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fj,e Weather gilt. No change In tera- tfiUth Year today's news today Memford Mail TRiEfexTNE Temperature Highest yesterduy Wi LuwRMt this moniing uu Precipitation To R p. m. yesterday 0 To fl a. in. today 0 Pay! irtbnr Brisbane ; U Business. (aw Were Eighteen. I Astor Has a onai. Broom-Peddlers. : MEDFORD, PRECOX, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931. TELEPHONE 75 tt Sit Featuro Synd., Inc. Lous illness of Thomas reminds the world ot I owes the great public as caused thousands of uns to be distributed Wrkers. lie has light- wnole wunu, mo juuuv the scientist's labora- L student's library, the tie's workshop and mil- t homes. Hois the great- public service, of all liv- hericans, lit . to stanu f'ashingtoii and Lincoln. lire, who was no atheist, in enemy of cruel supr L said "if there had o god, it would have Uessary to invent one. lidering Edison's life modem Voltaire might If there had been no it would have been tiry to invent, one FOR IN'." it Bernard Shaw, sev- ive years om, leaving for his comforts in kil, says: "Stalin is one world's outstanding per lin. The western world ihing like him. If I were n, I would have stayed ia, but I am too old to my domicile.' ' M opinion does not with that of American m that lent dollars to ir and to Kerensky, or and dukes and others ed to ride on the backs wan peasants, and spent loney at Monte Carlo. f says anybody can go thin Russia, if he wants adds "Everybody there busy working to think k to church, but for utter, Christopher handsome churches in re empty, too." t Astor, who saw Russia paw, says Stalin talked two hours and twenty p"nd I'm sure he never to anyone that long be- ahn, doubtless en- F wy one of the one hun d forty minutes, and Sod deal of sound nrt- Astor young negroes in Ala one nf llin... .. t I- ...vm Ulll J.OUI e"s old, on a charge of "'is "itc women that 'eahnij rides in A frnii'hf. Mi the negroes. IJ that Lady Astor is PageFtour) wMartin J Th.JWW ""Td doll Ti.ln- hit apple, oil 'em up an' police BIG BLAZE No. 132. WORK OF FIREBUG Empty Houses Flare Sim ultaneously With Huge Wood Storage Pile Fighter Overcome By Heat Many Drawn By Spectacle. The spectacular fire which destroy ed more than 200 cords of wood In west Medford last night, broke out In two empty houses nearby and threat ened the entire section of town, was being Investigated by Flro Chief Hoy Elliott today. Ed Baumfti, one of tho fighters though not connected with the fire department, was overcome by heat and taken to a hospital for treatment. He was not injured seriously, and left the hospital later In the .light. The 400 cords of wood piled on the site, was covered by Insurance, tt was announced today. The loss Is not yet known as burning debris made it im possible to make a complete check, the owners said. Obviously Incendiary Blazes In the two houses were obviously incendiary. Chief Elliott said, as It was impossible for them to have been started by the other flames. One of the houses was about 400 feet from the fire and the other was twice that distance. Both fires. Chief Elliott pointed out today, broke out In t,ho rear on the far side Irom the wood fire. The houses were saved. Prevailing winds were threatening other houses as close as 100 feet to tho flames, but were blowing In the opposite direction from the two structures. All three fires were burn ing at the Bame time and called for fast work on the part of the fire, fighters. Only quick work by them saved about half of the wood pile and the two .houses, and prevented the flames from spreading to other buildings In the vicinity. Wood Makes Hut Fire The wood was owned by the Valley Fuel company and had been piled on the .lot for two years. It was extremely dry and when flames once got started In the four long piles It was difficult to combat them. The flames were checked when parts of the piles were torn down to make a break. Even then the heat was so Intense 1,'iat the wood Ignited In si) -eral. places, but tho flames were quenched. Five hoses played on the three fires. Firemen worked on the wood yard blaze all night. Fifteen volun teers answered the call to aid the regular firemen. All trucks and ap