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MEDFORD, ' OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMJ3ER 16, 1931.
No. 175.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
91, aa compared with
tourist travel over the country as
whole has declined. In Southern
Oregon as a whole, It has held about
even.
To Crater Lake, tourist travel In
i
1911, as compared with 1930, has
INCREASED.
That tells about as well aa anything
could the story of Crater Lake's grow
ing popularity. ;
"IRATSR LAKE la one of Southern
Oregon's biggest assets, bringing In
vary year thousands upon thousands
of dollars of new money.
How many people In Southern Ore
gon know the story of Crater Lake's
discovery?
-H-
T
HI first white man to see Crater
Lake was John W. Hltlman. and
tils first sight of this blue Jewel of
$he Cascades came on June 12, 1853,
He was riding a mule at the time.
and In telling of the discovery he al
ways liked to relate that If his mule
had been blind he would have ridden
over the cliff, so abrupt waa the rim
' and so great washls surprise at com
tag upon It.
-f-t-
HOW John HUlman and hla party
came to -see the lake is an Inter
esting story.
Baek In 1853, a party of miners
from California rode Into Jackson
Tills and begun quietly to outfit a
prospecting trip. This was a common
occurrence In those days, and no
body paid much attention- to the
newcomers until one of them got
drunk and babbled of a map show-
lng the exact location of the famous
Lost Cabin mine, whloh for years
had been talked of among the mlnera
i of Southern Oregon and Northern
California. . .
So the drunken miner's, .babbling
started quite an excitement.
THE next morning the Callfornlans
departed Into the hills, and
when they rode out of Jacksonville
they were followed secretly by a little
party of Oregonlans.
Soon. the Callfornlans became aware
that they were being, followed, and
they started a game of hide and seek
to throw their pursuers off their trail.
This went on Until food became so
low that a real emergency was .pre
sented, so the two parties Joined for-
oes and began looking for the lost
mine In real earnest.
They dldnt find it, but they did
stumble onto Crater Lake In the
manner already related.
TlBEOOMINa discouraged In time,
they returned to Jacksonville
and told casually of the blue lake In
the crater. Nobody paid much atten
tlon to the story, because In those
days people were Interested chiefly
In gold and didn't care much for
scenery, of which there was a large
surplus.
YOU'VE heard the ribald story,
probably, of what John HUlman
Is supposed to have said when he
rode his mule up to the rim's edge
According to this tale, he took a good
long look and then remarked to his
companions: "Humph! It's Just
blue ss the pictures, Isn't it?"
TOR nine years the blue lake at the
bottom of the crater was forgot,
ten, and then, in 1882, a party en
4 route from Eastern Oregon to Jack
sonvllle came upon it again, unex1
pectedly, much as Hlllman had, and
oalled It Deep Blue lake, but this was
during the Civil war, so again the
lake waa forgotten.
TT,HREK years later, In 1865, a mill
tary road was being built from
Jacksonville to Ft. Klamath, and when
the crew reached a point near Anna
Springs a couple of hunters went out
for meat. In the course of their hunt,
they cams suddenly upon the rim,
and as the others had been, and
everyone since, they were stricken
with amazement.
They hurried back to camp and
told the rest of the party, which, af
ter taking a look, agreed upon the
hame Lake Majesty.
This name survived until a party
from Jacksonville, headed by David
Unn, mads a trip to the crater's edge
and chose the name Crater Lake.
i 'THESE facts, which are sufficient
ly new to be Interesting even to
most o us here In Southern Oregon,
rs related by Don 0. risher. In an ar-
tide in the current number of the
Oregon Motorist.
Medford
ALLEN, MOYLE
REACHED ISLE
FAR NORTH
air Long Given Up As Lost
In Attempt To Span Pa
cific Rescued From Un
habited Island Is Word.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16. (AP) A week
after they had been given up as lost
on their non-stopfllght attempt from
Japan to America, Cecil A. Allen and
Don Moyle. California ablators, were
reported today by three Soviet vea-
Auootated Press Photo
C. A. Allen and Don Moyle
tela to be safe In Olyutor Gulf, north'
ern Kamchatka.
