Medford mail tribune., October 19, 1929, Page 8, Image 8

F3GE EIGHT
BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
OREOOy, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1929.
TOURIST TRADE!
Unusual'Mergerof Brothers Behind Film Studio's Success
BROUGHT GREATI
SUM 10 OREGON
Survey Shows $25,000,000
- Will Have Been Spent By
Close of Yean Average
$7.50 Per Day at Hotel,
$3.50 in Camp.
' " ronTLAND, Oro., Oct. 19. W)
Nearly J20.OOO.OOO will havo been
left in Oregon by tho'end uf thin
year by automobllo tourlslB, the
chamber of commerce hero esti
mated today. Statistics compiled
by the secretary of stuto Hhuwed
registration of 80.071 visiting ears
during llio first nine months uf the
year, indicating a total of 100,000
for the entire year. It wan pointed
out that only about 00 per cent or
the total visiting cum In the Htato
wero' registered. TMh would bring
the actual total to around 105,000.
The survey wits baHed on the
average of 3.S persons to each cur,
and upon an uverage seven-duy
stay in the Htato.
' Approximately two-thirdH of the
tourUtfl were classified an hotel
nnd resort patrons, the rent camper-tourists.
Tho HUrvey indicates
the first group spends $7. bo a day
per person; the campers outlay
was wit at t3.Ul n day.
Based upon this formula, Ihe
hotel cluss of tourist will have left
approximately JL'll.i I 2.t.U(l In Ore
gon by the end of the year; the
camper, about $4,440,750.
The chamber announced It had
spent about $100,000 this year in
advertising tho stale's recreation,
outdoor playground and scenic as
sets. . '
(A. P. Feature Service Writer)
HOLLYWOOD AlmoHt
everyone in the movlo ImlUHtry
known the C'lirintle brothers.
Jd Hollywood one hen I'm uf them
uh the Chrtatle brothuru, collec
tively, and not uo much um Al unU
Charlie.
iioth are Httihvnrt Scotn, more
than Hlx feet tail. They are the
real 60-110 brothers of the muvicfi.
Whut Jtt Al'u 1h ChurlU', and i
whuL 1h Churlio'a Ih half Al'i,
whether It's a house or a studio.
ur u uk or a ooui. j ney nuvu
u joint bank account.
Not long uko Churllu walked
Into Al'u offko and wild:' "Well.
Al, we jiiwt went for u hundred
thouHand dullum for a nuund
BtaKO." ..
"Thut'rf groat said Al. "I
hope It maht'M mime money. - And
wiy, Chtirtlo, wo Just HiKnud Mario
UreHHler for a pleturo."
"Kino, Al. Who ought to be
Kod."
Tho lino of demarcation
between the afulra which oni
brother h suited to, and
in which tho other never
meddler, hua made the ChrlKti'j
brothei-H the combination they are.
Al 1h eHuentially rllm-mlnded (he
was a ti(?o director beforo he
wiih 2U and was one of the first i
lllin ilfreetorK) and Charlie Is en-!
Konllally buHinesH-mimled.
'When a story is to bo bought or
an actor hired, Al does It. Where1
contracts or distribution of pic-!
lures are Involved, or Investments
or buildings. Charlie uses his
Judgment.
The partnership goes back to
1 ! 10. when tho company bear
ing their name- was formed with'
a capital of $0000. Al had been!
with the Nestor l-'ilm ronipuny In
Itayotine. N. J.t In 1U08 when Unv j
shot "big dramas of the west" in
one reel in one afternoon in ;
Uraily's woods.
Charlie, who had been with Ihe
Ornml Trunk railroad In the boys'
homo town of London, Ontario,
como to Hollywood In 11U3, after
the Nestor Kllm company had
merged with Universal.
The hrothors worked for Univer
sal, Al as hood of tho comedy de
partment. Ono day they decided
to resign, and, going to the loca-
A "hint her act' performed in the husinewi offiwM of a picture
making; company In Hollywood Iiiih led (o Its grtiwlli rrom ail orll
nal rapltal of $11000 to a polin vh:ii $100,000 reeenlly was KpeiiL
for one sluice. U-H ( ilfch!: Al Mii-i.-ii:; .Mrs. Mary Clirlstte, their
iiintlier, and ( luirlot ChrWlie.
tlon Al had ?stabHNhd on Sunei i The brothers attend polo games,
boulevard for tho Nestor company, (dog: and horse shows and tho the
Ihey started their own concern, tati-r together, Ono never goes
to make comedies.
