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GRANTS I'ASS, Ore., Juno 7
iff The wheel of fate la again
spinning for Kerby, Oregon, min
ing town with a past. The old gold
camp, tucked away in the ore
locked mountains of southern Ore
gon. Is again .being revived for
public Inspection.
As in the gold lore days of
three quarters of a century ago, the
town of one hundred Is being
pushed on- page one because men
sense riches. ,
But this time, should the an
nounced intentions of tho capital
.j Istsjbe. completed, there will be no
'aftermath, of hard-hearted men
and hard-faced women; there will
be no .saloons where pay dirt may
be exchanged for liquor; there will
be no plot set aside near the town
site . where only the select few
who died with their boots on might
bo buried.
This time, if present plans are
carried out, the wheel of fate will
spin out the doom of Kerby.
; Kerby, the first camp in south
ern Oregon, It is said, where the
American flag was unfurled from
a permanent flag staff, will lie
under, a hundred feet of water;
Kerby, the first county seat of
Josephine county, where United
Htates greenbacks were cashed for
three-fourths of their face value,
will be brushed aside, that a great
hydro-electric dam Impounding
60,000,000 gallons of water might
create a child of science electric
power; Kerby, probably the only
mining site in the world where a
cemetery was established to re
ceive only the bodies of those who
died with their boots on, will be
,in tho back washes of the great
man-made lake stretching for 12
miles along the valley and lapping
at the frosted peaks of mountains
where once stamped gold crazed
men. -
To Kerby, this time, the coming
of the hordes, means the coming of
tho end.
No site in southeiin Oregon prob
ably has locked in its past more
incidents, associated with the days
of tho west than Kerby. Establish
ed in 1854, about the time of the
great wave of mining, prospectors
and camp sharks first swept into
tho valley, the town that is about
to be placed at the bottom of a
lake was named Kerbyville. It was
a commonplace berg, as camp sites
went. It was outstanding In no par
ticular way. It had its saloons, its
gambling hails with . its'sharpors,
Its danco, halls and it' had its kill
ings. Any mining town had that
much, so that historians found tit
tle to record that might bo of un
usual interest to' coming genera
tions. In the musty records of Joseph
ine county it is recorded tho camp
was named in honor of an early
pioneer,'-John Kerby; A few yearn
later the state legislature" under
took to change the name of the
camp to Kerbyville; legally It be
came Napoleon. The residents never
accepted tho new name though the
United States postal department
did. So miners had their mail ad
dressed to Kerbyville and it was
up. to tho mall clerk to know that
the town might bo Napoleon t
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statesmen but plain Kerbyville to
residents.
At one time Kerby boasted ap
proximately 2,000 people. Now it
has less than 1Q0K according to the
census, in the days gone by when
human blood was splashed and gold
was splendor, those who ever re
coived mall frpnr tho cast were
forced toipay 25- cents extra de
livery charges,' . The same applied
to outgoing mail. Gold was the
medium of exchange. Currency was
discounted 25 per cent if accepted
at all. Food wag high and good
peaches, it is recorded, often sold
for a dollar for three. ' . ;-
Hut that is Kerby's past.
The future, if plans to make
southern Oregon a gathering point
for electric power, lies in the hands
of the Fleishhacker, the Websters
and tho Stone. It is said the
firm of Stone and Webster of Bos
ton und the San Krancisco banker
are behind the plan to spend $li5.
000.000 for the greatest single
power enterprise ever ' suggested
along the Pacific coast.
Aside from the great lako along
the shores of which probably will
be dotted hundreds of summer
cottages, there will be five hydro-,
electric plants from which, it is:
said, will be generated enough I
power to turn the wheels of in
dustry for half the Pacific coast.
Water will be diverted from the
great reservoir to five plants.
The announcement crept - Into
Grants Pass recently and residents
gasped when it was announced the
California capitalists intended to
spend 525,000,000. Engineers arc
said to have, been on tho ground
for several months surveying and
sizing up the situation.
Buster K eat on Hit
Opens at Craterian
Buster Keaton, in "his first talk
ing role, Anita Page, Trixio JTri
ganza, William Haines, Dorothy
Sebastian, Karl Dane, Cecil B. De
Mille, Fred NIblo and a host of
other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stars,
players, and directors may be seen
at the Fox Rialto theater in "Free
and Easy," an all-talking, all-star
comedy and probably the funniest
satire on Hollywood life ever con
ceived. The picture which depicts the
trials and tribulations of a Kansas
beauty-prize winner in her attempt
to "crash" the movies is laid for
tho most part in and around Holly
wood, which gave Edward Scdg
wick, the director, plenty of oppor
tunity to use a- large uumbeiv of
M-G-M celebrities as atmosphere.
If you have a toothache, spring.
fever, that tired feeling, or any
other kind of blues, "Free and
Easy" may be recommended as a
sure-fire remedy.
TvONDON, June 7 (P) Princess
Elizabeth, small daughter of the
Duke of York and granddaughter
of the king, gets only simple toys.
