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IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTED IN CENSUS PHONE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT ONCE ford M ail Tribune The Weather Temperature niglirst yi-stt-riliiy AO IrfmiM. this llionilug 33 rrwfpiuitloii: i To fi p. nu ycstrtluy 05 I To r n. m. tliU innrnltij? T I lift Forecast: Tonight and Thurs day unsettled; temperature bcloK ttornuil. nillr Iwtntf-fllth Tr. W.H ltj-WU Xtu. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OKMXiOX, AVKDNKSDAY, APRIL :W, 15W0. No. 39. MED Today By Arthur Brisbane ., British Worryj, Wall SWWorry. Kjje Owns Competition. To Kill, or Not to Kill. Copyright King Features Synd. I no. Britain feus a new worry in India, fear of treachery ainonii native troops. Only a few British are in In dia, les$ t,lian the population ol n small American citv, amoni.' 300,000,000 Hindus. To Tluit extent native troops and police can be relied on, in view of intense liationwl feel ing, is a serious question. 1 I1U urniftll oiiuviii'" live troops, official reports rc i'errinK to "SnsatisfaeTory con duct," which means, that na tives wold not obey orders to Ss'JSbt their own peopl'e. Another day of worry in Wall Stree yesterday, stocks off 2 to 7 points, worst day since the whirlwind last fijl. The gangling geese had be gun to come back, specuhitini: on hopes instead of facts. The time for that hns'iigt Cost of travel h! air and rail between New Yorfc and the Southwest 0is reduced to less than regular railroatPand Pull man rjpr'travel. Flying from New fork to Dallas, Texas, orOklahoma City, you save $0.24 in cash, J& hours in time... , And these' cujs are -Tnirrlc by the Pennsylvania railroad it self.' . Wise General Atterbury, the head of the 'Pennsylvania, de cides that if he must lSivc air competition, he will own the competition. Another emTgetie effort is made to abolish eapitul'pun- isliment. Such ellgrts come iiy fits and starts. The recent burning alfve of convicts in the Ohio penitentiary convinces people that convicts should nut be burned alive " hen they have not been sentenced tp death. Will Dnrant writes against uital punishment earnestly. f the beginning of tye last century, when the question was agitated it was called an insult to the judges of England. They knew what was good for criminals. There is more involved in ti?e question tiffin criminals or their welfare, and that is the ques tion of heredity. For at lfjjst 100,000 years murder has been punished with '(.Continued on roue ThrSfe) Nothln' looks more. trlHIll' than great hlg, iHTMMl-shouldclTd hunk Icanln- on trail, spindly xxlr fonnuiln table Hack In' a Jrw. Dry Snoocr Wcw Moots u dlxhargol Kxluy for driukln' while off duly. Abe Martin LEGGE HITS AT FOES OF FAR y ER AD U. S. Chamber of Commerce Taken to Task By Fede ral Farm Board Chairman in Hectic Meeting No Constructive Action Claim WASHINGTON, April SO.-'-yP) Speakers representing the govern ment and business clashed today over the federal farm board and its policies before the eighteenth annuul meeting of the Chamber of coigniercf of the United States. Chairman H?egge of tho board said the chamber hud failed "to take any cons&uctive action to Improve the farm Hituafion." Tn renlv Tlnnlol A Atlllat Dan. vejj banker and stocRman, con- I tended both thi farm board and ! I the agricultural marketing act which created It were part of "a fantastic dream of stabilization." He urged theact be repealed. The 5:tack and, counter-attack threw into controversy the previ ously . serene meeting. Middle western grain dealers, flipposlng the board, and others had previ ously announced intention of speaking from the floor on boaiff policies after Legge and Mlllett had concluded. At one point Legge departed l from his prepared address to sug gest that members of the chamber join with him in setting up a pri vate organization to do work that the farm hoard . now is doing. When there wus no reply, ho nHflf.fl thnt ho won lil 1 