The Christies prof: reused Mt by
hit and reel by reel until today
they probably have one of tin
soundest of (ho smaller but steadily-working
organi'alions.
Tho Christie household, under
one roofi Includes, (besides tho
brothers, their mother, sister, an
aunt and Al Christie's wife. Char
lie's wife died several years ago.
.v.iebtiii(c without tho other. With
'such recreations, it Is apparent
j they have bad financial success,
Charlie was in a poker game
iimce, and when chips were count
led, the "hanker" told him ho was
"out" $100.
"Just half of that. It cost Al
$50 ton."
And Al was 2000 miles away
at tho time.
When M. Ruffacood, a repre
sentative of the Hoviet flying piano
passed thru hero tho other day,
looking ovtr tho lay of the land,
or air rather, which tho Russian
plane later would follow on its way
south, he was met at the old air
port by Heeley M. Hall, superinten
dent of the port, who desired to
make an agreeable Impression on
tho advance representative ho that
ho would uso his influence to have
the foreign plane stop hero.
Advancing with u wldo smflo
and whistling tho Volga Root Song
Heeley reached for the right hand
of the visitor, and cordially re
marked, "Kino duyskl, slgnor, It It
notski? Welcoom to our burgoff.
HtLve bo mo vodka?"
The reply wan u loud grunt and
if'few foreign sounding words.
Then Heeley launched forth In
an eloquent plea for the Russian
ship to stop hero on Its way south,
using a mixture of what he
thought was pigeon Russian, wlnd
Uig up with "Pleasky, w-hadypsay-
Tho visitor from Russia calmly
looked over his (juest loiter and
thn ejaculated, "Oh heltsky!"
which is r foreign word used to
express surprlso and embarrass
ment. Anyhow tho Russian plane did
not stop here, hut flew straight
thru the valley this noon enroute
to 8an Francisco.
Increased Farm Mortgage Debt Is Shown By Gov. Figures
vMj w vo. jg?1 wm
L p'
Tho Medford Ilenuty parlor on
North Central has been sold to
Mrs. D. O . Fre d e r I r k of ( i ra n t s
Paw, according to announcement
hy M rs. M a hel Io k u e. who h a
owned and operated tho shop for
the past four and a half years, and
during that tlmo has built up nn
unusually large hulness among the
women of southern Oregon.
, Mrs. Frederick will take poHes
slon of the Medford ttcauty par
lor November I, and It Is rxpectp.t
that the beauty open. tors who have
ben employed by Mr. 1'oaguu
will remutn under the new man-ngenient.
Ilsilmnteil farm mortiigc Iml
(hiM't) humiii of agricultural ceo
hicmtsliUjr.
Hy U YiinU J. Wcllcr
(Form Kdltor, Associated Press
Feature Service)
WAHlllNOTON (!) Farm
mortgugu indebtedness In the Unit
ed States, regarded In various de
grees as a barometer of agricultu
ral prosperity, appears to be In
creasing. David L. Vlekonst farm finance
specialist of the federal bureau of
agricultural economies, places Ihe
national farm mortgage debt at
$!i.4iiS.000,(i00 on January 1. 1 ! 2 s .
as compared to D.tttiO, ooo.noo on
tho corresponding dnto In nn
Increase of 1 1 OS, 000,000 In three
years.
The figures for HI-!! are not
avnllubln and unless they reveal
modification of Indebtedness some
cbtcdiuss of the IS states In millions of dollars. D.ivhl L. Wlckciis
nomics, whose figuris show Um mortgage debt of the l ulled Slates In
authorities ore Inclined to ques
tion the character of generally re
ported economic improvement.
Tho situation becomes more
significant by comparing the H'SS
figure with the total of 7,Sfi7,00.
000 Indebtedness January I. IH'JO.
Wlckens shows the largest in
crease In the nmount of farm
mortgage debt for the three-year
period ending January 1. ltl-H. oc
curred In ttio east north-rentral
states and thp Pacific group.
