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MEDFORIX OttEGOX, SATURDAY. rKlilil'AU V '28, 1;U.
Xo. :v.v.).
MEDFORD
7
Hi
MEIERPLUM
PASSED 10
Medford Man Appointed
) ' Commissioner of Utilities
Under New Act Abolishing
Three Member Public
Service Group.
KAIi:.M, On-., Kol). 2N iA'i
Cli-'Uies M. Tlluinas ul Medford wils
today appointed by Governor .Meier
to the office of commissioner of
utilities of the stale of Oregon.
This offiee. with Thomas as Its
head, will supplant the public erv-
C. M. Thomas
Ice eommitsion of throe members
which was abolished by the legisla
ture. Thomas la a former circuit Jinic
of .laekson and Josephine counties,
ami served in both houses of the
legislature,
lie was horn in Iowa in 177.
was graduated from the I'nivcr.sity
of Iowa in 1 XH7. and entered the
practice of law in 1 Kits.
Me located In Medford - In
He served in the lower house of
the Oregon legislature in in 11 and
I IH 6, and was elected to the senate
for one term in 1!1S.
While in the senate he was close
ly allied with the late Senator
Ccorge Joseph.
He was for a time state chair
man of the Republican central
committee.
Me served one term as circuit
judge of Jackson and Josephine
counties, and was defeated in Itt-S
by H. U. Norton, a Democrat, of
( rants Pass. Me has praetieed law
In Medford since.
He was interested in irrigation as
."ii organizer of Irrigation districts.
C. M. Thomas was elected judge
of this judicial district cm the re
publican ticket in and served
as .Indue for six years.
Prior to his elect inn as judge
and since his retirement from that
office, Mr. Thomas has conducted
fi gcnernl law pruetlcv in Medford.
In the last campaign Judge
Thomas supported Julius Meier for
Coventor nnd was one of his cam
paign leaders in southern Oregon.
PATHS. Feb. 2K. tVPl The prob
lem of over-prod net ion of wheat
if not European but worldwide,
delegates to the Europenn confer
ence to devise plans for marketing
future crops decided today.
The conference, which was
called by the commission studying
Arlstrido Hrlund's plan for u Euro
pean union, ended Its labors today
by drawing up a number of recom
inendallons to be submitted to the
commlsskm.
Abe Martin
Ther only one thing fiial'M ml
with bushier mi tluit' printer !
Ink. W hat U hmne tr you c B"t j
n nutn?
. IS
If l'i
Wheat problem
heldworldwide
111
mi
Defends Rudy
Associated Press Photc
When her husband came home
after an unexrined month's ab
sence and fc f .with complained
that she hari th. ...ii. ...., - -
- .Bulw ivncu io a
Rudy Valee program, Mrt. William
Welch of Kansas City borrowed a
neighbor's revolver and (hot him. 1
no is critically wounded and she Is
held on cha-ges of assault with In
tent to kill.
Dietitian of National Repute
Coming for School May
20, 21, 22 To Be Out
standing Event.
Housewives of southern Oregon '
will welcome . the announcement I
that the Mail Tribune will conduct
a three-day conking school in this,
city May Iinth, '1 1st and Vlm. Pre
parations are underway to make '.
this school the largest in Medford's
history with an outstanding pro- j
gram of cooking 'lessons and courses
in home economics. I
The Mail Tribune.'! spring school!
will be conducted in conjunction j
with the National Newspaper En-1
terprixes and a dietitian of nation
al reputation will preside over the
cooking lesson". New, unusual '
dishes will be given special atten
tion, enabling the housewife, who
attends tile school to devise more
varied menues for the home table.
Husbands ons and daughters will
weleonie the Tribune's cooking
school as it will assure them new
and ta.ty foods for every day in
the week.
Complete details of the cooking,
school, the list of awards and the)
interesting programs for the three j
days will be announced at a later!
date. Housewives will be invited, to!
attend all three dayn a.s guests of!
this paper. j
ASTOltlA. Ore., Feb. 2S. (!)
Three men were believed to be
ivcnveiing In a hosital here today
fvtni iii juries received yesterday
a NehaU in river bridge whieh
y were retailing crumpled and
plunged Into the river.
