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Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORlA OKKfiOX. THURSDAY, JANl'AWV 1". 1J:'.1.
No. 29-1.
Todav
By Arthur Brisbane
Across America.
Our Middle Kingdom.
Knowing and Seeing.
Don't Be a Texas Tick.
Copyright King Feature! Synd.. Inc.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Jan. 14.
This is written orossinfr the
continent by n zigzag route
from Xew York to Chicago on
file New York Central "Ad
vance Twentieth Century";
Chicago to Ash Fork, Ariz., on
the Santa Fe "Chief"; next
from Asli Fork by Fred Har
vey automobile, leaving at 5 in
the morning, to 1'hoenix, stop
ping at Presents on the way,
1G5 miles; then after the West
ern Shippers' and Growers'
conference, about the same dis
tance to Kogales, interesting
town with Mexico on one side
of the main street United
States on the other. Then to
Los Angeles by the Southern
Pacific, up to San Francisco
and back by a northern route.
, The trip across America and
back is as interesting aTter you
have made it fifty or a hun
dred times as it was the first
time.
It is a different and an inde
pendent United States out here
near the Rocky mountains.
On the front page of TionfnV
Denver Post no large type is
devoted to any news except
what happens in Colorado or in
the big domain of Central
States covered by the Post.
Western newspapers are good
newspapers an tell you every
thing that happens, once yon
get pnst. the front' 'page.'" But
nothing that Mussolini can do,
nothing that Lloyd fieorge can
say, nothing that Russia can
suggest is as important to the
Pueblo Chieftain as the fact
that "Pueblo Banks Pick Offi
cers foi New Year." And in
Denver the finding of Alice Lu
cille Humphreys, lost 13-year-old
daughter of a millionaire, is
bigger news than .any. steel
merger.
Bonfils makes an exception
in favor of Calvin Coolidge and
puts his philosophy on the front
page.
Today Mr. .Coolidge says, and
the young should remember it,
"Knowing a little more about
a suhject under discussion than
any one else on the floor (of
the legislature) will be the sur-
t may to success." That's
the Calvin Coolidge way and a
(Continued on Pago Five)
Yon ought to join the Colonial
Itrldgc cluli. mi id Mrs. Leghorn
Thai-p when Tell Hlnkley com
plalmft t tut lot he newspapers wiun'
prlntin any Joke tihont a err
tain little our that's on the mar
ket, 'I heard a shot an' a nrreiiin
hi (lie hall, hut I yur. Jest 1 1 Men
In In on Amos n Andy an'
llioujtht no more of It twilfled
Mm. Tilfonl IimiV I. rot her, nr"
lioneil In rejtard to the murder
tV hW wife.
; I
Abe Martin
OPEN
1 0 REG LI N
ROAD W
Eagle Point-Trail Section of
Crater Lake Will Cost
$135,443 if Low Figure
Accepted Total for State
Over Million.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15. (P)
BittH on more than $1,000,000
worth of highway and bridge work
were opened by the state highway
commiKsion here today. The total
of the low bids opened on 132.4
miles of road work and 14 bridges
and culvert jobs was 1,0S2,155.
Included was the job of non
skiddinff 31! miles of the Columbia
Uiver highway out of Portland.
The Interstate Construction com
pany was low bidder on two of the
largest projects, bidding $135,443
on 17 miles of regrading and re
surfacing work on the Kagle
Point-Trail-section of the Crater
Lake highway in Jackson county,
and $210,925 on 2! miles of re
surfacing of the Bear Springs
Maupin section of the Wapinitia
highway in Wasco county.
Other projects and low bids
were:
Lane county: Doyle Hill-Gate
creek section of McKenzie high
way, Fred Christ ensen, $55,840.
Berry Creek-Klorence section of
Roosevelt Coast highway. 10 miles
of surfacing; Kern & Kibbe, $113,-
560.
Multnomah county: Portland
Hood River county line section of
Columbia River highway, 32 miles
of bituminous pavement; West
Contract company, $66,848.
Wasco and Sherman counties:
The DalleH-Biggs section of Colum
bia River highway, 13 miles of re
grading and widening; C. R. John
son, $107,607.
