly good and choice grades active, others slow; largely fed steer and yearling run; about 25 loads choice steers in cluding yearlings $18.00; bulk $15.00 to $17 75; top heifers $17.65; bulk 14 50 to $17 00. Sheep: 3.500- market rather slow r.nd not fully established, most early bids and a few early sales barely steady to 25 cents lower; good and choice native spring slaughter lambs $14.00 bucks $1.00 less. Portland Produce Portland, Sept. 24 (U.R) Whole sale murket prices: Beans local. green. 10-13C lb. Beets local bunch 80-85e doz. Carr ts Oregon, 75c doz. bunches delivered. Cauliflower No. 1 $1.75-2 00 crate. Celery Oregon rreen. $4.50 crate; celery Oregon green. $4.50 crate; celery ncarts $2.75-2 85 dor. bunches. Corn Oregon $2.-2.25 box. Cucumbers field grown, pickling sizes $75.1.10. Lettuce No. 1 $1.25-3 00 crate. Tomatoes No. 1 75-85c flat. Turnins local 51 doz. bunches, Cantaloupes Dlllard Standards $3 92 ciate. Melons California watermelons 2c lb. Chicago Wheat Chicago. Sept 24 U P.) Wheat Open High Low Dec 1.70, 1.71 1.70 fc May. 1.683. 1.69 l.fi8 July 1.603. i.ei 1.60 Close 1.71 n 1.68?', 1.60 S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Sept. 24 fliR) Dairy market. Butter: 93 score 43Vi, 92 score k3, 90 score 4234. Choese: loafs 28.2, triplets ard Tokyo Crowd Pmmi' Win Stolldlv curious about their conquerors, Japanese of Tokvo crowd around a Jeep In which U. S. Const Guard and Army men visit city's amusement section. Rnvagea area 6nows terrmie oiasting given Toxyo Dy uncle Sam's B-29s. which demolished vast sections of the Imperial city. Coast Guard photo transmitted on Acme TRANSCEIVER via Navy rndlo-telephoto from Guam. 27.2. Eggs: large grade A 55'4. me dium grade A 50',, small grade A 41V2, large grade B 46Vi. Wall Street New York. Sept. 24 U.R Stocks developed a slight rally ing tendency in the late dealings today after going through most of the session dull and irregular. Volume was curtained as the New York elevator strike spread through many buildings in the financial district. The volume to the e.id of the fourth hour of 600.000 shares was the lightest for the period since August 30. Sales dropped to 890.000 shares, smallest volume since Aug 30, and compared with 1, 340.000 last Friday. Prelimin ary closing Dow-Jones averages, industrial 179.51, up 0.02; rail, 58.53, up 0.26; utility, 34.21, off 0.04; and 65 stocks, 66.82, up 0.07. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel 183 Anaconda .. 366 Chrysler 12534 Curtiss Wright 7 General Electric 4734 General Motors 72 Montgomery Ward 68 Penn. R. R 39 Phillips Petroleum 49 J. C. Penney Unquoted Radio 15 Southern Pacific 51 Standard Oil of Calif 414 Texas Gulf Sulphur 21V Transamerica . 13 V United Aircrafts 27 U. S. Rubber 6734 U. S. Steel 74 KNIFE IN BACK 34 YEARS Crowley, La. (U.R) A three inch length of a knife's blade was removed from Adam Hank's back recently, nearly 34 years after it had been lodged there during a saloon brawl. Hanks had been complaining of "stom ach trouble," unaware that the blade was in his back. i Good beer Every sparkling glass of golden, mellow olympia refreshes and revives. 4 JtY the that makes OLYMPIA OLYMPIA, Finds Yonks in Jeep Ashes Come Home Mrmn Trlpphoro) Major Stanley J. Rcllly, San Fran cisco, Army chaplain Interned In Naruml prisoner of war camp, holds small boxes containing ashes of two American boys who died while prisoners. He brought them home for burial in America. 1.666.808 IN LEGION Chicago (U.R) Nation wide membership in the American Legion reached an all-time high of 1,6C6,808 on Aug. 1. This was a 240,000 increase over last year. Arthur E. Canty, commander of the department of Illinois, announced that Legion posts have increased to 12,445, com pared with 12,060 for 1944. First passenger railroad train in the United States, the horse drawn Baltimore and Ohio, was opened to traffic in 1828. Water (gflaaaaa ' ' BEEFS so good BDEVIN6 COMPANY WASHINGTON, U.S.. a Curiosity (Acme liinltO'TrJpnhotn) COMICEPEAR HARVEST STARTS IN SOME AREAS Harvesting of the Cornice pear crop, largely used in Christmas gift boxes started today in many orchards. This week will see the last of the D'AnJous and Boscs picked. Then will come the Winter Nellis and the apples. The season will last until the lust of October. Digging of the valley onion crop is underway in the Central Point and Table Rock areas, the county agent reported. It was an average crop of good quality, though retarded somewhat by the May rains. Potato and corn crops also ore being harvested. PASADENA PIANIST IN CONCERT HERE OCT. 1 Harlow Mills, pianist from Pasadena, Calif., will