Georgo Gould. one of the
workmen, was crushed and killed
Instantly by the tailing timbers.
His hn(iy was found several hun
tired feet downstream.
COM MINE TOLL 174 j
WASHINGTON, Keb. IS. (?)
Coal mine accidents In the United
States during January took 171
lives.
The bureii u of nii lies, reporting
the figure to. lay. said the total was
less than those In the corre
spending month last year nnd rep
resented the death rat per million
tons of coal mined of
ICS i PMV SIGNATURE
MAIL TRIBUN
WILL CONDUCT
COOKING CLASS
Bronzed 'Buckaroo' Admits
Identity as Woman When
Hunger Forces Alms PJea
M.Af'K WF.LL. ok la.. Feb. 2 t.I Dressed In man's garments,
l'i "Jack'' CtiiUon. bronztd r;mp ('Hilton. "Just Wandered up
.m. w-iiii mi i mi.lnved several y-ar;th!s way" after losing a Job in
en ran lies In the
.M.dbilid. Tex . was I
,-ieinit y of
x . uas revealed today
as ;i woman.
Mi". .1. L. ..'..nv. head t Ton
ka un ' cn-tritiev said hun-tt-r
hfd a coinph-bed what yeai
.r Lis-irds on the ramre ouid
n..t In l.uc.ni; the "cowboy" t
adu it her identic. Graff Carl
Ion part whit", daughter f
i bei okce indi in otnan.
COPS RAID
I
William Boyd Jailed for Pos
session of Gambling Out
fit and Liquor Movie
Folk Flee When Police
Make Appearance.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 1!S
(P William H. Boyd. 43, stage and
film actor, was charged with pos
session of garni)
ling paraphern
alia and liquor
following n police
raid which broke
up a gay party 'it
hU home early
todav. Walter L.
Cat let t. 42, and
Iu O'Urien, 31.
were, arrets ted on
intoxication
charges.
jr men In evening
i N; drew, many of
them said by of
ficers to bo film
plars. fled through doors and
windows as six police under Lt.
James Johnson burst in upon what
they described as a "well equipped
gambling room and richly furnish
ed bar."
Koulette wheels and dice table
were among ihp equipment seized.
They also confiscated "more than
a gallon" of liquor,
w a m a d e to a r res t
guests.
lioyd formerly pla
Xo attempt
the fleeing
yed
the
Yew York stage but has appeared
in a number of motion pictures in
the past two years. Ho and hi
wife. Dora ISoyd. New York actress,
were divorced last November. The
actor recently -was arrested on a
recklcr-.s driving charge at Ocean
side. One oT his most recent film
part.s wk in "The Spoilers," a
talkie version of the lt"x Iteach
novel.
Mrs. Iloyd ,.wus known to the
stage as Clara. Joel. Catlett and
O'Brien, arrested with Boyd, are
film actors.
Police disclosed later they had
seized a home motion pieturo pro
jection machine and films showing
nude .subject, and had added a
charge against 'Boyd of possessing
obscene pictures. They quoted him
as saying he was entertaining
guests, following the completion of
a motion picture.
4
WASHINGTON. !!.. (T)
The f)regon congressional delega
tion, all Republicans, split as badly
as the other sections of the senate
and house when votes were taken
on overriding the presidential veto
of the veterans' compensation bill.
In the fsenate Friday both Me
Nary and Kieiwcr were found in
the list of those voting against the
president.
Thursday when the house over
rode the veto. Representatives Haw
ley and Korell backed up the presi
dent, while Itntler voted to disre
gard the veto.
ON MURDER CHARGE
nri-TALO. N. V.. Feb. 28. Vi
Lha Jimeivm. Cnyug.i Indian
woman twice tried for the murd t
of Clotilde Marchand last March
was acquitted today by a su
preme court Jury-
The Jury brought in lis verdict
at l(t:(i a.m.. after having been
locked up overnight. The ease
was given to the jury at l:5n p.m.
yesterday. The trial began Feb
ruary 1
Texas. She said she was unabb
to find work nnd appealed to the
associated charities for food.
(juewtfonliiK. Mn. Junes said,
ended a masquerade of 1 4 years'
standing.
