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X 'i T .TEXAS OIL; mnnA ifiruib LUI llll WILIM IllUlfl I ILff : . . Seven Acres in Rich Field Drops Water Forms Deep Lake in Depression1 i Derricks, Tanks Endan gered Cnihibling Continued- Phenomenon Is Caused By Draining Oil Radio Program KMED Mall Tribune-Virgin Station T - . Tlmi-Mlnr, Oct. 10 , 0:00 to 0:15 .Monarch Clio- eery and Oil stutlon. 0:15 to 0:3n News mid mar- Hot reports hy Jlall Tribune frrcnroRD .matt; TRTBtTyEj medoed, . onEnoK; Thursday. iocTOBEi io,io-2n. BEAU5IONT, .Texas; (Set. 10. lP) Loss of hundreds of thousands of dollar in oil- land .wan tiirent enod today through the unexplain ed sinking- of about seven acres of land in the Komi- Lake oil field, 25 miles west of here,, which has created a deep lake where only yesterday stretched an expanse of waving trass and small trees. Sides of the pit still were crumbling tfe day as the fall of earth continued, Derricks and Hlorage-tanks were being . removed ffom , -tli'e edge of the meat, hole, estimated at froiA 50 to 3 60 feet-deep, which filled with water yesterday as the sur face steudily fell through hour after hour. ...Thirteen wells were' shut down and an abandoned der rick, a boiler and, six settling tanks were engulfed. Geologists bf all. .the larger oil companies oparating-in this sec- tion were here today to study the muddy lake, which lapped the very j border of the producing field. ! Theories as to tho cause of the phenomenon were as different as ! they were numerous but the con sensus Is that drainage of the immense pool of oil beneath surfnee left a cavity which sinking crust !s filling. Fear More Damage . Fear, that further . drainage tho pool would cause further ex tension of the depression, endan gering scores .of. valuable wells, was expressed' widely. Effect on, ndjuaent wells was al most immediate. One well making 10 barrel's a day before the new lake was formed now Is making 250 barrels. On the other side of tho great depression a well making 1 50 barrels a dny Tuesday Is spouting salt water today. The well was brought in .Saturday with nn initial flow of 250 barrels a day. -; - In comparing notes on the phe nomenon geologists recalled that there have been a score or more of similar occurrences in the gulf area within the last, 25 years. In air other cnsesV. however, the de pression has beer, but a few feet deep, v - Juuuo Lennox, flashes ,by 0:3o to j:00 Trowbridge ' ijumner yards. 7:00 to 7:15 Peasley's l'ho tugraphers, 1'rlduy, Oct. It 9.00 to 0:Su Popular record ings. 9:30 to 10 Schilling & Co. 10 to, 10:30 Southern Ore . Ron, Electric. 10: 0 to 11 Marsh firocery. 11 to 11:30 M. M. Dept. StoYe. 11:30 to - is , milliner. 12 noon News Mnll Tribune. 12 to 12:30 Palmer Music House. l:0'i to 1:30 Mod ford Elec- trie. ' 1:30 to 2:00 Lewis Super Service Station. . 2:00 to 2:30 Mann's Dept. Storo. a 2:30 to 3:00 Brophys Jewel- . ers. 0:00 to S:l 5 Monarch Gro- eery and Oil Station. 0:16 to 0:30 News and mar- ket reports by Mall Tribune .0:30 to 7:00 Band Box Hat Shoppe. .7:00 to 7:15 Peasley's Pho- . togrnphers. 4 . t- t . . . WILLIAMS ROAD he rAwnhrn nv 10 rHVUflLU' Dl TRAFFIC ASSN; 11 PXfJlt' FIVH Daily Meteorological Report v ' ' Thursday! October 10 .! ', -tt- . ! Forecast-.. ; -.Medford and vicinity: Fair to night. Friday unsettled with rftln. Moderate temperature. Oregon: Fair tonight. Friday unsettled with in In In west portiuu. Modulate teniperature. HOP E TO CHECK OIL WELL FIRE the the HELP . . - When you get MM," DOLLAIl OX II1S JOlltNF.Y nil!" Dollar pleases do not carry him ' around or keep him in your money drawer. Ho Is active 4 and wants to 'keep moving, so uso him in ' your regular coui-se of dally buying from DYNAMITE Oklahoma Experts; v Have Plan to Conquer 100 Foot Pillar of ' Fire Boilers Will Blahket Flame After Explosion.' OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Oct. 10. P) Two men crouched behind metal shields continued today to pit their riklll against a gfgumic roaring torch