Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 02, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textidford Mail Tribt ine The Weather Korwast Fuir Ion Iff ht himI Sutur day. MiMleratc temperature Temperatures IliirliOKt yesterday Ofl Ijowcnt this morning ,,J luill Twmtr-fourlli Y,,, Vitdlj fiHs -ltilh Yfr. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, Ok'lXiO.V. Fit 1 DAY, AUlil'ST 2, 1925). No. V.V1. Me 1 '"' Today By Arthur Brisbane Going Through Montana. Sheep and Mountains. Copper and Gold. Hearst's Profitable Ride. (Copyright by King Feature . Syndicate, Inc.) ; liUTTK, Munt.. Aus:- 1. This day on the St. l'uul line ., is spent going hundreds of miles through the state of Mon tana, Senator Walsh's slate. There is plenty Of room left in the United States. You could lide the population of the earth in the Rocky Mountains over which this electric engine is climbing and they would have plenty of room. ; Through the northern plains of Montana you climb, past round foothills, up to the top of the Uoeky Mountains and .for 40 minutes down the other side to Huttc, the state's great poekctbook. Eight big farms financed by the wisdom and money of John D. Rockefeller arc making ex periments in this state, to de cide the best use of its '111,000,. 000 acres and the right size for farms. The state college runs one farm of !I000 acres, private in dividuals run' the others, and will pay for them in crop pro. eeeds. M. li. Wilson, Montana's ag ricultural' economist on' the 3000-acre farm, experiments with machinery to make indus trialists of farmers. With one "giant tractor he pulls a "duck ....?.....) '..i.:... .4 : .... ii , strip GO feet wide. In an hour ; that Apparatus can cultivaatc a strip of land 20,000 feet long, .60 feet wide. "Lhick foot" is so called because the blades look like duck's feet pointing toward each other, runs four inches below the wheat stubble killing weeds that rob the soil of its moisture. .The stubble left standing protects the soil from high winds thut would blow it away in dust, and from occasional heavy rains that would "puddle" it. II.. L- Wilson is in Russia now showing that government how to use machinery in place of men, and make farms pay. anil on his model iKKXI-acrc farm, at Uroekton, M:ont., eight young Russians are studying agricul tural machinery at work, thence they go to study machinery in the factory of the International Harvester Company, the intel ligent concern that brought them over here to promote busi ness with Russia. (Continued on Page l'our, Second Section) "Our farm wut ssld under the hammer, an' believe me, I'd cer tainly hate to meet death that way." says Mrs. Em Moots. It's good thing for gazellt-eyed gold diggers that the law 0 supply an' demand hain't got nothin to do with the price o' heart balm. WESTERNER CHOSEN BY I. EDISON Wilbur B. Huston of Port Madison, Wash., Named Winner of Competition Will Be Protege and 'Un official' Successor West Orange Wizard Candi dates Praised. SKATTMC. Wash., Au;-. 2. OP) Wilbur Huston, 16, named today as winner of the Thomas A. Kdfson scholarship contest, is the .son o( Klshop H. A. Huston of the Epis copal tlioccsc of Olympia. Wash. The hoy was the youngest, of nine youths chosen for the finals of i the state contest and was named slain winner by Dr. X. D. Schow- j Alter, superintendent uf public in struction. Wilbur was graduated J irom nig n school in beattlc last Atfciaied Prttt I'hnf Wilbur B. Huston. .hi ne. just a week before he was named as this setate's representa tive in the national contest. Informed of the selection of their son, Itishop and Mis. Huston said they were jhe happiest and proud est parents in the state, "We are surprised at our son's good fortune and, oh. so pleased, Mrs. Huston said. "There were So many hoys, the honor was so great that neither Wilbur, his father nor myself hardly expected this won derful result." "This will likely make a great change in our son's plans, how great we will not learn for some time.' the hlsho-p said. ''He