Wilcox-Shaniko section of Sher
man highway, 12 miles of regrad
ing and widening, J. Rebman, $63,
130. Wheeler and Grant counties
Willow creek-Valade ranch section
of Ochoco nnd John Day highways,
18 miles of surfacing; VV. 11.
Puckett Co.. $150,061.
Lane county Three culverts be
tween fish hatchery and Vida on
McKenzie highway; Oscar Johnson
$(i,840. .
One concrete arch and two con
crete bridges on Lincoln county
line-Bob creek section of Roose
velt const highway; Tom Lillebo,
Reedsport, $33,900.
Two concrete arches nnd four
concrete bridges, on Ton Mile
creek-China creek section of the
Roosevelt coast highway; Union
Bridge company. Portland, $120,
2 30.
Lincoln county Two concK'te
bridges on Cape Perpetun-Lane
county line section of Roosevelt
coast highway; Tom Lillebo. $17,
771. 1 f
DKNVICR, Jan. 1 5. (VP) Three
optional methods of regaining or
continuing their membership In
fhe Woodmen of the World, with
head(iiarterH In Denver, have been
proponed at n special head camp
session here to permit nearly 50.
000 veteran members the oppor
tunity to resume or continue their
standing.
Veteran members may elect to
come under the legal reserve In
surance adopted Tuesday as the
form for the organization here
after. If they reject this, they
may choose to accept a "com pro
mine" rale between what they
have been paying under the old
fraternal system and the new fig
ure. The third proposal is to permit
these members to regain their old
policies, giving a lien to the or
ganization for a portion of the
money paid in.
T
WARHTN(?TON Jan. IS.
Senator Frederick W. Stelwer or
Oregon lias been Intorniod the In
terstate commerce gommisxinn will
enforce Its order for grain rate ri
due Unas effective April 1.
Stelwer had asll the commis
sion for a definite statement in rn
spou.se to an itulry from V. I). H.
I rod (ton of the 'ortland rhumber of
commerce. Much grain Is Hold lo
be held hy Prowers who eiect to
Miip under the new rates.
THREE OPTIONS
ARE OUTLINED convict man
FOR WOODMEN
BULLETIN
PORTLAND, Ore., ,laiu 15 (P) I
Mis, . H. Howard, prominent
wltuoM in the Bowles murder time,
wan Htabbed over the lnirt Into
today us she mopped on the back
pori'tt- of her home. Sho was said.
to bo dying.
An emergency call o police whs
sent In by neighlMirs but no one
knew who wicldcxi the knife.
Squads of pnllw sea relied the
neighborhood but found no trnce
of the assailant. Mrs. Howard also
lial a deep ut across the face.
She was rushed to a hospital.
When found sho was lying with
Iter feet outside the door and head
inside. She had fallen backwards
through the, door.
Sho liad not recovered eonst'iouH
ncss half an hour later.
1
RICHFIELD
Action Taken On Plea of Re
public Supply Co.
Claims Long Overdue
Basis of Petition -Continue
Business.
Will
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15. (&)
The Richfield Oil company of
California was placed in the hands
of a receiver today by Federal
Judge William P. James, acting on
a petition of the Republic Supply
company of California, which list
ed assets of Richfield at (1 20, 000,
000 and liabilities at $35,000,000.
Judge James appointed William
C. McDuffie, president of Richfield
as receiver In equity and his bond
was fixed nt 53,500,000, the largest
bond ever set for a receiver In
federal court here. ' C ' '
Major Compnny -
The company is one of the ma
jor producing and oil corporations
on the Pacific coast. McDuffie
recently took over direction of
Richfield at the request of bankers
affiliated in the financing of the
company.
The petition for receivership was
preceded by heavy trading in Rich
field common stock on Los Angeles
and San Francisco exchanges yes
terday nnd at the opening of the
markets today. The price slumped
to 2 7-8. Several months ago the
stock was selling around 14.
At the time McDuffie became
president financial agencies re
ported that Richfield owed about
120,000,000 to banks.
Tn filing the petition the supply
company listed claims of $275,000.
which it alleged were long over
due. By the action, Richfield may
continue as a going cojieern in
stead of being forced Into liquida
tion, which would' have been nec
essary if a receivership In bank
ruptcy had been sought and grant
ed. COOS BUY DEATH
M ARSH FIKLD, Ore., Jan. 15.
