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AILT To Advertisers You take no chances when you buy A. B.-C. Circulation. The Mall Tri bune Is Medtord's Only A. B. C. Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. No. 96. The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Thursday fair. Rising temperature Thursday. ' Temperature: Highest yesterday - 87 Lowest this morning M M MEDFORD IESEljvlir DW Un ljL Fldll MSIIE1 , 1 l : ; ; ' Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. OFF for Burns, the JudBO acting aa pilot and the commissioner serving as first mate. This writer Is supercargo In the back Beat. THIS la familiar country to the first mate, for he bought cattle all over It In the early days. But It has changed. "If anyone had told us then." he says, "that the time would come when we would travel from Klamath Tails to Lakevlew In a little or two hours and from Lakevlew to Burns In three to four hours, we would have had him examined for hla sanity." The world moves, doesn't It? What do you reckon the next generation will bring forth? THE winter of 1889-90, he says, waa the hard winter to which people still look back. He was ranching that year In the Horsefly district, and after every storm the enow would drift so hard the cattle could walk over It. By spring, some of the drifts were 25 feet deep. Last winter wasn't much of a win ter, waa it? SPEAKING of" cattle reminds the Judge of a story. AH Indian up on the reservation came Into the atore one day and wanted to trade a steer for a sack of augar. The storekeeper agreed, but first made an excuse and sneaked out to take a look at the steer. He found it waa a weazened little runt. So he came back and put about five pounds of augar In a Back and handed it to the Indian, who looked at it -and grunted: "Damn little sugarl" M . Whereupon the storekeeper re sponded: "Damn little steer." AND this one Is Bert Snyder's: . Out in the cattle country, where men are men, dinner time la a big event, and when the cook hammera on' the wagon tire and hollera: "Come and get ltl" there la a wild rush. Starting this rush to the chuck wagon one day, one of the cowboys lipped in a mud puddle and fell. He got up, scraped the mud off his pants, looked hungrily after the rest of the crew, muttered disgustedly: "Aw hell, it's no use now I" and turn ed back. ALBERT lakeTnamed for an officer in Fremont'a command, known locally among the cowmen aa Alkali lake and living up to the name, for Its watera are bitter with alkali; smooth as a mirror, reflecting the hare desert hills on one side and on the other the- forbidding rocks of Albert rim, under which the highway passes. Real desert scenery. OFF the high desert, and down Intn thn crreen and smiling Hamey valley, with the town of Burns nestling at ita northern edge, up against the hills. What a sight for sore and dust reddened eyes the Harney valley must have been back In those days when the while men first came. What a sight it still la! If you haven't seen it, do so. B URNS la in gala dress, wsltlng for the caravan's arrival, all set for an honest to goodness celebration. Cowboys, all dolled up in red shtrts and hair panta, are on every aide, waiting for the rodeo to be held In the afternoon. Bums people relate gleefully that already this year more California cars have been in town than In any five years previously. Hotels Jammed, and everybody hunting a place to sleep. Such la the way of celebrations. FIVB hundred people seated at tables In an enclosure artfully made up to resemble a spot out in the desert, with cheery fires burning back In the sage brush and Juniper. To the tables, in due course of time, come steaks the sire of the tradition al saddle blanket; a real cow country meal. Up above, the brilliant desert moon and on a stage at one side the Har ney Valley Wranglers singing plain tive cowboy songs, with little Frances Florence, of Lakevlew, Joining In from time to time with her astonish ing contralto voice. Romance I Boy! And howl Continued, on Pact fivj LOCAL CHAMBER SEEKS $6,500,000 FEDERAL MONEY Connection With S. P. and G. N. at Klamath Also Aim of Scheme Gore Wires Plea Behalf C. of C. PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) A special dispatch to the Journal to day from Washington, D. C, said Senator McNary has received a re quest for assistance In securing $6. 