hail planned to enter the college of liberal arts at the I'niversity of Washington. This scholarship will probably force a radical departure from his earlier plans. We are proud and happy that our s on should have been chosen." WKST OUANGK, X. J., Aug. 2. ' Wilbur It. Huston, a youth from Port -Madison. Wash., wis named the winner today of the Thomas A. Kdlson competition for choice of a protege and follower In the footsteps of the inventor. The firty-nlne contestants one from each state and the District of Columbia were lined up on the lawn of the lOdison home in Llew lyn Park as the announcement was made by Dr. S. W. Stralton, presi dent of the Massachusetts of Tech nology, who was chairman of the committee of judges. Dr. Ht ration was high In his praise of the boys who yesterday participated In a gruelling examin ation of subjects ranging from morals and ethics to science. It whs it tired looking committee that faced the bright and fn-di looking hoYH on the lawn. Dr, Stralton said they poured over the examination papers until 3 o'clock this morning. The high rating at tained by e;n h of the contestants made the Job of picking I tier win ner ii hard one. It whs recalled that Huston, 16 years old. and the son of the bishop or the Kplseop;tl diocese of Seattle, was the last one t finish the test esterday. A rou-lng cheer greeted the announcement of his victory and the tall, bespec tacled boy whs lifted to the shoul ders of the other youths and car ried twice in a circle around the la wn. Huston will receive ti four year course, with all living and inelden hil en uses p;nd. 111 tin- institution r bin cholc. c decided upon chemicHl eiiultieerlriK In the Mh-.-chusctts Institute of Technology. The committee announced that four other boys, who ruled lllll in the examination, would h Kiven schoiHishipM of four vchi's in tech nical institution. They were Charles A. Itrounissen. of West (Continued on Page Three.) i iV i 'jhk I ... OLD ENGINE WHICH EXPLODED Associated Press Photo Old Peppertass, an old locomotive, overturned and exploded on the slopes of Mount "Washington N. H., killing one man and Injuring the engineer and fireman. The accident took place foll owing cere monies In which the locomotive, first to climb the mountain In 1869, was being rededlcatea and used again. Several hundred persons, including governors of seven states, were marooned by the wreck. Picture shows exercises at start of the trip. DAMAGE CROP) A7nnrc m MMinM nniiMTV nLUllLU Ull u ii iuii ouumi Gardens Flattened Trees! Broken Grain and Hay Lost-Mile Wide Path of Ruin Apple Districts Es cape Storm Fury. LA GRANDE, Ore.. Aug. '2. (VP Damage' to 'the extent of approxi mately I4G.00U wuh dono by hall and wind storms in the Cave sec tion of Union county lulu yestor day. and some damage resulted at Union where garden si uff was flattened, trees broken and prunes stripped from trees. At rove about $15,0(10 damage was dour (o cherries. Ivurt .1. Stackland lost four carloads of the fruit. The rest of the loss was to grain, hay, gardens and berries. The heavy hall and wind storm struck the district at about 4 p. m., and was followed by u second storm shortly afterwards. All crops in the path of the first hail storm, in an urea about one mile wide, were practically ruined, growers declared today. Many cherries had already been harvesl- j ed or the loss would have been much heavier. The apple district in the Klein 'and Inibler areas were not In (he path of the storm. Thunderstorms swept over I he count ry last night, cooling I, a Grande to f4 degrees. Yesterday's maximum was IMi degrees, the low est In several days. Lightning struck light and pow er lines near Hot Lake, darkening the sanUorlum there. L Tins prc c'iiuliiiK unci Klnnipc plant of the Snulliorn OrnKon Salos. Im:., built at h cost of f.'iio.li'iii. In rum plot or!. ConHt ruction Hlartcd April 10. liiHt, find tho firttt tftat rnnH of tho machinery wore under way to- day. It 1h one of the larKent and I nuiHt modern planlx of lln cIbhh in jttie