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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREOON, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1931 E Post, Taciturn Man of Sky More At Home In Airplane Than In Society of Girls EARLY DAY TRIALS AWARDED POSITION '' ' I W smsssssss ill 1 1 " .ps MEDFORD'S MOST POPULAR Klfc J J) ST0RE FOR OVER 28 YEARS C. RnlnfHll records for tho month In- tho Ticlnlty of Med ford were shuttered, (emppratureii were un tirumlly moderate for the season nnd prevailing cloudlnewi wan coniriderahly In cxcokk ot the av erage, ktiyn the monthly meterolojr ical notes of tho Med ford weather bureau for June. 'Clear Hklo prevailed for tho first six days of the month follow ed by unsettled and cloudy con ditions during the next five days with light showers occurring on the 8th and 9th. Beginning on the 1 3th stormy weather with Intermittent rains, characterized .by occasional heavy downpours, I continued until tho 10th. Clear I skies and broken cloudiness fol . lowed the passage of tho storm and held for several days. , "On the afternoon of tho 25th conditions again indicated tho up proarh of a disturbance from the Pacific and during tho morning n; the 26th mist began falling Later In the day the mist changed to a light rain which continued fulrly steady throughout tho nigh and into the early hours of tho 27th. Seasonable went her with mostly clear skies closed the month. I "The total of 8.49 Inches - of precipitation is the greatest June tjainfull of weather bureau rocord which covers tho past 20 years, Tho former record was 8. 0U Inches which occurred In June. 1018. The 24-hour rainfall record "j for the station was also eclipsed on the l&th and 16th when a total of .1.96 Inches fell. During ono of the heaviest showers on the 16th excessive rain fell amounting to i ncn ps in approximately 12 Ai minutes. The rnlnn came lit a very opportune time In tho Riikiip uKlvor,vnlIoy for most uiirlcultuiHl nnpds nnd tho hsnoflts worn mirh hot tlio entire picture of farming conditions wan greatly Improved. i URiiy aveniKO tempemturoe wore Konernlly nuout norma! howevor, the avorago maximum for the month win the lowest of roc ord vxcept for June of 1918. At me time lowest temperatures averaged well ahove normal, there being but one year, 11)21, with a nighr uvoruge of June minimum. The low avorago maximum and a high average minimum combined to inako a near normal moan tem perature for the month. "The monthly nummary follows In part: Date 1 3 1 4 5 -6 7 8 JO II 12 13 14 16 (.! 17 ''in -19 30 )i T!2 IS 34 it id 7 18 It 10 Max. ... 86 ... 80 ... 78 ... 88 ... 81 ... 81 ... 89 ... 81 ... 77 ... 70 ... 78 ... 84 ... 78 ... 87 ... 81 ... 81 ... 71 ... 88 ... 7S . ... 81 ... 78 ... 71 .. 71 .. 86 .. 88 .. 87 .. 88 .. 71 71 80 Mean 76.8 Mln. Moan Pen. 6 J 68 .00 48 68 .00 42 60 .00 44 68 .00 DO 72 .00 68 78 .00 66 611 .00 01 71 ,01 66 86 .08 61 84 .00 48 61 .00 47 66 .00 60 68 .26 68 62 .41 61 . 6 1.00 00 68 1.1 J 81 61 T 47 68 .18 46 60 ,00 62 66 ,00 60 60 .00 68 .62 .00 48 60 ' .00 64 , 64 .00 48 68 .00 66 62 .40 61 60 .08 47 60 .00 48 60 .00 48 63 .00 60.6 68.7 ' 1.40 While residents from all sec tions of tho Ilogue rlvor valley were motoring to lukos and other resorts to spend the holiday yos terdny, Tom Ross, pioneer resi dent of Central .Point, entertained group of children with stories of his first trip to Criitcr Lnk In 1881. ' There was no road, to the world wonder ' when ' Mr. Ross -and group of friends took the Ashland routo to tho lake with wugons und horses. Many days wero rmiulrcd for the Journey. "The womon and horses got tired," he explained yestorday afternoon In his Jocular manner, and the Imys wore al ways ready to camp." Thero was no trail down to the lako, but the pioneer lails were undaunted. Tlioy made ono, and upon reaching tho water con structed a raft using boards and nails recovered from a coll ol box to fasten tho legs togcthor. A boat trip was also mado to Wizard Island In a deserted boat, tho cracks of which wero filled with muslin torn from old fash loncd "B. V. Us." Another Interesting story re ardlng tho size nnd duontlty of early-day mosquitoes was told by Mr. Ross. The Insects became so thick In cump one night that a young lady member of tho party wan persuuded to tako off hor hoop skirt und build a smudgo under It, tho funnel created suck ed tho mosquitoes Into tho