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Seven Acres in Rich Field
Drops Water Forms
Deep Lake in Depression1
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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
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TRAFFIC ASSN;
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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
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- 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.
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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
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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
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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,
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THE OTHER FELLOW SOLD THEM
From $32.50 to S40.C0
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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
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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