Pacific northwcHt. Work on the Htorgo Hud pre-cool I Inn plant of the Medford Ice fc Coin IKIorace Co., erected at. a com of SlL'u.iMin, will ho completed Hatur- day and toHt rnna of Hh machinery 'will lo conducted next week. ! lloth plants will he In operation I cliiririK the rrult shlpplnu and park 'lllK HcaHon, which Htarta the week lof August I-. and were ernt ructeri j to meet present and future needH of the fruit industry hero. There will ho no formal opening of tho Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., I plant, ManaKor l'uul Kcheror nald tills mornlnK. hut next week all crnwerii are Invited to visit the plant and see It In operation, j When the packing and storing of fruit hcKfns the Rcncral public Invited to Inspect the bullilitiK Mezzanine flours and callciles itavt. lieen Installed for the hcm flt of I visitor. i Ah-oi h Old lnMr ! rilii'AfiO. Auk. i.iVi The U'hlcHKn Dally Journal, flic oldest jaflernoen newspaper 111 Illinois, announced today It had assoelattMl Itself editorially and linked its I name with the Chicago Dally News. II PRE-COO PLANTS READY FOR P CROP TRIP WEST Weather Favors Fast Flight May Complete Voyage in Less Than Scheduled Time All Well On Board Had Champagne Be fore Breakfast Water Tank Has Leak. MADMIU Auk. J. (P) Specdlm; alone at a much Taster clip duo to more favorable weathor condi tions, tile (irnf Zeppelin with (0 passengers, crew anil atowaw-ay, o day was well over tho Atlantic ap proaching the Azores, where Hugo Kckener, tho ship'H master, must route to Lakehurst, N. J. From Ciibrallar to l.akeliurst. goal of the flight, it Is approxi inatcly 30(10 miles, of which the first S00 miles or moro would I bring tlio Zeppelin to the Azores larea. Kroni Kriederielisliafen. (ier Iniany, from which tho Zeppelin do .parted at 3 : 2!i a. m. Thursday p. in. Wednesday l. S. T.I ion its crulso, tho dlstanco Is 1175 milea to (iilirallar. In covering tho approximate linn 'miles from l-"reidrlclishnfon to Capo lc Cata the Zeppelin look (1 hours and :)1 minutes, maintaining an av eiage speed of h limit 0:1 milos an hour, considorahly beluw normal cruising Hpecd. With Increased speed over the remainder of Its course It might he expected to com plete Its trip in tho less than W bouiB allotted by Dr. Hugo Hc.k oner, its skipper. An fctl-huiir trip would bring the (Iraf over Now York prior to berth ing at l.akchurst at about &:30 a m. (li. S. T.) Sunday morning. All Well Messages from aboard tho Zeppe lin Indicated all was well. In pass ing Cape Do (lata (he craft radioed "All well on board, only a little loo warm. The tompnraturo Is .T.l degrees centirgrado." (About degrees Kalirelnlieil). Another message from Herbert S. Solbol, special correspondent of the Associated Press aboard the Zeppelin, confirmed the existence of a stowaway aboard. Another message from Iho (Iraf told something of life aboard Iho ship. "We had champagne as soon as wo were under way." (be mes sage said, "which resulted in a late breakfast. The two women became slightly nervous when we encoun tered strong headwinds shortly he fore lunch and wore buffeted for an hour In the Itliono valley. Our progress was retarded. "The route has boon out of our way, but necessary to miss bad weal her in northeastern Spain. A largetank of drinking water up In the bag sprung a leak and satu rated the celling of the aaloon dur ing lunch. There was much ex cltemenl. but nothing to worry about. We had an excellent game of bridge In the afternoon. "The new motors are performing perfectly at high speed." Onon U'catlier Oiegun: (leneiHlly fun- tonight i noil Salurdny hot cloudy In the I wist pnrlinn Hint Ollsrllfed nun-! illie ciHt. looilenite ti-iopcrai in c. ! Mmji'i nil- Miuth to west winds nil j the roast. Pendleton JfoU j PKNDI.KTON. Ore., Aug. 3.