500,000 of reconstruction finance cor poration money to complete the rail road between the Rogue River valley and Crescent City, Cal., and to ex tend It eastward to connect at Klam ath Falls with the Southern Pacific and Great Northern lines. The dispatch said W. H. Gore, who signed the message In behalf of the Medford chamber of commerce, said it would vitalize $4,500,000 already spent for 100 miles of road and give immediate employment to hundreds of men. "McNary replied that the proposal may be submitted by formal applica tion to the reconstruction finance corporation and suggested a confer ence with Wnlter D. Schultz, its rep resentatlve at Portland." The county court was advised to day by telegram from Senator Fred erics: Bteiwer, that financial legisla tion beneficial to Jackson county and the 9late of Oregon was passed by the senate last night,, and lb now pending In the house. The bill provides $300,000,000 for loans to states, upon application of the governor, who can turn funds secured over to any county or city. Of Interest to agriculturists and horticulturists Is the provision pro viding for loans by the federal re construction bureau for sale of sur plus products In foreign markets, and Senator Stelwer's amendment, providing for the creation of dis trict regional agricultural credit cor porations, with paid up capital of $3,000,000, to make advances to farms and livestock Interests, under the supervision of the Federal Recon struction corporation; The bill also provides $3,000,000 for federal highway projects In Oregon, $30,000,000 for rivers and harbors Improvement, and this state will also share In $300,000 federal building projects. The bill also provides federal aid for liquidating projects devoted to the public use. County Commissioner Victor Bur- sell said 'that the measure, when passed, would be helpful to this county and "help out more than expected." 10 GET $21,214 T SALEM, July 13. (AP) The state highway department will receive $1,045,676 and counties $522,788 as the result of automobile licenses sold during the second quarter of 1032, Hal E, Hoss, secretary of state, announced today. The gross receipts for the quarte were $1,623,742, of which $55,377 was expended for ad ministrative expense. New licenses sold during the period resulted In receipts of $1,533,285 while last quarter licenses of the previous year brought In $00,705. Multnomah county turned in the largest amount of receipts or $522, 065, of which she will receive in re turn as her share of the funds $178, 340. Marlon county turned in $117. 617 and will receive $37,868. Lane county turned In $00,840 of which she will receive $20,250. Receipts to other counties Include: Baker, $8414; Benton, $13,120; Doug las, $11,002; Jackson. $21,214; Jose phlne. $7751; Klamath, $16,760; Uma tilla, $17,375 and Union. $8122. The average license fee for pas- senger vehicles In Oregon la $21.35 a year, Boss estimated. LIGHT RAIN IN PART OF STATE PORTLAND. July 13. (AP) Light rain and mist fell over the north western corner of Oregon last night and today, and the general weather report for the state predicted local showers and thunderstorms during the day, with fair weather tonight and Thursday and rising tempera tures in the Interior tomorrqw. Portland had .10 of an Inch of aln; Salem had .22. and Albany, .15. Neither southern nor eastern Oregon had any precipitation during the nlEht. Heavier rain was reported along the Washington coast and noun wax CL BASEBALL RESULTS Cleveland 7 14 1 Philadelphia 6 10 1 (10 Innings) Hlldebrand and Sewell; Mahaffey, Grove and Cochrane. American. R. H. E. 7 11 1 8 9 0 Detroit ............ Boston .. Batteries: Whltehill, Wyatt and Ruel; Andrews, Durham, Moore and Connolly. R. H. E. St. Louis 3 7 0 8 7 1 New York , , , Batteries : Hebert, Gray, Ktmsey and Ferrell; Plpgras and Jorgens. National Philadelphia 3 7 1 Cincinnati 3 7 0 Hansen, Benge and Todd, V. Davis; Benton and Lombard I, Manlon. , National. (First game) R. H. B. Boston 5 11 1 Pittsburg 17 3 Batteries: Brandt and Spohrer; French, Spencer. Brame and Grace. MEIER PLEDGES AIO TO LUMBER OF PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) A -pledge by Governor Julius L. Meier of executive assistance to Pacific northwest lumber men. In plans for rehabilitation of the Industry, was made hero today to a committee In charge of the plans, headed by C. D. Johnson of Portland. The governor said he agreed the Industry needs organization on a new basis and that he will continue to lend all possible help toward the successful culmination of such plans. Ho participated In this program last week in communicating with Presi dent Hoover regarding best methods of proceeding toward the formation of the regulatory corporation now be ing considered. Today's meeting was of an execu tive nature and was closed to the public. Johnson, as chairman, said the morning had been taken up with Informal discussions on various (Continued on Page Five) PROBE OF COPCO RATES STARTED BY C. R. Lester, chief engineer of the public utilities commission, under C M. Thomas, arrived In Medford last night and started work today on In vestigation of the California Oregon Power company, to determine wheth er or not the company Is operating on a fair rate base. W. B. Robinson, assistant engineer, and Melwood VanScoyoc, another as sistant, also arrived last night from Salem to assist In the Investigation, C. Rease Braley of this city will work with the group under Engineer Les ter, who will divide hla time between Medford and Albany, where three men have been at work for the past week on the books of the Mountain States Power company. All vouchers and records, starting with September. 