present a concert in Medford the evening of Oct. 1, according to an an nouncement today by the Med ford Musical society. The con cert will be held at Purucker's shop in the recital hall and is open to society members and in vited guests. ' Uio Mnll Tnnune Wont sat. IV " IS ' ss' d M MS? rs 11..' " ' r it "Summertime here in Glacier National Park used to be fun for me. "I lilccd it when dudes caught sight of me and pointed. If I stood still their friends would say, 'Huh, that's only a patch of snow I' "When city folks came climbing up these Mon tana mountains, I'd play hidc-and-scck up high, where the clouds arc born. "I'd drink from the streams and lakes when trout fishermen looked the other way. "But this year as in 1943 and 1944 not many folks are coming to Glacier Park because the hotels and chalets still arc closed. "Maybe you've been lonesome for the lakes and mountains and good times in Glacier Park. Well, I've been lonesome for you, tool "What a great day it will be when you can all come back here again after the warl The Park will be more beautiful, more inviting than ever. And Great Northern Railway will have even finer, faster trains to bring you here. "Yes, some summer soon we'll have more fun to gether in Glacier National Park in Montana!" E E First gathering of the newly organized Knife and Fork club of Medford takes place tomor row night when the club will hear Archduke Felix of Austria, who will speak on the "Recon struction of Europe." The arch duke is arriving in Medford this afternoon from Portland and speaks tomorrow at 8 p. m. at the senior high school audi torium. Members of the club are anti cipating with interest the Aus trian's appearance here. The archduke, who has an excellent command of English, is said to be proving a most outstanding success as a speaker during re cent tours of this country. He goes to Klamath Falls from Medford. Officers of the club state that since this meeting of the club is at the auditorium, members may bring members of their im mediate families and business or house guests who would be in terested in hearing Archduke Felix speak. THE GRANGE Eagle Point Grang Unemployment Insurance was thoroughly explained by Mr. Newland at the regular meeting of the Engle Point grange held Sept. 18, with Master G. E. Ous- terhout presiding. Newland ex plained how the insurance worKs, where the funds come from and who is eligible, stating that each state has a considerable accumulated fund to draw from. "Back to school" was the gen eral theme of the lecture hour and was made interesting by va rious members relating instances of their own school days. The annual fall carnival was announced for Nov. 3 and mem bers were urged to cooperate and make this project successful. Serving committee for next Grange meeting, Oct. 2, will be Mr. and Mrs. C. Mclntyre and Mr. and Mrs. M. Andrews. P.-T. A. Activities Prospect P.T.A. Prospect Parent-Teacher as sociation will hold Its first meet ing of the year Thursday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m in the high school cafeteria. Anyone interested in the program of the association is cordially invited to attend. See vonr loral apent or write tof C. I- KISCIKUT, Irov. Puss'r Agt. 530 American Hunk Hldg., IJKnron 7273 I'urtlund 5, Oregon touto oftht EMPIRE BUILDER Between 1 PORTLAND e TACOMA e SEATTLE e SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL CHICACO Monday, Sepf. 24, 1945 MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE THREE Journal Publisher Home From Japan Lauds MacArthur Portland, Ore., Sept. 24 (U.R) Publisher P. J. Jackson of the Portland, Oregon Journal, re turned from covering the sur render of Japan, today praised Gen. Douglas MacArthur as knowing "a great deal more about Japan than anybody in this country." Jackson was Inferentially hit ting at critics of MacArthur on his handling of the Japanese oc cupation, and added: "I'm very sorry when senators and con gressmen and other public offic ials sound off on the Japs." Jackson was with a group of publishers touring the Pacific war theater and was aboard the USS Missouri for the official surrender signing. He visited Japan's main cities beforo flying homo. ALL COUNTY SCHOOLS NOW IN OPERATION Last of the Jackson county schools, outside of Medtord, opened school terms today. J ney were Jacksonville, P h o e n t x , Ruch-Sterling, Applcgate and Eagle Point. Medford lutiior high and grade schools opened last Monday. The senior high school will open next Monday, postponed from Sept. 17 to per mit students to work In the fruit harvest. 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