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" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1931. PAGE K1GHT AND SCHOOL GIRL . : VANDALIA, O., Aug. 26. (AP) An 18-year old Iowa school girl and a , Detroit automobile salesman stood to .day at the head of the amateur-trap-shooting ranls oi America. . :' Karl Maust, who selsautomobiles U i. vocation, shot his 'way .out ft h four Way tlo to capture the men's North American clay target champ ionship In the feature event yester day of the thirty-second annual grand 'American trapshoctlog tournament of the Amateur Trapshooters associa tion., ;'-'- To; Jcahetto Jay, 18, of Waverly, la.,, went tho North American wo men's crown after a shoot-off with Mrs. H. E. Ortsby of Oklahoma City. - 'The Detroit sniper tied at 109 out of 300. with Frank Troeh.. Portland, 'Ori).j George Slaughter, Benton Har bor, Mich., and Dr. K. U. Botts, Wav erly, O. ' . ' ' In the shoot-off Maust shattered ISO consecutive targets. Troeh placed second, Botts, third, and Slaughter fourth, i A iu man team of western marks men defeated an eastern term by the margin of one target In the an' nual eastwest team race. The 'west erners shattered 1,953 out of 3,000. EAGLE POINT SIGNS r THREE GAME SERIES The Eagle Point ' baseball' team champions of the Rogue River valley, this morning completed negotiations for ' three-game series, September e-T. In this city, with the Pacific Outfitters of Portland, champions of northorn Oregon. One game will hi played Sundoy, September e, at the fairgrounds, and two games on Mon day, If two are needed to decide. The Eagle Point team Is trying to secure a game here next Sunday with an outside team but to date Tias been unablo to do so. . '.- -v Dempsey To Show Wares In Eugene SEATTLE,' Aug, aeA.(AP) Leon ard Sachs, manager for Jack Demp sey, said today the ' former heavy weight king' would not be able "to accept h Invitation to attend the , Pendleton round-up. 1 -.- Dempsey will go to Eugene,' Ore., for art (exhibition bou Friday . night nd will'' go directly' from there' to Keno;1 Sachs sard,.' "iit GAME PRESERVATION if ! JOINT SESSION TOPIC . PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 38.-A Joint conference between the Oregon state game commission and members of the senate committee on wild' life "con- 'lervatlon will be held here Thursday., preservation of wild gam in 'tho Psolflo northwest wtll bo discussed. HAM E STAFF FOR it. Enrollments are now being made for the seventh Day Adventut acad emy, located on the Phocnlx-Jackson-vllle hlghuay, L. II. Booth, principal announced today. Mr. Booth recently arrived here from the Portland dis trict to take over the southern Oro gon,' school, which opens September S3. . . . The teaching staff at the academy. Includes the following' people, nil of Meilford: Miss Esther Miller; Mrs. T. H. Folkrtibcrg. Miss Mabel DoURhrr ty, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Harsh, and J. B. Moohan, Tho enrollment last cor was nearly one hundred pupils, end effort Is being made to equal that number this semester. Grades one to twelve are taught, and later In the year Mr. Booth In tends to take up Industries along vo cational lines so that students might earn part or their tuition. 8chool au thorities will cooperate with business firms and merchants in the city car rying out their school program. ROSEbjCRO, Ore,. Aug-36. (AP) Jerame Ferris. 87, Yonoalla Civil war veteran, died at his home thore last night, He had' lived and Ynncalla 40 years; FIRE FiGHTERS GO TO DUTY IN IDAHO While the Crater national forest has been kept very buey with fight ing its own fires for weeks past, until within the past few days conditions In the forest are conducive to fires breaking out any minute, yet that menace is not so a?ute but that Supervisor H. B. Rankin can spare some of his best fire fighters to assist forest district No. 1, which takes In thb Idaho and Montana fire harassed districts. In their trouble.' In response to a request from dis tinct 'iN'i fl, Karl Janquch, assistant Crater national park forest super visor, and Albert Young and.Waltev Stcvens,ftwot of that' forest's most capable and experienced fire guard , whose place of duty Is In the Apple- gate section, left this morning for the fire districts In . -Montana," or Idaho, where ther services In com manding duties are so badly 'needed. The regular force of experienced forest fire leaders In district No, I Is oo tired out with tholr continuous hard fighting of big forest fires for weeks past, that they must have a rest. Tho Crater national forest 'contin ued today to be clear of any now fires, but the district state protected land on a slops of Black we 11 Hilt near Oold H1U, had a brush fire burning under control, which started yesterday afternoon and which the efforts -of ten fire fighters checked by 10:00 o'clock last night. This rire burned over an area of about 7ft acres. ; . TO BE IN T Indications up until this afternoon were that the color pages ; being brought Into the Mail Tribune office by '1,'ie. boys and girls would reach a total doubling that of last week. All of the sheets printed in last