1015, and continuing to the present time, will be checked by the workers. Revenue, expenses, and fixed capital will be Investigated, and the facts presented to Public Service Commissioner Thomas, who will determine whether or not the present rate Is a Just one. Engineer Lester stated today that the Investigation of the Northwest ern Electric company In Portland, re cently completed, eliminated $10. 000,000 worth of watered stock and resulted In 1575 corrections. All but five were accepted by the company. No statement regarding the local company was made by the engineer, who stated that be had just started Investigation and could make no pre dictions. Hope of a reduction in rates is general throughout this vicin ity, as Indicated at meetings of the city council, preceding the granting of the new franchise to the power company. Desire for Immediate ac tion on the part of the public util ities commission waa expressed at each open meeting. The Inventory made by the Cali fornia Oregon Power company. Janu ary 1, 1030, will be used by Engineer Lester and hU staff, with additions up to date. Mr. Braley will be sent into the field with the Inventory, to see If the property listed u actu ally In existence. Ethel Duncan To Locate In Boise BAKER. Ore., July 18. (P Mrs. Ethel Duncan, Los Angeles minister and radio lecturer, announced here today that she will locate In Boise within the next 60 days, having made: arrangements to open a church tiiere aud speak, orti a, local radio station. NEW BONDS BILL BROUGHT FORTH AS VEIS Patman Offers Measure Re quiring Billion Cash Pay ments 10,000 Ex-Service Men Beseige Capitol PORTLAND. Ore., July 13. (AP) Eleven members of the original bo nus army which left May 11 for Washington, D. C, to participate In a lobby sleze on congress for passage of a measure to pay In full the ad Justed service certificates of ex-soldiers, returned home today, but not becaust they are alsheartened. The 11 veterans took advantage of the 1-cent-a-mile rate but returned only to recruit additional forces to Join the army of 35,000 bonus peti tioners now thronging the national capital. WASHINGTON. July 13. (AP) While several thousand veterans clus tered about the capltol a new bill was brought forward today calling for Immediate payment of the bonus to those in need. The measure waa prepared by Rep resentative Patman (D., Texas) and patterned along the lines of a peti tion presented yesterday by a group of bonus marchers from California. Patman estimated It would require a billion dollars. The provisions by which the need of the veterans would be ascertained would be laid down by the veterans bureau. WASHINGTON, July 8. (AP) Ten thousand war veterans rose soon after dawn today and started a march for the capltol from their Anacostia camp on the District of Columbia outskirts. Police reported that the men. In Washington for several weeks seek ing Immediate cash payment of their bonus certificates, were orderly. No interference was planned by the authorities unless an emergency arose. The war veterans swung Into their five-mile march under a sun already hot to Join hundreds of other former soldiers who had spent the night on the capltol grounds. The men arrived in straggling lines. For the most part they came in groups of a dozen and half dozen. Most of them said they came "to see what's going on." There was no Indication that the veterans planned an organized effort to enter the capltol Itself. HELD IMPERATIVE SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. (AP) Frank H. Buck, president of the Cal ifornia Growers' and Shippers' league, today Informed Paul Shoup, presi dent of the Southern Paclfio railway, that California growers and shippers of fresh fruits were willing to per mit railroads to Increase the time of transit If carriers will agree to re duce freight rates. The league last month asked rail roads for an emergency reduction in freight rates from $1.73 to $1.44 per hundred pounds. Shoup had Indicat ed there was little possibility of granting the request. "The situation has become ao des perate for growers and ahlppera of the state's fresh fruits that we are willing to offer almost any sort of a concession In order to make possible continuance In business," Buck said. WASHINGTON, July 13. (AP) Congressional action was completed today on the $300,000,000 army ap propriation bill, last of the annual supply measures. The bill now goes to the White House. Prohis May Line up on Side of Hoover, Curtis WASHINOTON, July 13. (AP) On the eve of the meeting here of the national prohlhttlon board of strategy It was said today by sources within the board that sentiment exists among Its members for a declaration In favor of the Hoover-Curtst ticket. Whether such a stand will be taken remains to be decided, however. The prohibition organisation leader who gave out the Information de clined to be quoted. A five point program for strategy by the dry organizations In the forth coming campaign ha been proposed, and will be gone over In the forth coming sessions. The program follows: 1. To consistently seek "to pre vent the ubmllon to the states of repeal or modification," of the 18th amendment. 