(TP) Mrs. Ruth Warnock was con
victed on a manslaughter charge 1
by a circuit court jury here today, j
The jury was out seven hours. j
Mrs. Warnock shot and killed I
John Schwor in n hotel here last J
October. The state established the;
motive ol' Jealousy and contended
Mrs. Warnock tthot Schwer because
he had transferred hit attentions
from her to anolhcr woman.
She will he sentenced next week.
m
BY MERCURY PLUNGE
NRW YORK, Jan. 1 C (JV) New
York awakened today with a
shiver to find the mercury had
dropped 15 degrees since midnight
to 11 degrees above zero.
SliKht comfort came from the
weather bureau In a reminder that
Jan. 15, 19U7, set a low record for
the day with a temperature of 0.3
above zero.
BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 .',.!
The house today pawed the W;Iq
department supply bill appropriat
ing H-4U.ft00.oa0 for military and (
non-military activities during th(
next finral yeru . It now go to
the senate.
RECEIVER 13
NAMED FOR
POWER NOMINATIONS CONTESTED
kvi ill -r
R-"4
A t.s.n nm-if I'res I'Untn
The senate voted to reconsider It --unfit-mat ions of Chairman
George Otis Smith (left) of Maine, nnd Commissioners Claude L.
Draper (upper right) of Wyoming and Marl Gaisaud of Louisiana,
members of the'new power commission, ut iequested President Hoo
ver to return the nominations.
DEATH CALLS
BEN SELLING
OF PORTLAND
Pioneer Merchant Noted forj Film Flapper On Verge of
Large Philanthropies, I Hysterics As Testimony
Succumbs After Week's Given Cries arid Pow
lllness. j ders Nose. '
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15. (P)
Ren Helling, 78, pi eminent Port
land merchant and philanthropist,
died here today. lie had been ill
a week.
Mrs. Selling, Dr. Laurence Sell
ing, a son, and Mrs. A. C. U. Berry,
a daughter, were at his bedside.
Selling was born in San Fran
cisco in 1852 and came to Portland
with his parent when he was 10
years old. In 1880 he married Miss
l-lllie liess of .San Francisco. For
years he him been known as one of
I the leading clothiers on the Pa
cific coast.
He wn state representative from
Multnomah county for eight years,
was later 'elected nenalor from the
district, served as president of the
senate, and was for a time, acting
governor.
He was leader of a number of
Jewish benevolent societies, and
rounder of the Wavcrly llaby home
here.
During the World war he pur
chased a half million dollars worth
of Liberty bonds.
In J!28 be was elected Port
land's most distinguished citizen.
SALKM, Ore., Jan. 1 5 .!)
State officials and Oregon political
(Continued on Page 6, 8tory 1)
Medford Man Makes Good
Progress in Airplane Dash
To Sick Father's Bedside
According to a telegram sent at
1:15 p. in. today Joy I lambrb'k
and Leonard Hall with John
Waage as pilot, had reached Fly,
Nev., after what was described as
"tough going." They landed In
four Inches of snow at the Fly air
port. At three o'clock this morning, as
the long finger of light from the
beacon pierced the foggy haze
which had settled over the Med
ford airport, an airplane taxied
from'the big hangar, roared down
the graveled runway and zoomed
Into tho early morning gloom on
the start of thrilling . dash across
seven slates to Dallas, Texas. .lay
Hnmbrlck, a member of the adver
tising department of the California
Oregon Power company is the
anxious passenger In the trim little
Curtis Robin which is rushing him
to the bedside of his father, criti
cally 111 with pneumonia.
HambrWk received word two
days ago of the serious Illness of
his rather In Dallas. Yesterday
came word that Jay'es father's
condition had become critical and
the Mdford man was acquainted
with the situation through a long
distance telephone conversation
with his sister who had rushed to
Dallas by plane. In his delirium,
(he father has been calling repeat
edly fop his son and Jay is answer
ing t he ca 1 1 with his spectncular
-OMft mile cross country flight.
CLARA STEALS
L
LOS ANORLKS, Cab, Jan. 15.
