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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREOON.- SUNDAY, .TUNE 21, 1931.
WATER DISTRICT
REFORMATION
MUST BE MADE
Serious Situation Faced By
I Medford District as Re
ft suit of Nation-Wide De-
pression ' ; Bondholders
JTo Be Notified.
K'That tho Medford Irrigation dls
jtrlct may not be able to meet it
Interest charge, on July j. first,
and that a definite plan must be
formulated to present to tho bond
Jicildoid with that outcome In view
.was announced at tho meeting, of
the members of the district at
the Hotel Medford Saturday, af
ternoon, ' ;
'.r David Roeenberg, president of
the distrlot, presided and after
brk'fly outlining the history of
the district and the developments
' leading to the present situation,
palled on P., J. Naff, attprney for
(ho district to outline the legal
phases Involved. ,. "
V Albert C. Burch,, member t,
(he-board of directors then went
Into the 'details of the district
from ' a' physical standpoint, the
present condition of the watr-r
supply, and the difficulties of the
list year.'
'It- seemed to be the consensus
OT opinion at the meeting that
r while the interest charges for
this yoar could perhaps 'not bo
paid because of tho 1080 depres
sion, that with 'an' oppolntment
?t a bond holders' committee a
Inal agreement satisfactory to all
parties Involved would eventually
be. ' reachod, and that any final
pj complete default would not bo
Contemplated' at this time.
Bert Anderson, us n ranch own
er, touched this phase of the situ
ation and made a strong plea
that members of the district
through their board Insisting upon
ftecplng in mind tho legitimate
rights of the bond holders and
trying at all times to satisfy them,
as fur as possible.
' :'lt was also pointed . out that
government aid may be secured,
tvheroby the 'district can ' be en
tirely refinanced, -rebonded, and
the bond holders benefit as a re
sult as well alt the destrlctt .
'Just'wha't the final action-will be
'depends of eourao. upon . what ac
tion the bond holders' commlttco
tecldos to take, assuming the July
1st' payments aro passed. All the
ipenkors made it plain that whllo
Ihelr paramount Interest of oourse
Is the welfare . of those living in
the Irrigation district, they will
exert every effort to secure - a
ftnnl, plan which, will not, be un
just to the bend holders, but will
as far as It la humanely poaslbe,
' be fair and equitable to both the
, property owners and ' the bond
holders. 1
' Between 66 and 70 ranehora In
the irrigation district r attended
and Interest In tho meotolng was
If eon. throughout;
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f: MEET PONDERED
nA numbor of criminal matters
are now pending, and it- Is ex
jert'd that the grand Jury of which
rover C. Corum Is foreman, will
oonvene the coming week. A def
inite decision will be made upon
the return of District;- Attorney
fWorgo A. Codding, who will re
turn Monday from Salem, whore
he went for - argument In the
KlngiMey cane, before the suprome
court, and to attend lo other mat
ters at tho stato cnpltol.
Among tho cases to be consid
ered by a grand Jury.' is that of
J. Ii. Thompson, recently arrested
at VsMma. Wash., and returned
here for trial on a charge of ob
talnlng money under falsa pro
tenses. Thompson, should not bo
qqnfusod with a youth of tho nainn
name, alls, Thomas, who passed
worthless checks on ; local mer
chants, The latter has a ponchant
1 ir wearing aviator's garb, and fro.
quenllng airports.
H'The rase of Ebon Huls and wife,
held In the county Jail, for shout
ing John Wswlorlka. a IMoasant
Creek miner In the calf of tho leg
during an argument lam Sunday,
I' also scheduled fpr a grand Jury
Investigation.
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JtHT. JOHN, N. n.,. June 0 VP
-tto Hllllg, Liberty. N. V., pho
tajrraphor and his pilot, Ifulitori
Molrlls, who will attempt a flight
to Denmark, were still on the
round at an airport here lata to
day. S There was little possibility, they
ould take off In their Ilellanca
monoplane "Liberty." specially
oonatructed by Hllllg tor the At
lantic crossing, before early tomor
snor, weather permitting.
final adjustments to the ship
w-111 be made tomorrow morning
ny Bob Moffat. New York air en
gineer. Moffat will go t Harbor
Grace tomorrow morning to look
over the Liberty. He will go by
boat or train via Halifax.