unt ti. confer later with members of the chamber on his proposal. County Conimlttttd Legge declared congress had definitely committed the country to the principle of cooperative marketing of farm&products. The aftriculturfll marketing act, he aalct supplies the means n ecessur y to help the farmer help himself out of his major economical difficul ties and "the farm board is going to ,lve him every assistance per mitted by the law." "I am sure that most of you wilt agree that you know more about the igiWcultural situation and how to meet it 9iian I do," he said. "A considerable perPentage of your memhe?sip have made that quite (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) James II. Owen, general mana ger of the Owen-Oregon Lumber company, emphatically denied this morning the persistent rumor of the past two days that the local plant and JackSon county holdings of his company were to be sold to the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany. The rumor, born on a local street corner, gained wide circu lation throughout the county, anfi gained in magnitude with each re-telling. It Ts the biggest pieceo( bunk I ftave heard in a long time," said Mr. Owen. "Wo have not con templated or considered selling, nnd I did not know our platfit was for sale, until I heard the ruri$r. The Weyerhaeuser people are not interested in purchoslng our plant, nor we in selling to them. It Is nil a big Joke, without a grain of truth, and iffiout as apt to hap pen as I am to jump .down the n a i r rfr nrni i ottLL Ur MILL nirnnw nnooirt IVItKLLI bUMir cuvo no nuirn OHIO JHo.UhlIY Aoouc twice n year, me repon Oowdy; Sweetland, Collins and Ua Is scattered that Weyerhaeuser Vj8 terests hnve purchased the Owen- Oregon plant, and spread like . R. H. E. wildfire. The present rumor had) Pittsburgh 2 7 1 a wider circulation than the pre- Chicago B 9 0 vious fairy-tales, and therefore. 1st Jones, fltoner and Hemsley; Ma dignified with a denial. I lone and Hartnett. Coffey Cancer Cure Is Failure . Believes Medical Ass'n Journal CHICAOO. April 30. 0P,-The i The journal editorial says In Journal of the American MlcftljPart- r- Pathologists and surgeons who association, in an editorial by Dr. e nV(?!ltlRatpd the methotlt ex. Morris Fishbeln In Its current lf-, proJ, nothing but profound dls- SUe. aiscusses ine rt-nuiin uj ijwi mortem examinations In the casen . ,. ,-J4.j in of 30 cancer patients treated in the Coffey-Humber clinic in Ban Francisco. The editorial state that Invest!- gation by pathologists and sur- geons Indicate that postmortems "do not reveal any definite Hpe - clflc destruction of cancer tissue." Bear Creek Gets Forbidden Cheer ' c i e. r. I The muddygwuiers of Bear creek diluted valued fluid on two occasions during the past T wieK wm'ii me Hiieriii M ui t flee destroyed 286 gallons of alcohol twitted by officers ( v trom liquor runners passing f through southern Oregon dur- ing the pastOlO days. In nddlt.on to the alcohol, 10 cases of gin, two quarts fr 4 of gin, one quart of bour- bon whisKey, yvo quarts of moonshine and 12 quarts of J champngne were also dumped fr Into the creek at McAndrewfi 4 ford. Several officers took part in tho destruction of the 4 liquors. , S00LS IS CK CLAIM Twen'y Names Added By Work of Newspaper 'Medford Continues to List Additional Names,. Kenorts from Cold Hill This after n00n gave tnnt cly a populatioia1 of 608. following re-ports yesterday that the census count was 4S8. A recneck by the add Hiu xew9 add- ed fc20 naTnes to the list. This in- ui cune iujuiutiv;.. u.i uuun i n report that the dance pavilion ofl- erutcd by Luke Kincaid, would come under the county court's Jur isdiction, In keeping with a legisla tive fltct that Towns having leis than 500 people must su'bmlt itu dance regulations to the county cpurt and obtain its license to op erate thftrefiorn". ". ' The Gold Hill dance will oi&rat under city jurisdiction aa buJ next Saturday, and dancing will continue to the' usual' hour, Mr. Klncald said this afterifoon. Medford Chanvber eff Commerce is continuing to receive names of GOLD HILL HAS persons m,seu ny """'""""deiAiiaitralloii aRent "thur the here, and severa have filled out , ,., cmlI.t.lg , h(.0,.tv 8ympa. and sent in the blank published In , , . ,,. niove,lu.n, ,, WM Ue. the Mall Tribune. Tlfe blank form , irllifle , tho work ai 80011 appears again today ond should be . gs arrailgi!lnon(l, cull be nlttde... mniifu in ny moe wno snow iiiem selves to have 'ben missed in the local count. v f American R. Chicaso 4 Detroit 6 Illnnlrnriolilr. U'&Ioli Mnlfmn oll.l a.