--oPi The temperature rose to I'lfi degrees h"ro yesterday, reai-hlog a minimum of 63 degrees durlne the night. Th mereurv wan I climbing steadily again today. ON MOUNTAIN ''i BY BEITZEL AS Los Angeles Killer Played Hickman Phonograph Be fore March to Scaffold Retained Appetite to Last Breakfast. SAX "QUKNTIN. Calif., Aug. 2. iP) lliituicll tfl. Clair HrUzqI died on the gatlowa in expiation of tho murder In Los Ansclea of. MIhm JtTtiRi'C JUuugcr, lila Ja your old oiimmuii law wfle. ' The Imp wan sprung at' 10:04 a. in. He wuh pronounced dead 14 minutes later. Thirty-two wlt nesHpH were present in tho death chamber. Strains of classical iuunIo echoed t hrouKh the cellH iii condemned row this morning while guards leated the workings of the grim machine that was to nam! Beltzel to. deuth. Apparently unmoved as the time n cared for the execution. the condemned man played record after record on the portable phonograph that has been his solace in the death cell for the Iuki two days. The phonograph, which William Kdwurd Hickman used before hi.s execution, has tdayed almost continuously during Heitzel's last remaining hours, tho condemned man seemingly having a preference for the classics. Alternately sleeping and chat ting -with guards, Meltzel made no meiitUui of his approaching ordeal. Word conveyed to him by Warden Holohan yesterday' that fluvernof (Young had refused to intcrvenn had left him unmoved nor did it affect his appetite. He ate a hearty .supper last night and had ordered a good breakfast, which was to bo his lntii, for this morning. i Baseball Scores National, II II. K .Vew York 2X2 Cincinnati 3 6 0 Kitzslinmons and Hogan; Dono hue and Sukefortb. It. II. K. Philadelphia - 2 6 0 Pittsburgh Oil 3 Kweetland and Davis; French and Jlenislcy. Chicago-Hostou game postponed; i-ii In. Amrrloin. it. ii. i:. St. I.ouls 3 7 I Washington Ii HI Crowdnr and Manlon; Jladlcy and Tate. It. II, K Cleveland 1 1 z New York K 13 2 Siiaute. Itudllu Htid L. Sewell; Pipgras, ilciniit'-h, Moore and Ilen gough. It. It. U. .271 3 Ml 1 itUHseil and Chicago Itostoii Kalicr and llerg; lierry. (Ten innings.) it. ii. i;. Detroit Ill 13 4 Philadelphia II 10 1 Oraliiiiu. Curroll sod Shea; 'iuiuu. Itooiiiiell, Siiorcs and I'oclirane, Dickey. i-i:ah;mt. N. J., Aug. 2. IPi Youthful Johnny Dfirg of Kanta Monica, Cal., won tile tienhrighl Invitation tennis tournam.-nt for the first time today, defeating ttie veteran Itluhard N. Williams, If., of Philadelphia In the firm I round by the decisive scoren ot 7-5. 1 ENJOYED ALLOWS NEAR S. P. PLANS CHANGES IN LOCAL YARD Extensive Alteration Within Year to Meet Future De velopment Fruit Industry Holding Track for 200 Cars, Icing Platforms Contemplated Say Of ' ficials. ' Kruit shli(iers of I lie Hoguo lllvc valley wore told yesterday at a conference of high Soul hern Pa cific railroad and Pacific Kruit Kx press officials and tho Hoguo Hiver Traffic association that the Southern Pacific contemplates ex tensive alterations of the local rail road yards within tho year and that plans for tho changes, which Include movin- of the present pack Ing house district, had been com pleted. J. 1L Mulcahy, assistant general traffic manager of Port land, and William C. Kitch. gen eral manager of the perishable freight department of the Southern Pacific railroad, made Iho state ments. Tho officials said that the pro posed yard extension would bo bull for tho future to meet the day when tho entire orchard acreage of this valley was in lull production, and the yearly car shipments would approach tho 10,000 mark. They said that piecemeal improve ments would ho abandoned as they furnished only temporary roller at I least. The new plana call for a notcum' track for H00 cars and Icing plat forms to meet, all future needs. For the coming shlpmont period two fruit trains a day wero assured. Tho night and morning fruit loads will leave thla city at i o'clock in the afternoon and tho afternoon loads would be dispatched at 10 o'clock In the ovenlng. This scheil tile oliminat.oa holding tho trains In tho yards from 10 to 12 hours. This was tho main objective of tho fruit shippers and the South nrn Paelflo orflelalit granted their request. No Car Shortage The shippers wero also given as surances I lint Ihoro