CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN VOLUME vin CENTRAI. POINT. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER I, 1»>3« By an Innocent Bystander S atu rd ay is th e last day to regis­ ter for the November 3 election. Get busy! • • • T he people of the Rogue River valley have been wondering whether the sm oke screen which for the past few da>'9 has been almost obscuring the sun, is from the big fires over on th e coast or was caused by the r ip -ro a rin ’ campaign just getting hot. In eith er case, it’s darned disa­ greeable. • • • PARENT-TEACHERS Two More Dead TO HOLD FIRST Brings Total To MEET FRIDAY EVE 11 A t Bandon The first meeting of the Local Pa- retn Teacher's Assosciation for t h i year will be held F riday night, Oc­ tober 2, at 7:30 at the High School Auditorium. This meeting will be in the form of a reception for the teachers with the Boy Scouts ap honor guests. Mr. Beesley, Scout Executive of C rater Lake Area of the Boy Scouts, will he the speaker of the evening. All Parenta and Friends of the or- ganization a re Invited to come out and get acquainted. At first blush, blame for the nu m erous fires now blackeniug our forests tell upon the hunters then loose in the woods. But we cannot believe they set all those fires. There m ight have been a few came from th a t source, but it is our belief there Banner Y ear Is will be found some other reason. We have heard th a t some of them can be P redicted for ’37 blam ed on a too-early burning of By Miss C arlton slashings u nder orders from some fire warden, who ordered the fir-jr Advancements in public healtn s ta rte d a short time after the recen work, indicative of the ‘‘banner year' rain. predicted for Jackson county in 1936 • • • 37 by Miss Mildred Carlton, presi­ W hoever or whatever may be t" dent of the Jackson County Pub'ic blame, we hope the true reason will Health association, were revealed soon come to light. In the mean 'esterday at the first fall meeting of tim e, all h u n te rs are barred from the the association held at the county woods, saw mills are sh u t down, courthouse, in reports from health logging has stopped and many in Tfficer, nurses and com munity c h a ir­ d u strie s are suffering. men. • • • Introduced by an inspiring mess­ But one thing comes into th e pic age from Miss Carlton, whose ill­ tu r e like a cool breeze on a hot day ness necessitated her prolonged ab­ W ithin a very few hours a f te r it be sence from the association, reports cam e certain th a t Bandon was revealed: Jackson county will have doomed, the American Red Croat a sanitary inspector, assuming duty sp ran g into action, Just as they have October 1, a fourth nurse on the always done when a m ajor ca ta stro ­ nublic health staff, beginning J a n ­ phe strikes our people. One hear uary 1, and extensive program s in m any and b itter things anent that Health work in all corners of th e wonderful organization when the a n ­ county. n u al drive for funds come« along E nthusiastic reports revealing a m ­ iBut let some real emergency arise bitious programs, outlined for the and we have come to know that with new year, were made by the follow- o u t any fuss or feathers the Red 'ng com munity chairm eu; Miss Hel- Cross will soon, as do the \ S . Ma­ n Bullitt, Medford; Mrs. Elwood rines “ have the situation well in Hedberg, A shland; Mrs. K. H. W il­ h an d .” cox, Phoenix; Mrs. Lively, Gold • • ■ Hill; Mrs. John H am aker, Ja ck so n ­ And so today we are hoping each ville; Mrs. Charles Taylor, Central one of o u r readers who possibly ca>- Point; Mrs. Fred Middlebusher. will send in all he can spare to heir Prospect; Mrs. Glen Spurlin, Sams these poor homeless people who arc Valley. Mrs. F. Corning Kenly r e ­ ta k in g their loss so bravely. Remem­ ported progress of the dental clinic. ber, pennies make dollars and if you T he meeting was called to order can only spare a few cents, it all wil' by Mrs. J .H. F u lle r of Ashland, help. Let's not let it be said that viee-preisdent of the association, Oregonians a re not ready to help a and Mrs. R ,E. Green presided as neighbor in trouble. program chairman. • • • G reetings from each member, A nother thing which struck us with a promise of united w ork to was th e rapidity and smoothness carry out the health program , a n t i ­ w ith which the National Guard cipated by her, in the inspiring mes­ sw ung into action. And the CCC al­ sage sent the association, were ex­ so. W hen the word flashed over the tended Miss Carlton with an expres­ wires t h a t people were being b u rn ­ sion of sincere regret at h er prolong­ ed to death, th a t hnndreds were ed absence from her organization. homeless and hungry, the arm y men Her message was read by Mrs. I. E. in charge of this area at once s t a r t ­ Schuler, Mrs. J. C. S. Wells, r e p re ­ ed a caravan of huge trucks to the senting Mrs. Lewis Uurlch, presided scene of trouble with all m anner of as secretary of the meeting. supplies. And the movement was T he program was followed by a like mo9t military movements, quie* social hour, d uring which tea was efficient and exceedingly prompt. served by the Phoenix committee. • • • Bandon-by-the-Sea is no mora. Fire of unknow n or;giu roared down on the town S aturday night and wip­ ed out the entire city of 1500 people. Only a few cha rre d walls and piles of ashes rem ain of the eutire city, with th e exception of two or th ree buildings on the outskirts. The 125.