paratus but one were called to the blaze. The flro was by far the most spec tacular seen here In many years. Thousands of people and hundreds ol cars from all over the city and valley thronged the area to watc.h the fire men combat the flames. House tops were used as vantage points for those unable to get near enough. All streets and alleys were packed. Traf fic officers were stationed at streets near the scene of the blazes. Houses rnocriipled Both houses which started to burn Were empty. One was owned by Henry Marsh. The other, vacated only about two weeks ago was owned by H. C. Serpent, now living In Ash land. Mr. Sorgcnt purchased Vie house from Mmc. Dowd Jeffcrs. The Sergent house was Insured. Residents of a small house adjoin ing the SerRent house became alarm ed when fire broke out next door. to them and moved all their furniture and household effects Into a nearby lot. Their home would probably have burned had not the firemen quickly controlled the Sergent ,iouse fire. The same district has been the scene of two other fires In the past few months. Both were at the Fir Pine Lumber plant on Chestnut street. Flames wero spreading In the di rection of the mill site lBst night and threatened piles of lumber In the mill yard for a time. Houses, trees and gardens Immediately adjacent to the flames on the west were badly scorched. Residents checking up damage this morning found many of their vogetable plota either scorched or trampled by onlookers Today's BASEBALL American ., R. H. E. New York o 13 l Boston :. 8 18 3 Wells. Johnson. Gomez and Dickey; Kline, Durkan, Morris, McLaughlin Gaston and Berry. ur v., . R- H. E. Washington a U 0 Philadelphia 3 1 Jones. Hadley and Spencer; Grove and Cochrane. (Second game) R. H E Washington . 5 n 1 Philadelphia 6 9 1 Ftscht-r, Brown and Spencer; Earn shaw and Cochrane. N'atlonal Pittsburgh at St. Louis, postponed, rain. R. H. E. Cincinnati 0 5 0 Chicago 8 10 1 Johnson, Kolp and Sukeforth; Smith and Hemsley. APPLEGATE BOY DIES BATTLING FORESTfLAME Eugene Fields, Jr., Fatally Injured By Falling Tree Dies in Hospital Here Father Sees "Mishap Eugene Fields, Jr., 18, of Applegate died here last night from injuries sustained Sunday afternoon while lighting a forest fire in the lower Applegate country. The youth was in jured fatally when a tree fell on him while he was Hiding other neuters in digging a ditch to turn back the flamcB. He was rushed to a hospital here by ambulance, arriving about 1:30 o' clock. An examination showed that many bones were broken and that he had been seriously injured Internal ly. He died at 10:30 o clock. The boy's father, Eugene Field3, Is a state forest ranger In Josephine county, and was present at the time of the accident. The Applcgate Bchoolhouse, the Pernoll store and. surrounding farma were in the path of the fire late Sun day and all of last night. Fighters were recruited from all over tiio Ap plegate valley and a road crew was taken to the hcene. The men fought ill night to keep the flames from the school house, it was reported to day. The fire started near tne ucrt uiute ranch and has been burning north ind west. Farm buildings on tne Fred Benedict, Frank Ellis and Nelson farms have been seriously threaten - d. More than 100 men were still fighting the fire today. Reports re ceived this afternoon stated that It was under control. Applcgate is experiencing the sec ond major blaze in that district this season. Last month a fire on the lorth elope of the valley spread over aearly 400 acres. The fire burning ;here now is west of the other blaze. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (AP) Six men, each carrying a revolver, burst Into the home or Jim Qulnn last night; forced the owner and four quests into a pantry, and took 66 from Quinn's wallet, he reported to police. He said they searched the other men but took nothing, left through the fortn entrance and boarded a roadster at the curb. The car was registered to a Vancouver, Wah.. woman. Police were checking on her today. GRANTS PASS SWELTERS WITH MERCURY AT 102 GRANTS PASS, Ore., Aug. 3 (AP) mercury soared past the 100 mark here Sunday, reaching an ununium high mark of 102 degrees at 4 o'clock. nnrriiii twnrH fnr