fire. Tho lako wns far more beautiful than It Is toduy, Mr. Ross said Tho lack of civilization milled much to Its mystery and tho ob- ntacles conquered In making tho trip mado "a follow approciuto It." 4 CALIFORNIA ELKS YOUTH m n fdd I UU I II LLU I lilt ; Kenneth Hnlilntnn. u, of Med ford, was arrested In Ashland yes terday doon driving a Kord sedan belonging to H. A. Johnson of this rlty. The youth told officers he had "borrowed1' the car to tnka his girl friend to Ashland. Jailer Osrar Dunford and Oeorge l'rn.ll nnlln. affl... I.... ....,. the boy to Medford. A Chevrolet coupe belonging to Herb l.undy wss stolen Friday night, and late? found abandoned n Ross Inn. A Ford car also taken Krlday night from the W. V lllil.lln t ' 4 ER IS LAKE VISITOR Marie Dressier, famous film actress, spent Krlday and Satur day at Crater Lake, according to word received from the park. Khe accompanied a party of friends to the lake by motor, it was learned. MVHUCNT victim in Herald Mornlngstnr, of Central Point, truck driver In the Crater 1-aks National park, who was rushed to the Community hos pital Friday evening to receive treatment for Injuries sustained In a collision with another ma chine, waa reported to be resting easily last night. i His right arm Is badly bruised but tin boniw ti,bn mnji . - jcolved several ruts on the fact, a If ,the sovrnmhi at-,n ieci income taxes from all the bootleggers. It may not need that f80A.non.ooo loan. Indianapolis fi-ewe. - Mod ford was tn renditions Ipri- lay nlKht for the bi Klks cara van enrouto to tho national con vention In Hoattlo from the south the state of California which always puts thlnnn over In a hK way. Over oUiht hundred wero to arrive early In the evonlnn,. and ns accommodations wero not suf ficient In Medford, reservations had also heen mado in Ashland and Oranta Pass. Htuto traffic '-police from Port- tind, Balem, nnd IS u no no respec tively wero In tho vicinity to As sist officers of the district in es corting mom hers of the fraternity to the rlty. i Ijocnl Klks, who aro of a cour teous nature, mado preparations or tho entertainment of the many visitors In tho form of a dance at the Medford temple. Orchestra members were in readiness to start the festivities, and rohenh ments had been prepared for hundreds. Hotels were gaily decorated for the occasion, ns wero tho "offi cial " wrvlco stations In the city Med fold was In readiness. Tho acrenmltiR sirens, tho honk ing horns announced the arrival of a prorcsHlon of fifty cars, ot which only fifteen were momhers of the caravan stopping hero. The delcKates, who had started Friday morning from Hm'ramouto. wero probably too weary for :iny festivities. Not one up pen red ut the dance. The official nervlco stations re ported their elaborate decorations, failed to attract any business. Hanctloncd by the Klks Indues In the southern part of Califor nia, commercial representatives visited firms and resorts n tho highways in Washlnaton and Ort'ifon & few weeks bko nnd solicited hundreds of dollars worth of advertising, to appear tn a booklet to be published by them nnd given members of the caravan when they started north It 'was learned. Whether tho pub ItRhers were enlUhtened as to the number to print was not learned here, but the few who did arrive wero clutching the little pamph lets which were to guide their way north. The Klks silently stole away yojtterday morning town id the convention iiy, to be welcomed by cheering crowds, whero the arrival of "hundred of Califor nia delegate'' has been antici pated. , KoK'T H. Jlennctt of this city, campaign manager for Governor Julius Iv. Meier In Jackson coun ty, leaves today for Halem, to ac cept a position in tho office or Charles M. Thomas, public utility commissioner. A telegram was re. celvod yesterday from Cbmmis- sionor Thomas Haturduy, request ing him to report for duty In the morning. Honnett Is well known In thla city, wharo bo has resided fur a many years and .Is tho owner or the I lor bin Apartments. i Tho nature of Jiennett's work Is not known, but it will probably ho along Investigational lines, In which Hennett Is experienced. In 1913, through tho efforts of For mer Senator George A. Chamber lain, ho was usHlgned to report on conditions on St. Thoman (Klands. later purchased from Denmark by tho governmfnt. Th Islands wero much In tho news at that time, owing to their adap lability as coal I iii: station for fleets. Hennett during the last cam palgn was an earnest worker for tho policies of the into Georgo Joseph, a llroless worker for Gov. ernor Meier on tho highways ana bvwnvs of Jackson county, dur lug tho last political buttle. 