flaming lifgh in the air over what once waa tho Sin clair Oil find (.Jus cbmpany'H num ber 3 stamper well, in the Okla homa City oil field. Trundling loads of high explo sive nenr the 100-foot pillar of fire;-- and directing filial connec tions of u battery of approximately 20 steam boilers. M. M. ("Mack") Kinley and his brother, F. T. Kin-U ley, prepared to snuff out, In, one giant puff, the flame which fed by fiO.000.OUO feet of gas a day,, has whipped and writhed oer-the Sin clair lease shortly before, 3 a. in. today. : Hardly more than five miles from the downtown business dis trict, tho fire has east a weird glow oyer the city's streets. Rome .. time today one man, nome fellow merchant Orcrouchou w behind a metal business man as Boon after shield that grows sizzling hot de- you get "BIU" as possible... , I'CinlnlHt Divorced. . v PARIS, Oct. 10. P) Doris Stevens, noted feminist leader, to day ivus grdnted a divorce from . Dudley Field- Malone, New York lawyer, on the ground of abandonment. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 10. &) Mrs, Lizzie Caldwell was acquit ted today on a charge that Blie tried to kill her husband, William Caldwell, by placing ground glass In his food. Both are negroes. spite streams of water which con stantiy drench it, will creep to ward the plume of flame. . Clad In a heavy asbestos suit, he will drag 200 quarts of nitro glycerine almost to the mouth of the well. When he Is safely out of range the charge of explosive will - be fired.. , The force of the explosion is expected to hurl the flame above the gas pouring from the hole. A heavy blanket of steam, played from the battery of boilers onto the mouth of the well. Is expected to retard the flow of gag until the flame has burned out. Outlet 1 for Efcport jTrade U Seen By Fruitmen if Cut- ..Off Route.. Constructed Rail Charge Too High, Is Assertion. y , Local Dt 5 ' t;u as oo in ?-t !A DCMr n DE W (lC MCDPPAMTQ ui muuuriMio ' . . . i . ... : ' . iFFIC RULES FIT FllTECf If it's Genuine Bayer Aspirin Always the Same Never hurts the heart VTheWorid's antidote for PAIN Construction .of tho propose-.l Williams creek cut-off highway to provide the fruit' growing sec tion of the Hogue Itlver valley an outlet to the sea for its export trade, was favored In a resolution today, by the Hiver Traffic association The resolution seis forth thut a direct highway would eliminate a long rail haul, und provide cheaper hauling of a heavy tohnftge of fruit industry sup plies. ... . The "Fruitgrowers' league will also endorse the resolution, at an early meeting of JU directors. The resolution also states that the present Southern Pacific ex port rate of 316 cents per hun dred to Portland and San Fran cisco could "be materially reduced by trucking to tidewater." The fruit Industry eontonds that rail export rate is prohibitive, "threat ening to do to the' pear industry What it has done to the apple industry' unless relief Is secured. Shippers claim that orchardists nro uprooting their apple orchards, and planting pears. in sections fa vored with a lower export rate. and that when these new pear or chards come into bear'ng, local growers and shippers will be un able to meet the competition, llalc Cnl IU'Iiim;(1. The Southern Pacific , has re fused to lower the. expert r i'.e to 28 cents na requested by local fruitmen, but roffered a 35 cent rate,, effective November lf, next, after the close of the apple shipping season. Speakers at to day's session characterized the at titude of the Southern Pacific as "shortsighted. . t ' , S(,?ps for a conference between J. II. Mulhacy, traffic- manager, Portland, and William C. Kltih, general , manager . of . perishable freight' of the .Southern Pacific were suggested. Charges Hint- local .fruit' ship ments were being "man-handled, at Eastern terminals' were dis cussed,, and it Was agreed to con fer with. the. Yakttua and Wenat ehoe districts of Washington, oh their experiences along, this, line, before filing protests with the eastern