On Moff.iiji artvlr. the filers
aalrl, will be bawd their decision to
take iff. ' ; ,
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SOLONS DUE HERE
VISIT TO CRATER
COLEMAN URGES
GENERAL TAXES
Washington; June 20 ph-
In search of economy and Instruc
tion, a large group of congressmen
and federal officials tomorrow will
begin tho annua pilgrimage to
western enterprises of tho govern
ment.. , , , t , - r
Reclamation projects, national
parks rind Indian reservations will
be visited .during tho nxt two
months between banquets and re'
captions tendered by many cities
and towns, which will make pleats
for greater expenditures.
The congressional contingent will
be headed by Representative Mur
phy of Ohio, chairman of the ap
propriations subcommittee handling
interior affairs 1 ;
In every state visited senators,
representatives and state officials
will join the group.
Work for the party wll! begin
at Koarnoy, Neb., next Tuesday.
Lty train and automobile -they will
proceed through Wyoming, Color
ado, Utah to Lam Vegas, Nov., for
an Inspection of the Hoover dam
alto on July 3.
The Fourth of July will be spent
In Los Angeles. The party after
ward will work their way up
through California, Oregon and
Washington to Seattle. A section
of the party will take the govern
ment cutter Tahoe for Alaska on
July 18. McKlnley National park
and Fairbanks wilt be the farthest
north reached before the return to
Seattle August 6.
Back through Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho the committee will
travel to Rlverton and Casper,
Wyo before dispersing or return
ing to Washington August 20.
ON SEWER BOND
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Fl
. In the opinion of County Assess
or J. B. Coleman, the proposed
$235,000 sewer disposal bond Issue,
can be paid "more equitably and
quicker, by general taxation than
by the monthly assessment upon
water users. The county official
nays that tho bond Issue, by gen
oral taxation could he paid in from
foijr to seven years, while under
(he monthly asHcssment plan an
outlined, 20 yean would be requir
ed . "
v Assessor Coleman took the area
lying on the south Bide of Main
street from the Washington school
to - tho city llmita, and to Went
Tenth Btroet ah a typical Medford
homo section, and for Illustration.
"In this district there nro 192
homes," said Assessor Coleman,
"with a valuation of $244,390. Tho
average homo valuation is 91222.
At 75 cent per month these homes
will pay '11728 per year, and at 50
conta per month will pay $1128 per
year.
. "The 75 cent rate or 11728 will
equal a lovy of 7.07 mills on tho
valuation and tho 50 cent rate, or
H128, will equal 4.70 mill) on the
assessed valuation. The 4.70 mills
applied to the assessed valuation
of the city of Medford will pay
off the proposed sewer' bonds In
seven years, and the' 7.07 mills will
pay them off In four years. The
property owtior will not jrtiy any
more general tax per year, than he
would by the monthly omessment."
"The general tax plan," said As
sessor Coleman, "Is more practical,
quicker and economical than the
monthly rate assessment, and means
a saving of time, running from 16
to 13 years.
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The enreful syutomatlo demol
ishing of tho old Washington
school building, which work has
been on for the past two weeks,
was praatlcully completed late
yestorday ntornoon, the last sec-1
tions of tho. walls having boon,
torn down by an unusually largo
force of workors.
Now tho only remaining work
to be don la the hauling away'
of the debris, finishing of tho
cleaning of the thousands of good'
brick from the building, which'
the school board has salvaged In
Its building program, nnd tho
hauling' away'- from';' the school
yard of tho piled up salvaged'
lumber and bricks, an tho stone J
foundation has boon sold to the
Huber company "na Is" to bo In
corporated In the now meat pnek-j
Ing plant It la buldlng on tho
Midway road north of the Oily. I
Superintendent of Schools Hot!-,
rick, who has had chargo of the
wrecking ' and salvaging wlJi-k, I
snld today "that he had sold tho
foundation just as It lay to tho
Huber cone?, n, which would bo
allowed .two weeks time to movo1
It' away.
Of course, tho school authori
ties have yet lo pull down and
remove the big frame play shed,
and possibly tho small frnmo an
nex structure which was used by
the primary department. Kids nro
being asked for on tho purchase'
of- this annex building, also "as;
Is", Superintendent says, as It cnnl
bo enslly moved to any location
by a purchaser.
