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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936
Volume 5
WORLD NEWS
OF THE WEEK
REPORTS ON
HIGHWAY NOISE
NUMBER 33
Medford Woman Critically Montgomery Adds Much Interest
Is Shown in
Injured In Auto Accident Craig To String
Of Victories
Miner Contest
Bob Montgomery,187 pounds of
Georgian baziman, reigned su
preme at the Medford armory Last
Monday night, when he took Geo
rge Craig of Topeka, Kansas in
two out of three falls in the main
event of promoter Mack Lillard’s
weekly mat offering. Montgomery
is a rough and tumble artist, who
at times can jump higher than the
top ring rope and come down run
ning. the direction depending on
how mad he is. While Craig is very
cool headed and very much the
'¿■KKreMive wrestler.
Craig took the first fall with
what he terms his “anvil flip”,
which is the most sensational hold
seen since Dude Chick made so
uthern Oregon fans "spin concious.
Montgomery took the succeed
PRESIDENT < ON<ERNED
ing two falls with Boston crab
OVER SPANISH SITUATION
Coralie Reid, five-year-old daugh holds to win the match
Hyde Park, N. Y. — President
Fast, exciting and censational
ter
of Mrs Evelyn Reid of Long
Roosevelt's traveling plans are be
Beach. Calif., who fell out of a was the match between Joe Hubka
ing made with an eye on the jrave
Chicago.
Practical farmers moving automobile Just north of and Cheerokee Ike, The Cheero-
situation in Spain according to an'
will take an active part in direct Klamath Junction at 5:15 p m. kee Indian delights in roughing up
announcement Tursduy.
ing the Republican campaign in Tuesday, died at the Ashland Com his oponents, but occasionally
As a result, the chief executive
rural areas. Congressman Cliff munity hospital at 7:25 p m
runs into one who not" only can
has canceled plans for a projected
ord D. Hope of Garden City. Kans.,
take it, but can dish it out. For
The
victim,
with
her
mother
and
Mississippi river flood control in
announced in assuming the direct 6-year-old sister and Mrs. Maxine each rough tactic used by Ike, Hu-
spection tour and will confine his
orship mt the Farm Division of the Hogan and her mother. Mrs Ida bka was there with one or more,
activities to a speedy survey of the
Republican National Committee. Tallent, all of Long Beach, were with Joe Hubka pouring on a ser
drouth area in order not to "stray
In each agricultural state,an ad
ies of Sonnengbergs and a body
Tile Pacific Telephone and Tele visory council is to be set up. Thia enroute to Longview. Wash.
too fur from base’’ so long as Euro
press that took the one and only
Mrs
H:<gan
was
driving
a
Ply
pean conditions are In their present graph Company filed new rate council is to be composed of prac
fail as the big Indian could not
mouth
sedan
with
Mrs
Tallent
be
schedule:
Tuesday
with
Public
state.
tical “dirt” farmers who will sup side her while Mrs. Reid and her I come back.
Tlie president, it wax understood Utilities Commissioner Frank C. ply the basic suggestions for the
Walter Stratton, holder of many
children were in the back seat
is watching the Spanish situation McCollock. making an annual sav campaign.
world
’s strong man records, won
who
was
car
sick,
said
Mrs.
Reid,
ing of $900.0000. to Oregon tele
closely.
Three assistant directors have
watching the children his first match in the opening e-
she
was
not
phone
users.
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been appointed to aid Congress
Coralie apparently vent with Max Grover, Detroit
The monthly charge of 25 cents man Hope. They are Don L. Berry very closely,
HUR4IEONH FREED
had hold of the door handle Th" rough houser, in two out of three
for
handset
phones
will
be
elimin
of Indianola. Iowa, publisher of door being hinged in the rear was falls. Grover used plenty of pun
Francisco.
Wednesday-
San
Judge Raglan Tuttle ordered dis- ated where the instruments have the Indianola Record; E H. Tay caught by the wind dragging the ishment but found Stratton able
been in use for 18 months In lor of Yates Center, Kansas, for
to take it.
missal of the charges of coiupir-
other
cases the charge will be cut 12 years assistant editor of The girl out of the car and throwing
acy to commit mayiietn on Ann
The huge crowd proclaimed this
her to the pavement. According
Cooper Hewitt. heiress. filed against to 15 cents and eliminated ln a Country Gentleman, and congress to Depuay Coroner H. L. Brown, one of the best cards of the sea
year and a half
man Francis D Culkin of Oswego,
son.