railroads, 'and" taking the matter up with the. New York com4iilUee.o4uumHCf;tr 'gruwrrs. . The. association IjeJLrt , there was too wide a contrast . beLween . tnc care exercised at local plants in the, handling 'of : fcirtt, - and the rough and ready miinnfi in which it was handled In thejenst. Keoliitlm'' The resolution. In full as adopt ed on the Williams reek cut-off road was as inflows: "Whereas, strenuous efforts are being made to encourage the con struction of a highway opening up the territory of the Oregon Caves area to the Medford district,, there by materially shortening the high way route from Medford to Cres cont City, California; and "Whereas, the construction of this proposed highway by short ening the distance to our nearest seaport, will open new arteries of trnde and permit the shipment of Hogue River valley products, and more especially the 3500 to 4000 carloads of fresh frs 'eachVear, through the port of Crescent City, thereby eliminating the long rail haul from Medford to either Port land Or San Francisco for pro duce Intended for export; and "Whereas,, the present export rate ort fresh frull from Medford to either Portland or San Fran cisco is asfac per cwt., and by trucking to a closer seaport this rate could be materially reduced; and "Whereas,' the high rail rate on the importation of paper pads, nails boxes, Rpray materials and other products used in the grow-: ing and packing of fruit could un doubtedly bo materially reduced; through a. shortening of the routp;! and . 'Therefore be It resolved by the Hogue Hiver Valley Traffic asso ciation, an organisation composed j of shlppersa puckers and growers . of Hogue Hiver valley fruit, that this organization wishes to go on, record as favoring the construe- lion or mis niwny at ine earnest possible date, believing1 that Its- construction Will be of consider able benefit to the fruit industry, "ltOOUE ItlVKH VAIXEY TRAFFIC ASSN., , "D. H. Rosenborg, Pres." TABLE MlMAfi Tomperutiiru (I)i-kh.i Highest ll-tist 12 Inn.) Lowest (Lust 12 hrs.) 51 Kel. humidity ll'ct.).... V, r. Precipitation (Ins.) 01 ' .1)0 Stute or weather Clear Clwir Lowest temiieifttmu thla iiioin Iuk, 35 degrees. ! Total precipitation sinuo Sept. , 12. 1;06 Inches. Temperatures a year ago today: HlRlieat, 6ft; lowest, 3!. .' ' ' Sunaet today, 6:30 p, 'in., ,. ! Ban On Double Parking Is i Proving Worth in Speed ing Auto Traffic Is Con sensus Officers Have Little Difficulty. ' '.'j A- Sunrise Friday, (1:19 a. m. Sunset Friday, 5:37 p. m. ' ObEervatlons TakVrTat5 Am7 120th Meridian Time ire s CITT -0 a 2ft fa ! 3 Maker City 52 2tl Clear tlismarck 44 : 42 Clear Ilolse 60 , 3li Clear Denver 72 48 Cloudy lies Moines 54 48 llnin Fresno 78 54 Clear ' Helena 50 40 P. Cdy. Los AiiReles .... 74 58 Cloudv Mnrshflold 0 30 Clear Phoenix - 94 64 Clear Portland (14 44 FoKKy Ked Bluff CO 62 Clear Roa'eburs' -;. 64 . 3S Clear Salt Lake City.. 66 50 Cloudy San Francisco .. 68 66 Clear Santa Fo ......... 68 46 Clear Seattle ' GO 44 Fokkv i Spokane Mlsslns. Walla Walla 14 40 Clear Winnipeg 20 Kain 0. KEXNKTH &k -i . , Temporarily )KHSO.V. j In Charge. . I SHORTSCAUGHT IN STOCK NEW YOHK, Oct. 10-(P) The unexpected Increase of noaiiy 245,000 tons in the September un filled orders of the United States Ssteel , Corporatlon announced at noon today, brought a flood of- buying orders Into the stock mnr ket. and sent- prices whli-litig np-j ward as panic stricken "shorts' rushed to , cover their commit ments. U. S. Steel common ran up IL'H points, and scores of other issues were marked up 3 to 1 2 points. Some of them --snowed losses In tho early trnding. , Meanwhile, call money again dropped from C to 5 per cent and time money wns In fair supply al 8 Mi per cent for all maturities. . Some stocks tapered off on profit taking in advance of fine publication of the weekly brokers' Iouns statement, but the general list kept pushing forward with Iuk), buying of the coppers and communications issues the fea ture. Ingersoll Hand extended its gain to 13 points and Western Un ion to 10. American Telephone soared -well above the 300 mark again. Tho closing tone was strong with total sales approximating 1,100,000 shnres. kansaIcitytakes Tho elimination of double park big Irt the business section of Med ford by a recent city ordinance has proven its worth, according to opinion voiced yesterday by vari ous local merchants interviewed. Tlie new plan has worked so suc cessfully that some merchants voic ed the stutement tha they did not understand why it had not been put into effect before.