the ArrLSon so far Is 108 deKrees. recorded here three weexs ago toaay. Flight Thru Thunderhead Provides Greatest Thrill In Career of Ohio Pilot CLEVELAND, Aug. S-(AP) P" Ralph C. Wenslnger recounted today one of the most nerve-thrlliing. freakish airplane fllghUi 'ex perienced and survived. He made the flight above the Cleveland air port yesterday while making "la dally ascension to ia.000 feet to make weather test for the United States weather bureau. , Wenslnger said he drove his plane purposely Into s cloud known as a "thunderhead Once inside It, he said, tremendous forces gripped his plane, took It out of hi. cintrol. shot It upward at 1 400 feet a minute, pushed It sloe waya nearly 70 miles an hour ana then finally released the gra.pl f "t the plane and occupant escape un "Thunderhead. Wenslnger said " a towering- mas. of cotlon-llke cloud, which rise sometimes to a height of several miles. -,r The pilot Mid he had no Moner entered the cloud formation than, "my plane wa. thrown around as 1 had never known a plane to ne . . V.IIMH rtt rnitrMV in neiore. . - the cloud, and didn't have the least Idea what position i w nr. "My Instruments were useless, due to the rapid gyrations of the ship. xcept lor the rate of climb lnfllca .r u-hirh showed that I was being lifted 1.400 feet a minute. "Pujshlng tne suck nrwiu - . . i f tivi1 until the insirumem. .. ------ air speed indicator showed 165 miles : ... . .tin rtnwn8ra an nour. auu bi.n .peed was less than the rate of tne upward draft. It seemed years, but It was only - that. 1 broke a jew iniiiun-ii 1 v - out of the cloud .till diving at 40 degree.. h.ir-ral.lna not avin " experience. Wenslnger picked a much smaller inuni.ci.ic "If anything, the second had worse wind, than tne nrsi. time the updraft carried me to tne mushroom top of the cloud." Tokyo Hop Fails Again s Reg L. Bobbins (left; c.nd Harold . oiics, the flying Texiins, landed tliclr monoplune "Fort Worth" at F nlrbanks In second unsuccessful non s'op flight to Tokyo from Seattle. ,i MEDFORD m FOR DAMAGES HUM SEWAG E Suit was filed In the circuit court this afternoon by Horace E. Peyton and his wife, Mildred CI. Peyton, against the city of Medford. for al leged damages accruing from the sludge from a broken sewer pipe and overflow from the septic tank upon his land, consisting of three lots ly ing on the Bear creek bottoms, near the northern city limits. It is said to be the first of several similar damage suits contemplated. The Peytons arc represented by tho law firm of CreWB & Codding. The Peytons allege in their, com plaint that by reason of the sludge overflow their land has been rendered worthless for gardening, that they have been forced to move their home because of the stench, and that their pasture has been rplned and they were forced to move their cows. The complaint also sets forth that the land Is valuable for residential and gardening purposes, but Is ren dered well night worthless under tho present conditions, and that the city haB been carelessly, wilfully and wan tonly negligent" in remedying condi tions. It is stated that the Peytons for some time have been, endeavoring to have the city alleviate the condi tions. The land involved in the suit con sist of th ree lots In the Joh n R Crews subdivision. 1 WEATHER FORCES OCEAN SPANNERS DOWN IN ALASKA FORT WORTH, Texas. Aug. 3. (AP) Reg L. Robblns, pilot of the plane 'Fort Worth," attempting for the second time a nou-Btop flight from Seattle to Tokyo, telegraphed his wife hero shortly after noon to day that ho had landed at Fairbanks, Alaska, because of bad weather. His telegram snld, "Don't worry. Will be home soon." FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Aug. 3. ( AP) The monoplane "Fort Worth" landed hero at 7:35 a. m. after falling in its second attempted non-stop Beat-tlc-Tokyo flight. ,A,7;20 a, m. (western Alaska time, To:EO a. m. P. S. T.f tJnalakleet re ported the fliers had not been sight ed t,iere. The landing of the Fort Worth at Fairbanks was 26 hours, 33 minutes after their take-off from Seattle yes terday. This was about tho samo length of tlmo the fliers were in the air on the first attempt to span the north Pacific early in July. Then they landed