Thursday's paper must be In the Tribune office not later than 7:00 o'clock, or if mailed, must bear a postmark previous to that time. A supply of 600 delicious Hamilton bars have arrived to be given to the children bringing In their pages. Thursday's winners will be announc ed In Saturday's- paper, with Mrs. Eunice Hlllls and Miss Eleanor Curry as judges again, ' Another color page will be printed In tomorrow's issue of the paper. LUMlflilEO TOE PULLEDJ CELL James E. Klngaley, convicted slayer of Sam O. Prescott, Ashland police man, awaiting a supreme court de cision on his plea for a re-hearing, had an Infected tooth pulled this afternoon by Dr. ft. C. Mulholland. Klngsley has been suffering of late from rheumatic pains and the molar was pulled, without aid of any pain killer. In the hope of affording re lief. Klngsley faced the bare forceps without flinching., and, Joked wjb the dentist. ' ' ' The supreme-court, low.. on vaca. tlbn, will resume' September 1,' and It Is expected that one of the first matters considered will be Klngslcy's plea for a writ of, re-hcarlng.i;' JUDGE ROSSMAN IN "" BRIEF LOCAL VISIT Judge George Rossman of the state supreme court, was a brief visitor in the city and valley yesterday. Judge Rossman was an overnight guest at Ashland, and Is on his vaca tion. Judge Rossman, In the Kings ley appeal, concurred wltb his col leagues in the decision, but was the only Jurist to .hold no error, revers ible or otherwise, had been made during the trial. STORY 2 (Continued From Pace One) ON APARTMENT BLAZE Gwetholyn Rees, local young woman In charge of the county matron, alleg ed to have passed fictitious checks In the city, was yesterday questioned by Fire Chief Roy Elliott and Stanley Oearhart In connection with the fire in the Schuler apartments last Thurs. day. The Investigation Is being carried out by the authorities, who have been working on the case since Miss Rees' return to Med ford following her ar rest. Firemen reported at the time of the fire that the blaze was started by a cigarette In the bed clothing. Miss Bees' clothes were sard to be Insured.-- 'Included -in' toer wardrofoe was .an expensive fur coat photographers Of , Valley Win Prize Information was received from Sac ramento today saying that J. Verne Shangle had won a aolon honors rib bon for the best photograph of a toy at the Pacific International , Photog raphers . annual convention being conducted In that city. Blue ribbon for the best associa tion display was awarded the South ern Oregon Photographers association, the message said. . i. 4 ' GRENBREMMER URGED BY ASHLAND LEGION Ashland post of the American Le gion last night nominated William Orenbremmer as commander for the coming year. The nominee has been active lit Legion affairs for many years. i v-1 - ' ' . " ', - , -. !,., f ,,, , .,.; A ' state-wide Invitation has gono 6ut' tO' -alli Lutherans " to nttond :a rally at Sunset home, Eugeno, Au gust 30, "it 'WAS' announced nbere yesterday! m'ir..Mm i. A program of music and addresses will be held and a plcnlo lunch en joyed ductus 'the, .noon hour.j , tfho meeting adilj ' tWi1 '.at ;10j a.mi. wn the .'grounds! itwoj ; bloct.i ; from 'be city hall. I wf tcdmh( adclrov ivjlli; be given hi I He! H i We"! ,, mohittir1,. I 8cr hibna - will' also' be delivered by Rev. J. M, Jcnaon and Rev. H. L. Foss. Speakers to be heard on the after noon program are Rev. P. J. Luvaos, E. a. Harlan, Prof. Oscar A. Tlngel stad and Rev. M. A. Chrlstenson. Miss Rees Expects Liberty Late Today Helen Clwotholyn Roes, former local office worker held In tho custody of tho county Jail for allcgod bad check operations Involving local merchants, expected to be freed late this after noon. - "The friend of the family." conducting negotiations looking towards: restitution, encountered somo difficulty In the settling, as some business men were not prone to compromise Local frlenda of Miss Race-say she Is now contrlto and her experlenco with the uiw.",'ias been a terrific lesson.' Ashland Sexton ' ;! Dies Near Grave M.' J. Olson, ' of' Ashland, sexton of the Ashland cemetery, was found dead beside ' a grave he had Just finished digging yesterday noon. Heart troublo was given as the cause of death, and he had been In III health for some time. Ho to 61 years of age. The body was found shortly after noon. Olson was last seen alive when he called nt a confectionery store for a drink or water and complained of a pain In his side, about 1 1 :30 yesterday morn ing, i He moved to Ashland from Woodburn. OrrRon. five years ago. 1030 Chevrolet coach, looks and runs like now, 'V ' , $550 ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR YOUR CHEVROLET lt our - Chevrolot specialists check over the Ignition system In your car... You'll find tha; It will make a great difference In the performance of your Chevrolet. Experienced, efflc ' lent automotive electricians will do the Job welland mod erately In cost. Pierce;-Allen Motor Co. tit Knuth Riverside Phone ISO USKD CAR LOT 8th and tlartlett ts. Phone Ml STORY 1 ,, (ppntlnuert From Pace One) had-not met with curbstone opposi tion." Carleton said "they are nolBy, but