K. J, Poof . stipe riii ti ndent of
the I'onca City five tribes agency,
said he would investigate today
to determine whether th woman
was a ward of the government.
f n
T W
POLICE BILL
Meier Measure to Consoli
date State Law Enforce
ment Forces Passed By
House Late Today Tax
Matters Under Debate.
SALUM, Ore., I'eb. 2S. &) The
house late today passed the senate
bill creating a state constabulary
force and unifying all present state
enforcement branches in one
group.
The bill now goes to the gover
nor, lt was an administration
measure.
The state police bill had previ
ously passed the senate and pro
vides for consolidating five, en
forcement branches, traffic, prohi
bition, fire, fish and game depart
ments, under one constabulary
system. It is the last of Governor
Julius L. Meier's measures yet to
be acted upon.
The senate was making progress
on its 4 8 proposals to be consid
ered on h legislature's eighth day
over the 40-day limited session.
SALKM, Ore., Feb. 28. (P) The
"triangle"' tax program for the
stato of Oregon, after weathering
several storms of protest yesterday
proceeded through the legislature
today and two of the major mea
sures were up for consideration In
the senate, wi'h Indications that
both will be passed without much
opposition.
E
ENTIRE YEAR IS
County Agent Announces
Experiments On Hanley
Hoover Ranch Mean
Boon to Farmers,
According to It. G. Fowler, coun
ty agricultural agent today, experi
ments -which have been In pro
gress for several years at the Han
Icy and Hoover ranch near Med
ford hiive developed an all year
round pasture
We vera I yea rs ago w I n ter blue
gravs was discovered on this ranch
and ha gradually been developed
until It Is .the leading winter for
age crop on the Pacific coast. This
grass, is planted In conjunction with
alfalfa and g raxed from September
until March when the stock nre re
moved, allowing the grass to go to
seed and the alfalfa to make Its
usual summer growth for hay pur
poses. Hogs Wax Fat
On one experimental plot of a
few acres of this grass one hun
dred hogs were fattened for mar
ket, the only other feed being cult
fruit and one week's ration of grain
to finish them off. At seven
months they averaged 22(1 pounds
and brought a half cent premium
above the local market.
The outstanding point in connect
ion with this winter blue gram says
the agent, Ls that it Is not Injured
by frost or lee, and cat'le thrive
on the pasture the entire winter.
The grass forms a dense resistant
sod which prevents the pasture
from being cut up and trampled out
during wet wea-ther.
Continuous 1'imluro
In thee experiments when stock
was removed from the winter blue
grass fields in order to allow the
grass to form its ced crop, they
were transferred to Lndlno clover
pastures on lower nnd more molt
types of noil. I! this method this
ranch ha had continuous high
class pasture during every, month
for the past year. . ' I
Mr. Fowler suggests that it
well wor: -he tlmo of any one
interested in agriculture to make
u vKlt on fJie Hanlcy and Hoovorf
ranches and go over the planting
of different forage grniset with 1
Mr. Hoover, and we Just what re-1
suits are being obtained in differ-1
nt parts of the valley. :
LOS ANOLLKS. "eb. ''
Th" Sumimd Oil company of Cali
fornia announced a four cent re.
ductlon In gasoline prices today to
meet tfj competition of Independ
ent service stations. The vUl fol
follcwM a two cent reduet'on earl
ier in the wk and brought th
prW of Stand d noline here' to
14 H cnp.
GREEN PASTUR
NOW AVAILABLE
State Rests in
Bridge Quarrel
Death Hearing
KANSAS OI TV. Feb. S.
(I't The state rested today in
the trial of Mrs. Myrtle A.
Hen net t, 35, for the slaying h
of her husband, John O. Hen-
ucit. following a bridge game t
quarrel.
Photographs showing the
interior of the Bennett apart-
inent in which the slaying oc-
curred September 29. 1929,
were Introduced as the prose- !
cut ion concluded Its direct
evidence. 4
4
Superintendent of Portland
Plant Shot to Death and
Foreman Wounded As
Workman Runs Amuck
With Gun Jailed.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2S. (!
J. AY. Bevis, superintendent of the
Inmun Poulsen Lumber mill, was
shot to death, and George Martin,
foreman, seriously wounded, when
a discharged workman ran amuck
In the mill yard today. The work
man. Albert (ilibert, was under
arrest.
