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Tebbune i s r Jhm Weather Forecast: TonUjlit unsettled, prob .. ably with showers; Saturday fair ' , with rising- temperatures. Temperature Highest yesterday lowest this morning To 5 p. m, yostcrday To S a. m. this morning , 79 fit 00 Ul 3 Twenty-Fifth Tear SIXTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON;; FJJID AY,. JUNE 20. 1930. No. 90. R:FL LINK APR WED Today Mebfoed Mail KURNATH-KEDDIE By Arthur Brlibu Has the G.O.P. Gone Wet? No Rain Lasts Forever. New Sudden Freezing . Idea. - Mr. Swope Has a Plan. f Copyright King Features Bynd. Ino. The Republican party ' won ders ..about the meaning of i Dwight W. Morrow's landslide: President .Hoover promises Mr. Morrow "every available sup port in his campaign," and tlio Vhito House prediets that Mr. Morrow will be New Jersey's ' next senator. Mr. Morrow himself, having i satisfactorily attended to his New Jersey job, will attend to something else. He returns i within a week to his post in Mexico and will not come back 1 until just before election day. Wall Street wiped its eyes and smiled yesterday. Sad licarted speculators concluded that it was not going, to rain forovcr, and found comfort in :story on the radio told by Mr. Morrow. 7 ' "A farmer's son asked: 'Do ( you think this rain, : will ever ; stopr . : .. '- ". " 'I think it will,' replied the ' farmer. 'I never knew but one ,-' rain that didn't stop.' ' ' "'Which rain was that?' asked, tbe boy. ,. , ' ' " 'This rain;' replied the fa- thcr." v-v.V News important to' storflkfcep i ' crs, farmers and the public, dc- ij scribes a new .process of freez- i " nig foods suddenly, nt an cx- trcmely . low 'temperature,' 49 ' degrees below -zero, preserving their quality marvelously and ". indefinitely. Violently sudden I freezing prevents forination of crystals and brcakin Of liquid cells. ' ' ' I , ": M ' Meat, separata steaks, chops, i fish, oysters, vegetables, fruits, are instantaneously frozen in transparent packages. Califor nia and Florida might try this ) sudden freezing process in pre serving orange and lemon juice. Concerning the new process, ' invented by Clarence. Birdseyc, farmers and merchants may ob tain information by' writing to Mr. Chester, president of the J General Foods Company, 250 I Park Ave., New York City. : , ' , Mr. Gerard Swope, president of General Klcctric, pfans for future unemployment crises. In every General Electric works, on a vote of 60 per cent or more of its employes, a trust (Continued on Pago Seven) Abe Martin N "I Jest had the time o' my life." ltd Mrs. Em Fash on rcturnin' Nm her aunt's funeral at Tulip. Jio nle time brewery, with all Us Machinery, expert chemlsls an' anoratorie, could have saved a lot of expense If It had Jest known bow easy It la to make beer. (Copyright John F. Dllle Co.) WORK ON EXTENSION WILL BEGIN IN JULY DECLARES OFFICIAL Great Northern and Western Pacific Authorized to Ex pend Over Fourteen Million On Proposed 200-Mile Route Will Aid Development of Vast Region Objec tion of S. P.. Overruled As Inimical to Public Duty Condition Provides for W. P. Joint Use. SAX FRAXCISCO, Juno 80. (IP) when Informed of tlio uiler. Mate commerce commission's decision today granting permission to the Great Northern and Western Pacific railroads to construct a connecting lino from Klamath Falls, Ore, to Koddie, Oil., President 11. M. Adams of tli Western Pacific expressed gratification... He said: , "Naturally, we are very much pleased over the decision, since wo bcllcvo tills marks the beginning of a new era for California and Uio Western Pacific. . . - , "We assure that in accordance- with the usual procedure of the interstate commerce commission the pcrmt will not take effect for thirty days. We aro prepared to proceed Immediately ' wltii tlio acquisition of rights of way and tlie construction of the line as soon as the permit becomes effective. Wc ought to be at tills work the latter part of July." PORTLAND, Ore., June 20. (P) W. F. Turner, president of the Seattle, Portland & Spokane Rail road Co., affiliated with the Great Northern, said today that, although he spoke unofficially, he believed construction of the Great Northern extension southward from Klamath Falls, Ore., to Keddie, Cal., would begin Immediately. WASHINGTON, June 20. (vP) Conditional