However, as to the tearing
down of the play shed he mid
that 'work would not bo under
taken for a week or so yet, until
tho new -WnshlnRton school build
ing will be ready to have the
desks nnd other furniture Install-!
ed from tho old Washington
school and which are now stored
In the playshed. I
There Is no hurry contemplated
In the dlsposnl of the playshed
and aiimx, a the ruling of tho
shed will not tie u long or diffi
cult task, nnd by tho agreement'
reached between tho school board
and the county court some tlinoj
ago, tho hoard agreed to turn
over the site of the new court-,
houso not later than August 1st.
This turnover will be mado much
sooner thnn that, however. I
Superintendent lledrlck has th
school board deed to tho slto all
ready to formally turn over to
the city, and the council last week
nuthurlr.ed the payment of US.
000 to the school board tor the
dsod. All that remains Is for the
formal transfer. Then tho city
government will turn over tho
deed tothe county court, the land ,
to be used as the site for the new
court house, ;
The above named procedure
will probably take place the fore
part of this week.
Cowman I tisanes Henr
RANT A FN, -N. M., Jun SO
(I'P) -t'alf roping will be. a tamo
affair for Floyd I.ee Maddox ot
Htdalao county, who came aoroM
a bear which had killed two sheep.!
He undid his lariat, roped the ani
mal and dragged It to death, Hl
story 'Is vouched for in an affl-
davit to the state game warden I
after suit for killing a bear out ot
season was under conalderatton.
Maddox stated he killed tho bear
lo protect the live stock.
, Students Plan Field . Work '
ALBUQUERQUE, X. M.. June
20 (UP) A party of . Harvard
geological students, under1 tho di
rection of Prof. Kirk Bryan, will
luisomble hero Juno 20 to begin a
tour of exploration of the moun
tains and canyons of the south
west. Tho pasty wilt go to tho
Nacimiento mountains whore field
mapping will be carried on for
about a month. . ' Then the Jemcfc
rnnge will be visited for a study of
volcanic phenomena and to visit
ttho prehlBtorlc remains nt Puye.
CITY IS OPPOSED
Apparently the only hope of the
Humane society obtaining any
money from the city government
from dog licenses is for the so
ciety to Induce the city budget
committee to recommend a dona
tion to help take up the slack In
tho society's funds caused by the
city's refusal to Impose a license
on city dogs and continue the pre
vious arrangements whereby the
license fees collected by the so
ciety wnt to the latter for Its
support.
Mayor E. M. Wilson so Inform
ed the delegation from the Hu
mane society that called on him
last week, consisting of Mrs. M.
D. McCaskey and Mrs. Sid Rich",
ardson, and also thai the city of
flnials are opposed to passing a
charter amendment, which would
enable the city to license Its own
dogs, independent of the county
and state, but aro perfectly con
tent to have the county handle
and collect all the dog license
fees, as authorized by a law pass
ed by the legislature Inst winter.
A provision of this 'law,., how
ever, would enable the city to
impose a llcenso on its own dogs,
provided a charter amendment
was voted to this effect. The city
officials are tftily too glad to
sh61ve any responsibility on the
dog license situation, hence tho
city, council 'at a meeting some
time ago Informally refused to
consider putting such A charter
amendment up to a vote, as was
requested by the Humane society.
The society has had an agroo
meot with the county court whore-
by ' a percentage of all licenses
collected on dogs In the county,
abovo a certain amount Is turn
ed over to the Humane society.
Now tho society fears that this
amount will be cut down, at least
has heard rumors, of such con
templated action, and badly need
all the ; money it can get. . -
Hence the efforts to havo th
charter amendment submitted to
a vote to enable the city to ll
censo Its dogs and renew its old
agreement with tho Humane society.
FORMER TEACHER WINS HEART BALM
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Ivyl Barker, right) one time Seattle, Wash., school teacher was
awarded $175,000 In a breach of promise suit brought against Reese
Brown (left) of Seattle and Tacoma. She asked $500,000.
Another Perfect Pupil
SOLEM, Ore., June 20. (UP)
Ernest OcrtR, 14, was neither
tardy nor absent at any time since
he started attending school eiglit
yenrs ngo, ' ' 1
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Representatives of California
canneries are now In the city and
valley looking over the Bartlett
cannery pear crop and prospects.
Representatives of-Wlllametto Val
ley tanneries, and more from Cali
fornia are due this week. No price
per ton has been offered, to date,
to local growers, and none are like
ly before the first week in July,
when the first of the California
Bartletts will be ready for Eastern
markets.
