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Medford Mail Trib Ijne The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday; fair and warmer. . Temperature: Highest yesterday 66 Lowest this morning 44 Facts Not Claims You take no nhanres on A. B. C. circulation. No elatmt made the auditor! flgurea tell the story. The Mall Tribune la Medford', Only A. B. C. Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOUD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1932. No. 53. an n won 1 " ' - Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS DOWN la the Tule lake country. In Northern California, to which reference haa been made in this col umn, they tell a tale of red-headed Indians, some seven or eight feet tall, who are supposed to have lived In that country at some remote time in the past. W&en theee Indiana died, the story runa, they were burled erect In round holes, like a post-hole, and there la a dim tradition to the effect that they were tamped In with rocks. THE story, such as It la. haa been picked up from the Indians, and is presumably a fragment of some tradition handed down among the tribea that formerly Inhabited this country. i Its outstanding weakness lies In the fact that none of these skeletons has ever been found, so far as anyone knows. STILL, It ia Interesting. There are tfie mysterious writ ings on the rocks In the Tule lake country described In this column the other day. T"-ese writings, you will remember, occur wholly below the level of the watera of Tule lake be fore It was drained. Indicating that they must have been made at some time in the past when the lake waa dry. They are radically different from the ordinary picture writings to be found scattered all over the country east of .he mountains. THESE writings suggest that people wholly different from the Indiana may have lived In this country be fore the Indians' time, and this Tule lake atory of the tall, red-headed people ties In with the suggestion. ONIONS, a you know. If you fol low the markot reports In this newspaper, have been eelllng at high prioes all this winter and spring In direct contrast to the bulk of farm products. In Bus connection, L. U. Morris, of Sacramento, assistant general man ager of the Southern Pacific company, aald yesterday to thl writer: "At least 75 per cent of the onion growers of the San Joaquin valley had contracted their crops at ! centa per pound, and so are getting no ad vantage out of the present high price." That is a real hard luck story, Isn't It? ONIONS are selling at high prices, whereaa most other farm products are selling at exceedingly low prices. Whyf HERE ia the answer etrange as It seems: Because for many years they sold at exceedingly LOW prices. Because the price at which onions were selling waa materially below cost of production, people QUIT RAISING THEM. When people in large num bers quit raising onions,' supply fell below demand. When that happens, prices GO. UP. In response to this lew. prices of on ions went up. Prices will fall again if supply rises abce demand. STRAWBERRT growers in the Sac ramento valley, Mr. Morrla saya. have done fairly well this spring. The better growers have been getting a yield of around 1,000 crates to the acre, and the price hasn't yet been below a dollar a crate. That means quite a return from an acre. A GAIN we see the working of the "rule that the larger the product ion PER ACRE the better the fin ancial return to Vie grower. We have proved that rule here In South ern Oregon in the case of potatoes, peara and prunes. THE strawberry la a fine specialty crop In the Sacramento valley, adding materially to the amount of money brought Into the communities where strawberries are grown. Here tn the Rogue River valley, the tomato promisee to perform a simi lar service for us, adding Its smaller ahare to the large returns of the pear crop. In time. If we are wise, we shall develop other specialty crops to add to the diversification of our agricul ture. Cherries, lot example. LATEST FIGURE PUT VETERAN 138 Frequent Changes Through out Day in One of Closest Races in State's History 12 Precincts Missing PORTLAND, Ore.. May 23. (API Representative Willis C. Hawley went Into the lead in his race for re nomlnatlon when official returns from Marlon county gave him 138 plurality over James w. Mott. atate corporation commissioner. The lead bad switched back and forth on the narrowest of margins throughout the day as counting boards uncovered errora. On the new count Hawley had 30.714 votes, and Mott 30.578. On the new basis, the vote by counties: with 13 precincts still missing from Curry county, follows: Hawley Mott Benton Clackamas 3.010 481 3.026 3,675 1.102 1,112 66 449 3,142 716 3.013 627 1.491 6.125 1,324 822 2.005 1483 3.051 1,191 1,122 1.801 111 3.582 1.883 1.235 2.858 018 1.695 3.761 1.047 1,073 1.950 1,426 Clatsop m Columbia ..