would bo no shortage of refrigeration cars, and that yard officials at Dunsmulr and llosovillo, Cal., wero undor specific orders for tho fast movement of fruit on passenger train schedules. Shlupora wore also iniormod tna'. tho Alturas cutoff would be in op eration next year and that It would save an miction day. Fruit tralna over this routo will bo operated on manifest freight time. Manager Mulcahy said that the road wouiu bo In operation by September I, but that before fruit was handled Icing stations would havo to bo hiillt. at Klamath Kalis and Nevada points. (ieneral satisfaction wan ex pressed by shippers with the alti tude of tho Houthern Pacific offi cials and they commended tho offi cials for their Btands and stato- monts. The visiting railroad heads im parled today and last night for their various posts. William C, 1'ltch, general man ager of tho perishable freight traf fic, and J. II. Mulcahv assistant traffic manager, spent several Wours tills morning viewing point of historic Interest In Jacksonville. The former Is an old friend of W. Y. CrowHon. Mr. Mulcahy Is well known In this section. V1SALIAATTACKER TRIES SUICIDE AS VlkAMA, Cal., Aug. 2. fl'l Sheriff's officers early today enp tured Jacub Wilds, 55-year.old me chanic accused of having attacked Mrs. Hthcl Hhaw and her two children with a knife and a ham mer during a Jealous rago hero last night. Wilds was found hiding In a packing house hero. He attempted to kill himself an officers ap proached, Inflicting a deep knife wound In his side. He was taken to a hospital, whero his condition was described as critical. Wilds who knew Mrs. Hhaw In .Marysvllle, followed her here a week ago, and had been living In a garage at the rear of Ihe Hhaw homo. Creeping Into Hie houne lute hoi night, Wlldn attacked Mrs. Hhu with a hammer while she slept, beating her over tho head. He then struck Mrs. Hliaw'a 10-year-old daughter, Kthelyn, breaking her arm. Lao, the 12-year-old son, ho stabbed repeatedly, one deep wound Just missing the heart and another piercing tho ahdnmen. Running to his car, wilds escaped. remier llL4 If -tsxecfcifrd Press Photo AriMldc Itrlaml, French minister of foreign affairs, Micvecihil Pre mier Polncnre, vt ho rclgiicil be cmiho of III heal Mi. Former War Lord, Chang Tsung Chang, Says Bullet Fired at Friend in Garden Accident Authorities In vestigate. TOKYO, Aug. 2. (P) Chang Tsung Chang, former war lord of Shantung, early today phot and seriously wounded Prince Ilisen Kill, cousin of Iho former boy iiinporor ot China, P'u-YI. Mysterious circumstances sur rounded the affair, which Cliaim claimed was uccldolltal. Chang's version of tho shooting of the young Miincliu was that a revolver which ho was handling up-atnliB ut his hotel at Ucppu, Chung- 'IVung- Cluuitc. Islaiifl of Kluahlu, explodcil hit ting the prince, w)io wuh standing in tho garden helow. llNieo k'ai was 21 years old and graduated from the Japanese mili tary academy in July. He was spending a vacation In lleppu and had visited Cluing on the evening of tlie shouting. The authorities are Investigating tho accident story. Chang Tsung Chang, former war lord of Hhantuug at one lime was one of the most powerful figures In northern China Itclng one of tile chief lieutenants of Chang Tsl IJn, the northern war lord, who was killed by a bonih explosion more than a year ago. whllo re turning to Mulldcn after Ills de feat by the nationalists. NKW VOIiK. Aug. . IPh Kl orello H. Ijit luiirdia, swarthy lit. tie fighting man who grew up on an Arizona army post and later fought Ills way up from private to major In the A. I1,. !' has been picked by New York city lie publicans to run for mayor thla full iigaltL't the debonair "Jimmy" Walker. At last night's unofficial ttepub. Ileal! convention l,a. flilardla's was tlie only name presented to the delegates. A boom for Mrs. Itulh Pratt, wealthy anil socially prom inent widow who resigned last fall from the hoard of aldermen, to go lo congress, collapsed when she withdrew her name. t'iHMHr -Vihr. NI-JW YllKK. Aug. 2. (VP) Hales of copper havo Increased III volume sufficiently in the domestic anil foregti fields, it was reported III Wall street today, su that after more than three tuoliths large American producers aro again In the market and have begun re ceiving orders. CHINESE PICE IS WOUNDED BY MYSTERY SHOT 'CITY BANKS RANK SIXTH IN OREGON Portland, Salem, Eugene, Pendleton, Klamath Falls Deposits Only Figures Above Medford Total for State Ten Million Under Last Year Heavy Bor rowing Seen. SA1.KM. Ore., Aug. 2.