permission toduy was given the Great Northern and the Western Pacific Railroad compan ies ' by the interstate commerce commission, to construct new lines In northern California which will enable the Great Northern to ex tend 'lnto-"8aii Francisco. v' Approximately $14,836,000 will be Bpent on the new extensions, $10,000,000 of which will be pro vided by the Western Pacific and the balance by the Great Northern. The axtension was bitterly op posed by the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad, but the commission ruled that public con venience and necessity Justified the construction. The condition at tached was a requirement that the (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) National. n. h. is. .Brooklyn 15 2 Cincinnati 2 8 0 , Hattcrlcs: Vance, Clarke und Dcberry, Lopez; Benton and Suko forth. 71. H. E. New York 4 10 0 IMttsbui'K 8 13 1 flatteries: KltzsimmonH, Clenn wich and Hogan; Kreiner and Bool. R. H. R. Boston 3 B J Chicago 7 9 0 iCaiitwell nnd Hpohrer; Mulone, Brandt and Hartnett. American K. Cleveland 0 Philadelphia 8 Batteries: Brown and Earnshaw and Cochrane. H. B. 6 2 13 0 Myatt; R. St. Loula 4 Burton 3 Batteries: Gray and Llsenbce, Durham and Berry. H. E. 7 0 5 1 Ferrell: Heving, J R. H. B. Detroit 11 12 1 New York 6 9 2 Baltorios: Sorrcll and W. Mar grave, Hayworth; Plpgras, ' Car roll, Huffing and E. Hurgrave, Dickey. (, . g, R. H. E. Chicago ...8 7 3 Washington 1 1 0 Batteries: Lyons and Tate; Hadley, Marberry and Spencer. Baseball Scores Polar Bears Frolic on Ice as Poirit Barrow Natives Hunger POINT BARROW. ALASKA, , June 20. IP) A shortage of flour t sugar and coffee at this farthest! north point in Alaska had caused; the natives of the region to turn southward along the coast toduy as the Arctic Ice pack continued threatening to prevent the regu luc arrival of ships from the out side. A southerly wind during the last few days has kept the Ice pack from locking against the JOBS FOR Y PORTLAND, Ore., June 20. (Pj It. C.: G.Mnian.,executtye. yicej-presl-. dent of the Great Northern rail road, which today was granted the right by the Interstate commerce commission to extend, its Oregon lines southward into California to connect with the Western Pacific railroad, said in a wrlOten state ment to the Associated Press that his company "was naturally happy over tho commission's decision." "The interstate commerce com mission's decision will- allow the Great Northern railroad to carrv to completion one of James ,1. Hill's ambitions, which constituteJ one of his outstanding expansion plans," Gllman said. ' "The .money which will be spent by the Great Northorn in the con struction of the extension consist ing of 200 miles of railroad, in volving about $14,000,000. will con tribute substantially toward stabil izing conditions in tho west, afford ing considerable employment and creating a market for material." Gllman declared that construc tion of the new line will promoto the interchange of produce between tho Pacific Northwest and the Pa cific SouthwcHt, regions with a widely divergent crop production. Theso new markets which the linn will create, lie said, will prove of equal benefit , to producers of both regions. "In addition to these advantages Oregon will gain a main trunk rail road of which the purpose will he to expand and construct feeder lnes wherever' practicable, vice-president said. the TO SALEM. Ore.. June 20. (IP) Notwithstanding protest by the state labor department, the state federation of labor and the American Legion, It Is understood a large number of Filipinos will bo brought Into Oregon this sum mer to work on farms, partlcu tally In the lower Columbia river district and In Coos county. This information has reached C. H. Oram, state labor commissioner. coast, holding it in a great white barrier a phort distance off shore. Atthough the natives have been forced to hunt elsewhere, condi tions tire not serious. Polar bears are about the only ones that have enjoyed the hold ing Intact of the pack off-shore. An old nati'e last week counted 4." of the white animals frolicking on the Ice where they had been attracted by the carcasses of seven whales killed last month. MAN CONSTRUCTING re A AD Broadway Acclaims Admiral Byrd Associated Press telepnoto of Admiral Byrd doffing nis up to the thousands that