- Coos .. Curry Douglaa . Jackson Josephine Lane . Lincoln Linn Marlon Polk Tillamook Washington Yamhill Totals ...30,714 30.576 FRU1TMEN MEET Officials of the Chicago-Great Western Railway, headed by Presi dent P. H. Joyce entertained a group of fruitgrowers and shippers at luncheon today at the Hotel Med ford The only remarks at the ses sion were made In a short address by Vice-President Oscar Townsend. who expressed his appreciation of the attendance of those present, and briefly told of the services being rendered to shippers by the line he represent Others present at the meeting In cluded W. B. Carlyle, general de velopment officer of the Chicago Great Western Railway, H. W. Bart ness, secretary to the president, and "Chick" Fullen, assistant freight agent, representing the Oreat West ern in this district. About twenty five growers and shippers from Med ford attended the meeting. SENATE'S TARIFF WASHINGTON. May 23 (AP) The embroiled congress . returned haltingly to it task today, while President Hoover prepared for a non-partisan conference with news paper publishers Wednesday night to rouse public support for quick and effective disposition of the eco nomic controversies. There was no sign of a break in the senate deadlock over tariffs in the tax bill. Administration plans on relief came to the fore In a bill by Sena tor Barbour (R., N. J.) for a l,500, 000,000 re-enforcement of the re construction corporation for loans to construct self-liquidating projects. Social Revolt Threatens Is Roosevelt Declaration ATLANTA. Ga., May 23. (AP) A warning that social revolt threat ens unless "something" la done to equallie distribution of national in come wa flung forth here last night by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York in a, commencement address at Oglethorpe university. The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination urged "so cial planning" to conserve produc tion and natural resources and to Influence the number of men and women entering the professions. There is need, he said, for general Imuran re of the necessities of life. Toward redistribution of wealth. Governor Roosevelt advanced no definite plan, but recommended "bold persistent experimentation." warning that the "millions In want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach." Tb4 governor charged tb Coolidge Tells of Conquering Sea k t il l if1 . Copyrighted London Mirror irora A. P. by Bartlane transmission. An Associated Prew photo of Amelia Earhart Putnam recounting her adventures In flying across the Atlantic ocean by herself. She was forced down In northern Ireland. This picture was taken the day she arrived at Londonderry, Ireland, from Newfoundland. This picture, copyrighted by the London Mirror and sent across the Atlantic to New York by Bartlane transmission was telephotoed to San Francisco and ruined to The Mall Trl twine hy air mall. CONCEDE DEFEAT WASHINGTON, May 28. Rep resentative Willis O. Hawley of Ore gon, ranking Republican on the pow erful house waya and means commit tee, today refused to concede defeat by James W. Mott, his opponent for the Republican nomination from the first district. "Although my opponent has a lend of about 700 votes, that result is based on unofficial reports," Hawley said. "The nomination is not set tled yet, because we have had In stances in our state where the of ficial returns overthrew the unof ficial returns." Hawley, co-author of the fimoot Hawley tariff act, said he would await the results of the official count. He has been In congress 25 years. - He said Mott ran on a wet plat form, while "I am a dry and am go ing to vot that way today on the beer proposal." SHANGHAI, May 23. (AP) Gene ral Toshinorl Bhtrakawa, supreme commander of the Japanese army forces during the battle of Shang hai, who was critically wounded April 20 In a bomb explosion at Hongkew park, died today. General Shirakawa was one of six high Jspsnese officials injured April 29 when a bomb was exploded at the Hongkew racing course during ceremonies celebrating the birthday of the emperor. and Hoover administrations with part of the responsibility for the depression, and struck at "Wall Street" as represented by Investment bankers. Hitting at speculation, he con trasted conditions In 1628 with those today and said "many who were called and who are still pleased to call themselves the leaders of fi nance, celebrated and assured us of an eternal future for this easy mode of living. And, to the stimulation of belief In this dazzling Chimera was lent not only the voices of some of our men in high office, but their influence and the material aid of the very Instrument of government which they controlled." Roosevelt differed with the Hoover program to increase capita) and nt'mulste business. "Our basic trou ble." he said, "was an Insufficient distribution of buying power cou pled with an over-sufficient specu lation ia production. DEM. JUDGE VOTE William E. Phlpps, attorney of this city, polled a majority of 039 over John H. Puller of-Ashland, his near est opponent, in the race for the democratic county Judge nomination. The unofficial count: Phlpps .