- ni,i.ii' iinLit f.'nrwnvl I nnd Hareravp" I and riargrave R. K. New York, 9 W'nnhinetnn 0 12 5 4 Plpgras and Hargrave, 'Tate; Thrown, Iltirke and Hue). II. K. 6 1 1; R. Philadelphia 3 Boston 7 Qulnn, Leibliardt, JJahaffey, Rom mel and Cochrane; Gaston and Berry. National II. Brooklyn 9 New York 4 Vance and Deberry; Hubbell, Lua caa, Benton and Hogau R. H. E. St. Louis a... 3 11 1 Cincinnati If!.,. 4 7 Johnson and Wilson; Lucas and Gooch. R. H. . 9 16 Boston 9 16 1 1 Philadelphia 3 8 1 Brandt. Wllloiiehbv. Mllllenn and . ui'ji"inuneiu wtin woin wie ' Nl"' i cal and pathological results. The '. expertH Indicate that postmortem " , l examinations which have been' . mnde ,n fll 3Q ca)ies Jo not ! reveal any definite specific de- t ruction of cancer tissue or evl- - dence that the progress of the ( spread of cancer In the bodies of jthe afflicted patients has been re-! j tarded." BISHOP MAXON AIDS SON The Fit. Rev. James M. Maxon, nessee, shown at right leaving homicide c7urt in New York aftrr hir son, James, Jr. (left), was ordercld held without bail in slaying , avid Paynter, 73, during a fight. PRISONERS WILL n in i i i. County Demonstration Agent fcfe COUft tO CO'Operate in Cleansing Day Cam paign. iVJibel C. Muck, county home demonstration agent, appeared be fore t tie county 'court i1h inorfl- mg, in regular hgkuioii ussemufeii, iw I onnaurnl lliot nrlgnnnru in Ilia cdlmty Jail be detailed to clean up tlti cans, klttensnntl other debris j scattered along the country roads by citizens combining an auto ride wlthrlvate disposal ofgarbuge. Saturday is State Highway Statd Clean-up day, sponsored by the; Oregon uarden club, asslHted by the Hoy Scouts. The home eco nomy's committee of tho home dem onstration agent's office will meet this afternoon in the public library to discuss plans. It was reported to the county court that the distribution of the garbage was widespread, witn com q j plaints from the Applegate, Jack- I SONVIIItJ UIIU AUKIU nil lit (IISIIICIS. The county court hiis the license numbers of several aulos. the ow4- ers o whch wl, bc ni)k(,d (() eJ( plain why lhe lunipI refuse 0alonn the roads when they tlgiURht i jiobody'waa watchliiK. The court re- poneii mat several inns apprenenn- eu nau cieaneu up ineir own mess I on both sides of the road." The home demonstration agent I said tffat women residing In the founlry were anxious I'or removal of unsightly I1! and favored a strict curb on the annual spring practice. The county court nlqp transacTed a mass of routine business and signed a number of hills. line county engineer report-aft that the work of oiline the !a cirj(. hhway detour would be started as soon &s tho ground dries Oil for tho purpose Is now on the sidetrack and the state highway commission Ik paying $5 per day demurrage. aH WASHI.NV!T.', April 30. (f) President Hoover tfyjay received the I'nlle' Stales' ofiirlal copy of the Ijnndon naval treaty. Secretary Stlmsnn, who headed (he American delegation to Hie con ference, presented tho document to the president on .the south grounds of the White House. Mr. Hoover Is anxious for the scnoie lo act on the pad at this session and was expected to send It to the capitol soon. t DENTAL OFFICE WORKER AnitlTTCn fkt am i nr AUUUI I I tU UN CHAKGc , - v PORTLAND Attrll 30 4JPt K(wnr(, PoWf.u turmw tiul9yot a dental supply company here. who was accused of stealing $7000 worth of dental gold from the