that la about all It amounts to." - Ben E.' Harder, banker, said that he ."could see nq grounds for Uegttlr mate opposition, but that opposition always arose, particularly In times of distress, 'I ,, He' characterized the experimental orchard as a - "good business proposition." ; . ) Judge ' Sparrow and Commtaloncr John At.Bnrneburff" expressed them selves as ' highly "favorabUr to the signing of -the agrroment. Commis sioner Victor Bursell was absent. O.' C. Lemmon. - chairman of the committee of agriculture, transporta tion and trado, Informed the court that two carloads of oqulpment, be longing to the government, were now on the sidetracks, awaiting definite action by the county court, and that scientists to conduct the or chard were now here. A4 8. V. Carpenter Informed the court. "The government Intends to establish an experimental orchard on the Pacific coast and If Jackson county does not want It, they will go elsewhere." President Carleton of , the Fruit growers' league -asked for fruit rep resentation on i the budget commit tee Inasmuch as the fruit Industry Is the ope unfailing payroll of the valley and heretofore has been, with out representation. The delegation visiting tlie court included B. R.' Rater, -Paul Schercr. B. U. Hnrder. C.'C. Lemmon, A. 8. V. Catpentcr and K. W. Carleton. nlng as high as 40 to 60 per cent. This -probably Is not an accurate In dicator of the situation, as many of these cars belong to people main taining a residence In this district who 'have' been In. California the past two :pr thre '.months, seeking em ployment In the fnilt Industry there." The committee suggests; no rem edy!' and states that the,, packers have'fShown an attitude of helpful ness, and a desire' 'to employ local labor, whenever they can con sistently do so. i . The report In full Is as follows: Boardof Directors, Medford. cnamber 'of commorce. Oentlemen: Your committee appointed at the last meeting of the .board to make an Investigation of the various pack ing houses located In the Medford district to determine, If possible, the amount of outside help employed In handling the present fruit crop as compared with the amount of local holp used, has made Its in vestigations and submits the follow ing report: . . we have found that, out of ft: total of 1258 persons-" employed In -the packing , houses . ln the Medford dis trict, 1111.. are local people and 147 have been employed from - outside sources. Indicating that of .the gen eral, labor employed In the packing houses,- 11.7 per v cent are out-of-state employes. : In the division of skilled labor, the percentage. Is higher! of the 428 persons employed as skilled-'labor, there are 331 local employes and 97 out-of-state em ployes, a percentage of 80.3 per cent outside labor. , , Short Crop Factor. - In the opinion of your committee, this is not an abnormal condition, but rather it is much better than the conditions that usually, prevail In the fruit Industry here. In its studies, the c6mmlttee has found that under normal conditions there are approximately 3000 persons em ployed in picking, packing, handl ing and shipping the Medford fruit crop. Under the conditions that obtain this year, and due to the shortage,, of the crap, the number, of necessary , employes - has, ,been naturally , reduced, , and that condi tion has , lead . to a majority, ,of the complaints- reqetved by , the , county court, Red , Cross, . and other, local organizations. ) , Your.- committee-, has been reliably Informed. -by, the local offices; of the U. i S. .federal . em ployment service that normally there are not - over lOOO- persons tfri. the Medford district who can be, cpurited upon year after yoar, to offer,, their services In harvesting ..the ,frul crop, and that at least two-tl)lrds of the normal labor demand must , be rer orulted .from outside sources This condition Is not true . this , year,, . as seen from the . foregoing figures.,-.- ,, Kklllpd .Labor Required,., It Is further noted , that from the standpoint of the packer and grower. a highly perlshsble product Is being dealt with, which must be handled spcedllv and efficiently lest, a great part of Its value be lost. ; Packers have stated that It Is most difficult to'ohtaln efficient local fruit packers In large enough numbers to handle the necessary work, and thus again outside assistance la an absolute necessity. Statements from practically every packing -house' manager Interviewed during the course ot this Investiga tion indicate that the packer is keenly aware 'or the sltnatlon. and Is doing everything In his power to use local labor whenever and, wher ever .possible. In a few cases, the manager does not exercise any direct control over the packing operations, which are being done by contract. but even In them cases, contract packers hare Indicated an attitude of. co-operation.