-..l'M,i Fuller . m 823 Wortman ..... 639 The results In the other democratic races, none of them close, were: County Clerk. I'lrlrh ... ..133f) Barrett ...................... ...... R7R Beckman 778 Mierlff. flchermerhoin 1708 Jennings . 1339 Hchermerhorn majority 439 Justice of Peace, , Stewart 077 Canon sat Stewart's lead 326 T WASHINGTON, May 23. (AP) Congress snd the . supreme court convened today under police guard to prevent demonstrations by bonus advocates and communists. A score of metropolitan police were marshalled about the capltol while communist threats of a demonstra tion sent another police detail to the supreme court chamber. Communist quarters are aroused over the case of seven negroes un der sentence of death' In Scottsboro. Alabama, for Miaul ts on two white women. The grand Jury for the May term of the circuit court was drawn this morning by the court as follows: Howard A. Hill. Medrord: Irving Porter, Ashland; W. M. Barber, Ash land; Mrs. Anne Carley, Medford; Reed Charley, Brownsboro; Joslah Hlbbard. Butte Palls, and Leo B. Williams, Medford. Josish B. Hlbbard of Butt Palis was named foreman. The grand Jury convened at once and went Into ses sion. 4 Rancrnt confer Norman C. White, assistant supervisor of Crater Nation al forest, today met with the five rangers in this district to give them instructions for the guard camp at Putt Palls. June 1, for which they will be instructors. Meeting with him were Lee Port of Applegat. John Hoist of Suite Pall. Hugh Riciter of Desd Indian, Jei Elgin or Klamath rails and Jess DeWltt of Union creek. i . AMF li RFRF VFn ARRIVAL Aviatrix Goes Shopping to Replace Flying Togs Of ficials Laud Fete at Journalists' Reception LONDON, May 23. ) Mrs. Am elia Earhart Putnam, the first wom an to fly the Atlantic solo, demon strated today that she la exactly as efficient at the feminine business of shopping as she is at the harder pur suit of flying an airplane. After a light breakfast at the American embassy, where she Is stay ing, she sped off to the west end shopping center before 9 o'clock. She completed her purchases In time to attend a luncheon given by the Institute of Journalists and speed had no effect on her effici ency. On all sides she received con gratulations on the excellent taste displayed in her emergency apparel emergency because when she land ed In Irland Friday all she had with her were the flying clothes on her back. Mrs. Putnam wore a blue wool dress with a fetching white neck piece. Dines With Dignitaries. Ambassador Andrew W. Mellon was present at the luncheon, aa waa Sir John Simon. British foreign secre tary. The large assemblage cheered heartily aa Sir John bowed and con gratulated the smiling flier on her feat. Using a glass of water, Mrs. Put nam drank a toast to the President of the United States and another to the King. Mr. Mellon, seated at her side, performed that ceremony with the aid of whiskey and soda. The ambasssdor paid warm tribute to the tousled -haired airwoman. 'An event of major importance that grips the, imagination,, such a the airplane flight of that courage ous young woman alone across the Atlantic last week, can thrill the whole world so that for a moment at least all of us have something In common and can think and feel as a unit." Mr. Mellon said. Newspapers Render Service. This unity, he continued, waa large the result of the service rendered oy newspapers. That observation led him to the problems of newspaper work, concerning which he made this declaration: "What we must atrlve for Is to pre sent facts earnestly, accurately and without malice or conscious effort to misrepresent, remembering that the world Is no less great now than In the time of war and that all our energies must be used in construc tive efforts to counterbalance the forces of evil and disintegration and (Continued on page Pour) CONGRESS BALLOT PORTLAND, Ore., May M. (P) William A. Delzell was ahead of Harvey Starkweather In their race for the Democratic nomination to congress at 2:45 p. m., after an error in the Benton county re turns had been reported hy the county clerk. Delzell was A3 votes ahead. The count was: Deir.ell, U,RM; Rtarkwenther, 11,80ft. PORTLAND, Ore., May 33, fP) Harvey Starkweather of