1 E The stock of tho Munon Khrman & company whotesalo grocery ranch agency of Grants Puss Is being moved to Medford. The moving waa begun last Monday and It Is thought the entire stock will have been tranaforrod to the main branch of tho company at Medford by July 10, or ut the latest, July 15, fi exptitnation of the stock moving (ho Grants 1'nss. Courier says: "Ho cause of tho smallness of torrllory being served from here, .officials thought that tho Mud ford office could take care of tho business, and ordorcd the consolidation of tho Grants Puns nd Medford stocks, according to reports.' U. 10. McKlhoso, former well known Medford man, who is man ager of tho Grants Pass brunch of tho concern, will remain in that city as sulosman and man ager of tho Grants Vnm territory. 4 T0 100 DEGREES The weather hero became tor rid yesterday, the official maxi mum of the weather bureau reaching 100 degrees In the after noon, tint street thermometers registered several degrees higher. Today s weather Is expected to be at last as warm If not warm- although the forecast Is for only ''continued warm." love Wasn't lllliul M KM I HI 14, July 4, blind osteopath with offices here charged In a divorce suit that hi. wife, oho also Is Idled, wm. in love wih another blind man. H. granted 'the nl.n ,fir I.. witnesses, both blind, bad rnrmlm. rated his statements. T SERVICE GETS BLUE TRUCK Tho Crater Tjuke National for est flro fighting equipment has been further augmented by the arrival bore from Portland yester day of a new Chevrolet half-ton truck, whoso blue color Is In con trast With tho red, of that forest's InrKO trucks used for flro fight lug pUTpOHOg. The new truck will bo used in the Hulto Falls nnd Dead Indian district, not only fur fire fighting purposes, but ns n general utility truck. "Mother nf CIm" Killed TOPLOl'NK. July !. (VP) Madame Phllnmene T-af leurancc, known throughout the community; as "Tho Mother of Cats,'1 has given home and shelter to her j last st my rat. Mucin inn ljflrur- i ance. a widow, lived alone in a little cottage in tho coimmnv of more than n hundred cats which sho had tin veil from the streets. Her gentleness caused her to be well known In tho community. A few days ago sho was killed by a train while In search of ono of her pets that had strayed away. liy Ix-on Jf, Durst (Copyright 1931, by The Asso ciated Press) Part III Wiley Post aviator, the farm boy who used a cotton patch to obtain funds for a mechanical education had graduated from a garage mechanic to wing-walker and parachute Jumper by pre vailing upon L. I. (Pete) Lewis, barnstorming pilot, to give him a job. LtGwIs, now a transport pilot, says that Wiley was an avaricious student of aviation. He never was satisfied, until be knew everything a plane could do. Between exhi bitions he tinkered with the con trols and with tho motors. "Mo was a little wild but ho had plenty of nerve," Lewis re-i members. "Me was so silent the mon about tho fields knew little of him." In those days, Immediately af ter the war, pilots who could ec qulre enough cash to buy a Jenny or a Canuk frequently banded In groups of three or four and went about the country billing them selves as air circuses. They would Hiunt the antiquated planes, patch up tho motors with anything that would hold, and startle tho un familiar country folk with their exhibitions of wing walking and parachute Jumping. It was in such a group that Wiley Post had started in the work. "You don't care If I make a few parachute jumps?" he asked nig mother one day. Mrs. Post in dicated some displeasure, but ad mitted she was proud that she had n son who could do "such things." When Wiley heard he had shown some newspaper clip pings about his stunts to thu Mnysvillo News, the local, weekly newspaper, he teased her and said he took that as meaning that she approved of the course he had taken. v Wiley's father left tho home farm near Maysvllle several days before his famou? son brought bis round-the-woid flight to an end to escape Inquisitive visitors. He never was enthusiastic about Wiley's flying. At the same time ' his mother, proud but not talk ative, explained