The messages said the filers landed
off an ur.lshabltled Island and were
"safe and well," and would be home
soon.
The messages were Intercepted by
the United States naval radio station
at St. Paul Island in Bering sea, and
by the United States coast guard
cutter Itasca of the Bering patrol.
Ahoard steamer.
The messages received by the Itasca
and relayed to northern division
headquarters of the coast guard here.
said the filers were aboard the Soviet
stesmer Plaly Klaralobe. Another
Soviet vessel, the steamer Esqulmos
it Penlensk bar, radioed the Plaly
was In Olyutor gulf on the Koichatka
peninsula. The Esqulmos said . the
Plaly would be on radio watcn again
at 1 a. m. tomorrow. Soviet time,
The naval radio at St. Paul Island
(Story One. continued on page ten.)
it, J -s l v? i,
CRAMER PLANE WRECKAGE
DISCOVERED IN NORTH SEA
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. (AP) K. D.
Vosler, factory manager for the Edo
Aircraft Corporation, today definitely
Identified wreckage found In the
North Sea by the British trawler
Lord Trent as that of the plane of
Parker Cramer, American filer lost
on a flight from Detroit to Copen
hagen. "If those are the numbers It Is
Cramer's plane." he said after check
ing company records.
The Identifying morks given In a
wireless message from the Lord Trent
to the Associated Press at London,
were "model 38.19. date 3-19-30, man
ufacturing number 07006. patent
P28439 Ed Aircraft Corporation,
College Point, N. Y."
Vosler said the only thing that did
not check absolutely was the manu
facturing number which should have
been Q7006, instead ol 07006. tie said
Pilot and 3 Passengers
Today's
BASEBALL
R.
H. E.
New York
Cincinnati , , ,
10 1
7
IS 1
Hubbell and Hogan;
Lucas and
Asby.
(seoond game J
R. H. I
I 11 0
4 8 1
O'Farrell; Carroll,
New Tork
Cincinnati
Parmelee and
Berly, Ogden and Sukeforth,
R.
H. S.
a o
8 l
Halla-
Philadelphia - 8
St. Louis . 4
p. Collins, Blake and Davis;
han and Wilson, Oonsales.
B. H. X.
Brooklyn 11 18 1
Pittsburgh 5 18 0
Shaute, Clark and Lopez; Kramer,
Brame, Osbom and Phillips.
R.
..5
. 8
Boston
Chicago
Seibold, Hald and Cronin; Malone
and Hartnett.
H.
3
4
Chicago .
Boston
Preiser and
Qrube; Durham and
Connolly.
H.
8
10
Clevelanl .
Philadelphia
Ferrell and Myatt: Earnshaw and
Cochrane.
H.
10
8
St. Louis ... ,,
Washington .
Coffroan and Bengough; crowder,
Marberry and Spencer,
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BY LOCAL PUPILS
Students In the Medford school
district and adjoining districts yes
terday resumed banking, money go
ing Into the savings system operated
through the Jackson county Buna
lng and Loan association.
The accounts carried by tne ais
trlct draw 4 per cent Interest, and
are withdrawable at any time with
out notice. O. C. Boggs, secretary and
manager of the association stated
that the system is operated for the
students' benefit, and every effort la
made to co-operate with school of
ficials.
Through the school savings, the
pupils learn the value of money, how
to Invest and withdraw their savings,
and also learn the habits of thrift
and good Judgment In the spending
of funds.
Records show that a majority of
the students deposited their savings
throughout the summer months and
will now continue through the school
year.
4
Man Nabbed Here
Pleads to Guilt
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 18. (AP)
Victor B. Oreenslade, 68, former
postmaster at Huntington, Ore,
pleaded guilty In federal court here
today to an Indictment charging em
bezzlement of more than 89000 of
postal funds. Passing of sentence
was postponed. Oreenslade was ar
rested in Medford.