(PJ -The tria4 - on., grand theft
charges of Miss Daisy De Doe, for
mer secretary and "best friend" of
Clara How of tho films went into
its fourth day today with tho
movie flapper in complete posses
sion of the spotlight.
Alternately sobbing and stamp
ing a foot wlille testifying, the red
headed actress stolo the show yes
terday as in previous sessions of
the trial of her erstwhile confi
dant, charged with theft oZ $1H,000
from Miss Bow.
In her second spectacular ap
pearance on the stand in two days
the flapper heroine of motion pic
tures neemed on the verge of hys
teria under searching questioning
of Miss Do Hoe's counsel, Nathan
Freedman.
.''She was my best friend," sob
bed the actress jii'ter an Indignant
outburst. She spoke as though
apologizing for her temper to the
court room throng forming her
audience. "Sho was my best
friend in the world. I'm sorry to
be crying, but I can't help It."
Then she daubed at her nose with
a powder puff.
Hidn opened for clearing L-.3 miles
of Pcndloton-John Day highway
'between I'klnh and Dab-.
I Owing to the weather conditions,
I government regulations would not
I permit Ilambrlck to take passage
i on the air mail plane last night.
: At his urgent request, John Waage,
i velera n Medford pilot agreed to
make the hazardous Journey which
he estimated, would take approxi
I tnnlely 2 4 hours. Leonard Hall,
j Mail Tribune linotype operator nnd
friend of Hambrlek's, Is also a
passenger In the plane, taking this
i opportunity to visit his old homo
j In Texas.
! "We will a r rive n t Salt Lake
City about dawn." Waage said Just
before taking off last night. "We
will follow the beacons to Redding
where we will cut off to Salt Lake
; City, After refueling at Salt Lake
; airport, we will take off for Colo
j rado Springs where we'll make
another stop before cutting across
Texas for Dallas. We'll begin our
: flight from Medford at about 6000
, feet altitude."
i Waage Is considered one of tho
most able and experienced pilots
i In this part of Oregon and was
; confident that hjs Utile Curtis
Robin would make the grueling
2000 mile air Journey without mis-
: hap.
I Medford people are anxiously
awaiting word from the three
, travelers and hoping that Jay
1 Harnbrlck'K long dash to Dallas
! will take him to hlH father's bed
' side In time to assist In a success
: ful fight again! the dangerous
1 malady.
SHOW IN TRIA
OF SECRETARY
FRUIT MEN
MAY MERGE
ENDEAVORS
Fruit Growers' League and
Rogue River Traffic Assn.
Discuss Valley-Wide Or
ganization for Betterment
of Industry.
Following a two-hour discussion,
representatives ,f the valley fruit
in.liioti-i' tVtiu i. . 1 1 1 i i . , 1
name a joint committee composed!
of threo memherri of the traffic as
sociation, and three members of
the Fruitgrowers league, to st udy
and report later upon the advisa
bility of merging the two organiz
ations into a central organization.
Pre! i mi no ry discussion looking
towards the merging of the Fruit
growers league and the Uogue Uiv
er Traffic association, into a valley
wide organization, for the better
ment of the fruit industry, was th"
t-hicf business at the regular meet
ing the the traffic association this
noon. It was fell that the merger
won hi increase the membership,
broaden the .eop and luorease
the efficiency by unity of action in
horticultural problems.
There was representative attend
ance at the meeting, representing
all sections of t'he fruit industry
of the valley.
David It. Wood, manager of the
Potter Palmer Interests in this sec
tion, outlined the purposes of the
proposed Joint organization. He
said the time for united action had
come, to meet the future prob
lems of the rinit Industry, which
he listed as follows:
Increased production;
Filiform pack;
Curtailing sizes sold and shipped;
Jjick of co-operation between
growers, shippers and distributors;
Maintenance of quality;
(ieneral economic situation.
IteaNoriH Cited.
- 'Wood, in ft general talk, ald the
Ui.10 fruit situation was the most
disastrous In the history of the
Pacific const. Ho said that some
of the poor prices for valley fruit,
whether anybody liked to admit It
or not. was the poor quality of tho
fruit shipped In 11130, nbo the
varied Hlzes. He ahi the Medford
district had a reputation for pro
ducing a quality pack, and it does
not take the distributor or live
buyer long to discover when such
pack retrograded.
