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MEDFORD, ORtfOON, TIITRSDAY, JUNE W, 1930.
No. 75.
'IIIIC WlflATIIICIL
CALL ISSUED
FOR HALF OF
OAD FUND
Four Banks Semlliin Out Notices
That Subscriptions to Hlnhway
Fund Arc Duo and Payment Is
Asked Stops Arc Taken to Thor
oiinlily Snfcnuard Funds.
Notices aro being soul out by thu
four ImnkM of Medford notifying
HiiliHorihor.) to tho Crater Lake high
way t'timt that subscriptions uro due
am) roouoHting tlio ptiymcnt of half
tho subscriptions.
Saturday Enginoor H. !'. Huidlo
of (ho good roads Hoction of the do
imrlincnt of agriculture, who in tn
charge of tho Hiirvoyn, is expected
horo from Promicct, and ho expects
to hnvo estimates ready shortly so
that contraotH nan ho lot on tho high
way, both in tho forest reserve and
outHido. Tito firnl contract that tho
commission will lot will ho to ohm
inn to Pumice hill grade, a I por oont
maimum grndo having boon Hoctirod.
Tin- hill iH tho worst part of tin
road to Cratvr Lake.
So far tho commission has an
thorirod hut 0110 expenditure, that of
tho Hiirvoy, and it iu to moot thiN, as
well iih to provide construction
money, that tho oall has boon i-miim1
for tho subscriptions, which were
Juno 1.
Approximately $'iTi,()00 linn hoou
HiiliNcrihod for tho building of tho
highway. Commit Iooh lenvo for
IWthurd and other point Sunday
and it jh expected to douhlo this
amount, no that $2f,0()0 will ho avail'
ahlo tho prohcnt year for work. Tn
til thin mouoy is actually iu tho
banks, no contracts will ho awarded
and tho numhor of contractu lot will
bo determined by tho amount of
mouoy on hand, Kngineor Ilcidlo hnv-i
tut; divided tho work iu sections.
When Enginoor Hoidlo rotuniK, it
will bo possible to publish tho exact
cost of tho Hiirvoy and tho eouunis
hion will print a lint of receipts and
cxpoudituroH, ho tho public may know
whnt is being douo with tho mouov.
No mouoy will ho paid out except
iiiwni Mr. Uoidlo's requisition, after
approval by tho auditing committee,
with Ooorgo Davis iih chairman, and
authorir.ation by tho commission.
Vouchers iniiHt bo signed by presi
dent, secretary and treasurer.
ItoportH will be mado regularly to
tho Commercial club and pahliHhed
iu tho uowHpaporH and ovory precau
tion taken lo safeguard tho interests
of tho HiiliHoriborH.
AVIATOR HAS NEAR
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
NEW YORK, Juno 1(1. Captain
Baldwin, tho aviator, today in re
ceiving tho congratulations of bin
frieudH upon bin miraouloiiB cHcnpo
from HorioiiH injury whon his noro
plntto "huekled" while 75 fool uhovo
tho earth near Miueola.
RAIN VERY BENIFIGIAL
Shower Will Help All Crops Hny,
Grain nnd Fruit All Benefited by
Downpour.
Tho rain of Wodnonday night was
moHt bouofioial to all, ospooially to
thoBo i'armoi'H and hortioiillurihts
who hnvo not tho benefit of irriga
tion. To tihu tho loruiH of u promi
nent faraier: "It Hiiro rained ,f2()
piocoH hiHt uiKht." While tho down
pour wuh not ca heavy, it wuh contiu
uouti all thrnuuh tho niulil, and wuh
one of those rains which tioak into
tho u'iduiid and ooiuo up uuain iu tho
form of i'ivo-ton alfalfa, KMiiihIioI
wheat and apphm and pours that
briut' tho markot liiuii,
General P. H. Sheridan
Candidate For Hall of Fame.
Hie tlilul election for tliv Hull of Fame in unu r uaj. tluee owr.v llvu
years a vote Is taken an to wbo hIiiiII lo given a place In tho Hull of Fume
In New York city. Two hundred and ilx mimes have been submitted to tho
elector, ami from thin number four mime will b m-us ted, Edgar Allan I'oc
him received the moot vote tn a popular i onict whl'o (icnernl I II. Sheri
dan In a cloio hih'oiiiI. Tho names of l'mneci V. Wllhinl anil Harriet Itecchor
Htowe.aro aluo well up among the leaders The (IihNIoii of tlu electors will
he announced, It Is expected, within the next fl.it t v l;ns
ALL PLANS FOR
T. R. RECEPTION
ARE FORMULATED
Details Are Completed and Commlt
teo In Charlie Feels Certain Thcro
Will Do No Hitch in Pronram
All Over at 11:30 A. M.