1
SAN PEDRO. Cel., Sept. 18. (AP)
The S. S. La Perla, bearing 234 pas
sentgers and members of the crew of
the Panama Mall liner Colombia
which Saturday night went on the
rocks off ths coast of Lower Califor
nia, arrived at quarantine early to
day. he was sure ths first sero was a mis
take perhaps made In transmission.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 16.
(AP) Worn by weeks of waiting for
word of her husband, who was lost
with Parker Cramer on an attempted
North Atlantic flight, Mrs. Oliver
Louts Pacquette today suffsred a col
lapse at ths home of her parents
here. Physicians forbade that she
be advised of the discovery of the
wreckage of the plans In which her
husband and Cramer dropped from
sight.
Mrs. Pacquette, wbo has refused
steadfastly to admit that her hus
band perished, announced recently
that she wss preparing for a flight to
the Shetland Islands next spring to
search for tbs missing men.
It will be at least a week, ths doc
tors said, before she will be In con
dition to be told of ths finding of
tbs wreckage.
r.
FIND BODY OF
PIRAIE'S VICTIM
IN LONG ISLAND
Hands And Feet of Retired
Engineer- Bound Before
Thrown Into Water
Wife's Story Clinched.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 16.
(AP) The body of Benjamin P, Col
llngs, Stamford, Conn., retired engi
neer floated to the surface at Lloyd's
Neck, Long Island, at 6:20 a. m.
Eastern standard time, today. His
hands, and feet were bound.
There was an Injury to his head.
Inspector Harold King, command
ing Nassau detectives, on verifying
that the body was that of Colllngs
announced the finding.
An. Immediate general alarm was
sent out for two men. one about 60
years of age, the other a youth of 18
who, Mrs. Colllngs said, had thrown
her husband into the water. The
finding of the body evidently clinch
ed the story which she had told au
thorities through days of constant
quizzing.
when the body was turned over
the crowd gathered about Jumped
back In horror, for the face was set In
grimace as though Colllngs had
been cringing when he met his death.
: Wounds In Head
There was a hole in the head about
two Inches above the left eyebrow
and there was a slash across the
thrdat.
Colllngs' body floated to the sur
face at the exact spot where four
boatmen found the cruiser Penguin
drifting unattended with Colllngs'
five-year-old daughter Barbara,
aboard.
Mrs. Colllngs, "who for six days had
been questioned about the mysteri
ous disappearance of her husband,
said he had been tossed Into the wat
ers by two strange men, who boarded
her yacht. Police said the finding of
his body evidently backed that the
ory. Nassua, county and Suffolk county
officials, who have been cooperating
In the investigation of the case rush'
ed to Lloyd's Neck at once to start
an investigation. A medical examiner
was notified.
An Amazing Story
The Colllngs tragedy was revealed
last Thursday morning when Mrs,
Colllngs was found marooned on
motorboat In Oyster Bay, clad only
in a thin house dress but protected
from the chill of dawn by four
blankets.
She told an amazing story of piracy.
Late Wednesday night, she said, two
men In a canoe boarded the anchor
ed Colllngs cabin cruiser Penguin,
bound her husband and threw him
overboard, abducted her, and aban
doned five-year-old Barbara Colllngs
on the Penguin. Barbara was found
by a party of yachtsmen who found
the Penguin drifting without lights
Mrs. Colllngs has twice reenacted
the scene she says took place on the
Penguin and has over and over again
told her story to investigators of both
Nassua and Suffolk counties. r
Attacked By Pirate
Mrs. Colllngs said the "pirates"
were an elderly man and a youth of
about 17. The elder man, she said,
offered her indignities In the canoe in
which she was taken from the Pen
guin, which she said she left with
out a struggle in the belief that by
so doing she would draw the men
(Story Two, continued on page ten.)
RELIEF AIRPLANE
CRASH KILLS II
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. (AP)
The navy department was advised to
day that a transport amphibian plane
sent with relief aupplies to Belize.
British Honduras, this morning from
ths Panama Canal zone, had crashed
and three of Its crew were killed.
The plane, which left Coco Solo,
Canal Zone, at 6 a. m., with a load
of medical supplies for the hurricane
stricken city, crashed three miles
nbrthwsst of David, In ths republic
of Panama, at 10:21 a. m.