Hot weather, to be expected in
July, plus the recent rain, will hurry
along the local Bartletts. They are
now In first-class condition,
Tho "present season i two weeks
ahead of last year, according to Guy
W. Connor, who predicts that tho
packing and picking of Bartletts
will start between July 23 and July
28. . Ladt year the first Bartletts
were picked theweek of August 8.
HOOD RIVER Store building
at northeast corner of Third and
Onk streets, remodeled.
LONGEST DAY OF
YEAR, 0N OF 3
GEHLAR DUE TO
AIDES ERE LONG
It Is expected that an announce
ment will be forthcoming the com
ing week from Max Gehlar, state
director of agriculture, of the ap
pointments, coming under his jur
IsdlcttonMnclucUng the selection of
a chief for the department of hor
ticulture and plant industry. A, C.
Allen, for 17 years deputy horti
cultural commissioner for this dis
trict, .has been endorsed by grow
ers and shippers organizations -of
thla valley, also by Klamath ; and
Douglas counties. While no def
inite assurance has been ; forth
coming,' the 'fruit industry of
southern Oregon feels he will be
selected for the post.
Allen by virtue of hit long ex
perience and' extenHivo knowledge
of pears, and southern Oregon
crops In igeneral. Is rated as the
best chpice for the place: ! '
Under the law creating the state
agriculture commission, It becomes
operative July 1, next.
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PORTLAND.. Ore., June 20,
iJP) Although June 21 is general
ly regarded as the longest day of
the year, the total possible sun
shine for western Oregon for Fri
day, today and Sunday Is equal,
the government weather bureau
here announced.
The sun will not start Its south-j
ward movement until 1.2S a.-m..
Monday and the sunshine porlodj
for June 19, 20 and 21 is" IS j
noura ana 48 miniues, woi
worked out over a -long period
of time showed, .v.
In most parts of Oregon tho
sun took advantage of tho full 16
hours and 48 minutes today. :
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William Oodlove, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Goldoife, who has
been In training at the naval air
service bast nt I'ensacola, Fla., f
and Is now stationed at San Dl- J
ego, Calif., will be commissioned
as a pilot in tho near future, ac-
cording to a telegram received by i
Heniy Fluhrer today from Senator
Frederick Stelwer. : '
Goldove hai been In training
for some time, and was unable to
receive a commission liecauso of .
a dental defect. This disqualifica
tion, however, has been waived,
and he will be able to accom
pany the fleet on a cruise in tho
near, future.
Mall Tribune ads aro read b
m ean nunnl. everv d tf.
Slirlnc Camel Dead
ERIE, Pa., June 20. (UP Tho
Erie shrlners are now without
mascot. Miss Zem Zem, .blue
blood $1,000 camel of tho Shrlners,
died at the Glenwood Zoo recently.
Tho mascot was obtained last Aug
ust and was to have been a feature
nt ceremonials. ', '
TOLD TO TOIL ON
What farmers should not be dls-'
enuraged 'their crop Is not doom-!
ed as a basic farm product, Dr.
Victor H. Fldretl, federal cereal
expert, eald today. ' ' :
Better, farming methods, lower
production costs and ether ad
vances, he said, will bring wheat
back to its old position, but until
then, he warned; Improvements
must go on despite economic de-,
prcssion. . .
Dr. Florell. assigned to tho Unf-
verslty of Idaho, Is attempting to;
develop a particular type of wheat
for the northwest.
Hotel Medford
Dinner $1.00
Every Day in the Week
"The Food Is Better"
at the Medford ;
DR. I. H. GOVE
Dependable Dentistry
235 East Main, Upstairs
Phone 872-J
Swedish Flsli Sulra V
GOTHENBURG. June 20.-IUP)
Nearly 46.300 tons of fish wcro!
sold last year at tho port of Goth
enberg. This means an ' increase
nf fi.AlK tons In enmnnrisnn with
1929. The cash turnover increased'
with about (184,000 to $2,706,000.!
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
ljcensl by State l CnlltonU.
WUDBBRG BROS.
SMELTING 8t REFINING CO.
OIHcm:742 Market Sc., San FrirtrUco
Plant: South San Fr.netto
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NKW YOUK, June 10. ,VFV
Three of the four offlrie'.. ot tho
closed Bank of t'nltcd Htstes. on
trial for li weeks o charges of
misapplylKX funds, were convicted
today by a couty Jury. The Jury
dlsaitrred on Henry V, Pollock,
head, of the. bank's k-Ki depart
ment, tj j iu
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