-0') - j i -nil iwiik ut'lJUqilS lldVU OCI I CilSI'll over fiu.uuu.uuu In Uicgou in lite last year, says a statement today i today by A. A. Hchrnin, state su perintendent of biinKs, concerning the call of Juno 29, Inst, showing the condition of business in the -IB banking and trust Institutions at the close of business on tout dale. The statement shows that the banks and trust companies on iluit date wero carrying demand depos its of H6, 645,278. l Mild time ami savings deposits of .$I2:!.SIO.:io:..:;.1, both amounting to $2!o.l:i",7?i l.o, and liabilities lor borrowed moucv lotallng J7,lin7.1H7.l5. Loans, Including overdrafts, stand at $103,75!i,!i00. 4. Honds, Klocks and oilier securities are listed at $U5,03!t,3B2.27: bank premises. -furniture and fixtures and real estate Jl-, 44;, 756. 97, and reserves held in cash and on deposit witu iniii-r hanks I56.671.K52.54. Kesources lie till $140,081,762.SII. , "Compared with the figures of a year ago." says the statement, "this i represents a decrcusu of S 10,61)7,. j:(17,79 in doposits and an iiici-cat-o of f3.039,;i34.22 in borrowed money; increases of $200.37.n in loans and of $93,058.25 in bonds and other se curities, and decreases of $01;;.. 137.43 In investments in bank ! premises, furniture and llxnui s and other real estate owned, .and 'of $6,871,077.52 in casli reserves. A. decrease of $6,4S2,K2I.2I ill com bined resources is shown. Deposits Low "The present total of deposits, $a(IO,4SD,7SI.01. Is loner Hum that shown by any June report since, 11124. Of this total Sli;0.:i l'.,l II..56. or ovor 55 per cent, are held by the banks of the clly of Portl.-iiul, $10,956,072.49 by Iho banks of Sa lem, $8,073,782.14 in liugene. $6,. 345,465.03 in 1'endlelon, $ti,2t!i!. (103.90 In Klnimilh Kalis and $.'.- 382,987.32 In Medford. The deiais- Its of theso six cities, the only ones III Oregon reporting deposits of over five millions, aggregate $1117,- .171,356.(4, or nearly 68 per cent of tho total for Iho stale. "Whilo tho reiKirt shows that Iho borrowings of hanks normally loach a relatively high level dur ing tho summer mouths. It will he noted that tho total of S7.(i7, 1 !7.7r, shown at this time Is lite highest since March, 1922, when the liqui dation of Hie excessive Indebted ness of the period of Inflation bus boon brought woll undor way. "Tho reduction In number ot hanks contlnuos. Kight years ago thero were 287 banking institu tions and trust companies in opota tion In the stato; a year ago. -II. and at tho time of this report, Since Juno 30. I92S, there have been seven consolidiil Ions, one v d unlary liquidation, one failure and ono new hank chartered." Portland. JuntKcn Knitting Mills will construct new JiiO.uiiil addition to plant for storing ma chinery, yarn Hlorage and ware housing of finished mc rchundlM-. Will Rogers Says: MEVKHLY llll.hS, Cal.. Aug. 2. They vniiiloil V run our great (;nl pluyer, Molihy .loticM, lor runn-Vs lit! iialiii'tilly rcl'ttscil, turnip (Mitlciiriii): liiiiiM-lf (n tin- ItenrlN or Ins t'oiiiUrynien. It would not only spoil his golf lull, liis roptiliiHnii, in fact, it would take M w h y his HiiiHitiir Mnniliiiir lor us mi amateur i'Vci I liinu' j is limit- with no llioiiu'lil nl' imv possible If.iin. In fuel, I think H fellow of his iiiililnn islicil repttliitiiiii litis n suit against Hit' slutr, cspeciujly as It whs iniruiti I tin f pro (luct'tl him. 'I'lic first lliiii'.: you know I hey will waul. Walter lliiKoil for secrctnry of the treasury. Yours, WILL IvOliKKS.