Hospital attendants gave Martin
but a slight chance of recovery.
Kevls died within u few minutes
after the shooting.
Several hundred workmen in the
yard saw Martin shot as he grap
pled with Gilbert following the
encounter with Ilevis.
I toy G. Buvis, u saw filer and
s6nr' of the' superintendent told
police he mot Gilbert coming cjut
of his father's office. lie said
Gilbert remarked "You'd better go
in and look at your father."
Shot Near Heart
Entering the office young Bevfs
found the superintendent slumped
in the corner, a bullet wound near
his heart.
He. rushed out and called Martin
and the pair pursued Gilbert. Mar
tin tackled him and was shot dur
ing the struggle, other workmen
held Gilbert until police arrived.
Gilbert would say nothing as to
the circumstances or cause of the
shooting.
Officials of the mill said Gilbert
had been employed there for the
past 21 years but was discharge.! a
few days ago.
(Ily tho AsMH'Iateil Press)
Tho mobilization rush of '18 had
its peacetime counterpart today In
a rush' of vettiims all over the
land to borrow ftO per cent of their
adjusted service certificates as
authorized by congress yesterday.
More than I! 0,000 stormed the
doors of the 54 regional offices of
the United States Veterans Bureau
during the fjrst hour of business
today, and the file increased
hourly.
Tho New York regional offlco
was forced to call police reserves.
Offices throughout the nation sent
rush telegrams to civil service
cllgihlcs to report at once for duty.
IjENVKK. Feb. 2R. fPi A driv
ing snowstorm threatened train
schedules and highway traffic In
Colorado today. The airmail was
hampered. '
In Oenvei u heavy, wet down
fall reached a depth of ten Inches
anil the storm showed no sign of
abating. Train dispatches reported
heavy snows on all !!'. hlons out
of Oenver.
The benver-Colorado Springs
highway was swept with a bliz
zardous snow storm that delayed
aut mno bile traffic. Temperatures
continued mild in most sections.
An air mtvIcr connecting Hlr
m Ingham. .Sinn' best en". Liverpool,
and lyfindon. operated experiment
ally In I92tt may be Inauguiated on
a dally -rhclule In
M li HAND
KILLS BBSS
WHEN FIRED
VETERANS
10 BORROW ON
BONUS POLICIES PORTLAND
BLONDE GI
FOUND DEAD
IN KLAMATH
Pretty Hotel Guest Terribly
Mutilated Had Not Left
Room Since Registering
Friday Telephone Calls
Unanswered.
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. Feb. 2S
P A pretty blond woman, who
registered at a hotel here yesterday
as Lot I ie M aso n of Sea 1 1 le. was
found dead in her room today. The
body w as horribly mutilated. A
safety raor blade was found on the
bed upon which she lay. Her throat
had been cut and there were great
gashes all over her body.
Tho girl waH about The
clerk observed when she registered
t ha t ihe was bea u tKu I l.v ii resfced.
he said. iShe told him she had
been here about four days, on her
first trip to the city.
The coroner said the woman had j
been deatl at least three hours
when the body was found. If It 1
a case of suicide, he aid. the act
was maniacal and frenzied.
Miss Mason ordered dinner sent
to her room last night. The food
was found on tho tray, untouched.
Several telephone en lis came for
her last night, but none was an
swered. Hotel employes became alarmed
today as tho woman had not left
her room since registering and tho
maid was unahte to enter.
KLAMATH KALI-S, Kob. 2S A)
Fearing casualties may result if
tho eomlition continues, the sher
iff's office was working today on
what it believed was a liquor war
In the county.
Karly this week n largo automo
bile belonging to a man who has
been arrested several times on
lluuor charges, was driven outside
the city and burned by unidentified
men.
Last night police received Infor
mation a baltk was in progress a
few riillPH out of town. Shots were
heard as they approached arm they
found that a largo Ikiuor still had
been torn up and destroyed. Kleven
hundred gallons of mash was
found.
4
V
S A L KM , O re., Feb. - 2H. (P)
Oscar riayter of Dallas, attorney
for Ithea Luper, former state engi
neer under Indictment hern on a
ehurgo of larreny of public money,
stated today he would attack the
validity of the Indict men t by at
tacking Hie authority of the grand
Jury which made the Indictment.