lined Broadway to welcome him In a storm of ticker tape from New York's skyscrapers. M OUTPUT ABANDON ON WEST COAST Mill Association Reports Less Production Than Last Week Shipments Show Increase, SEATTLE, June 2. (P) A total of 342 mills roportlns: to the West CufiHt Lu m bermen's association produced approximately 172 mil lion feet ""of lumber d tiring tho week ending: June 14, which was slightly less than tho production reported by 338 mills for tho pre vious week Production during the last three weeks has remained at mure than 20.0UO.OUO feet under tho week of May 24. The report ing mills operated at 07.78 per cent of capacity Ihsi week. Production of .109 identleiil mills, for which the association has weekly records of production, or ders nnd shipments, totaled 147, 961, 130 feet for the week ending Juno 14, orders were 114,428,857 feet and shipments 1 li3,l Hit, 402 feet. Production at these mills de clined about 50,000 feet from tho previous week; orders stayed ap proximately the same and ship ments increased about 17,500,000 feot. Orders reported by 183 identical mills were 20.72 per cent below those received by tho sanio mills during tho first 24 weeks of 102u. inventories of 140 mills are 10.94 per cent above their stocks at the first of the year. ATLANTA, da., June 20. ()- All available fire HghtbhR equipment was sent this afternoon to combat a fire In Grant hospital, municipal Institution. Kirst reports said the firo was In the nefKhborhood of an X-ray ward and yollowsh smoke be Kan billowing over the vicinity. Pa tients were bolng rescued through windows. M AS ENVOY TO CANADA W'AHIILVOTON, June 40. P The hp nal e today without a rec ord vote confirmed the nomination of Hanford L. MacNlder of Iwa, as minister to Canada. Objecting to confirmation of MacNlder, Henator Hrookhart, He publican, of Iowa, today told th wnate he 'i personally offensive to me in the highest degree." ! SHOWS DECLINE IN WILD E FOR. PAIR LOST El Newlyweds On Round-the- " World Hike Venture Into Alaska Wilds Against Advice. VANCOUVER, B. C., Juno 20 (A') Hope tor the safety of Wil liam II. Alhce, 211. of Olenilalo, Cal.. and his bride, who ventured Into the wilderness toward Dawson hov eral days ago, was virtually aban doned today by tho Royal North west Canadian police. Tho couple was en routo to Fairbanks, Alaska, on a hlkini! tour around Die world. They had hoped to spend the win ter In Fairbanks. The couple ventured Into tho wilderness against the protests of frontiersmen and trappci'M and fur ther disregarded the advice of Scr- Koart W. J. Service, In charge of tlio Forst George provincial polico, and refused to follow the telegraph trail. Provincial polico patrol that trail regularly. The young adven turers carried only a small rlflo nnd a pack sack of provisions. Nei ther was accustomed to tho perils of the north country. Tho only hnpo of" the missing couple, W. F. Mnnson of tho de pur! men t of Indian .affairs, said would he rescue by ft perilous alr- plano expedition. . L CHICAGO, Juno 20. F)Whlle efforts were proceeding with a re organized police department to clear up tlio assassination 'of Jake lilnglo, Tribune crime reiiorlor, a new Kangstcr slaying came to light today. Lorenzo Juliaun, 40, questioned by police In connection with olght murders and VI bombings In tho last throe years, reached the end of the hoodlum trHll. HI s body was found, shot through the breast and wrapped In canvas, In an automobile which had been shunted Into a deep clay pit near Hliielsland, South Hide sub urb. ENDURERS NEAR HALF WAY MARK TO RECORD CHICAGO, June 20. (IP) -T h n "City of Chicago" whs half way to the world's endurance flying rec ord with 210 hours at 10:40 o'clock today. Tho plane, piloted by John and Kenneth Hurtter, brothers. Is soaring ahove Sky Harbor. HOP RNESS 300 NAMES ON PETITION FORGERIES State Grange Employe Under Arrest, Admits Boosting Names to 'Gain a Little Money' Worked On Utility Amendment. PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 20. (IP) Hobert IS. Dennis. 