at Solomon beach, 30 miles east of Nome. 1 RUSSIANS SEEKING OREGON ENTRANCE SALEM, Aug. 3. (AP) Permission to . bring Into Oregon Russian fam ilies from California, with an ulti mate object of colonizing, was sought of Governor Julius L. Meier today by a group of farmers of Russian descent from Linn county. The leader of the Russians In Los Angeles, whom they call Mr. Schubln, was also In attend ance at the conference. Governor Meier stated he had no objections to the influx of good clti zens into the state, and as long as they obeyed the laws and lived as Americans, he would not deny them entrance. He ascertained that the group did not represent any cult or religious sect. It was reported about fifty families wished to come Into Oregon. EDISON RESTS WELL TO REGAIN STRENGTH WEST ORANGE. N. J., Aug. 3 (AP) Thomas A. Edison spent a good night, sleeping soundly for seven hours, Dr. Hubert 8. Howe announced today. Tho physician bulletin, Issued at 8 a. m. said: "Mr. Edison had a good night. He slept seven hours. He Is In excellent spirits and is taking more interest in outside afalrs than he has for many years. His condition, seems to be steadily improving." BACK TO DESK FROM WEEK-END AT RAPIDAN WASHINGTON, Aug., 3. ( AP) President Hoover arrived at the White House shortly after noon today after a week-end rest at his camp in the Virginia mountains. Only three of the president's guenU returned with him, Thomas E. Camp bell, chairman of the civil service commission. Representative Pre. Re publican, California, and Will Irwin. f- Commhmlon Man I Me PORTLAND, Aug. 3 fAP Fun eral serrlcen will be held here to morrow for Thorns O. FarrelJ, o. member of the Everdlng fit Farreii Wholesale Produce and Commission company, who died at hla home here Bund ay after ft four-month uirwws T IN SUNDAY S PORTLAND, AUg. 3. ( AP) Add! son Drockman, 23, recently of Eu gene, and Leo Warmuth, Jr., 13, of Portland, drowned In tho Columbia river hero Sunday. Brock ma n disappeared while two of his companions wero helping a third man, who had stepped into a deep hole off a sandbar. Ho was a rormer university or Oregon stuaent. Warmuth and Elizabeth Stacy, 14, were trying to reach a buoy In tho river when both seemed to become exhausted and went down. William SUicy, tho sirl's brother, saved her from drowning, but his attempts to save Warmuth wore unsuccessful. WILL 10 IRK REQUIRED NOW SAYS PENNEY Toil Needed to Carry Country Back Toward Prosperity Says Store Magnate At Forum. $ nna Students Fight 23 Duels In Celebration VIENNA. Aug. 3 . ( AP) Forty six student belonging to rival group at the University of Vienna rough t twenty-three duels over the week-end becau.se Dr. Ignan Selpel had been promoted in tho univer sity faculty and both groups wero obliged to participate In celebra tion of his advancement. Dr. Seipel Is an adherent or the "Cevauers" and tho "Ghlbelllnes," the rival group, resented the ne cessity of their participation in the celebration. Sonic of the duel i&ts wero badly wounded. AUTOISTS IN RUSH Up to three o'clock this afternoon, 55 auto owners of Jackson county, principally this city, had filed appli cation for 1931 auto licenses. It Is estimated there are 200 autoists In the county who have not yet pro cured new tags. Governor Meier's month of grace expired last Friday. County officials report that a large percentage of the late purchasers, were financially able to buy a license on any dale, but took advantage of the official leeway. The new state police are scheduled to begin a round-up shortly of old license owners, and will ro into the oijt-ofihe--way plsr.es weking the tardy ones. They will also chock up on California licenses. AGED WOMAN INJURED WHEN CAR OVERTURNS ROHEBUItO, Ore.. Auk. 3 (API Mr.. I. M. Polkenberif. B6, of Unnton. wa. critically Injured today when the automobile In which "he wan rldlnn overturned near ftutherlln. Phy.lclanft Rnid her recovery wa. problematical. The driver of tha car attempted to turn It on a narrow road and It roll ed over the grade. YACHTMEN'S DRESS MASKS RUM RUNNERS CAPE MAY. ft. J , Aug. 3 (AP) A pleasure yacht, loaded with about 2.000 cases of whiskey and manned by a crew of nine men dressed as yachtsmen and with two