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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
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