how she "never did like to have my picture put In tho paper.' Thero was no resentment on tho part of the members or Wiley's family about the publicity which came In the wake of the flight. A brother in Oklahoma City declined to pose for a pic ture because, he explained, "the show belongs to Wiley, not mo." It was plain to see they Jill ere practical folk who do their dally work and expect na applause. Wiley apparently comes by his hanlcal taciturnity very naturally. He learned to ftv. Miu knowledge eavo him a head start niHle ft number of extraordinary and soon he was zooming off tho ground with tho most during, Tho accident which cost Wiley tho sight of ono eye, brought him his first plane. Ho was Injured In a . mnchine shop at Moldenvllle, nnd received $2,000 in compensa tion. Ho bought n Canuk plane and took up passengers usually for whatever they would pay. If tho required "pot" was not .col lected Wiley frequently made up tho difference and flow anyway, so eager was ho to go Into tho air at every opportunity. Karl Witten, Pauls Valley, Ok lahoma, aviator, who used to do stunt flying with Post said that 'whenever he heard of any new stunt in the air, Wiley would al ways try it in his old Curtlss Canuk." 'Wiley never was much of ft ladies' man," Witten says. Ho bought a "now flivver with all tho fixings he could get, with n part of tho monoy ho got for hl dnmngod eyo. Ho took tho girls out In that car now nnd then but ho always seemed more Interested in flying than In glrlH." Ho Is something of n Joker, too. Around Wiley's homo town they tell of the timo ho went up to do pa rac h u t o Ju m p. but threw a dummy out of the plane Instead. Heveral womon In the crowd fainted as the figuro tumbled down out of tho sky. l Hoom after Wiley bought his flrat bl-plano he landed the old crate In his father's alfalfa patch and crashed into a hay rake, A wing beam was broken and Wiley patched It up with a piece of two- y-four and took off with a coup le of flat tires. Whether that incident had any bearing or not, Wiley's, father, didn't tako much to his stunt; Hying. Ho hid Wiley's pnrachuto one day so he couldn't Jump. Wiley's mother said he never old his father of his first nlr stunts, but he confided to her ho flights after ho had become a test pilot on tho Pac'ffc coast but he never would comment on them to any extent. He was the same way In hts barnstorming days, Lewis says. Sometimes he would ride In an outomobilo alongside friends for fifty miles or mora without saying a word. Wiley doesn't say much but when ho does thce 1h n certain dry humor In his talk which wins friends and gets things done. When tho "Winnie Mae' was poised at Itoosevelt Kfeld. wait ing for favorable weather to bop around tho world, a slow leak de veloped In one of her tiers. The incident was reported to Post, i He hnd done very little talking! and seemer to be completely fre of worry. "One of the tires on the 'Win nie Mne has gflne soft, Mr. Post," a mechanic reported. "Well, put a little Long Island air in thero and we'll bring It back," Wiley drawled. (Monday: Wiley Post in eels the man who is to give him bis f haiKv, and lakes another step up In the aviation world). "10 et 8" Officials Visit Medford "Voiture" of the "40 et 8' Soclete entertained two dis tinguished state leaders of th? organisation tho forepart of the week, George 15. Itussell, Grande Chef do Garo of the state of Cali fornia and Grand Chef de On re Mali Dano of Oregon. Poth of the visitors wero much pleased with the reception given them by the local branch of tho American Ieglon. In connection with the meeting, election of local officers wag held and Horace Hromley.l was chosen as Chef de Garo to I head Medford "Voiture for the coming year. Corvnllls. Work progressing on paving of Orchard street in West Corvnllls. Imfur. Sodn fountain Installed at luifur Trug rnmnnnv's tnvv PAINFUL PILES BANISHED EASY WO COUt PILF PILLS INTERNALLY WITH SWALLOW Of WATRR EACH MEAL RELIEF IN ONK DAT IN MANY CASES. 40 TsbleU K Cent, Al Prut Store. Hotel Medford Dinner $1.00 Every Day in the Week "Th rood Is Bottor" at the Medford Ore and Bullion Purchased lrtjMwil Iff Hum Ci'staftttt WIIDBKRG BROS. So you think it's HOT We make ICE from HEAT Is is mysterious until you Know the Secret Local rates as low as 1-10 of lc per cu, ft. Southern Oregon Gas Corp. 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