- 000 city dock wa8 burned and ail ,h e home® along the bluff overlook- ing the beach. The flames, swept by a strong e a s te r ­ ly wind, swept th ro u g h the city os rapidly th a t fire fighters were pow­ erless. Citizens rushed out of th e ir homes and down to the beach for protection from th e awful holeeaust. F irs t reports were th a t at least nine people lost th e ir lives in the flames. L ater the bodies of a women and a child were discovered in the yard of a ruined house. So far the bodies have not been identified. Although fire raged at various points through a 100.000-acre sec­ tor. Bandon was th e only com munity to suffer fatalities. By the size of the bones, the two new victims were judged to be a wo­ man and child. They lay near the Bob Randall home, but ail mem bers of the Randall family have been ac­ counted for. The cheerful word th a t the e m er­ gency was near Its end came from Brigadier-General T hom as E. Rilea. placed In chareg of the fire zones by Governor Charles H. Martin. ‘‘I consider the dan g e r which th rea ten e d Marshfield, North Bend, Coquille and Myrtle Point definitely passed,” the general said af te r a survey of conditions late this a f te r ­ noon. He sta te d th a t relief m easures w ere progressing orderly an d there was «o actual suffering. He said ru­ mors of lawlessness and looting in Bandon, resort city burned out Sat­ urday and Sunday w ere false. At Baodon sightseers were tu rned back a t Bullards F e r ry an d officers continued to block unauthorized per­ sons from entering the stricken area at all points. E arly estim ates of property dam ­ age rem ained unchanged. Bandon alone counted dam age of $1,500,000. The losses for the entire southw est­ ern region was tentatively plated In the vicinity of $3,000,000. Keith Young, district fire warden, estim ated th a t 15,000 to 20,000 acres were burning in Coos and C ur­ ry counties. About 600 acres, he de­ clared. was virgin tim ber. F e a r of destruction by fire at Ya- chats on the central coast section north ot here was eliminated when word came th a t early reports of a rapidly spreading fire were false. For a tim e it was believed Yachats was in direct path of a fire about half a mile from the town. The fire was u nder control and not as serious as first stated. F orestry officials said Clark and Klickitat counties In southw estern W ashington were fighting fires, but that the menace was reduced by the absence of wind. N orthern Califor­ nia too, breathed easier. More rum ors of inceudiarism were bro u g h t to police at Coquille. The M ark Shelley ranch east of Coquille was leveled and a boy is held in th e county ja il on suspicion of incendiarism. Two of his com pan­ ions were detained as witnesses. While th e re is no c e rtainty th a t the fire was set. Captain Lee Brown of the sta te police said he had been told a person was seen running from the building shortly af te r It leaped into flames. Fires still burned th ro u g h the territory. One, a serioua one, contin- used in the Two-Mile district. The Ring-creek blaze was nearly out, and two other fires on the Marhsfteld- Coquille highway were declared not serious. W e ath er was a m a jo r factor in halting the destruction. Fogs, re­ ported as far inland as the W illa m ­ ette valley, covered m any sections of the coast country. T he te m p e r a ­ tu re dropped encouragingly. Red Cross w orkers at Coquille said an epidemic of colds had broken out am ong refugees taken to Coquil­ le for shelter. Scores of residents driven out of Bandon were retu rn in g to th e ir pro­ perty. One of the th ree mills u n d a m ­ aged said It planned to resnm e oper­ ations tomorrow. V isitors T ell o f Horrors o f Fire NOTICE The Central Point H ealth Unit will hold their annual rum m age sale in the building nevt to the Central Point Beauty Shop October 9 and 10. Anyone having articles to donate call 158 or 12-X-3 a n d articles will be called for. Clothing, f u rn itu re and various articles of any kind will 'be gladly accepted. Don't forget the d i t e Friday, October 9 and S aturday October 10. Mr. an d Mrs. H a r ry Nicholsen and Mr. and Mrs. W B. Clark, of Med­ ford m otored to Gold Beach last Sat­ urday. They were ju st in tim e for the big fire. They re p o rt th a t the smoke was so bad t h a t the tears ran from th e ir eyes. They w ere forced to come home by Reedsport an d North Bend. At Band­ on they had to cross by ferry as the | bridge could not be used. They reported Bandon started to j burn at 9:15. All th e men In th<* shows were called out and at 10:30 women and children. By 