Chief' Aviation Pilot lease L. Jen-
kins of Couch, Mo., and Aviation Ma
chinist's Mats Arthur O. Miller, La-
Sane. N. Y , were killed.
Lieutenant Crelghton K. Lankfoid
of PUtUburgh, Mo, was seriously
burned and died of his Injuries. Roy
J. Miller, radio man, third class, Br
win, 8. D, was seriously burned, but
Is expected to live.
Finding of
Associated Prc$ Photo
Two men were said to have boarded the yacht of Benjamin P. Colllngs, mistreated hla wife and left
their daughter adrift on tno abanaonou boat on Long I aland mundi Mra Culling tola tne story of the)
midnight raid and said pirates had either set her husband adrift or thrown him overbosrd. Invaders,
ahe said, carried her In a canoe to a motor boat nine miles distant where shouts attracted attention early
In the morning. The Colllnga yacht, Penguin, It shown above. Below la tha misting owner, a retired
manufacturer of Stamford, Conm. and hit daughter, Barbara. 5..
SALES TAX MAY
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 16. (AP) Initi
ative petitions, one to enaot a meas
ure imposing a gross sales tax on
sales in excess of $200,000 In order
to reduce the levy upon real property
and another repealing the prohibition
amendment to the state constitution,
were filed with the secretary of state
here late yesterday.
The sales tax' measure was filed by
the Independent Merchants' associa
tion, Elton Watkms, president, J. B.
Dunbar, treasurer ' and Wllford C.
Long, all of Portland. The provisions
of the act apply to all retail mer
chants operating a business In excess
of 9200,000. The tax would range
from one-twentieth of one per cent
to two and half per cent on gross
sales exceeding $4,000,000 annually.
Both petitions must be signed by
17,088 voters before July 7, next year.
In order to be placed on the ballot
at the November 1932 election.
SHOOTING GOSSIP
Further Investigation Into the un
explained death by bullet last Fri
day of Ed Foster, Jacksonville pros
pector, was under way this afternoon
by the sheriff's, district attorney's
and coroner's office, following a re
port brought to them this morning
that threats had been made against
the dead man by an unnamed resi
dent of the Ruch district, where the
tragedy occurred.
Sheriff Jennings said he placed lit
tle credence In the latest report and
was still firmly of thv opinion that
Foster was accidentally shot for
deer.
With District Attorney Oeorge V.
Codding and Coroner H. W. Conger,
he Journeyed to the scene of the
shooting, and Intended to question
the man named In tht late report,
The sheriff said considerable gossip
had arisen since the shooting, and
It was necessary to separate It from
the facts.
Old Washington
Quarters Burns
WEST CHESTER, Ps, Sept. 16
(AP) A smoldering mass of ruins.
was all that remained today of the
old colonial farm house used by
Oeorge Washington and his staff as
their headquarters during ths bsttls
of Brandywlns In 1777.
Ths structurs, known throughout
ths country as "Washington's hesd
quartera." burned to ths ground at
Chad da Pqrd. near bars, early today,
hiiffi MIL
Die in Plane Explosion
Body Bolsters
PEAR MARKETS
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (AP)
(Special to Rogue River Valley Trat-
flo Assn.) Blevon carloads California
Bartletts auctioned here today, prices
higher on best fruit, ranging from
,2.35-to $4.09, average, S3.41.
Two csrloads Wenatchee Bartletts
averaged S2.07 for extra fancy; ,2.84
for fancy. .
Eight carloads Medford poars as
follows:
Brand, variety Low High Avg.