tftrui In sport clothes walking the deck, was captured 96 miles at sea after a 36 mile chase, coast guards reported today. It is not tho times but the will to work that determines business suc cess. The country Is anxious for prosperity, ready to respond, but seeks a definite and authoritative leader ship. Is the message J, C. Penney, founder and chairman of the J. C. Penney company, who is in the west for tho opening of the new Penney store in Seattle, brought to Medford t od a y in h Is add ress be fore t he Forum luncheon at the Hotel Med ford, "The Job Ahead Is One of Working Our Way Back,"-was the subject of his address, hoard by moro than 180 uusmeas men and farmers of Med ford and the Rogue River valley, "The time is ripe when, we must pick up tho working tools we drop ped to chase the rainbow. It Is the pick and shovel of Individual indus tries that prosperity Is searching for," he declared, placing much empha sis upon the word "working." Itolger Presides. W. S. Bolger. manager of tho local J. C. Penney store, presided at the Forum luncheon, one of the largest ever held in Medford, and introduced the speeaker and other guests. Among them wore Fred H. Reeso, represent ing the Portland chamber of com merce; Don Raymond, soloist of the Fox Theaters, and Joan Ellis, who en-, tcrtalned with a group of songs, and Mrs. Archie Holt, pianist. Mr. Penney arrived in Medford this morning from Crater lake and will meet this evening with Mr. Bolger and the entire staff of the local J. C. Penney store. Men of today are facing a real tax on their business courage and Ingenu ity, he warned his listeners, as if challenging them to meet the de mands of the age. "We can ascribe the lack of pros perity to the fact that the German war debt and reparations payments are upaettlng European finance: that people have stopped wearing wool and, therefore, tho wool Industry which has been a mainstay of industrial life. Is gone and nothing has been found to replace It. You can lay U to politics, to the operations of Wall street, or to any of thousands of po tential causes '-which .come to our mouths very fluently," Mr. Penney told his audience. . "It Is my firm belief that success picks no ravorites, and under pres ent conditions, I believe that overy man In business Is as near to an equal starting line as almost anyone else you can mention." Deploring the present lag in spend ing, maintained under tho gulso of thrift. Mr. Penney ssld, "Thero never was more money lying Idle in this country than there is at the present time. This Idleness shows up In re lation to tho corning power of money tho same way that ideless shows up In individuals. Idle money Is cheap money, and has never been so cheap as at the present time. Too Many PeHlmltK. "Too many of us aro acting so much as a mirror for the present dis turbed business conditions, that we are unconsciously forcing this aamo picture In the minds of mnny people who had no conception of how bad things really wero, until wo passed our picture to them." If sales are 20 per cent off now, Mr. Pennoy explained, they can be brought back to normalcy by Increas ing tho expenditures of overyono 26 cents a day. Turning again to the nocesaity for hard work, he satd, "Thero Is a pow erful thing about work. . When a man Is really busy, when he Is cer tain Insldo himself that ho is worth carrying on his own parloll, when ho can look at himself an an employee of himself and say, 'There Is a man I want to hang on to,' he has very little time to find fault with his neighbors or to install gloom. "During tho past two years, or since tho start of tho present trouble when 'hard work' has replaced 'hlg hopes' as tho codo word for business advancement, there has been too great a tendency for criticism of our neighbor and too little attention to close analysis. Animosity hi Taw. "Some of the animosity which first expressed Itself in personal challenges directed toward honesty, faithful per- IDLER L AND KHABAROVSK DESPITE STORM (Continued on Pago Twc Story One) Pangborn and Herndon Forced Fly Blind Much of Distance From Chaita Far Behind Schedule. NKW YOKK, Aug. 3. (AP) Victor Lawn, one of the New York rejiriwntnthTH of Clyde Pung Imrn nix) IIhkIi