Dr Tilton E Tillman, society doc
Night long distance discounts will New York, an authority on dairy who, along with the state police
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tor and Dr Sumuel O Boyd. sur-
the
accident.
The
car
investigated
go into effect at 7 o'clock instead ing and Active in legislation affect
geon
was traveling about 30 miles per
ct 8 30. although the midnight dis ing dairy farmers.
Judge Tuttle ordered "the uc-
hour
count will be eliminated Night
"The
Republican
farm
campaign
lion be dlsmlssed. the defendant.' rater will apply from 7pm Sat
A passing motorist. Mrs. Williams
is going to have its roots out in
be freed of bond, and the Jury be urday to 4 a m Monday
of Seattle, picked up the injured
tlie
farm
districts.'*
said
Congress
discharged
Changes are effective August 21. man Hope. "The farmers themsel girl taking her to Dr. Harvey A
Assistant District Attorney Aug
ves will tell us what they want and Woods office, She was then taken
ust Fourtner Insisted that hr would
to the Community hospital where
nppcal Judge Tuttle’s order stat NEW PURCHASING how they fee) about things".
she died a short time later of in-|
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ing “this doesn’t end the case ’’ Ise-
I
ternal injuries and bruises of he»-1
dor Golden.
chief of defense BULLETIN ISSUE!)
Robert W. Sawyer, publisher of
chest, head and arms.
councel, did not believe an appeal BY CITIES LEAGUE
The remains were shipped by J. the Bend Bulletin and former
would be granted
,
P. Dodge & sons, funeral directors. member of the state highway com
ANKN IUMAM.NU AKKES1
University of Oregon .Eugene —
tu Ventura, Calif., where the funer- mission, will head an advisory
Cleveland Ben Sacharow. attor <8pecial) — Information on the
committee of the Oregon state
al will be held
ney for the Rev Alfred J Wright, amount, unit price, and quality of
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planning board that will work out
The fire department was called
former director in the Townsend products purchased by various ci
a practical program for roadside
old-age pension organizjitlon. ask ties of the west coast will be pub late Wednesday afternoon to put
protection and regulation, it was
ed Common Pleas Judge George W lished in a quarterly report to b«* out a small fire at the comer of
announced by Ormond R Bean.
Kerr Monday to order tile arrest issued jointly by the League of Grandview and Scenic. The fire
Portland, chairman of the board.
of Dr Francis E Townsend, foun Oregon Cities. League of California ' was burning in grass and manzan-
The new group will be known a3
der of the pension plan, and Gil Munlclpalities and the Association it» brush Two small boys ln the
the advisory committee on road
mour Young, national secretary, of Washington Municipalities, k neighborhood said another 11 year
Yankee Stadium. N Y. — Joe side protection, and will study the
tor failure to appear at a deposi was announced here today by Her-. old youth had set the fire with
Louis
of Detroit knocked out Jack questions of frontage use, control
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man *'-*--*■
Kehrli, ---------
executive
secretary
tion hearing here,
Sharkey,
former
heavy-weight of roadside advertising, elimination
Dr. Townsend and Young were the Oregon league and director of fused to let them put it out. The
champion,
in
the
third
round here of nuisances, values of recreation
scheduled to testify al the hear the University of Oregon bureau of boy was taken to the police sta
was al and scenic assets, protection of
tion Thursday morning and sev Tuesday night, The fight
ing in connection with Wright’s municipal research
native flora and fauna, and other
rounds
scheduled
for
10
Hie first report has Just been ere-ly reprimanded by Chief of
receivership and
against
I the
features of the problem, exclusive
the
first
return
to
This
was
Louis
’
Police
Talent
and
Fire
Chief
published, and it includes a wide
Townsend organization.
c.f
preservation of standing timber.
knocked
out
ring
after
being
by
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variety of material, figures on Baughman.
The board already has a commit
Max
Schmelling
on
June
19.
which were submitted by a large
TROTZKY DIRECTS FACT
tee, headed by C. J Buck, regional
Moscow—Sixteen persons were number of cities in the three states. Make Willamette Tests
forester and vice-chairman of the
FIRE NEAR FALLS beard, as work on a study of tim
imprisoned by the 8oviel Govern By a study of the bulletin purchas
ment in the biggest counter-revo ing officials may check their work,
Corvallis—Some 60 stone cores ; CHECKED, REPORT ber preservation along the high
ways.
