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Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 18, 1922 By Alissa Corman Dec 18, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Dec. 18, 1922 SEIZE CHOICE BOOZE IN LOCAL GARAGE Night Patrolman Adams discovered an automobile last night in the Hittson Garage which was loaded with twelve sacks of choice liquors including gin, champagne and whiskey. He summoned Night Patrolman Cave and the driver, who gave his name as Tom Bryan, and his residence as Vancouver, Wash., was placed under arrest. Bryan entered a plea of “not guilty” to a charge of possessing liquor before Justice Glenn O. Taylor this morning and his bail was set at $2,000. Bail was not furnished by the defendant and he is now confined in the county jail. No date has as yet been set for the trial. According to one of the officers, who made the arrest, Bryan alleges that he does not own the car or the contents and that he was driving for someone else. ASTORIA FIRE VIEWS AT PAGE TONIGHT FOR RELIEF WORK F. W. Hudson of the Camera club of Portland, is here on a relief mission, for the fire victims of Astoria. He will show a large number of screen pictures at the Page theater tonight, along with the regular big film show, and at Ashland tomorrow night, which illustrate the awful conditions that exist in what remains of the lower Columbia river metropolis. He drove one of the first relief cars into the fire stricken city and aided with the relief work committees. Photographs during the great fire and following it are being sent out by the Camera club, and will be seen at the Page tonight under Mr. Hudson’s supervision and through the courtesy of the Page management. No solicitations for relief will be made at this time, but is probable that a relief drive throughout the state will be made later on, and the pictures shown tonight, together with the fifteen minutes’ lecture by Mr. Hudson will give local people an opportunity to learn the necessity for such relief. Mr. Hudson is a former resident of Medford and has a wide circle of local friends and acquaintances. When he resided here he was in the electrical business. LOCAL AND PERSONAL “How high a smokestack is required by the city on a greenhouse?” inquired a lady of Mayor Gates over the telephone this morning. “The same height as on a house of any other color,” answered the mayor. “Oh, you don’t understand,” she hastily remarked. “I mean a greenhouse where plants and flowers are grown.” ----- The near approach of Christmas was further realized today when the annual sale of Christmas trees was begun on Haymarket square, with the sun shining. However this noon a disagreeable drizzle of rain set in. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]