NEW YOKK, Juno 10. Details of
tho reception to bo accorded Theo
doro Roosovolt upon his arrival in
Now York Sunday woro complotod
today nnd tho committee in charge
1'ooIh oortaiu thero will bo ::o hitch
iu carryiur out the program. The
parado nnd reception ceremonies will
lie concluded at 11:110 a. m.
Mayor Gaynor will deliver a briof
speoch of weleomo to Hoonevelt, who
is expeoted to reply briefly.
HooHovolt will luivo an escort of
Hough Kidcrri nnd Spaninli war vet
era iih in tho march up Fifth avenue
from Kightli to Thirty-sixth htreet.
Tweuty-fivo tliouHiiud mombors of
political organizations will lino the
avenue nnd cheer tho distiuuruished
loader as ho passes.
Tlioro will also bo members of
many social and lratornal societies
alouir tho lino of march, including
Italian, Iliiugnnan and Scandinavian
organizations.
Roosovolt and his family will dino
at tho homo of Douglas Itohiuson at
hagamoro Hill nnd will leave Long
Island City at ! o'clock iu tho after
noon, 'ino Nassau county reception
oommitteo has made uiTuimviuouN
for Itoosovolt to travel iu a private
car on a special chartered train,
Tho etoroa that do noc ndvortlso
can't soil ho cheaply as tlirtu that-do
for thoy nmko fowor ualoa, nnd
tholr por-salo profit must bo Inrgor,
RECORD CAUGHT
OF TREMENDOUS
OUAKE, WHERE?
Eastern Seismoflraphs Record Heavy
Shock Sufficient to Do Great
Damanc, But Its Location Has Not
Been Found as Yet.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Juno 1G.
A tremendous earthquake shock was
recorded on tho Georgetown solsmo
grnph early today. Tho ehock was
sufficient to cnuso great dniuago If It
struck a civilized portion of tho
world, according to tho belief of
Father Thomdorf, In chargo of tho
Instruments.
Tho tremors woro almost continu
ous from 1:IS a, m. until 1:11 a. m.
Tho movement wns oast to west.
CI.HVHLANl), O., Juno 10. A se
vere eaitliiiuako, prohnbly 300Q inllos
distant, was recorded on tho St. Ig
natJus selsmogrnph today and It Is
tho opinion of Father Odonbnch, set
ontlat at tho Institution, that tho
shock coutorod In tho Iceland region,
Tho first shock was rocordod nt
2:40 a. m. and wiib followod by two
others, ono at 2:55 and tho third at
:t:00 a. in, Tho last shock wns of
long duration, ondlng at 4:15 a. m.
Tho shocks Avoro of sufficient vlo
lonco to do tremendous dnmago It
thoy struck an Inhabited district.
LIMITED ROUND BOUTS
ARE BELIEVED IMMUNE
l.OS ANCIKLKH, Cab, June 1(1.
Sandy Ferguson and Jim Harry to
day put in tho last hours of training
boforo thoir ton-round mooting at
Naud Junction tomorrow night.
Neither man exortod himself in the
uymuasium, both seeming content
with a hit of bag and weight work.
II III ARE
DUD
CONSTANT! NOI'LK. June 1(1.
Four hundred persons wcro drown
ed and inestimable damage done in
a flood that completely inundated
the town of Hnssnnkolch, Asia Mi
nor, today.
Tho flood wns ono of tho worst in
tho history of that section of Asm
Minor. Tho waters rushed in crcnt
volume throtich the strcetH and first
forced tho people to seek refuge on
tho roof tops. Continuing to rise,
the fjood poon covered the town.
PERISHED
Rivers in Central Europe Falling
Number of Deaths Not Yet Fully
Recorded Flood Is Worst Suf
fered In Years Property Loss Is
Said to Be Appalling.
MKRLIN. June 10. Tho river Am
mer is fallinir today and tho water in
tho Ohornmmcrgnu district is reced
ing, making rescue nnd relief work
easier. It is believed that 150 per-,
sons wcro droAvncd m tho Ahr val
ley, whero tho flood wns most severe
Heavy Property Loss.
BUDAPEST. Juno 10. Eighty
persons woro drowned when tho Neva
river overflowed its banks, accord
ing to nows received hero today.
Property loss was enormous.
Many Towns Suffer.
NERNE, Juno 10. Tho towns of
Zurich, Aldtdorff, I.ueenio, Statz and
Aurnu nro partinlly submerged by
flood wntors today. Sovcrnl land
slides have occurred in tho vicinity
of Lueorno. It is nown today thnt
11 persons, mostly children, wore
killed whon n factory building nt
Aldtdorff collapsed.