He said the Medford district
should make an effort to maintain
a higih quality standard, regain any
lost prestige, and retain and hold
the balance of power for fall and
winter pear varieties.
Wood said ho believed In adver
tising, and that this was one of the
needs of the future. He touched
only In a general way upon the
myriad problems and angles loom
ing for the future.
Finance Problem.
Ralph S. Head ley of Simon,
Shuttleworth & French, spoke fav
oring unity, and declared the mat
ter of financing was the major
problem of the coming year. He
said the Medford district had here
tofore been a favored district In
this respect, and hn felt- there
would be a curtailment. He held
this was the most Important mat
ter to be adjusted for the l!.1 1
season. He aald It was a problem
alike for grower-ri and shippers,
fieorge H. Pea no, a fruitgrower,
felt that tho two organizations
should exist as at present, but wos
open to fconvlncement. II. Van
Uneven berg, Hams Valley grower,
felt the same way about It.
David Rosenberg, Harry Rosen
berg, Paul Heherer and others
prominently Identified with local
fruit industry were scheduled for
talks. !
n
SAI.KM, Ore., Jan. 1.1. M)-ri
Representative KinmcHI Howard of
Lane, long one of tho most uctlve
inemborH of the legislature on mat
ters of roads nnd highways, an-!
nounccH that he will sponsor o res-1
oliilion to make, tho state highway j
Mnime across inc. migiio river ai
(Inld llench a memorial to His lulu
(Inventor Patterson.
It has been tho custom In the
past to make important highway
bridges In honor of meinhorn or tho
highway commission or others
prominent tn stale affairs.
LABOR TO SEEK DRY
.MIAMI. Jan. li.M'i President
William (li'een ot the Americnn
Federation of I,nbor today r
firmed report that the executive
council of the body had approved
campaign plans for modification of
prohibition by the "labor's legis
lative commilC'e for the modifica
tion of the Volstead act."
Golf Executi
Herbert H. Ramsay of New York
it to head the United States Golf
association, succeeding Findlay S.
Douglas.
L
APOLOGIZE
IFAL DRY
Republican Committee Di
rector Makes Offer in
Controversy Over Cam
paign Cartoon Smith,
Raskob Owe Apology,
WAHID X ( S TO N , Jan. 15 (P)-
Alfred 10. Smith had a reply today
from Robert 11.' Lucas, but it con
talned only a conditional offer of
the apology which the former
Democratic presidential candidate
demanded of the executive director
of the Republican National com
mittee. Sinlih, In a letter to Senator
"Wagner, Democrat, New York,
had asked apology from the Re
publican committee for "permit
ting" Lucas to d 1st r Unite a bar
room cartoon which he said con
tained a quotation attributed to
him which ho had not made.
Lucas Issued a statement last
night saying he won hi apologize
for sending out a cartoon repre
senting Smith and Chairman Ras
kob of tho Democratic National
committee as wets, if Smith would
announce he now favored prohi
bition. Owes People Apology,
The Republican official asked
also whether Smith and Hankob
were considering: "Apologizing to
the American people for the ac
tion or Governor Smith's hand
picked chairman, Mr. Raskob, In
subsidizing with large sums of
money and organized campaign
extending over more thon a year
to misrepresent and smear the
president of thelTniled States."
The letter of tho former New
York governor had net forth that
the quotation in Ihe cartoon
which was part of the literature
circulated In Nebraska In the Lu
cas effort to defeeat Senator Nor-j
ris, Republican Independent was
one which had been presented
last year by unauthorized persons
at a political meeting as a hoax
and was Immediately and publicly
disavowed.
"(iovernor Smith nsks mo to
apologize," said Lucas. "Ho
a cartoon was distributed which
conveyed the Information that he
was 'wet.' He says tho Impres
sion made there was hawed on In
correct information. If tho gov
ernor will state that he had done
a complete about-face since 11128
and Is now for prohibition then I
owe him an apology."
VET HOMESITE
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. OT A
special dispatch to tho Seattle
Times from YVasblnfiton. 1). t'.,
today sold (ienerul (leorge II.