Clackamas county led William Delzell of Salem by a margin of 300 votes for the Democratic nomination for congrea. In the third district, on the basis of a recheck at 1 p. m. today. The to tala were: Starkweather, 11,891; Del zell 11,982. Thirty-five precinct were mlaelng, Including 18 from Clatsop, 13 from Curry and 9 from Jackaon, Failure of Clatsop county official, to atart the Democratic count until Monday, and the Impossibility of getting these flgurea Independently accounted for tha difficulty there. Curry county, remotely situated on the coast, had few votes to count, but lack of com munications made It extremely diffi cult to get return,. The vote by counties on the Stark-weather-Delzell race follow,: Lane Lincoln Linn ... Marlon - Polk Tillamook . Washington Yamhill Total MM 11" Stark County rvirll. weather Benton 42 771 Clackama, 1.083 1.810 Clataop H5 218 Columbia 278 508 Goo, (47 808 Curry 23 17 Dourlas 538 78 Jackson 1.138 I.08S Josephine 220 421 1.488 1.881 270 242 1011 B89 3.201 897 708 454 221 239 481 724 890 777 2 WORKMEN HURT AS COURT HOUSE SCAFFOLD FALLS Wilbur Hunt and A. H. Boye Plunged From Top of Construction and Receive Leg and Chest Injuries Wilbur Hunt and A. H. Boye, work men on the new county courthouse, under construction on South Oak dale and West Main streets, sustain ed Injuries this morning, when a scaffold on the top floor caved in. letting them drop approximately 20 feet. They caught upon the lower timbers, breaking the fall. Hunt received a bad fracture of the left leg and Boye chest Injuries, which were described at the Com munity hospital, where they are re ceiving treatment, aa "not serious." The two men were testing comfort ably late today. 4- F General hearing of the ordinance providing a franchise to the Califor nia Oregon Power company will be held with the first reading of the ordinance at the city hall tomorrow night, members of the city council announced today, Issuing a special invitation to all Interested persons to be present. . Members of the chamber of com merce and representatives of all ser vice clubs of the city and other or ganizations have been urged by Mayor e. m. Wilson and his council to par ticipate in the discussion. The franchise under which the power company la now operating, ex pire Jiuie 7. If the ordinance under consideration passes the first reading at tomorrow night's council meeting. It can be ready for final passage June 7. The council members are especlslly anxious for a general hearing before final action la taken In order that the results may meet with satisfaction. FLEEfOFPLANES TO Georgia Coleman, diver of Inter national reputntlon, will be 'a guoat In Medford next Sunday, It waa learned today. She will arrive from Loa Angeles with the fleet of 25 planes, touring the coast In the In terests of the Olympic games. The planea will land at the Med ford field at 12:46 noon. Sunday. Luncheon will be served at the air port cafe and an Interesting pro gram for entertainment of the fleet la being planned by the aviation committee of the chamber of com merce, headed by Heine Pluhrer. 4 GIRLS DEATH LEAP CHICAGO, May 23. (p) i- Mils Ethel Salhanlc, 21, commercial art ist. Jumped to death from her 35th floor hotel room last night. Her death waa ascribed to heart break. In her room was a book open ed at Oscar Wilde's "Ballad of Read ing Ooal," with pencil marks at the verse: "Yet each man kill, the thing he loves." Borah Firm in Refusal To Attend Convention By Francln M. Stephenson (Associated Prese Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, May 23. (AP) The powerful voice and Influence of William E. Borah, of Idaho, which played such a potent part in the 19J8 campaign of Herbert Hoover, will be missing at next month'a republican convention for the renomlnatlon of the president. Senator Borah's decision to take no part In the national conclave of the republicans Is final whether congress Is In session or not and the reasons for It have led to considerable specu lation In political clrclea. The Idahoau himself haa no com ment to make on the subject. It Is understood his determination haa been made known to President Hoover. BASEBALL RESULTS National, R. H. E. 4 10 1 & IS 2 Brooklyn Boston .. .... (Ten Innings.) Hoyt, Thurston and Lopee: Chin1 ntngham, Mangum, Cantwell and Har- grave. R. H. Z. New York 9 20 4 Philadelphia . 7 13 2 Walker. Ltque, Hubbell and Hogan. O'Parrell; Hansen. Grabowski, Benfe and V. Davis, McCurdy. American Boston 6 16 1 Washington 2 8 0 Welland and Conally; Burke. Mar berry, Crowder and Berg, Maple. Cleveland . 0 2 2 Chicago .................. 4 0 4 Hlktebrand, Connally. Pearson and Sewell; Oaston and Grube. St. Louis 7 13 0 Detroit 6 10 2 8tewart. Gray, Klmsey and Ferrell; Hogsett, Herring and Hayworth. 