300 or 400 Drowned.
HELGUADE. Juno 1(1. Twenty
towns were inundated in tho Mora
via Hiver valley and it is tho belief
of King Peter, who personally is con
ducting tho reliof work, that 300 or
100 persons wcro drowned. Thou
sands of residents of tho vnlloy nro
marooned on roofs. Tho flood is tho
worst tho Moravia vnlloy has suf
fered in many years.
JAY BOWERMAN
SALEM, Or., Juno 10. Heeause of
tho accumulation of stuto business
and tho continued absence of Gov
ernor Ponson, who is ill in Snn Fran
cisco, Jay Bowormnn, prosidont ot
the senate, was today sworn in as
noting governor of Oregon.
Acting Governor ftoworiuan arriv
ed hero last night from Portland in
compliance with tho roquost by wiro
from Govornor Bonson.
Governor Hensou does not oxpeot
lo return to Oregon until tho latter
part of July, according to informa
tion rocoived bore.
Ho isr being treated for an affec
tion of tho nose.
HUNDRED
N
NOW
GOVERNOR
CALIFORNIA SEETHES VVITH EXCITEMENT
REGARDING LOCATION OF BIG FIGHT
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I Did Gillette Take
Secure Fair
SACIIAMENTO, Cnl., June 10. Governor Gillett stopped the
big fight to save the Panamn-Pncific exposition to San Fran
cisco. New Orleans, the other claimant, was making capital out of
the 'Pnris-of-Amoricn conditions already existing nt San Fran
cisco and the ndded weight of the big fight to this argument pre
cluded the success of Snn Francisco, in the governor's opinion.
July 4, 1010, wns sacrificed to the entire summer of 1015. The
governor looked five years ahead instead of less than that num
ber of weeks.
This was the unvarnished gossip nbont tho cnpitol today, af
ter tho world of sport and finance nnd .moving pictures had been
shocked by the news of Governor Gillett directing Attorney-General
Webb to stop the mill or prosecute all participants. The gov
ernor hns been heartily nt work in an effort to land the big expo
sition for Snn Francisco. His trip cast was undertaken with that
view. Ho personally believes San Francisco the only logical site
for the commemoration of the completion of the Panama canal.
He believes that Now Orleans is not the logical place. He had
headed off the greatest single sporting event ever planned, on tho
ground that the fight would, if held at San Francisco, send thnt
exposition to New Orleans, according to a statement by a friend
of the governor.
FIRST NATIONAL
SETS PACE FOR
BOOSTERS FUND
Subscribes $400 a Year, or $33.33 a
Month, to Commercial Club Med
ford National Gives $300 a Year,
or $25 a Month.
Tho First National bank fcns set a
swift pace for Commercial club pub
licity fund subscriptions, giving $400
a year or $33.33 a month. Tho Med
ford National Is a close second wltn
$300 or $25 a month. Other banks
have not been finally seen, but are
expected to contribute In proportion.
Such was tho announcement made
by tho soliciting committee at Wed
nesday ovonlnc's meeting of tho Com
mercial club, and tho announcement
wns greeted with applause. It Is dou
blo tho subscriptions heretofore re
ceived from tho banks.
President Colvlg read letters from
tho othor commercial clubst In tho vnl
ley stating their willingness to enter
Into a Rouo River valloy oxhlblt In
tho Portland chamber of commorco
and to pay their shnro of tho cost of
tho snmo. A committee was nppolnt-
( Continued on Page Five.)
T
WAY TO LAKE
Alfred L. Parkhurst, president of
tho Crater Lake company, left on
Thursday nftornooii for Crater Lake
to tako chargo of operations and
prepare- for tho entertainment of
tourists. Tho camp on the rim of
tho lako will bo open lor tho entor
taininont of tho public Jidy lr nnd
Steel's camp at Arrant will be op
enod Monday.
A stone lodgo or inn is being built
on tho rim of the lako. Tho found
ation was completed Inst year and
this summer will soo tho building
complotod. It was at first planned
to oreot n framo building, but this
has been suporcoded with stone. Tho
building will bo lfiO foot long, with
an immense lounging room with four
great stono chimneys, glassed
porohos, oto., overlooking tho hike,
and will bo ornamental iu design.
Travel to tho lako opens a month
earlier this year than last, and as
railroads nro advertising tho trip and
an auto stago will run from Medford,
it is oxpootod at least 10,000 tourists
will. visit tho hike this summor.
PARKHURS
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Action to
For California? j
MAN ATTEMPTS
TO REACH AND
MURDER TAFT
Miner of Cumberland, Md Almost
Succeeds in Passing Guards En
ters Building Without Causing
Suspicion, But Betrays Himself
WASHINGTON. D. C, Juue 16.