- Hu.xlness has continued ns usual and customers find their way o their respect ive scores i;s before. Automobiles, of course, nre parked In some cases a seemingly long distance from tho business section, but traffic can 'now move with greater speed and facility. Whero once were two rows of double park ed machines on Main' street, and on Central avenue, as well as othir streets, the way is now elea es pecially on Suturduy niglts, when the streets ure crowded. "It is not the traffic problems that will keep tho customer away from your store," said one mer chant, "or attract him; it is whut you have to sell and the price.. it which you sell your goods. Husl ness has not changed in our es tablishment und personally I am In favor of the new traffic ordinance. I have not noticed the' absence of any of our rural customers, wh'tri iiorr.e huiu would buy out of town in order to escape the inconvenience of parking far away from business establishments." , Itrlof St IloneNfH. ' 1 "Of course, the new parking pli.n is working out all right," said an other merchant, "and the only thing we did not like In the be ginning was the ' fact that every body hod the Impression that n car could not stop to dischnrge or take on passengers. Now that we have a stop of a few minutes al lowed, long enough for passengers to leave tho mnchlue or to get In. I have seen great benefit in, th change." ' "Why should anyone have any ' partculf.r kick?" offered another merchant, "When we think back a few years when automobiles were still In their infancy, and possibly not Introduced In this section. It was then ranchers would hitch their teams down, at, the racks tmd walk through mud and rain over slippery unpaved streets and then walk back again, glad he got the service ho did." Other local businessmen were of the same lufn of mind nnd the double parking situation Is now be lieved to have . been solved. Th poilco department has found but little- trouble In enforcing the or dinance and a short time ngo com mended the motorists, Medford and but of town, for their cooperation In aiding the elimination of a traf fic problem that , has been to the front for years. Rural shoppers declare they find greater joy In motoring since double parking was forbidden and the samo idea has nlso been voiced by local residents, who have oeeaslon to motor often through the business section, I V' POLO SHIRTS All Colors and Sizes 95c MEN'S SUITS Just landed a. lot of Men's SuitsHigh Priced Suits such as Middishade, ; Kuppenheimer, Kirschbaum, Knopf Cloths, etc. ' ' "'' THE OTHER FELLOW SOLD THEM From $32.50 to S40.C0 -. - .V . ' t , - -i ' ...' ! ,- .- .. , ' ..' ,'-'-. I Most all sizes tip to 46 Stouts, Slims, and most : anything you want THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS, WE ARE GOING TO SELL iTHEM FOR $14.95 f' Also Overcoats Top Coats, Heavy Blazers, Blankets and Quilts EVERYTHING FQk LESS Cheapest Store in the West WILL H; WILSON 32 North Front Street n )U. SOVIJ? NOT GUILTY ' V -. "'1 Continued from Page On) tho nlck'4rHfmnso' of tho 'fi'deml oJiW,: ' ' , '. Doctor Joyful . ; i pr, Soule, slightly haggard from the slrain or tho trial, heard tho verdict with unconcealed Joy, as did his wlfu and fnriilly, who had boon In dally attendance nt the ! trlnl. ' Fred A. McDonald, self-adtrtltted drug addict nnd tho slm witness for tho government, and his wife, a former Klamath county school 'toucher, made no comment. They 'sat nsldo from the crowd n thoy j