The south Atlantic states showed
the greatest relative increase In
debt, with lesser rates of Increase
In tho east south-central, the west
south central, the east north-central
and the Pacific group.
The more o( tinilHtic observers
point to the fact that decreases
I are reported for New England,
the middle Atlantic, the west north
I central and the mountain group,
j (ireatest relative decline occurred
'In tho mountain states( with the
' middle Atlantic, tho west north
: central and the New Kngland
1 groups (showing successively small
er reductions.
j Of th total debt for 192S, Wtck
i ens figures show, that an owner
openited larms was J5.. Mil). 000. 000;
j the debt on tenant-operated farms
whs Jll.iH 1.000,000, and tho debt
. on manager-operated farms was
1 $:m: i,oootooo.
Corresponding estimates for 1!2r
arc : Owner-operated farms, .,
j MM. 000. 000; tenant-operated, $3,-
612. 000.000; and manager-operated
$:'-i;t.ooo.ooo.
TRIAL KNRS NKXT WllKK
(Continued from Pngs OnM
ftMtatant manr.ger of the theater
nnd a prosecution witness who had
told of being In the private office
following thp attack, had not been,
tA her knowledge, In the office at
nil.
Mrs. Fowler was nn tho stand
tinder direct examination when
court ndjorned for the week end.
Her testimony will ho resumed
Monday.
HKXATK VOTKK lU-.HMNTI'RK
(Continued from Psgp OnM
today's action vetn regarded n
making the tariff hill even les
Acceptable, he nlready having
vplced disapproval of the revision
W the flexible tariff plan.
. A number of regular republican
nenntora, howevpr, were of the
opinion the houno would take a
firm stand agnfnnt Inclusion of the
debenture nnd firmly support the
president, as It did In the farm
legislation.
' After tho vote, the senate recess
rd until Monday.
, .
' -Milwaukie. N o n - demonina
rhurch to be built on Mlnthorn
HilU
FLIER PLUNGES TO DEATH AFTER MAKING RECORD
-ri"M(,;v, v mm
; Tttomat O. P.id (Inctl) of Downey, Cal., loct hit lift after tttabllshlng a new world-, mark for
aolo endurance at tht Cltvtland air race. Held waa married Ihe day he took off on the fatal attempt. ,
MUTINEERS OF
WIJHU
QUELLED
BY NATIONALS
Round Up and Disarm Dis
satisfied Troops 200
Killed in Yesterday's
jFighting Foreign War
ships at Scene.
SHANGHAI. Oct. 'lO. CP)
Hi'iivy ffhtini; between Kuomin
ehun untl Nutlunullst troops at
YenHhl In northwet Hunan waa
reported tonight In a dispatch from
Japanese sources In Nanking.
LONDON, Oct. 19. (IP) A Rou
ter dispatch from Shnnghul today
said it was reported reliably there
that General Fengr Yu-HsianB's
forces had captured Cbenchow,
Hunan, and wero advancing to
ward Hankow.
Tho revolting Ironsides regiment
was said to be approaching Han
kow from the south. General
Chiang Kai-Shek, president of the
Nanking Nationalist government,
has thrown a crack division into
the struggle and a decisive en
gagement is predicted.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 19. UP) Wire
less messages from foreign men of
war at W'uhu today said the trou
ble which began there yesterday
with mi'Uny of 00U Chinese sol
diers had passed nnd nationalist
soldiers were engaged in rounding
up nnd disarming t;ie mutineers.
An estimated 200 Chinese were
Vllled in the fighting which lasted
most of yesterday. The Wuhu
chamber of commerce was under
stood to have paid the mutineers
40.000 to leave the city.
This, coupled with tho pressure
of attacking nntlonulist soldier,
was considered to have terminated
the incident.
Japanese naval authorities re
ported that tho 70 or so Japanese
there have been taken aboard a
Japanese warship, but that they
had not yet left the vicinity.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 19. (P) The
United States gunboat ranay was
ordered t to W'uhu today from Han
kow In view of tho emergency cre
ated by mutiny of Chinese soldiers
there. It was expected to arrive
in mld-nfternoon.
Standard Oil company oflfclnls
sent a wireless message to their
headquarters here that they had
abandoned tho town. Tho -Japanese
are reported to have sent
a ship to Wuhu to bring away the
entire Japanese colony.
Embarrassed
Mildred Knott.
'- PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. (P)
A Bult for $50,000 personal and
$25,000 punitive danmKOH wan filed
in the circuit court today against
the Portland Telegram, by Alice
Born.stad, as guardian for Mildred
Knott, minor. Tho complaint
charges that embarrassment nnd
physical injury were suffered by
the girl through publication of
letters written her by Walter
Kin Ice, 17, imprisoned tor .shooting
to death a school companion.
italiaKssy is
BRUSSELS. Oct. 1 9. -P) For
eign Minister Hymana today apol
ogized to Ambassador Durazzo of
Italy In behalf of the Belgian gov
ennment for an anti-fascist riot
in front of the Italian embassy
last night. No arrests had been
made today, but tihe police ex
pected to round up suspected anti
fascists. Many of the manifestants
were youths' said to be Italian na
tionals. They gathered outside the
embassy shouting insults to Pre
mier Mussolini and bombarding
the building with stones and bricks,
smashing doors and windows. Po
llco had to fire over the h,eads of
the rioters to disperse them.
HOTELMEN HOLD MEET
KLAMATH FALLS TODAY
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Oct.
19. CP) The southern branch of
tho Oregon Hotelmen's association
Is meeting in Klamath Falls today.
Vern Haig, world traveler, lecturer
and writer, at present residing in
this city, will address the associa
tion at a banquet tonight.
Oregon Weather.
Fair tonight and Sunday; warm
er in the southwest portion Sun
day. Gentle variable winds on the
coast.
4
Klamath Falls Consumers' (las
corporation plans to locate plant
here with investment of f 1,000,000.
Eggs Spatter Superintendent After
Ineligibility Affidavit Costs Game
HOLTON', Kas.. Oct. 19. WP)
Pur3ued by dozens of egg-throwing
supporters of Holton high
school, A. CI. Schroedcrmeier, su
perintendent of schools at Hia
watha, Kas., was forced to flee
from town under guard after n
football game yesterday in which
Hiawatha defeated Holton. 27 to 6.
Iro of . the Holton adherents
was aroused, by on affidavit pre
sented to the school hoard by
Schroedermeler, formerly principal
of the Holton school, which caused
a Holton star to be declared In
eligible just before game time.
Stones, eggs and mud were
hurled at the car in which, the
Hiawatha superintendent left Hol
ton nnd cries of "traitor" sound
ed along the streets as he passed.
A long procession of Holton auto
mobiles followed the superinten
i dent's car severnl miles.
BELL BOY FINDS
BANK RUN HALTS
DEATH IN BATH
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. F)
Harry S. Illaek, chairman of the
board which operates the fashion
able Hotel Plaza In Central Park
South, was nearly drowned in a
bathtub In his npnrtment on the
18th floor of the hotel early to
day. A pulmotor crew worked
over him for eight hours before
he wns revived. Physicians re
ported him out of danger.
It was stated at the hotel that
Mr. Black had fainted In the toub.
He was found unconscious by a
bellboy, his head submerged in the
overflowing tub.
Considerable mystery surro.und
ed the accident, hotel officials nnd
gas company employes refusing to
disclose the identity of Mr. Black
for some time. It was only on In- j
sistence of police that tho details
of the case were given to the press.
Mr. Black was born CG years ago
in CuburgO ntario. Is widely known
and an International engineer and
promoter.
HIGH TlHeTENS
TAYLORVILLB, 111., Oct. 19.
yp) out of the sky yesterday
dropped money bags to bring
faith to a panic stricken town nnd
stave off a bank run which would
almost certainly have resulted In
empty vaults at the only bank
which remained.
Tho drone of an airplane motor
was tho signal that the day was
saved and that the lino of 2fi0
depositors in front of the Farm
ers National bank need have no
fenra of not getting their money.
'Almost like magic th line faded '
away and another formed cus-
tomers redepositing the money
they earlier had withdrawn.
Itellef was rushed by nirplano
to the Farmers bank by Chicago
federal reservo officials ns soon
as they learned that Taylor-UIe's
other three banks had been closd. (
'Frozen assets" were blamed.
II
SCION OF WEALTH HURT
IN PLUNGE DOWN SHAFT
1 Earlier Router dispatches from
Shanghai said loyal nationalist
rtoops rushed Wuhu and quelled
ihe mutiny which was confined to
600 dissatisfied soldiers. British
women nnd children were said to
have returned to their homes.