Bear Crlc., xf Bart. S3.40 S3.48 S3.89
Bear Crk. f, Bart 3.16 3.20 3.10
Bear Crk. VJ boxes... 1.81
Top O' Day, f, Bart.- 2.98 3.18 3.01
Fifth Ave...f. Bart 3.10 i3.40 3.20
Broadway, xf, Bart. 3.18 8.88 3.31
Palmer, zf. Bartlett.. 3.20 3.38 3.31
Drednaught, xf, Btrt. 2.60 2.80 2.74
Drednaught, f, Bort. 2.40 3.70 2.68
Drednaught, xf. Bart. 2.60 2.80 2.74
Olen Ivy. f, Bart 2.35 2.68 2.43
Blue Maltese Cross
xf. -Bartlett 3.00 3.15 3.11
Red Maltese Cross, f,
Bartlett 2.90
Del Rio Jumble Beck.
Old Gold, xf, Seckles 2.70
Old Oold, f, Seckles 2.16
s.os
8.00
3:37.6
8.00 3.73
2.76 2.61
School Children
Stand By Ousted
Teacher in Row
EUGENE, Ore.. Sept. 16. (AP)
Children of school district 17, near
Junction City, today refused to at
tend classes under Miss Lela Parks
who was Installed as teacher again
yesterday after Mrs, Maude Frady had
been placed at her desk by parents of
the district.
At the same time, Mrs. Ruth
Wright, chairman of the school board
and Mrs. Myrta McFaddcn, board
member, refused to resign as suggest-
e1 by Lawrence Moffltt, assistant
county school superintendent.
LOVED ONES REJOICE AT
NEWS OF FLIERS RESCUE
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Sept. 16. (AP)
Miss Frances Bresson, fiancee of Don
Moyle, missing trans-Paclfto aviator
who with Cecil A. Allen was reported
found safe In ths Aleutian Islands,
received the news of Moyle's rescue
wIVi utter silence for Is minutes
after which she broke Into tears and
Jumbled words of Joy.
Miss Bresson, a stenographer at the
Municipal Light and Water plant
office, received the first news of ths
rescue from the Associated Press. She
had not yet received th message re
ported to have been aent her by
Moyle from the ateamer Burlat thru
the St. Paul station which relayed It
to Cordova, Alaska.
"I am so happy at their rescue that
I can hardly talk," Miss Bresson said
as ths wster plrnt office staff crowd
ed about her with wngratulatlona,
"I gave up hops last night," she
continued. "It was hard to believe
Don ai:4 Cecil bad lost la their ef
V
Pirate Tale
L
SAVED BY FAMILY
The fact that he has a wife and
child to support resulted In Roy
Sen neck of Prospect, who was found
guilty in Judge Taylor's court yes
terday on a liquor transportation
charge, and sentenced to 30 days In
Jail and to pay a fine of 50 and
costs, having fine suspended during
good behavior
Three men whose sentences had
been served out, in liquor violation
cases and who were still in Jail,
"working out" their heavy fines, as
they had no money with which to
pay them, were released by Judge
Taylor last Monday, from further Im
prisonment, on their promise of fu
ture good behavior or leave tha city
and state. They are Sam Oilardl,
Ch. W. Thicker and A. F. Thompson.
Respirator Fails
To Save Physician
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. IB. (AP)
Dr. Harry O. Olmstead, Seattle phy
sician, died at 10 a. m. In a hospital
here today from Infantile paralysis.
He was brought here from Seattle
yesterday In art ambulance and
placed in an automatic respirator In
hope of saving his life.
Dr. Olmstead became 111 Sunday
after treating a child for the disease.
His dlaphram became paralyzed and
he was unable to breathe. Automatic
respiration became necessary and he
was rushed here where his condition
appeared to Improve.
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 16. (AP)
Dr. Oeorge Simon, chairman of the
police committee of the city council,
,haa recommended that a large num
ber of Eugene's unemployed men be
put to work cutting wood for the
city, schools and other Institutions.
fort to. span ths Paotflo and up until
last night I had some hope they
would be rescued.
Don and I had planned to marry
as soon as hs returned, but he may
wish to try another flight when be
comes back," shs continued. "I am
willing to marry him as soon as
posslbls."
Miss Bresson said she did not know
whether shs would go to Seattle to
meet Moyle whose message stated he
would be In Seattle Sptmber 22. Miss
Brsson flew to Seattle two days after
Moyle and Allen left Japan on their
non-stop flight to Seattle.