waited in tho clerk's office for their witness fees. Letters written by Mrs. McDonald, to Klamath county physicians beseeching them (to aid 'her mate in, breaking tho Mbackles of tho drug habit, were high points of pathos in the trial. The ; letters: wero reud1 by t'!,e gov ernnumt to the Jury.' The clause of the Harrison Nar-. cotle Act, under which Dr. Soule was Indicted, Is drastic and inflex ible.,' It prohibits tho administra tion of drugs to satisfy the craving of an addict. : Only In incurable diseases, collapse, and to thwart death, does the law permit the uso of drugs, and then to be adminis tered by n piiyttlctun. The government contended that Dr. Soule, ovor nn extended length of time, sold McDonald drugs, tho specific dntes of the Indictment bo lug from May 13 to 21 last. , Act iilT Mercy The, defense, not contradicting tho dispensing, as alleged, held that tho drug was used as "an not of mercy' and that Dr Houle in nil his dealings acted in "go oil faith." McDonald, an a rebuttal witness, admitted that, he .feigned great suffering to secure tho drtM from Dr. Soule. : ; ,,. 'tA The defehse in' Its case showed i how. McDonald- has boon afforded , relief -from his soul searing habit,; by tihyslcfnns in this and K la map! counties over a long period. Einl-V nent physicians and surgeons '.nt, southern Oregon nnd the state -o California, were- called ns wit-' nesses, Attorney tleorge M. Roberts rot . this city, and -Attorney Horace Manning of Klamath Falls repra sen ted Dr. Houle. The government wns represented hy District At tori ney George .Nuener nnd Assistant' District Attorney- Francis A.. Marsh. . V' The federal court session for tt6 present term was practically can. eluded With the proceedings thfe "morning. Several routine mutter will be settled. . The visiting oft.K, cutis will, dupurt tomorrow tpr Portland. rf tWi i'jrtui IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH Medford's Largest Furniture Store Is Now the Most, Beautiful FOURTH SERIES III ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct 10. (ff) Klve Rochester pltchcrn felt i the fury of the Kansas City attack I today as the American association j champions won the seventh Rume of the IHtle world series, 9 to 1. 1 Tho victory gave Kansas City an ! advantage of four Karnes to three. , MIAMI, PIb Oct; 10. (P) He- : luctnnt to leave tho scene of Ills aerial explorations In the Yuen tun Jungle, Col. Charles A. I.lndherKh headed his plane hack into the wilds today for further brief glimpses before returning to the United States. He was still ex pected to return here today, however. . More than 4&.000 thtinricrrttnrrcs each day Ih the record for the entire enrth. i: 'CKSTRAl, POINT, Ore.,' Oct. 10, I Special) Mtb. Ilqnlman of Table Kork met with a painful ac cident oo Wednesday when her hand was caught In tin' electric wringer, crushing It badly. , Dr. Ileckman was culled to drem the Injured member' and relieve the suffering of the victim. 4 . AuHNtyro fnmsKP(l, PHIhAUKLI'lllA, Oct. 10. (P) The Amerlcan-hullt Opnnlxh auto Kyro. undirKcdng fHts nt the Plt cnlrn field at llallowcll,, Is miles north of this city, was dnmugrd during a trial today. BEDS!' : : : BE'DS ! ! A NEW SHIPMENT OF ' FAMOUS ROiVIE BEDS Direct from the Factory at Prices You Can Afford to Pay j Exceptionally well. made: Rome Beds, finished in substantial linked enniiiel . . . n finish that will last a life time. , PRICED AS LOW AS $8.85 A fine selection of colors. Brown finished heds, with enne inserts; as low as $8.85, Beds finished in popular (Ireenleaf, priced at $11.95. , '.''' ;.''-''."'": and reniember, your credit is good! Come ill nnd choose your Home bed NOW. while tho selection is complete. i ',v-'.-:":r-.'' . a m ''in ; RELIABLE 'QUICKLY EFFECTIVE i-or Salt jit )liiriiilii & WoimIm Ii-uk l btorc, cur. .Main mid t'nitrul. rTll See Out Window Display Medford's Popular Credit Store 1 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli. 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