31, a petition circulator, who had been em ployed by tho Oregon State Orange to clrculute initiative pe titions for tho "people's water and power utility district constitutional amendment" was in tho county Jail today charged with violating tho state election laws by writing a nnmo other than his own on an Initiative petition. Dennis was arrested by county authorities yesterday us. ho step ped Into tho office of R. E. L,. Julian, who had boon employing men to circulate the petition. Dennis' arrest -followed discov ery yesterday by James W. Olea son. chief register . In tho county clork's office, of apparent for geries and signatures on throo "books" submitted by Dennis. On the petition Dennis hnd signed his name as R. 13. Donnlson and gave a different address. . .. The district attorney said Don nls made a complete confession fallowing his arrest. The case will bo presented to the grand jury, the district attorney said, and the statements Dennis Is alleged to have made that ho forged mare than 300 names to the evidence. , Dennis told, the district attor ney, according to authorities, that he. needed, mpnoy,,. hod,, Jjeen. . put of ' work ceveral months and saw an opportunity to make "a. little money' - by boosting the names on the petition. SEATTLE BANK PLUNDERED BY F SHATTL13, Juno 20. (P) Hold ing officers of tlio bank away with pistols four masked men robbed the First Security bunk of $40111 in cash shortly after tho bunk opened here today. , . -. , Tho bandits llnod five employes up against tho wall and searched for tho money themselves. They rifled threo of tho four cash draw ers behind Iho counter, overlook ing a fourth containing several thousand dolturs In their hasto to flee. ' After looting tho drawers the holdups forced Cashier R. M. Lee and Toller Loonard Hunton - to open tho vaults and currency com partments of - tho safo, and thon bncklng out of the bank they escaped In an nutomohlle rented from a Seattle "drivo-lt-yourself" garage. ItOSlitlUUU, Ore., Juno 20. (I) A.; .C. . Mnrsters, Huseburg hanker.i merchant find farmer, en dorsed by tho Douglas county Re publican central committee today to succeed tho late Senator George W, Josoph as Republican nominee for governor, has been a Republi can leader In tho stato for 15 years. He served as mayor of Roseburg snd was stato senator In 1000. OUR BANDITS Cigars and Candy for Friends at Funeral Provided in Strange Will NEWBERRY, Mich., June 20. (IP) Thp will of John M. Youngs, filed for probate today, provided fin- an Innovation in funerals, The will road in part: "I want ft monument erected to cost not more than $150, music ians for pallbearers to play some good pieces at my funeral, no sail plecep to be played, and a good Norblad's Salary May Be "Docked" Account Absence SAI.KM, Ore.. Juno 20. (P) 4 AUorney General Van Win- klo may be asked to docltlo whether Acting Oovcrnor 1 1 n nil II on. Governor Norblad or both of them will .recflvo the governor's salary,-during 4 the tlmo Noi blnd has been In tho oast with Hamilton scrv- ing In his place. Officials say It has not been customary to "dock" a governor while out of tho state, altho tho ques- tlon whether he Is away on 4 stiito business may have 8 something to do with It. 4 . - ' r Gains of Thursday Wiped Out in Renewed Bear At tack Attempted, Rallies Find Poor Support Steel Among Hardest Hit. NEW YORK, Jun'd 20. (IP) Share prices fell back f 2 to J 14 a share on the New , York atook exchange today. r canoetllng, much of yesterday's i gains. Renewed bear selling was attracted by the ylolent upswing yesterday",' ana an other shar break In '"fli. Chicago wheat rnarket yfas dlstlnistly, un settling. - , ' ' 1 '.' : ; The cut In the Now York re discount . rate to 2tt. per cent. the lowest in history, :and tho drop of $21t,000,000 In" Broker's luans, caused a vigorous upturn In share prices as tho market opened, but ' selling appeared In large volume during '. the late morning and early afternoon. Dur ing the afternoon the list rallied moderately at times, but ciusin: prices were . close to the day's lowest. - Trading ' was In comparatively moderate volumc( total sales ag gregating a.Huu.uuu snares, or about yosterday's total. - U. 8. Stool common which re corded tho year's low record at $1jif on Tuesday, sold up 1162.25 today, but closed at, $168. a drop of $3 from yesterday's final levul. ' Today's closing prices for 16 se lected stocks follow: Am. Can 118 Col. Oas 63 Am. Tel. and Tel. 20(1 Anaconda 48 Curtis Wright 714 General Klectrlo (now) ...... 69 Oenoral Motors 41 H Kennlcot Copper 38 Radio Corporation 30 Sears Roebuck '0 United Air Craft ...,... 