- . ' Complaint Dwindle. . A majority of tho complaints re garding the situation have . come I Brunswick-Balke's Latest Creation OVAL BILLIARDS Now In Medford , The first Oval Billiard table in Oregon has just been in stalled at the SMOKE HOUSE 318 East Main All billiard players are invited to come in 1 and see this new table. from people who have been employed In the fruit in -previous years, but who have been unable to secure employment this year. This condi tion may or may not be directly traceable to a surplus of outside labor being employed, but la more possibly a result of the shortage of fruit this season. The local head quarters of the Red Cross states that numerous complaints were re ceived prior to the beginning of the picking season, but that there has been a noticeable reduction In the number of complaints during the past 10 years. A survey of the number of cars with foreign licenses parked adjacent to the packing houses would Indicate a higher percentage of foreign labor than shown In the foregoing figures, in some cases running as high as 40 per cent to 60 per cent. -This Is probably not an accurate indicator of the situation, as many of tihese 'cars belong to people maintaining residences in this district, who have been in California for the past -two or three months, seeking employment in the fruit Industry there. It is certain that a lack of employment in Medford for the past four months has caused a certain; amount of this procedure. j ' J- Reports Kxagserated ' . . In the opinion of. your committee, the condition Is not as bad as ad vanco reports havo Indicated, and we do not believe Vint there is an great amount of experienced local labor which Is not able to find employment in the fruit Industry. Of course, there are undoubtedly isolated cases where persons who have been suc cessful In securing employment in previous years have been unable to obtain that employment during this current season, and we do not believe there Is any action which .can be taken by the chamber of commerce other than Viat already takexf ln urg ing upon those engaged .in '.the fruit Industry to use local help whenever1 possible; as . stated before, ' the em ployers have indicated an attitude of helpfulness and the desire - to assist In solving this community problem Insofar as they can without Impair ing the efficiency of their plants and without Involving a loss due to delay In handling. .' Wanes Are X'te,L A by-product i of (the; labor' lnvestl-: gatlon Is shdwn'ln the results or your committee's findings peitajnlng to wages paid In the various packing houses and although this was not designated as a part or your com mittee's duties, It might be well to outline, briefly, wage conditions as they have -been found. Wages for common floor help in the packing houses vary from 30c to 40c per hour; one organization Is paying as high as 65c to 70c for skilled labor, but the majority of the Institutions are pay ing from oOc to 60c per hour; pack ers aro paid from 6c to 6c per box In a majority of the packing houses. , Your committee wantsito take this opportunity to. J-nank those concerns In the fruit Industry for -their assist ance In making tills survey; the In-, vestlgatlon was made in tho following packing houses: ' 'American Fruit Growers Bard well Fruit Co. '."'.7. '- Bear Creek Orchards - . ..jBlg .7. JTrult ,X)lstrlb.ut,ore. Del Rio Orchards Growers Kxohange, Inc. Kimball Fruit Co. Medford Fruit Co. Newnry and Sons Palmer Corp. Pinnacle Packing Co. Rogue River Co. Sgcbel and Day Southern Oregon Sales, Inc. Suncrest Orchards H. VanHoevenberg. , Respectfully submitted, MEDFORD CHAMBER OF COM MERCE EMPLOYMENT INVES TIGATING COMMITTEE. B. E. Harder, Chairman. W. A. Gates. . John Anderson. August 28, 1931. Brisbane's Today (Continued from Page On) A '.housand devils, at .their silly antiquated tricks, i would -be dull, compared with that phalanx of steel biting dragons. For seven dollars and a half, material and labor In cluded, 8mlth njakes irame i that once cost more- than- J00- ri Mr i Do you.sk "of "What possible use can six liundred ;cleritlst be to a mechanical Industry," T: R. Smith will tell you. His scientific build ing. Its surface nearly all glass, has window Ves nine feet wide, thir teen feet high. The lowest bid to set those giant sheets of one inch plate glass In tho window frames was thirty-five thousand dollars. One of the scientists, made vacuum cups to hold and move the gloss sheets, nine men did all the work In a short time, and It cost five thousand dollars, Instead of thlrty flve thousand. - Also glaziers came by fast train from all over the United States to see how it .was, done. That will in terest L.- J. Horowitz! 'chief glazier, who was In Europe at the time. , j. R. Smith says the way to make money Is simple. "Find something In universal demand, that is being made by old fashioned people, whom easy prosperity has made Indifferens. Take their business out of tho rut, do It yourself, at half the price and at a good profit. "Thus you 'benefit the country and earnmoney to experiment In other directions, which Is the only thing worth while." Returning to good old Wall Street, you find that broker Bernard E. Smith bought from a gold mining company of Juneau, Alaska, a large brick of gold, genuine, not the usual kind, paying twenty-five thousand dollars. It was stamped "Brick No. 1.000." 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