When she asked for a new dolls'
house recently ono was purchased
for $2,25. 'iM
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which It was carried made a special
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 7
Boquete, where Rea? Admiral Byr.l
went for rest, relaxation and a
cool breeze, is the Baguio and the
Simla; of Panama, a health station
in the hills.
"Boquete, 4,000 feet high up in
the mountains, is like a kite at tho
end of a 32-mile narrow gauge
rail line that stretches up from the
portof Pedrcgal," says a bulletin
from the Washington, D. C, head
quarters of tho National Geogra
phic Society, "and it helps to give
Chiriqui Province tho enviable
title, 'Panama's Sanatorium.'
In Panama's Westernmost
Province
"To reach David, capital of Chir
iqui, from which point they rode
the 'Ferrocarrll Nacional de Chir
iqui, up to Boquete, Rear Admiral
Byrd and his party flew two hours
west and a trifle south from Pana
ma City. Chiriqui is tho western
most province of Panama, and,
although only 200 miles distant as
the crow flies, is two days' distant
by coasting steamer.
"Once arrived at lofty Boquete,
tho explorer found himself in tho
gtjod hands of companions, for the
chief hotel which nas the whole
Rio David Valley for a front yard
and limitless Pacific ocean for a
view, is run by Americans.
"After leaving the Canal Zone, a
plane bound for David flies over
broad areas of impenetrable tropic
forest with jungle so thick that no
attempt has yet boon made to link
David by rail through tho over
grown ravines and spurs to Panama
City. But nearlng David the forest
clears in spots, for ChiriquL prov
ince is the richest agricultural ro
glpn of Panama. Plateaus that riso
in terraces from the seashore to
the high peaks supply different ell-
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stop, tiio ear was slung overboard i where no ear had ever been before
and rowed to tho shore. Some of j it was delivered to the new Hud
the difficulties experienced after ' sun-Essex dealer in Las Herns. Tho
being landed are pictured horo. dealer is confident that many moro
Thereafter, twenty men had to tow ' sales ore forthcoming In the now
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mates at different altitudes, with
the result that rubber may growj
on one terrace, tobacco on the i
next higher and coffee farther up!
the foothills. Rich, volcanic fertil-!
lzed soil at every level guarantees
luxuriant growth. In the higher al
titudes, up in Boquete's zone, ev
erything raised in temperate zone
regions, such as the United States,
enn be grown.
Plantation Alternate With
Forests
"Immigrants, especially foreign
ers, have recognized Chlrlqui's op
portunities and are swiftly develop
ing farms and industries. Their
enterprise has already mado iso
lated David the third most import
ant city of Panama.
"Riding behind the oil-burning
toy locomotive puffing on tho steep
grades from David to Boqueto, the
traveler looks out on an alluring
countryside where plantations al
ternate with forests. Giant trees,
rising a hundred feet or more,
blaze with scarlet orchidH or their
branches may be garlanded with
mauve, yellow or white blossoms
of tropical vines. Tn tho dense oak
forests of the highlands lives' tho
brilliant colored Quetzal, tho bird
that was sacred to the Aztecs and
that Is the national bird of Guate
mala. "Ono of. the 'entertainments'
which Chiriqui formerly extended
to visitors was denied to Rear Ad
miral Byrd because tho govern
ment has put a stop to grave open
ing. Centuries ngo the higher civi
lization of the Aztecs and other In
dians to the northwest spread Into
the Chiriqui region. When these
early residents died they wero bur
led with pottery, gold ornaments
and other objects. Discovery that
tho graves held gold came com
paratively recently, and In ono
plnco resulted In a gold rush on an
old cemetery that covered 12 acres.
"It Is estimated that a million
and a quarter dollars' worth of
gold has been taken from the
graves. As a special favor to visi
tors the natives would organize a
search for old graves nnd open
them. Sometimes the search was
useless. Sometimes It yielded valu
able finds. But a government
edict has put a stop in this pastime.
"Although their accomplishments
are little known, tho ancient Chir
iqui Indians were experts In metal
working. Not only did they cast
gold, but they nlsa alloyed gold
with copper, made bronzo with
I copper and tin, and covered baser
metal Images with a gold wash, a
process now accomplished by elec
troplating. How they covered ob
jects with a film of gold is still an
unsolved archaeological mystery."
LIH1E 'KINK' ADDS
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A simple looking little "kink
has added a tremendous amount of
strength to tho frames used In
Dodge llrothers automobiles. Ho in
conspicuous is this important little
"wrinkle" that It would never be
noticed except by a structural steel
export, and Its cxistenco serves to
illustrate- that In automobile manu
facturing the simplest looking ac
complishments are frequently of
the most consequence. '
The "kink" which combines two
Important structural principles Is
formed by making the lower
flange of tho main wide -members
of the frame longer than tho upper
flange and then rolling or "kink
ing' It down to form a sort of lip,
Tho frame member Is thus trans
formed Into what structural steel
men recognize as a combination
angle plus a Z-bar, or a channel
plus An angle Iron. It Increases
rigidity (and strength In both ver
tical and lateral dlrectlons. lt addH
strength tho same as the flare does
around tho edge of brake drums,
practically eliminating distortion.