company's safe, was acquitted in circuit court yesterday. Ho dnN any connection with the tneft. AID IM CLEANUP FOR DEDICATION nniiwiRV RnflnQinnfli airport UUUIlllll HUi iUU L.UUI IJL llllll Ulll ' !, o . Episcopal bishop coadjutor of Ten DEFINITE PLANS American Legiotj Committee Votes to Finance Visit of0 Northwest Ajr Tour and Fete. ; . A colorful celebration In connec tion vpih jhe arrival of the 0 or T vpin participating In tho northwest air tour will bo held as official dedication of Medford's new Airport when the planes stop at tho local field, according to .nlans promoted by the 'Medford post, American LegfcTm.Mt was an nounced this afternoon following Abe meeting of the executive com mittee at Hotel Medford. The Medford stop-over of the immense uir fleet including many army and navy planes, will be financed by the Medford post. Difte of the celebration will bo jin nounced as soon ow the day of the fleet's arrival ls determined. An nil circus will be put on by the government planes. Othor details of the event will be arranged thru. theconimittec to bo appointed ut an early dute by tho localcpost. It Is rumored that an effort will he made to hold the JacksofS coun ty picnic on thesameday at the air field In-order to muk the cek'iratlon ftun all southern Ore gon evonW 0 The local post is sponsoring the celebration to give th& airport an off'.-lal dedication of such Impor tance that publicity, longleserved, will be brought to the new field. Need of this publicity iKevi denced rh the remarks of pilots landing at the field, who express their surprise at finding n airport l modern construction andJ sment near Medford. The'l ocatlon of the field Is still or sucn arrange oxfitft location of tho unknown to many who regularly travel by plane. Tho story which will bo carried away from here by pilots of tho 65 or 75 planes touring tho north west, Legionnaires believe will do more to boost the ulrport tha any other typo of dedication could, f8 PLACED AT 6621 PENDLETON, Ore., April 30. A preliminary census report of Pendleton given today by C. Mrlntyre, district supervisor, list ed 6021 residents within the city limits. The 1320 population was out, nuiLH iihjiuuuu mo bMivm Oregon Htato hospital patients. J Hospital Inmates were not counted ; this year as the Institution Is out- j side the city limits. There are l57 patients In the hospital, com- pared to bt'O ln920. j BR1TAIOEGULATES"' MILLING OF FLOOR IXNDOX, April SO. T h e agricultural correspondent o? the Dally Express says the British gov ernment has definitely decided to establish regulations requiring a minimum percentage of Hrltlsh wheat flour In every loaf milled In Britain. The newspaper says the policy will ahortly be published In the form of a governmental "white paper," (1 (1 il f NflFRFFRi m nnro nrMT it. i r ii ii khpm ir n i issss--- ML!? I hLOiULHI f urnrnnn mnrn I IVItUhUKU U.Uhi;. iu Harder sind Allen Named Vice-Presidents Ralph Sweeney Treasurer Ted Baker Continues As Secy. Officers were elected and plans (ftn the ensuing your discussi'd at last night's meeting of the board of directors of tho Medford Cham ber of Commerce, Including the seven new mombva elected last week. o Officers were elected as fal lows: O. o. Alnderfer, president; 11. K. Harder, first vice-president; V. V. Allen, second vice-president; italph Sweeney, treasurer; C. T. Maker, SArotary. I'lans were made for tho annual home products dinner to bo held next month ami aenmmitteo, com posed of W. H. Tiolger, C. S. Hut terfleld, Jtthn Anderson. ,1. C. Carle. .1. C. Thompson hq-I H. V. Hamlin, will be in chnrge. A commit tee. composed of A. W. i'lpes, T. 1. Travis and R K. Harder was numed to look into I tho matter of repairing tho cham- i her of commerce building. ; Commend Sivlgnrt. 