Herndon, Jr., to day said cable iiicnhhrph front tho pair announced they hud aban doned their present at tempt to better the around -t lie - wurld flight record of Wiley Pont ami Harold (tatty. VIOLENCE USED PREVENTING MILK DELIVERY Trucks In Portland Area Hi-jacked State Police Will Not Convoy Ship ments is Chief's Decision 8ALEM, Aug. 3 ( AP) Governor Julius L. Meier today conferred' with Charles P. Pray, state super intendent of police, In tho now police headquarters, over the mllK war situation, and both declared the conditions as "very serious." The most seriously affected areea w that In Washington county and around Portland, Pray said. "The condition Is serious, but a solution will be worked out," Gov ernor Meier said after tho confer ence with Pray. The governor ap poarod considerably worried over tho situation. Pray announced the state police would attempt to keep the highways clear of obstruction, would arrest anyone for crimes committed in their presence, but would not occ as convoys to milk trucks. He de clared the enforcement of the laws ' la up to local and county authorities under the present conditions. Try Train lloidup "The situation Is really serious when attempts are made to hold up mall trains carrying milk." Pray said. Ho reported an attempt made, at Cook, near Oswego, during tho night to hold up a Southern Pacltic. train bringing milk from Tillamook. TOKYO, Aug. 3. (AP) A Rengo dispatch today said the American Klobe fliers, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, had arrived In Kha barovsk, Siberia, The dispatch said the filers land ed Monday at 3:60 p. m., Khabarovsk time, arriving after a 1,200-mile flight from Chaita In eastern Siberia. Tho fliers arrived while a heavy rain was falling, and said they had flown through rain and mist most of the way from Chita. Thoy said tholr greatest difficulty was In avoid ing the mountain ranges. ' Pangborn and Horndon were met by members of tho Russian1 civil avia tion society, Who had almost given in em up lor lost. The fliers declared the weather over the Khlngan mountain range was the worst they had experienced and much of tho time they wero rorced to fly blind because of tho heavy mist. "It was a wondor wo over found Khabarovsk at all," said Pangborn. "Finding our way here was due not only to good luck but to splendid navigation," An examination rovoaled ono of the pi fine's wings was damaged, but the filers were confident that re pairs could be made durliig the night and they hoped to take off tomor row in pursuit of tho world girdling record of Wiley Post and Harold Oatty. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. ( AP) When they reached Khabarovsk, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Horndon were 33 hours and 68 minutes behind the time or Wiley post and Harold Gatty at that point of tho world flight, but they had a chance to pick up all their lost tlmo and leave Siberia In tho lead. TWO INJURED WHEN OIL BARGE FLARES PRRTH AM BOY, N. J., Aug. 3. (AP) Two men wore critically burn ed today -when the oil hargo J. Nor man Riley, carrying 20.000 gallons of gasoline. caiiKht flro at tho dorks of tho fcfhcll Eastern Petroleum Products Corp, ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY AT CRATERIAN TONIGHT "Ted Edglner and His Rogues" will bo presented tonight by remote con trol in tho regular broadcast from tho stage of the Crntertan theater at 8:30 o'clock, Earle Davis announced this afternoon. Tho orchestra will entertain with six numbers, which will be accom panied 'by much clever singing and dancing, Where TODAY-f CH0RCHIiyKfar on short lint of Hudton Bay . It ISO milts' norliwirl of Mooft ' Factory. CHtmclHIX, Man.. Ailf. 3. A' Enroiite to naker Lake, 37.1 miles to the northwe.t of Churchill, Colonel Charlee A. Lindbergh and Mra. Llndberh left l.u northern aeaport at 12;4 p. m. (C. 8. T.) to day Ucfuelert and thoroughly Inspected by tho colonel and mechanlca here tha plane awooped from It harbor anchorage, circled the town of Churchill and then headed north toward the trading pont on (,'ie shore of Lake Baker. CHURCHILL. Man. Aug. 3 (AP)) Colonel and Mra. Charlea A. Lind bergh, America's premier air vaca tionists, were ready to hop off at noon today on the fourth leg of their 7,000-mile Journey to the Orient. 