1 layter was having made a com
plete transcript of the court record
hero as to tho grand Jury to use
In connection with his attack on
the right of the present grand Jury
to return an indictment.
OFFICIAL
FACES DAMAGE SUIT
I'OKTLAM). Feb. 2H. '!') A
suit for $ 1 1,000 damages was on
file here today against Frank M
(ierman, son of Fred V. flerman,
county commissioner, growing out.
of the death last November 11 of
Or. Frank K. Hall, 64, who was
struck by young Jerman' auto
mobile. A ear driven by the elder Oer
m a n reec n 1 1 y struck and killed
Louis Lamport, X, and he is
charged with Involuntary man
sla lighter.
Final Wire Flashes
Itm ssi;i.S, IVI. IH..Y) Tho ncuNior Libre ItehgiKi said
today that thirty inhabitants In Hid towns of TllltMir and he I r-hi
wer! nuMln III Friday night hy another of thon "poison fogs" which
Imvo spread terror through tho Mciim- tallcy hi rrcnit nmiiihs.
C'HICAfiO, Feb. !!H. . TV hull
Hft.nmi profits from Ihe song "I'm
In MjMrlor etnni, tislay by lcon
the aiHhor.
VSHIriTt). Feb. 28. W
lO.iMiO.lino droiigh relli-r fund
LA (.IIAMH:, Ore., Feb. 2H. (A1) A change of trmic to a roitn
ty not yet selMieil was graiitctl today by 'Indue Hall H. Liik In I ho
vast of Mrs. Fiiuna Fowler, former rlly rcauifr, rhargetl with
liiivciiy of public funds. Hit itcvuiints, i lly nrrirlals declare, an
short $1 12,0(10.
V.('(rVl:it. Wash., Feb. 2H. f1i Captain Arthur L. Ilencdlrt
rcguhir army, uns iifiiullted tishiy of (ho charge of making false
Htalemeiils on offh ial nMuriiK while In the stst iiiiniiilssnry dciart
inent. The court martial, hoHi-ver, found him gullly of nt'gllgeiH
and MMilniiffl liltn to reprlmaiMlefl nnd reduced I (HI files on the
promotion IIni.
LA t HOSSi;, Wis., Feb. tiN. 1,1'. The Hreini r u .Milwaukee
road iMiHMcnger train was killed nnd ncteu iMitseiigern were rcporfnl
Injured when Milwaukee road train collided wlili a titles go, Mill
nenKjIln ami Omaha lino train near nmji liougtns.
Delivered Bill
I ' n 1
rV
4jMot'i(lfcd i r era t auto
The veterans' hum hill was de
li vored to Pitldent llmivei' by
Mrs. (icrahllno 1 le!, serrelnry
to Itcp. (.uy I-:. Campbell. The
president ivIui-ikmI I he hill to con
gress with u veto which was later
overridden by Imlh I M nix's.
AERIAL FREIGHT
LINE WILL USE
Big Western Pacific Planes
Will Stop Every Other
Day, Says Medford Port
Manager.
The first scheduled slop of the
Westom Taclfic Ah freight lines,
subsidiary of the Pacific Air Trans
port and Hoeing cum panics, was
made at the Medford airport yes
terday when a large trl-motored
Kurd plane landed while en route
to Kan Francisco from "Seattle with
a load of l!;i(H) pounds of frozen
cod fish. Tho next trip Ik to bring
a large supply of cut flowers from
Seattle to San Francisco.
The freight line is operating two
Ford ships and will make trips
every otner day, with Medford a
regular stop, according to '1'hll
Sharp, local manager for the la
dflc Air Transport lines, who re
cently succeeded Seeley Hall,
Tho ships wilt haul no passeng
ers nnd are equipped for night fly
ing. The plane, arriving hero yes
terday, was piloted by C. A. Hector,
assisted by ,1. M. Hrewster. with
Vein Hahn as mechanic. It landed
at Ii o'clock last evening and con
tinued its southward Journey after
taking on a supply of gas and oil.
SLATED TD CONTINUE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. iP)
Congressional conferees today
abandoned efforts to formulate a
constitutional amendment fixing a
new meeting time for congress.