1 The ,1'onrd passed a resolution commending C. A. Swlgart for his service as president of the cham ber for tho pns year charaoter lzej0aK one of the most construc tive administrations in the history of tho chamber. Auother committee, composed of C. C. Lemnion, Jack Carle, H. S. Deuel anc4 C. S. Hutterfteld, was appointed to work out plans for a tour of the vnlley phyined for tho delegates to attend tho state hankers' convenlon hero next Juno. The chamber also pledged sup port to tho planH of the Ameri can Legion to dedicate Medford's now airport. 0 a L DIRECTOR PLEA No lcgi?l action was taken today in tho plea for an injunction filed yesterday Mrs. Elizabeth A. Him mervllle, ousted Unite Falls school director, seeking to restrain the county school superintendent from appointing n successor. District Altorney (Jeorge A. Cod ding and Attorney E. E. Kelly, rep resenting one portion of the Butte Fulls school board, held a confer ence this morning upon the suit. Attorney Oua Newbury represents Mrs. Slmmervllle. II wns held that the school su perintendent Mimed a successor be ore the Injunction plea was filed, henco abrogating It. In tho suit filed by Mrs. Slmmer vllle It is sot forth that no trial wns ordered giving her an oppor- 1 l, !rov " no' " "nt "f tt"", l ' " ? county legal advisor holds that under Iho OroRon school laws this Is not necessary and new appnlnt pointmontfl may be made upon proof of ahsenteeefsm. Tho school superintendent de clared Mrs. Simmcrvlllo's post va cant upon tho statement of l.ane county officials that Mrs. Simmer villi) hud established residence ut Eugene and lhat a daughter wus attending a Eugene high school, and paying no tuition us reriulrcd by non-residents. Mrs. Julia Doubloday was named to fill the vacancy on the Butte Fulls school board until tho an nuul election, June 10. It Is under stood thnt Mrn. Uouhlediiy will be a candidate then and that Mrs. Hlmmervlllo will seek re-election. Bad Break for Joe VANCOUVER, Wash., April 30. ifp Unmindful of the nroverb. Joe ; (Irlskey put all Ills egg In one Hiiiomomij!. ju mo way 10 mar ket today the car amashed Into a telephone polo. The oln was brok en, the auto wrecked and the eggs destroyed, (irlskey was charged with reckless driving. CODDING AN FALLS SCHOO Race of Dwarfs May Result From Disease of Thyroid Gland, Claim .KI. MOSTR. Calif.. Anrll 30 I At Ur. Oeorge M. Curtis, nsso-! c-iate professor of surgery, Unlver-( slty of 'hloagof In en address today told tfio California Medical association that a race of dwarfs may spring up In the United States to present unusual medical and social problems. In his talk on cretinism, Dr. Curtis pointed out cretinism was a thyroid gland disease definitely associated with goitre and con Files For Divorce " Associated tress Photo A complaint for0dlvorce wu filed In Los Angeles by Betty Compson, film actress, against James Cruze, motion picture director. Mental cruelty Is c iargcd. Journalism Class Members of Medford High Will Be Reporters for Sunday Morning Issue. Seven members of tho Medford high school Journalism class, who are also mombers forthe current HcmoHtor of tho lit Times, achool publication, -..will cover news as signments given them by the edlt of. The Mall wTrlbuno Saturday, Articles 'written by'th youngJour: naMsts wlllnppoar In the Sunday edition of the paper under a "by line." Those who will become "Trlb uno reporters" Hnturday are Nor rls l'orter, Millard Younger, Ben I Jay, Im Donna oCaldor, Hilly Ha Ken, Harriet Kayser and Mnxlne HaKivn. Tho stories nssltfned to tho stu dents will bo obtained and writ ten without asslstanco from the regular reportorlal staff. Tho journalism el'iss Is taught by Miss Mary GHVert, "nnd an hour a day Is dovotod to tho work. A list of all articles to appear In tho next issuo of the HI Times Is posted on the bulletin board by tho editor, Hob Spalding, and tho students work out their special stories obtained from this list dur ing the class porlod. A short time ago members of this class visited tho different newspaper nnd printing off?ces In frtho city for a cIoho-up of the trade. -4 a OF TENDER AGE FACE CHARGES WUWOKA, Okla., April 30. (F) Two ulluKOd "torch" slaty ers of 2 year old Hay Yadon, of