7'hey had s;ent a pleasant night In the modern Canadian frontier town which boasts a slx-mlle sea port. They had been welcomed by of the town the entire feminine population when their pontooned monoplane churned IU -way Into the harlKr from the Moose Factory, Ont., 7ft() mils east. They arrived at 6.60 p m.. r.HT. They have already flown a total of 1.800 miles. Tho colonel, alter a careful check of his plane, nald tho next stop would be Maker lake, 375 miles due north. PYom that point on, there may be a change, the Edmonton Journal aald In a copyrighted story yesterday. The newspaper said that "Instead of flying from Raker Lake to Bath Jurat Inlet on the Arctic coast. It la probable the routo to be taken will be from Baker Lake to Huntr Bay on (treat Bear lake, then to Fort Norman and down the Mackenzie river to Aklavlk." Before retiring last night, the Lind berghs walked to the government radio station and sent and received several nieiwages from various points In the United State, the a,0OQ laborera awl tha II women PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 3. (AP) Tho blockade on milk, accompanied by vlolenco and destruction of thnus- . anda of gallons of the product, con tinued in Oregon and Clark county. Washington today as farmers ana producers continued tholr atrike against the distributors. Mine trucks wero overturned in ditches, cans were emptied, drivers manhandled and the supply critically curtailed as tha farmers pressed tho strike In their determination to force . the distributors to pay more than 3 cents a quart for milk, which the . aistrinutora in turn sell at irom a to 13 centa a quart. . . Estimates placed- the- amount ot milk destroyed . by farmers since tho ' war broke out Friday night, at nearly, 100.000 gallons. ; Barricade Roads Groups of farmers and dairymen patrolled the hlghwaya leading Into Portland, harrlcadlng roods, and hold ing up dairy trucks which the distrl- ' butors are trying to run Into the city -to replenish tholr supplies. ' It appeared today no progress had -been . made In negotiations between . the contending factions. In an attempt to break the block ade tho distributors hero are Import- -t lng milk from Washington and Cali fornia by train, afraid to trust tho ' consignments to truck.' Since tho . strike morg than 750 ten-gallon cans have come by train from Seattle. It Is transferred from tho train under t hoavy guard and accompanied by ' armed men to the milk plants. A con signment of 300 oans reached Port land last night Irom oakiana, uai. Despite tho high transportation costs of about 80 cents a can from Seattle, and $1 a can from Oakland, . the coat of Icing freight cars, pay lor guard service and for processing, tho milk waa distributed hero to consum ers at the usual price In Kiinnlng Ilntlle Pat Johnson, a farmer In the Grcsh- t am dlBtrtct told police here today his truck, loaded with garden products, was forced off the highway by strik ing farmers. He told of a fight be tweon a touring oar and a milk truck which was waged for two miles along ( the Oresham highway. Both car went Into tho ditch aovcral times and tho touring car onco ran Into his truck, ' Johnson said. Tho lighter vehicle fin ally gave up and the milk truck got through the lines. The Interstate brldgo connecting Oregon and Washington at Vancouver continued to be tho keyatono of tho blockade wall. John Creaap, Independent milk . (Continued on page Two Story Two) Will ROGERS 'tnvc SANTA MONICA, C'ul., Auit. 2. Somnhody suit! wo had a chance to Hell (icrmany rohih wheat and cotton on time. Sure, . let 'em have all they want and take the pay but in good (ier- man. beer. Then pans li law that if you found n man drink-y injf whixkejr he Rein 10 yearn; : If everybody hud all the beer ,, they wanted lliey would nut-l; urally be against the whiskey drinker and would help enforce the law against, him. Then you would have a popular law. Put . a (food tax on the beer and that would take care of the unem ployment fund. ; A bushel of ; wheat for a "bin growler of ; Wusberger" wouldn't bo a bad , trade. That's about all tho ideas I got today. IMS ia.al iiTIm,