Wood, special representative of
tleneial Kiank T. lllnes. chief of
the Y'elerans' llureaii, will lenve
Dayton. Ohio, today or tomorrow
lo Inspect slles propofcd for the
national soldiers' home to be
localccl In the Pacific northwest.
He Is to visit Scaltle, Spokane
and YVallu Walla January JO, 21
and 22, arriving at Portland Janu
ary sn Vml visiting Kosehurg and
Ashland the next day. After that
bn will go to San Francisco to
look over sites for a new veterans'
ho-pltal there.
LUCAS 1
NSPECTOR DUE
JANUARY 24TH
SOLONS TO
RECONVENE
ON MONDAY
Adjournment of Both Houses
in Respect to Late Ben
Selling Old Age Pension
Bill and Minor Measures
Drop in Hopper.
KAI.I3M, Jan. 16. P) Intro
duction of the old iiko pen.sloii
bill, piiHSiiKe ot" the legislation nml
rules committee report providing
for the naming of a public utili
ties committee und reapportion
ment committee in the house, und
filing of minor mensuren marked
the short somhIoub of the house
nnd senate today.
Death In Portland of Hen Sell
ing, former member of the senate
nnd speaker of the house, cut
short the day's program in both
houses, which adjourned early un
til next Monday in respect to Sell
ing. The introduction of the first
of the administration measures,
was nlso held over until next
week, when It is expected severnl
will be started through the legis
lative Hopper and make room for
the flood of bills expected to fol
low from members.
Pays $.10 Month.
Tho old age pension bill, Intro
duced by Roprewentatlves Leo. An
derson, Bronough, . Mott and
Schupp nnd Senators Woodward
and Hall, provides for the pay
ment ot $30 a month to dependent
persons past the ago of 65 yearn.
In order to receive the pension,
applicants must have resided in
the state 10 years and have been
American citizens 16 years. The
county court In each county won
designated as the pension com
mission. The funds, nre to be
provided by the counties.
The appointment of the special
public utilities committee and the
reapportionment committee will
be announced Monday,. Speaker
Frank J". Ionerghn announced. He
Minted he would offer Governor
Julluii U Meier the ; option of
recommending appointees to the
public utilities committee to which
be referred all power bills. Gov
ernor Meier declined to make any
recommendation, it was announced,
declaring It was not the function
of the governor to Interfere with
legislative procedure.
lltilltllng I'lnn Study.
A committee of two senators
and three representatives to make
a study of Btate building; needs
and report back to the legislature
some plan for a 10-year building
program is provided In a senate
Joint resolution Introduced by Sen
ator Miller and Representative
Hamilton.
The resolution mentions the
state deficit of between J3.000.000
and $4,000,000 and the Inability
of present buildings at the custo
dial Institutions to meet require
ments. The state's asylums and
hospitals are branded as "so de
fective nnd Inadequate as to bo a
reproach to the state."
School boards In districts of
first class would be empowered
to join with the state in the estab
lishment of training schools at
stnte Institutions of higher learn
ing by a bill introduced by Sen
ator Eberhnrd today. It has di
rect application to the new nor
mal school at 1a orande, but
would apply In the sumo way to
tho normal schools at Ashland
and Independence nnd to tho state
university at Eugene and the suue
college at Corvallls. .
(Continued on Page 8. Story 8)
JONES
CLEARER BY BILL
YY'ASIIINOTON, Jan. 15. 0P
President Hoover today signed tho
Stobbs hill designed to clarify the
Joties-Stnlker prohibition law.'
The hill would amend the Jones
law limiting the maximum penalty '
to IftOO or six months Jail sentence
tn cases where the sale of not
more than one gallon of liquor is
Involved, provided the defendant
has not boon convicted of a. prohi
bition violation within two years. .
It also would permit trial before
a United States commissioner for
minor violntlons unless the defen
dant nsks a Jury trial.
RESENTS ALLEGATION
YrA8HINOTON. Jan. IS. W)
A charge hy Senator Hetlln, Dem
ocrat, Alabama, that he was de
feated for re-elcctiop last Novem
ber by "thievery Bt the ballot
box" brought an assertion from
his colleague, Senator Block, to
day that the election was "ns fair
ns any election ever held In any
stale in tho United States."-