! Due to thl type of side rail con
struction, the thorough methods of
cross-bracing used and the fact
that Mono-Piece stent bodies, being
mounted directly to the frame, con
tribute to unit rigidity. Dodge
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engineering authorities to have
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under thft most strenuous drtvin
conditions. The rigid frame and
tho steel bodies, with all major
sections flash-welded Into a single
unit, keep Dodge cars unusually
free from squeaks and rattles, ac
cording to tho engineers,
MOSCOW, Juno 6 (P) With all
hotels filled and 15,000 tourists
expected for the summer, tho so
viet government Is moving to meet
tho crisis by erecting two largo
concreto apartment houses for for
eign business experts. This would
relieve tho strain on the hotels.
Tho 4 seniors In North Carolina
state college school of commerce all
accepted jobs three weeks before
commencement, none with North
Carolina1 concerns.
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amazingly amooth and free of
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LOOK at the picture above
J . . . atudy the captions
uat below It. See the condi
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16,000 grueling mllca.
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This Silvertown Is one. of the
62 that toured the country
with the Silver Fleet Inst year.
It was photographed after
16,2.(8 punishing miles.
IT EWIS'
ARGEST
Corner 8th & Front
Kvory agent in the organization
j of Van Kleet-Durkee. Inc., opera- j
j tors of service stations from Mex- j
' leo to Canada, is being encouraged i
j to join his local chamber of com- 1
im'ivp and otherwise take un active 1
j part In the development of his j
community, according to a letter j
received here by a local V. X- 1).
j operator from YV. C Van Fleet,
i president of the company,
i "V. 1). is predicated on a new
policy of merchandising petroleum
products and motor service," Van
Kleet wrote. "Although our organi
zation cun be called a chain because
it operates stations all over tho
Pacific coast territory, it Is not a
chain from the standpoint of pull
ing all of the profits from our
sales to one headquarters. Our
agents are not station managers in
our employ; they are owners of the
Individual businesses which they
operate.
"When Van Kloe-t-Durkee, Inc.,
enters a new community It selects
its agents, wherever possible, from
local men. Tho agent must have a
specified amount or capital before
he can become associated with us.
Krom tho time he opens his station,
all of the profits he makes at a
station are bis. our profits come
from our ability to buy petroleum
products and motoring necessities
at a volume discount,-and sell them
to our representatives In each lo
cality. Not one cent is taken out
of a community by V. & D. that
otherwise would not leave that
community."
Matching i loves
PAIIIH, June 7 (A3) People
who have real emeralds and rubies
now accentuate the vivid color of
their jewels by wearing matching
shoulder length gloves.
White is the evening ensemble
in vogue nnd the ono which best
shows off colored accessories.
Mine. Clanna Walska MeCormlck
appeared at a recent Anglo-French
fete wearing a white satin ensetii-
our,
NO SIGNS HERB of cupping or
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dense, tough tread that weaai
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curing make, the last bit of tread
rubber wear as slowly as tho first,
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And look at It! Know any
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Casings Identical to If In abil
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IO UPER C
-ARr.EST.
ERVICE
Phone
llamon Novarro is .oen to advaii -
lago in "in Cay Madrid," an ti 11
ta Iking and singing adaptation of
an old Spanish classic, which
opens a three-day engagement at
tho Kux Craterian theater today.
The story concerns the love of a
Madrid scion for a demure San
tiago senorita. Ills Infatuation for
bio with green suede gloves and
her emerald necklace, earrings and
diamond bracelets.
The ogue Song9 to
Be Shown Wednesday
l.awrenco Tibbett, who makes
liis debut in talking pictures In
"The Uoguo Song," Lionel Itarrry
m ore's all-color sinirinir. tiilkimr
I drama coming Wednesday to the
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dancer, however, endangers tho
I romance, and leads to a duel With
! the brother of the girl he loves.
I The settings m mnirntf irnnt . v
executed and in keeping with tho
charm and romance of old Spain
In which the story is set.
In supporting roles are Dorothy
Jordan, I,ottieo Howell, Claude
King, lieryl Mercer.
Fox Craterian theatre, Is the first
American to reach supremacy in
the field of grand opera, He Is
the field of grand opera. He Is
known as the world's greatest liv
ing baritone. Tibbett was born In
Uakersfleld, Oil., the son of tho
sheriff of Kern county. While In
high school his voice was discov
ered by Joseph Depuy, and led to
liis stardom in the Metropolitan
Opera House. Ho is also known as
one of tho greatest actors on tho
operatic stage, ' "Mffljflj
SEE THAT EDGE? Sharp and
clean, even after enough service to
satisfy mostany tircbuirer. Noquet
tion here of traction or protection
against skidding. That'i why tha
Silvertown tread i admitted to be
the finest tread pattern in the field.
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Medford, Oregon