49 U, S. Stool , '. 168 Mont. Ward .....i 36 S. P 111 Int. Tel. & Tel 43 t .. ' WASHINGTON, June 20, (Pj Thoso long, culd nights near Iho world's southernmost tip soomod far away today as Rear Admiral Richard E. Hyrd heard personally from President Hoovor tho felicita tions which tho radio took to him last November. The "universal pleasure at your successful flight ovor the South pole" was expressed In that nies sago to tho frigid regions. With a warm noonday sun on the White House lawn, the president added tho handclasp of fellowship. lively one at the grave, last of all. 4 "Executrix to buy 100 cigars to be smoked by all men at my funeral, hearse, hack drivers and all, to smoke from the timo they start until the tlmo they return home. "Executrix to buy candy and gum for the women folks and children. Men, women and chil ON RETURN OF SELLING mi .Mill III U I II I. A I iii.uivi.iii uiulu r s-ifiNi Anm . nunn I a YiV UrU KYH W VZU LAI LUIILII VllW dren, have a good time on me, PLAN BOSC DRIVE UPON 4 MARK Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg . Will Be , New Points for Development Detroit Campaign to Con- -tinue Wood Tells Plans. The winter pear committee plans for its market .expansion program for 1930, tho opening of three new markets, namely: Chicago, Cleve land and Pittsburgh, and continu ation in Detroit, David R. Wood told shippers of tho Medford dis trict, at a meeting this noon it the Hotel Medford. The winter pear committee, of which Wood is chairman, is com posed of Dr. George W. Denne. Harry Rosenberg, J. C. Barnen, Leonard Carpenter, W. F. Riddle and Dr. J, E. Spatz, all growers of shippers, or both. : . The co-oporatlon of all growers and shippers Is sought, in mklnv the market expansion campaign a success. "In presenting our-program," said -Mr. Wood, "the win ter pear committee desires to make It plain and clear we- are not n. marketing ' organization ' in any sense of the term.- Our solo ami and purpose Is to develop : new markets tor Medford i pears, an. I we suggest that every shipper l.i the Medford district so adviso his brokers and buyers In the cities pf Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Pittsburgh." . . - - , , Mr. Wood said that , the co-operation, of tbe eastern 'buyers had been assured and ,thnt In mapping the program for 1930. thoy.lud uawd.,th-sprenr gained. t l1' trolt market last season.' '-' ' " Lthe program calls for, thu slip ping of 75 ;cars of Boscs. to De troit and 20 oar.t each to the Pitts burgh and Ctevoland.inai-keu.---N.) definite number of cars Is assign ed for tho Chicago market, , Program Outlined. :,v - The program for -tho. Clovelfen and Pittsburgh' markets' Is as fol lows: , . ,, . , "Twenty cars of Rose pears w be consigned to each of then cities- "New York prices will bo -guaranteed by tho winter pear commit tee, based on all of 'the fruit belnir oxtra fancy and paid for accord ing to. tho sixes shipped. Specifi cations this year will be rigid, only 180s and larger being permitted. "Tho label used will be that of tho. Medford Winter. Pear Com mittee only. In tho second year shippers and growers alike can re vert to their own labels. "Ripening charges will ho, ab sorbed by tho committee. Broker age chargos will bo $30 tier car, o! which one-half will bo paid by tho committee, the other half by tho shipper." - f Tho program for Chicago, ns out lined. Is: : -v. v "All cars of Medford Rose pours sold In Chicago this yenr, cither f o. b. Medford, on a delivered basis Chicago, or sold at auction ther-v will be handled by n committee of brokers and cm-lot receivers. "The Chicago committee sug gests that the. first lit or 20 cars of Boscs sold In Chicago through (Contlnusd en Po 8. Story 21 . NliW YORK, June L0. JiihI had . brenkfaat this momiuK with the Morrows slid the tiimlr ' berghs. They tro all fefllius mighty firto over that election. He made ii pretty fair race without using liindy ut all. Jf lie had used him those other poor fellows wouldn't have even carried their own wives' votes. Ho is anxious to (tct to Mexico now and is leaviiiK in a few days. If I. was his oppo nent in November I would get a one-way ticket to Siberia. ( See where the senate voted to investigate the rates in tlio tariff. That's holding an uu topsy on the body. $) me ail i 1 1 an w hi ,i s