COAST AIR ACTIVITY
WILL BE INSPECTED
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. ) ;
Assistant Secretary Ingalls of tho i
navy will leave next week by air
for the Pacific coast to inspect all 1
naval aeronautical activities. I
He will look over fleet activities I
in relation to air operations, going
to sea on the I.angley. The trip
includes visits to the airplane car- J
riers Lexington and Saratoga at
Pugrt Sound ynrd and to commcr-!
cial aircraft plant3 along tho const. 1
START SURVEY FOR ;
HAPPY CAMP ROUTE;
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Oct. 19 J
UV) Preliminary surveys tinder
the direction of the I'nlled States i
forestry department, will be start- j
ed Monday, which will offer a
new mountain highway starting !
at Happy Camp, Cal., nnd ending
at Tilkllmn. j
Tho road will be nbout 30 miles
In length nnd will open a country J
never before accessible to tourists, j
Hood River Contrnct awarded
for construction of domestic water
supply distribution system.
MOCLIPS, Wash., Oct. 19. Wi
A heavy tide swept over the coun
ty fllghwuy hero yesterday, flood
ing 10 houses. Sand and drift
wood were carried ovr the road,
which is a quarter of a mile from
the ocean beach. Tho wind was
holding tho water up nn daround
tho houses today and ns there
Is still higher tldo due nome fear
was felt for the safety of the
dwellings. Tho Inst destructive
tide hero was in 192.
Reedsport. Construction on
south approach of Scottsburg
bridge progressing rapidly. r .
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company Improving toll line be
tweenKlnmath Falls and Merrill.
CHICAOO, Oct. 19. (P) Vin
cent K. Heuly, son of the founder
of Lyon and Healyt muslcial in
strument concern, is i a critical
condition from Injuries suffered
Thursday when he fell two floors
down an elevator shaft at a north
sido residence.
Heuly, visiting at the home of
Gustnv F. Swift, vice president of
Swift and Company, opened the
elevator door, thinking it was to
the bathroom, and plunged Into
the shuft.
Henly is suffering from a spin
al Injury, six broken ribs, and
shock.
Bomb Trolley.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19. (P)
A heavy charge of explosive went
off early this morning under a
Tulane avenue street car, dam
aging the car's under carriage,
smashing Its windows and tear
ing up three feet of rail, The
nine passengers and the crew es
caped injury. The blast was laid
to the trolley strike.
Grants Pass Lady
Slays Buck From
Back Door Step
GRANTS PASS. Ore., Oct.
19. W While her husband
tramped the hills armed with
n high powered rifle In quest
of deer, Mrs. K. It. Crouch.
on the outskirts of the city,
stood on her back door step
4 nnd got her buck. She used a
.13 caliber rifle.
Her husband has been gone
five days.
KLAMATH DEALERS WAR
ON UNLICENSED CANINES
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Oct. !
19. Ai When reports were re-!
crlve.l Friday that Is head of j
sheep In tho Olene district had
been killed nnd SI Injured by sheep
killing dogs, an open war wns dc- !
dared today on nil unlicensed dogs I
In Klnmath countq. I
Owners of unlicensed dogs also
are liable, according to law. '
"YOUR SALARY SHOWS YOUR WORTH TO YOUR EM
PLOYER, BUT YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT SHOWS
YOUR WORTH TO YOURSELF," SAYS "BILL" DOLLAR
r wr ro stay 1
MEDFORD
m n
Start Saving
Today
We will show you
how to begin
The younger generation
of this community
should take advantage
of the opportunity that
presents itself now to
grow with medford.
The dollars saved in the
next few years will be
Ihe ones that may pave
the way to the hide-,
pendonce that will be
the heritage of those
wiio plan wisely now.
START TOWARD
IlSinFPFMnPMrc
Every Person Should Have a Saving, & Checking Account
It will ho easy to opai an account and easier to save after vou have
formed the habit. Lot us help you. Decide on a regular amount to
sn e each week and dcpos.t that , your savings account, where it
mil draw intern. Make out a budget for your expenses SuHiTi
method w.ll put you on the road to financial independence.
Jackson County Bank
Medord, Oregon