Crom well, Okla., were hold in Jail hero today whllo "officer considered fillnn murder chargos against the prisoners, eight and ton years old respectively. Tho baby died yesterday morn ing. Invent I" tors said death re sulted from burns received when H. T. Treadwoll, 10, lighted cloth ing which previously had been soaked with gasoline by the boy and his brother, I'aul, 8 years old. H. A. Hoy le, Juvenile officer, said tho brothers would be given a hearing In Juvenile court. If they are found to know rlht from wrong u murder chnrge may be filed ngalnst the older child, Mr. Boyle announced. fined principally to mountnlnous districts. He said cretins or mid nets are becoming a problem as their numbers Increase In the Alp. Himalayas, Andes, and Car pathian mountains, and asserted there la danger of cretinism In the Pacific northwest. Ho urged Idlontxation of water and improved sanitary conditions to prevent further Increase In the number of dwarfs and goitre cases In tho region. j 1 jv i ,:;;:''':::-:'':lS YOUNG SCRIBES TOTRYHAND ON TRIBUNE BEATS TORCH SLAYERS URGE DELAY I i CI HOOSE Armory Site Advocates Favor Postponement to A voide Injunction and Community Battle Pres ent Building Adequate. At a meeting Tuesday evening of the petitioners and proponents of the Armory site for the court house, the following resolution was adopted: Whereas, It Is authoritatively known that the city of Medford i never has officially presented or nutiiorized the gift of nnytslte to thecounty court, and, hereas, the city does not own the Washington school site, and that injunctive proceedings will, in au probability, be resorted to In the event of a selection by the voters of Jackson county of either the Armory sito or the Washing ton school site, and. Whereas, tho present housing arrangement for the county Is amply sufficient, adequate, ' con venient and economical, and, Whereas, this courthouse lte selection can only tend to arouse the comrjiunlty and divide It In matters of more serious concern and importance; It Is, therefore, hereby, Resolved, that we, the petition ers and proponents of the Armory site, whllo still believing that It is in nil reupects the best site, urge that the proponents of each of the contesting sites got Cogether with the county court and settle upon the policy of extending the least, upon the present courthouse, and to that end will await the aotlon of the Washington school site pro ponents until Saturday, May 8, 11)30. E, K. KELLY. .. Committee. The desirability of ; postponing the court house construction for at least five years has been discussed Attorney P, J. Noff Is In favor of such action, and plans to present at the primary election an Initi ative measure to this effect. If This should pass, then whatever selection wore made at the pri mary as td sites would stand,, but construction would not start until 1935. Members of the county court have been approached how ever, and all have unofficially op posed such a move, maintaining (Continued on Page 8, 8tory 2) FOX THEATERS TO PORTLAND, Ore.. April 80. () Ilownrd 8hoehan, vice president of the Fox Went Coast Theater., said lnit night that the company will build or acquire ten theaters In Oregon "In the near future," at a tnlnl coat of 2, 000, 000. He could Klvo ncj information a. to where thene theater, would be located. Will Rogers Says: BEVKRLY HILLS, April !i0. I urn a little late but I want to welcome home tha "prodiBulH." They toll me that o n r "Parity Punk " boys not b a o k. home. They, must have not done much over there, for I never heard of them being decorated. It's almost impossible to live in Kiik'limd that long and not bc "knighted" for . some thing. They pulled-in ' on the same day as the eclipse. Of course we know when an eclipse is going to happen, but nobody knows when one of our wandering delegates will come drifting back from somewhere. Even it we didn't got "parity" we want to thank England for giving us the boys back. Yours, WILL ROGERS. BUILDING I L C i