97 VOTES COVER E In one of the cloeeat county races. the county clerk this afternoon ocm ptled the following flgurea for Jus tice of the peace. Medford district, Coleman having a lead of 07 votea: The count. Coleman ......... 11S7 Taylor 1030 Colvlg IMO Rrnytnn 774 Trill 4IIU In other Republican race, for county offices, the tabulatlona were: For County Judge, Fehl 435 liiimkln rinildls Thomas Willed. 8071 1KIS .' 8114 Fehl's lead over l.amkln 354 County Commissioner, f nllllllgs 2938 Morrl, 3345 Sweet ' 1289 County Clerk. Carter 4339 Meyer 2388 Carter's majority 197S School Superintendent. Bowman ........ 2849 Hanby 2838 Carter 1211 Bowman', lead over Hanby 191 Coroner. Perl . 8474 Conger 8100 Tcrl's majority 284 The vote for sheriff, all candi dates, waa: Beeson Lowd Talent. ............ Stacy ... Haas . Moller : 1303 1348 1182 1138 378 . 30 , 321 , 319 . 230 Berry MrPherson Hughft Constable. Prescott Kaley , 2771 1.104 AKRON EN ROUTE NORTH ON COAST SAM FRANCISCO, May 33. (IP) District naval headquarters received a message from the dirigible Akron today. Baying she had passed Point Arena, 90 mile (north of San rrnn Cisco, at 12:30 p. m and expected to reach Eureka at 3 p. m. Lord Inchcape Dies On Yacht LONDON, May 33. (AP) Lord Inchcape, world famous ahlpplng magnate, died today In his yacht off Monle Carlo, aald a message to his horn here. In response to direct Inquiry. Aa for the election csmpaign lueir, Borah la silent but his Intimates art convinced the chance, ate very doubtful that, ha will go on the Hustings. Borah not only helped to frame the platform at the laat party convention but ha took a leading role In the ensuing presidential campaign. How ever, the president and the Idaho aenator have not harmonised on a major teaue since the administration began. With Senator Norrle, of Nebraska. another independent republican lead er, In open oppoeltlon to tha preal dent there continue, to be persistent speculation over a third party but that I all there la to It to far and nothing os the surface. BEESON LEADING LOWO BY 1 ON Race for Republican Sheriff Nomination Close Porter and Day High for Legisla tive Seats Bursell Near 8ml-of!lclal and revised Jlgiirea, from the &8 precincts, complete, of Jackson county, compiled today by the county clerk, give Everett Bee on of Talent the Republican nomi nation for sheriff over Phil Lowd of this city by 47 votes. Oeorga B. Porter of this city, and E. B, Day . of Sams valley by the same com pilation, win the Republican nomi nation for the legislature, with Vic tor Bursell of Central Point a close third. The count: lor Sheriff. Beeaon 1.TH2 tow 1315 . For Legislature. Day . 3130 . 3108 . 3084 Bursell The above races were two of the (Continued on Psge Pour) The semi-official vote for con gressional offLcca lrt this 'county was as follows for both parties:' ' REPUBLICAN . Representative. 4 Mott . 3112 Hawley laaa Mott majority DEMOCRATIC , Senate. .1230 (Ueason VTatklni Dana ..1203 828 - 814 877 ...1418 Gleason'a lead Representative. Starkweather E TO LEGALIZE BEER FOR TAX SOURCE WASHINGTON. May 23. (API Trie house of representatives today flatly turned down the proposal to legalize and tax 3.75 per cent beer. The vote waa 328 to 169 with party lines split wide. The Issue was on whether to dis charge the waya and means commit tee of consideration of the Hull O'Connor measure and put It before the house for a roll-call. Sponsored by democratic and re publican wet blocs, the bill to levy a 3 cents a pint tax on 3.75 per cent beer, was brought up on a petition of 145 members. It was the first record vote In the house on beer since 1919, and came after 30 mlnutea debate. The aenate recently rejected propo sals for legalizing beer. WITNESS TELLS DALLAS, May 33. (AP) Activities In the formation of the Empire Holding company were explained In detail thta morning by George Rob inson, the first of the state wit nesses to be called In tha trial of Jay Stockman, third of tha ex-offl-cere of the holding company to be tried In the Dallaa circuit court on charges of Intent to defraud. The trial waa halted Thureday night, alter the selection of a Jury and waa not resumed until this morn ing , Under croaa-examlnatlon by de tense counsel, Robinson eald that he had been told by Prank Keller. Jr., organizer of tha company, that while aalarlea would not ba paid of ficers until aubsldlary companies wen, formed, that Jay Stockman, tha . present defendant, had to be paid for legal services, but that Keller waa not clear on how Stockman waa to ba paid. e Packers Refused Hearing. WASHINGTON, May 33. W Swift 8s Company and Armour Company were today refused a rehearing by the aupreme court of their petition for a modification o tha consent deore.