lutionary plot announced by the learn where better prices may be from borings at proposed dam ]
}
Hiitieiit ln more «than a de- obtained or where goods may be sites irt the Willamette watershed
Serving with Mr Sawyer will be
The Stukel Mountain fire, 10
purchased more advantageously, it have been received at the OSC en
miles south of Klamath Falls, wao 1 « number of prominent Oregon ci-
was pointed out.
gineering experiment station for reported Under control Sunday. tizens, all of whom have shown an
Secret police mild that the exiled
testing for the engineering corps The fire was said to have covered interest in this problem. The com
Leon Trotzky, now in an asylum in
of the war department. The col 15.000 acres
mittee membership includes Ray
Norway, was directing the plot RURAL SCHOOLS
i lege has been engaged to do test
Conway, Oregon State motor as
They charged Trotzky with plan
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OPEN
SEI
’
T.
7,8
ing work in connection with the
sociation; Jamieson Parker, mem
ning a terrlorist campaign, includ
Willamette river survey which is CORN CROP SHORT
ber of the planning board and
ing attacks on Soviet leaders.
Most of the rural schools of the
part of the comprehensive Wil
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chairman of its committee on pub
county will open Monday and Tues
Washington — This year’s com lic works; E. L. Peck, professor of
lamette valley project directed to
FIKE TRAPS MINERS
day, Sept 7 and 8, according to
ward flood control, irrigation and crop, based on August 1 conditions, landscape architecture, at Oregon
Moberly, Mo.—Fire raged quickly] an announcement from the county
drainage, navigation and control has been estimated at 1.439.135,000 State college; John Yean, Portland.
through the superstructure of a superintendents office.
of
stream pollution. Tests and bushels by the department of agri- I | chairman of the planning board’s
Two of three schools will start
coal mine four miles west of here
analysis being made by the engi culture. The shortage is result of recreation committee; George H.
Tuesday and trapped four mon the followig week, to permit some
neering experiment station include drought's toll.
Otten, landscape architect for thi
of the students to remain at work
underground
Last year’s crop was 2.291,629,- state highway commission, and J.
material for earth filled dams,
Those trapped were Demmer Scx- in the orchards another week.
Wheat was forecast at 632,- L. Caufield. U. S., Bureau of Pub
concrete aggregates and drill cores ,000
Ashlad and Medford schools,
ton and Edward Stonner, owners
from foundation sites of proposed 745.000 bushels for this year. The lic Roads Representatives of the
of the mine, and two others whose high schools, are scheduled to open dams.
crop totalled 623.444 DOO last year. Portland Garden club and the State
names were not Immediately known September 8
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Federation of Garden clubs will al-
The fire was discovered at 3 p
60
be on the committee.
SAILORS
’
UNION
Pen
Attendance
Up
m by two miners who escaped
Coughlin Collapses
The committee will outline a
TO TALK TERMS
SALEM—An all time high atten
thorough program that will in
“NAIIJ4”
OLYMPIC
CLEVELAND— Father Coughlin, dance of 1001 prisoners ta the Ore-
SAN FRANCISCO—Sailors’ Un- clude study, assembling and analyz
Hamburg, Germany — America's
Olympic team sailed for home tlw Radio Priest, collapsed while gon State penitentiary was reach- ion of the Pacific served formal no ing of all available information and
tice that it was cancelling and ter data, including experiences of other
Tuesday night aboard the 8 S. addressing the Sunday meeting of cd this week.
his first national convention of the
minating all existing work agree states, Recommendations will then
Roosevelt.
The
former
high
was
957,
six
The squad of 300 athletes, coach- National Union for Social Justice. years ago. Since that time it has ments with the shipowners Septem be made to the planning board,
ber 30. The order, however, said the and those that are approved
es and trainers was welcomed by n He was delivering an attack on been pretty well down
when
lie
Sailors’ union would be glad to be transmitted to the governor
crowd of 20.000 and decorated with President Roosevelt,
Cutting down on paroles by Gov negotiate a new agreement.
the legislature for action.
bouquets of sweet peas by Ham fainted
Doctors
said
the
collapse
was
duc
ernor
Martin,
and
the
recent
rul
burg frauleins.
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to overwork.
ing against automatic release at the RAINS SKIP PLAINS
HOP PICKERS NEEDED
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expiration of the minimum sen
TllllKK FLIKBS DIE
Hop pickers are in great demand
CHICAGO — Rains, which re
tence, are contributing factors.