Aimed with a 32-ealiber revolver,
James Stridden, miner, of Cumber
land, Md attempted to reach Presi
dent Tnft today. He almost suc
ceeded in passing the guards at tho
president's private office boforo he
was stopped.
Strieklen, who is of preososmg
appearance, entered the building
without causing suspicion. Ho said
he bad an appointment with tho pres
ident. The doorkeeper noticed tho
man's excitement as he was turning
the knob on the door of tho presi
dent's privnte office nnd stopped
him. Detective Scrgonnt Dnlrj'mplo
placed Strioklon under arrest and ho
wns taken to the police station.
whoro ho wns hold pending nn oxam
inution into his canity. Ho gave hN
age as 44. Ho said that President
Tnft had been advertising for him
in West Virginia newspnpors nnd
that ho wont to tho white house in
response to tho ndvortisement.
It is reDorted hero thnt ho at
tempted to reach President Roose
velt in tho same way two years ago.
Tho adjourned session of tho cir
cuit court will convono pursuant to
adjournment on Saturday, when de
cisions in several cases argued in
chambers will bo handed down.
BIG INCREASE
CZAR'S SUBJECTS
In Past Thirteen Years Population of
Russian Empire Has Increased
33,000,000 Total Population Is
Now 160,000,000.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 111. -Thero
has beon an incronso of 5i3,
109,000 in tho population of tho Rus
sian empire sinco 1897, according to
tho report of tho govornment statis
tical department just issued, The
total population is now 100,005,200.
Of this number (15.5 por cent uro
Russians.
WEBB PREPARES
TO CARRY OUT
NSTRUCTIONS
Jeffries Calls Off Work Until He It
Advised Regarding Future Plans
Bjg Mill May Go to Reno Fifei
Fans are Worried Regarding the
Present Situation.
SAN FKANCISCO, Gal., June 16.
With Reno, Nov., so confident that
tho Jeffries-Johnson battle will bo
held thero that tho city is already
preparing for it, with the light pro
moters declaring they will not aban
don San Francisco as a site, while
tho state officers arc preparing to
file a suit against them tomorrow,
the pugilistic world is in a whirl to
day. v
The Lineup.
This is the way the forces are lin
ed up:
Governor Jnmes N. Gillett declares
he has ordered the fight stopped be
cause ho has infonnation that a law
was about to be violated and tho lo
cal officials refused to act. Ho will
) see that tho order is carried out
Attorney-uencrnl U. b. Webb is
preparing papers in suits asking in
junctions against Ricknrd and Glca
son to prevent tho Jeffries-Johnsoa
fight and ngainst Louis Blot to pre
vent the Langford-Kaufman fight
scheduled for next Saturday. Tho
suits will be filed tomorrow.
Gletison Stands Pat.
Ricknrd nnd Glcason has hold con
ferences with their attorneys, who
say they aro within the law. Tho
promoters say thoy will fight.
Louis Blot declares ho bos' a per
mit which tho city authorities say is
legal and that ho will stage tho fight
Saturday unless nn injunction is is
sued. Work on the two fight arenas is
being rushed.
righters Grouchy.
Jeffries worked out half-heartedly
at Rowardennnn. Ho still be
lieves the fight will be held in San
Francisco.
Johnson had a well-developed
grouch today and did only road
work. Govornor Spry of Utnh says tho
fight cannot bo held in Utnh. The
promotors hnvo a permit for Reno
nnd say thoy will stago tho fight, no
matter what tho decision may bo i
California. Rono and Ely aro the
towns being considorod.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat., Juno 10.
Attorney General U. S. Webb and
his staff spent the greater part -of
tho day in proparing legal paporv
for the purpose of preventing the
Jeffries-Johnson fight on July 4 and
tho Kuufuinn-Luiigford fight Sat
urday. In an interview granted tho United
Press, Attornoy-Gonornl Webb Haiifc:
"Tho pnpors require considerable
preparation and core and will not be
presented iu court boforo tomorrow.
That will bo in plenty of timo to pro
vent tho fights. I think tho court
will grant tho desired restraining or
dors. Xo Kcfucul Expected.
"Although I do not npprehond a '
refusal by tho court, u refusal would
result iu tho following precedure:
"Tho fight probably would bo hold,
but as soon as I bccumij convinced
that it was a prizefight and not a
sparring exhibition I would lodgo an
iuformntioii with tho court to that
effect and seouro warrants for the
arrest of tho principals and promot
ors, Tho fight would bo stopped
within a fow rounds after I had come
to that decision and tho tirroslcd men
would bo prosecuted promptly."
May Ho Fiasco.
Attorneys here, whon questioned
regarding tho nttornov-genQral'K
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