12:15 the town was a bed of red hot coals and sm oking ashes. Mrs. Nicholsen says th a t she bad never seen Marshfield look as dry ss It does now. Even th e ferns are all brown and dry. I The T kn party expected .... to returv home Sunday but were unable to on ac­ count of th® fire. They returned home Tuesday. NUMBER 31 CCC Equipm ent Rushed to H ouse Fire Sufferers Twelve hundred complete beds and equipm ent and all avallab'e tents, stores and o th e r supplies wen- loaded on National G uard trucks Monday aud rushed to Bandon for use of the suffering and homeless residents of the fire-destroyed area. The tru c k train re tu rn e d Tuesday for an o th e r load and were loaded out about 6 o’clock th a t afternoon. The trucks spent Monday nig h t at Coquille and the drivers report the smoke as being very dense aloug the entire coast highway. T he entire facilities of the CCC, National G uard and F orest Service have been requisitioned through o r ­ ders ot Major General George S. Sl- monds, com m anding the ninth corps area and Brigadier General Thomas E. Riela, placed in charge of th e tire zones by Governor Charles H. M ar­ tin. C0UNÏÏ CLERK TO KEEP OFFICE OPEN County Clerk George C a rte r a n ­ nounces th a t he will keep his office open until 8 p. m. from now until Saturday night for the purpose of re­ gistering voters who a re unable to come In during regula r office hours. It Is believed th e re are m any eli­ gible voters in the county who have failed to register for th e reason th e ir work prevents th e ir going to the clerk's oflfce during th e day time, and Mr. C a rte r has consented to hold the office open evenings for th e ir benefit. Anyone living in Central P o in t or vicinity may register before S a tu r ­ day night, October 3, a t S tone’s Drug store. Mr«. R ichardson to H ead T each er Group B laze D estroys Jackson County P rim a ry Teachers' Jan tzer S aw m ill council held Its first meeting of the In C ascad e G orge year at the courthouse S aturday. Of­ ficers elected for the coming year F ire of undeterm ined origin S un­ were President Mrs. Mae B. R ichard­ day afternoon completely destroyed son, of the Central P oint schools; vice-president, Miss J u n e Rudd, of the George J a n tz e r sawmill a t Cas­ the How ard school; se creta ry-trea­ cade Gorge, in th e Prospect district, surer, Miss Marie Prescott, of the with an estim ated loss of between $25,000 and $30,000. Nearby lum ber Phoenix schools. Plans for the coming year were piles, a planing mill, tool sheds and oth e r outbuildings were saved. The discussed and It was decided to loss was not covered by insurance. make an intense study of children's J a n tz e r was today a t a complete literature. loss to exnlsln th e origin of the The following com m ittee was se­ blaxe. T h ere had been no fire in th e lected to outline the work of the council for the coming year: Mrs. mill boilers since W ednesday when was tem porarily halted. Mae Richardson, Mrs. Una Inch, Miss cuttin g When the blaze was discovered it Helen Kinsey, Miss Eunice H ager, i was eating rapidly away a t th e In­ Miss M arjorie Gregory, Miss W ilm a Connor and Miss Frances Fitzgerald. side of th e building. T he sawmill Next meeting will be held S a tu r ­ crew of 11 men and F ire W a rd en Bruce Grieve of Prospect prevented day, October 2 4 and all primary the flames from spreading b u t were teachers are urged to keep th a t tim e helpless In any attem p t to extinguish in mind. the fire in th e main building. The little mill was b u ilt th r e e R ichardson M aking years ago and had been cuttin g about 25,000 feet of lum ber a day S low R ecovery sum m er. J a n tz e r said today the From Car A ccid en t all mill would probably he rebuilt. Mr. Sanford J. Richardson Is not recovering very fast from Injuries received In a motorcycle and car collision last week. Dr. Wilson a t ­ tended him and an X-ray was taken by Dr. Moffett. No bones were b ro k ­ en but ligaments were torn and pos­ sibly cartlleges torn also in his shoulder. Mr. W ithrow was driving a can o u r from K am burgs, west of town, and in tu rn in g drove over onto the w rong side of the road. Mr. R ichard­ son did not see him In tim e to swing out far enough to miss him. The r u n ­ ning board was torn off the car and dam age of gbout $20 was done to the motorcycle. Mrs. Richardson is carrying the paper route d u rin g his convalesonce. So w hat?