West Point, Va.—Three army Kiwanis Choose K ,F.
freshed pasturelands in most of the now in the Granta Pass district.
fliers, trapiied ln a flaming bomb
Middle West missed the sweltering Ben Hull, who has a ranch near
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Seattle—Klamath Falls will be HERE FROM HA KERNFIELD plains states this week and will Giants Pass, was in town this week
Ing plane, were burned to death
as the ship plummettcd a thousand meeting place of the 19th annual
Mr. and Mrs. George Derringer. continue in Wisconsin, Michigan looking for pickers.
Mr. Hull stated they had about
feel to earth Saturday The radio convention of the Pacific north and John Pierson of Bakersfield.' and Minnesota, Forecaster A W
operator parachuted to safety. He west Kiwanis clubs in 1927, is was Calif., arrived here Monday for a Cook predicted. The outlook foi three weeks picking and in case
landed in a tree, suffering only a announced nt close of this year's two weeks visit at the home ®f Nebraska, Kasas and Missouri was entire families could join, they
could make good money.
out Up.
| convention here.
Mr. and Mr«. J. M. Carter.
for continued 100-degree weather.
The annnouncement last week by
the Miner of its $1200 Prize Cam
paign has created a great deal of
lnnterest thruout the valley and
many have already expressed their
desire to enter and win one of the
many prizes to be awarded.
A beautiful n*w Plymouth Sedan
will be awarded as first prize or if
the winning contestant prefers,
$750 00 cash. This will be award
ed to the candidate who has the
largest number of votes to his cr
her credit at the close of the con
test.
The second prize will be a beau-
tiful nnew 1937 Philco Radio, in-
stalled with the Philco High Effi-
ciency Aerial,
which sells for
$204 50.
Besides the automobile and radio,
there will be three merchanrise
awards of $75, $50 and $25 each,
also wrist watches and cash com
missions according to the rules of
the campaign.
Anyone can enter and win—all
you have to do is fill in the nom
ination blank, which appears else
where in this issue. Receipt books
will then be issued and you can
call on our friends and acquaint,-
aces. securing new or renewal sub
scriptions.
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PROTEST UME <» GAM
B uiko «. Bps in — The Spanish
rebel provisional government, out
ruged after an announcement by
General Eilio Molu, northern in
surgent commander, that LoyulLU
fighting for the Madrid Popular
tun passes north of Madrid used I
gas against insurrectionist
Bunday planned protests
rigii governments
Mola announced without quallfi-
cation that Loya lists used gas Mon- I
day when they attacked rebel post- j
lions al Sun Rafael, near Guadar-'
X^wnu,
W< have important stocks of gas
ourselves.” Mola said, “but we re- i
fused to violate international law
by using them,' *
Chief of Police O. P
raient
made a report to the city council
Tuesday evening on his investiga
lion of tile noise on the streets
which was complained of by W.
M Walls, manager of the Li thia
hotel, at the last meeting of tin-
council. Talent said he could sec
no nece.sslty for rerouting trucks
and busses, as suggested in Walls
complaint, and most of the unnec
essary noise had been eliminated
attached to the report were two
petitions, filed by W D Jackson,
proprietor of the Palace Cafe and
Steve Zh.'ka, manager of the Asso-
elated Service Station oppoalte the
Lit h la hotel, opposing the rerout -
Ing of trucks
Toward the close of the meeting
Dr F U. Sw.denburg suggested the
consolidation of the city park eoi.-
trol with the council and n pro
gram of complete refinancing of
the city's obligations He said, "it
is about lime to begin to mend oui
fences iuid adopt some platfornf
for the coming campaign.
Mr« J ims Marsh of Medford was
severely cut by flying glass, when
tiie windahied of her car was
shattered by something thrown
from a passing car The accident
occured one mile south of Talent
aixiut 5:30 yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Marsh was driving south
when a north-bound car threw
what appeared to be large chunk
of watermelon through the wind-
shield. Mrs. Herb Cody also of
Medford, who was rifling with
Mrs Marsh was not hurt.
An ambulance was called and
Mrs. Marsh was rushed to the
Community Hospital in Ashland.
A car driven by A. L. Ford was
hit on the left front fender by
what appeared to be a piece of
watermelon.
A member of the staff of the
Southern Oregon Miner who ar
rived on the scene shortly after
the accident, took Mrs. Cody to a
residence nearby until friends
from Medford could call for her.
The state police are investiga
ting in an attempt to apprehend
the culprits.
A report from the Community
hospital, at a late hour last night,
stated that Mrs. Marsh is in a
very critical condition.
Girl Dies In
Fall From Car
PHONE COMPANY
REDUCES RATES
Sawyer To Head
Committee State
Planning Board
Youth Sets
Grass Afire
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