The senate and house spokes
men refused to yield their respec
tive positions and attempts to
brim about an ti,mU-rxtnidlng
were formally called off.
INDIANS IN REJECTION
COMPROMISE PROPOSAL
NKW OLLIH, India, Feb. iiS
(I) The working committee of
the Indian congress party today
voted to reject the viceroy's pro
posals for a com prom Im settle
ment of tho party's demands.
asking Itudy Vnlhi- to iwvnuiit fnr
dust a Vagabond Ixnrr' was filnd
.tmmcrmaun who cbidus to bi
Tim Hod mss inmiHilgii for
(odny totalled 91t,r11l,?(MI.
LOCAL AIRPORT
CITY LOSES
BATTLE FOR
NS
Public Service Commission
Denies Right to Cross
S. P. Tracks On Eighth
and Fourth Streets
Mayor Deplores Ruling.
The telegraphic news received In
the city today from S ilem that tho
public service commission had
denied the right, to the city to
establLsh grade crossings at Kighth
and Fourth streea over the South
ern Pacific tracks was a big disap
pointment to the city adminiatia
tlon, city planning commission,
former officials of the city and
many citizens generally, especially
because of the reasons given by
the commission for the ruling.
General local opinion was that
the city officials made a good case
at the public service commission
hearing here some weeks ago on
tho city'a petition asking authority
to construct the two crossings,
against the opposition of the
Southern Pacific. The city in tho
main contended that such cross
ings, especially at Eighth street,
were badly needed for the develop
ment and expansion of the fast
growing city, and in the way of
relieving growing traffic conges
tion on Main uud Sixth streets
through tho business section. It
was also contended by the city
that such crossings would tend to
do away with hazardous condi
tions, whereas tho commission's
ruling made public nt Salem today
stressed that the establishment of
grade crossings at Kighth and
Fourth streets would be hazard -ous.
Mayor Disappointed
Then, too, what makes tho dis
appointment all the more felt Is
that tho two sought, for overhead
crossings were recommended by
Jacob Crane, the eastern city plan
ning expert of note, following tho
survey ho made of city conditions
a year or more, ago.
"Too bad! I thought that wo
would get on of them at least,"
remarked Mayor K. M. Wilson this
noon when told of the commis
sion's ruling.
"Isn't that a hot one?" remark
ed former Mayor K. M, Pipes when
Apprised of tho ruling. "It is cer
tainly to bo deplored."
Tho ruling of tho commission Is
related In tho following Associated
Press dispatch recoived by tho
.Mail Tribune today:
Held Hazardous
"Petitions hy tho city of Med
ford for authority to construct
grade crossings over the Southern
Pacific tracks at Klghth and
Fourth streets In that city nro
denied In an order by tho public
service commission today. . Tho
commission holds that tho cross
ings would bo hu",ardous nnd
would hamper switching move
ments of tho Southern Pacific
company.
"It is also slated in tho order
that Medford city officials are con
sidering a plan to remove tho
Industries located between Elev
enth and Third streets to an Indus
trial section to bo created in tho
southern part of tho city, and that
this would grcatty relievo tho
hazard to tho traveling public that
would exist If Eighth and Fourth
streets were opened by grade
crossings , through the switching
yards.'
Oregon Weather .
Partly cloudy and occasionally
uit bolt led toniKht and Sit inlay ;
probably rains in the northwest
portion. ; Moderate west windH.
Will
ROGERS
says:
l!l-;V KlfLY- IIIM.S, fill., I-Yli.
.Mr. Hoover must have
made out n pretty nooii ciise,
iiCfiinst the hoiius, for I sew-here
they voted it. over him.
It wasn't Mr. Hoover they hit"
shooting at : it was "t'nele"
A inly. They resent him run
ning the sliuiv. The whole
trohhle with the It; piihlieans
is their fear of un inereasn in
ineoine lax, espe-iallv' on high
er income. They speak of -it '
almost like a matrimonial ca
lamity. I really believe if it
come to a vote whether to K
to war with Kntrlanil, r'nincc
anil (fermany combined, or
raise the rate on incomes' over
. I0II.IKM) tiu.y would vote. war.
toy"