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
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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
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BEEFS
so good
BDEVIN6 COMPANY
WASHINGTON, U.S..
a Curiosity
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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!"
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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
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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.
No official figures will be
available until Nov. 1, but ull
signs indicate an attendance in
crease in both city and country
districts.
In 1814 British soldiers cap
tured Washington, D. C, and
burned tho Capitol and White
House.
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non-skid it mighty important,
Mr. Squirrel. And Fisk Tires
are as sure-footed on the
road as you are on that tree I
"Sicklc-sharp edges on the tread of the new
Fisk Air-Flight DcLuxe do the some kind of
a job as those sharp claws of yours, Mr. Squir
rel. On slippery roods they bite right through
the slush and road film for a good firm grip
that stops a car quick, straight in line. .
;"And under the tread there's extra safety too.
New, powerful cords make Fisk Tires extra
strong, guard against blowouts, add plenty
of tire life. . , .-..-n --
."That, in a nutshell, is why car-owners who
qualify for new tires, leap at the chance to
huy Fisk and ride on quality."
Lei Us Check
Over Your
Gar and
Put It In
Condition
For Fall and
Winter
TIME TO
RE-TIRE
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BIRTHS
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Mrs. H. E., Route 4, Box 37.
Sept. 20, 1945, a girl, 7'i lbs., at
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