"Something told me Cecil was out
there somswhers In the world alive,
well and coming back to me again,"
Mrs. Mary Allen, wife of ths rescued
trans-Paclfls aviator said whsn shs
wss Informed her husband and Moyls
had been found aafs In Olyutor gulf,
northern Kamchatka.
(Story Four, continued on nags tan)
IE"
Pilot Ray Bouderaux Unable
Land Burning Plane Be
fore Gasoline Ignited
Mail Destroyed-
Pilot Lived Here.
Ray Bouderaux, 83, pilot of the
ill-fated plane, whloh was due here
at 6:45 this -morning, made bis
home with Phil Sharp, superin
tendent of Medford airport, in ths
bungalow at the field. His moth
er, who lives In S&n Francisco,
visited him here three weeks ago.
OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. IS. (AP)
A single-motored Paclflo Air Trans
port caught firs here early today and
plunged Into San Francisco bay, kill
ing the pilot and ths three passen
gers. The dead:
BAY BOUDERAUX, PILOT, MED
FORD, ORE.
Kirk Herre, Seattle Star represen
tative ,
W. R. Bissell, San Francisco.
F. !. Sheahan, San Francisco, '
Shortly after taking; off for Med-
ford, Ore, en routs to Portland, at
4 a. m., ths plans caught firs In an
undetermined manner. The pilot ap
parently fought desperately to make
a safe landing, flying low over ths
housetops when the flames broke out.
The plans dived several hundred test
Into ths tldeflats.
Explosion Seen.
- As it struck, witnesses said, there
was an explosion, throwing burning
gasoline- and airplane parts into ths
air. Ths 400 pounds of mall, much
of It Just In from Los Angeles, was
virtually all destroyed. Most of ths
letters were so badly burned tholr
origin and destination could not be
made out.
Bouderaux was a former army flier,
having been stationed at Crlssy field,
San Francisco. Ke Joined P. A. T.
only recently. Bissell and Sheahan
had booked passage to Portland and
Herre waa returning to Seattle.
Accident witnessed.
August Parodl, Bay Farm Island
vegetable grower, told officials he saw
the plans strlks ths water as hs was
leaving his garage about three-quarters
of a mile away.
"The pilot was flying so low over
the houses on the Island I thought
he was going to hit a roof," Paroul
asld. "Ths motor seemed to be hit
ting perfectly, but suddenly I saT
flames shoot out and race back
through ths fuselage A moment
later the plane dived Into the water.
The explosion at that Instant was
terrific and burning gasoline ehot in
to ths sir with parts of the plane."
The plane evidently began fighting
ths weather almost immediately after
taking off from the Oakland airport
at 3:48 a. m., In the face of a 400
celling and with i2-mlle visibility.
Firemen Reoch Wreck.
Alameda firemen rowed out from
ths Island and picked up two regis
tered mall sacks from ths water and
gathered up a score of letters. Molt
of the mall was burned beyond possl.
blllty of determining Its source or
destination.
Much of the mall the plane carried
hod been Brought In a few minutes
earlier In a plane from Los Angeles.
Federal aviation officials started an
Investigation.
Because of low tide, It was Impos
sible for salvags crews to reach ths
plane at once As soon aa tha tide
cams In ships were ordered to bring
(Story Three, continued on page ten)
Bardwelt Misses
Death in Plane
By Chance Turn
Ralph Bardwell, Medford fruit
man, believes that "fata takes a
hand" and thanks her for the some
today and tha fact that hs Is hsta
and alive Instead of In San Fran
cisco bay and dead.
Hs wanted to return In accord
ancs with his custom on ths P.
A. T. plana last night, but ia
didn't. His first request for pass
age on ths plans was denied for
lack of apace. He madj reserva
tions on the Shasta. Then paas
ags waa provided on ths plsns.
For some reason, which ha cant
explain, hs stayed by tha (spas.
So hs arrived in Medford to hav
of tha plena's tragic plunge, whtls
aflams, Into tha bay.
BLAZING PAT.
SHIP PLUNGES
INTO S. F. BAY