— Born to Mr. and Mrs. B urton L. C. Grimes instructing Bert and Broomfield at South Gate, Calif., a B ut to get back to the political Jim on how to repair the city w ater baby boy. Mrs. Broomfield will b<- Interesting Program campaign said to be raging. Mr. j pipes. rem em bered as Marjorie Conger. Roosevelt has emerged from hie A half dozen boys ganging up on For Y ear A rranged She attende d the Central Point high shell and is calling all the gods to th e editor a f te r a promise th e o th e r school several years ago. By Local P .T .A . w itness t h a t he is a spotless angel day th a t he would help d o nate for s tr a ig h t from Heaven, and should be a good cause. A rth u r F arnell has been visoting An interesting program has been given an o th er and better chance. On H a rry Hansen, quite disgusted at friends and left for his home In having the h u n te rs railed home on arranged for the year by th e local the o th e r hand, Mr. Landon says his Southern California on the 29th. opponent is no such darned thing. P.T.A. and it is hoped th a t everyone account of the fire, stating th a t no in Central Point will come o u t to the "Y ou pays your money anil takes h u n te r ever set a fire. All girls who would be Interested first meeting to be held F riday eve- Mr. F red Wiley trying to stom p yo u r choice.” in learning more abo u t the Girl ning. on a big wood ra t th a t ra n between Scout Organization o r wish to be­ This Unit is endeavoring to carry H. L. Mencken, writing In The his feet an d into th e feed «tore. come a scout are invited to attend on the work of co-operation between W ade H um phrey brought in a big American Mercury put* the whole the next meeting which will be held parents and teachers. They ne"d piece of pumice stone which is on thing very plainly after school at the school houae next display in T he American window If "T h e reported benefits of the New your help. J. C. Lush of Eagle Point pur-j Thursday. Come and learn for yourself th " any newcomer wishes to lift it they Deal are all imaginary. It has not chased a new tra c to r a t th e Alexand- \ a re welcome to come In and try. solved a single one of the problems work the organization is doing and er Im plem ent Company recently. A good one on Lu Lull.. It took WTiose little pet sna ke got loose th a t bewilder and bedevil hum an so- hear the fine speakers who are giv­ him all day Sunday to put In a few Join riety everywhere The so-called u n ­ ing th e ir tim e for thp work and wandered all around Central blasts, as he ate too much dynam ite derprivileged. far from being lifted now. Point Wednesday. O h-m i-gosh! and it ju st did n 't set good. The dues are 35c for t h e e n t i r e — o u r of th e ir wallow, have simply Riley Myers seen banding o u t To­ A small girl living beyond Gold | Bob Moore helped Ellis Clark to kay grapes from the bark of hi« bug­ been converted into mendicants and year and may be paid to Mrs Henry Hill had been our am ong the hired | gy to some school children. serfs F ree competition ha* been Meyers or to Mrs Wilma Gresham reshingle his house th is week. — —— — — —— — — help and picked up quite a num ber I One party putting up a big holler curbed and monopoly has been fos­ tered. T he bank* have been harassed for quackery pure and undiluted . . f of sw ear words of which her m other j Mr. C. M. Johnson and aon A rt h u r on the publicity he was getting out " I believe It will be a good idea ’o had labored in vain to break her of ; are w orking in the P otato Harvest of the So W hat. Medford folks a* in petty ways, but the hanking sys­ tem rem ains ao clumsy and Irration­ try the Hon. Mr. Landon of Kansas using. After the last outbreak h“r in K lam ath Falls. Mr. Johnson is well as home folks told him about it. Two young G rants Pa»« boy« who al th a t an other smash Is almost In­ He would cut a poor figure in opera m other told her to pack up h er suit ru n n in g the grader and A rth u r is went to K lam ath Falla to pick pota­ evitable, and w hen It comes, it will but he looks to me to he a pretty case and leave aa she w ouldn't have! picking up potatoes toes and found it to early »topped be worse than the last one. The sav­ good hand with a shovel. He proh- little girla around who talked like ings of millions of Industrious and ably knows a great deal less th a n th- that She insisted on It so the little Dale Johnson who joined the CCC on th e ir way home (twelve o'clock useful people have been depleted Hon. Mr. Roosevelt, but much more girl packed her suitcase and sat camp In the sum m er an d was sent to T uesday nig h t) at E P. Stone'« and with no benefit to anyone save p ara­ of w hat he knows is true. And w hen down on th e front atep looking verv Diamond L ake was promoted to the asked for som ething hot. Before site« in and out of office. The civil he promises to do this or th a t, lav-j forlorn. h e a d q u a r te r detachment in Medford leaving they decided to get a milk shake. service has been wrecked to make a ing his hand on his heart and rolling ! A neighbor lady came up the path shortly afterward* H erbert Crowder, "Do >ou u nder­ national T am m any, devoted only to his eyes tow ard the T hrone of God. aud inquired If h e r m other was a* pillage Every real scientific effor' there Is at least a reasonable proba- horn*. T ha little girl answered— Have ptetnres of all th e children. stand that kind of Ungnage?" Mr. to get at th e springs of th e com- hillty th a t be wlU make an bonaat “ How in th a b ------- do I know, 1 F our for a dime 204 Ea«t Main St. Stmmonda, “ No. If I did 1 might I*--— ” l-trv k r sn r tfWrY eff ” **