2. To do all possible. In ce of submission, "to meet It la state legU- E RELIEF E OFT Lower Branch Approves Bill As Favored by President Hoover Garner Breaks Tie Vote On Amendment WASHINGTON, July 13. P The house today passed the $2,122,000,000 bill, drafted along lines approved by President Hoover. A few minutes before passage, Speaker Garnet -cast the deciding vote and broke a tie on the Ralney amendment to force the reconstruc tion finance corporation to file monthly reports on all loans made under the new relief bill. He voted for the amendment. The roll-call on the Ralney amend ment before the speaker cast hla bal lot was 160 to 160. Representative JSfnell of New York, minority leader, demanded a recapit ulation of the vote. It was the same. In passing Its own relief measure, the house thrust aside the senate's relief bill, passer last night, because of President Hoover's objection to some phases. The record vote on passage of the bill was 206 to 46. The chief difference between It and the one vetoed Monday by President Hoover Is that it lacks the provision permitting the reconstruction corpor ation to lend to Individuals. Also, the requirement for the corporation to make public Its loans was not In the first bill. In other essentials. Including the sections providing $300,000,000 for re lief to needy states and $322,000,000 for publlo building, the two measures are similar. WASHINGTON. July 13. Up) The Norbeck emergency farm relief bill was passed today by the senate and sent to the house. The Norbeck bill was approved by the senate without a record vote and very little debate. The measure provides the farmer shall be paid, In addition to the do mestic market price, an adjustment charge equal to the tariff schedules on wheat and hogs and five cents a pound on cotton. STANDARD SEEKS INT NEW YORK, July 13. (AP) Re ports were current In oil circles here today that the Standard Oil Co. of California had made an offer for the Richfield Oil Co. of California and that the Consolidated Oil Corpora tion had countered by Improving Its recent offer. Richfield Oil Co. of California now Is In the hands of Its creditors. The Standard OH Co. of California Is said to have conveyed Intimations to these creditors that It would be willing to give them upward of $21,000,000 ln come bonds of the. reorganized Rich field company In exchange for their bonds and claims on the company. Details as to the reported counter move by Consolidated OH corporation were not obtainable here, but Los Angeles advices Indicated the com pany would offer 180,000 to 185,000 shares of it capital stock in ex change. Lone Flight Ends In Airmen's Death LYONS, Franc, July 18. (AP) On ths last lap of a 4700-mile (light, Colonel Oulllemeney was killed to day In a crash on ths way from Venice to La Bourget. Commandant Closlln, his companion, was fatally In jured and died later. They left Le Bourget on July 6 and flew to Bu charest, Warsaw, Istanbul and Ven Ice. .attires,' where, ths program declares. the Issue should be raised, "whether referred by congress to legislatures or to conventions,' 8. To oppose submission to con ventions. 4. To work for "dependably 'dry " United States senators and represen tatives and state legislators. 6. To rally prohibition friends everywhere to securing accurate data on candidates, their "attltuds, de pendability, etc., with a view toward intelligent, militant action. The program, signed by Dr. Ernest H. Cherrlngton, chairman, and Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddle, secretary of the strategy board, has brought many responses. Some who replied Insisted that dry forces should unite In a "third" party. This la considered unlikely In In formed quartera herf, however. SHOWGIRL SHOOTS BALL PLAYER After Bill Jurge (right), shortstop of the Chicago Cubs, was wounded In a Chicago hotel In a shooting fray Involving Violet Popo vlch (left), showgirl divorcee, he said he would not press assault charges against her. L! E AFTER TROUBLES WINSTON SALEM, N. C., July 13. (AP) The Twin City Sentinel today says It learns authoritatively the grand jury will be discharged this afternoon without making any pre sentment in the case of Smith Reyn olds, tobacco heir shot to death a week ago. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jul 13. (AP) Llbby Holman came home today to seek sanctuary behind w.hat cloak of privacy her family could throw about her. Hurrying from a train at Claire, Ohio, 13 miles from town, with rela tives clustered about her, she sped by auto to the home of a sister In suburban Wyoming, wnlle a small crowd of curious waited vainly at the downtown station. Although there was no suggestion as to the plans of the Holman family, the supposition prevailed that the widow of Smith Reynolds, slain to bacco heir, would remain In Wyoming few days, then go elsewhere, per haps to the mountains, to seek re covery from the shock and strain of her husband's death at Winston-Sa lem, N, C, a week ago, and the long, close Interrogation that followed. It waa a crushed and fearful Llbby that reached home today. There was no smiling and bowing to those who had seen her grow to precocious youth, and seen her professional de but on the stage. Instead, there was Just a glimpse of a heavily cloaked girl, face covered, head lowered, aa her lawyer-father half pushed, half car ried her from the steps of the railway car to an automobile across the rural station platform, and then a quick succession of relatives mother, bro ther, sister scurrying from train to car. TIVlSflHT Petty thieving continued brisk throughout the city and valley yes terday, confined chiefly to the steal ing of groceries from parked autos, gasoline and spare tires. By way of variety, complaint was filed that dur ing the night a vandal had milked the family cow, and another that his backyard garden had been raided. An east side clothes line waa stripped of two pair of pajamas, some lingerie and a red shirt, the lattter being pre pared for the opening of the deer hunting season. On the other hand, only 13 men are Incarcerated In the county jail at present. Last summer at this time the total was twice as much and In the summer of 1930 the bast He fairly bulged with Inmates. The county court today considered whether to put a gas range or an electrlo range In the new county Jail and Jailer's quarters, as the prisoners will do their own cooking. No deci sion was reached. IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON Members of the Jackson County Red Cross chapter from all sections of the Tiller are uraeO to attend the annual meeting of the chapter, sched uled for Friday, July 1, at the Hotel Medford. Those attending will meet on the mezzanine floor at 4 o'clock. Otric era for the ne year will be elected and Mtsa Lillian Roberta, secretary, will submit het annual report to the organization. 7? x & .V E NEWARK, N. J., July 13. (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam landed here at 11:28 a. m. (E. 8. T.)( establish ing a new women's transcontinental flight record. Mrs. Putnam beat the time of Miss Ruth Nichols, the previous record holder, by almost ten hours. Miss Nichols, vtfxo made one stop between west and east coasts, at Wichita, Kas., had an elapsed time of 39 hours, 1 minute and 43 seconds. Mrs. Put nam stopped onoo also, at Columbus, Ohio, and her elapsed time was 19 hours, 14 minutes and 40 seconds, according to figures available prior to publication of the official landing time. , Mrs. Putnam Intended, when she took off from Los Angeles yesterday, to make the first non-stop flight by a woman from coast to coast and to try to beat the non-stop record es tablished by Frank Hawks five years ago. This record was 17 hours, 38 minutes and 60 seconds. A forced landing at Columbus, caused by- fuel feed trouble, put her out of the running for this record and left .her with only the Nichols time to beat. Mlas Nichols did not attempt to push along after she land. ed at Wichita, but spent the night there. Mrs, Putnam stayed In Col umbus only an hour and a quarter. There was a crowd of several hun dred persons at the field and Mrs. Putnam showed m tense surprise. "What's all this?" she demanded, leaning over the side of the cockpit as her plane came to a halt. "You've set a new record for wom en," someone ahouted. "Well, I wasn't trying for a rec ord," she replied. "This flight was entirely for practice In navigation, Later I may make the flight again In a fosters hip and try to do It In about 13 hours." 1 The "sound value" of business property In the city of Ashland, ac cording to statistics prepared by the state tnx commission, Is 1783,010, about one-third of the business prop erty value of this city. The Llthla hotel with a listed "sound valuation" of $130,310 tops the Ashland figures. The state commission 'sound val uation" will be used as a basis for assessed valuation. No reports have been released for "sound valuations" In uold Hill, Cen tral Point, Jacksonville and other towns of the county. Copies of the statistics for this city and Ashland can be aeen by those Interested at all the banks of Ash land and Medford, where they have been placed for the convenience of the public. f ST. LAWRENCE PACT WASHINGTON, July 13. (API White House officials announced to day that a treaty had been agreed upon with Canada for completion of the huge St. Lawrence waterway pro ject and It would be signed by Presi dent Hoover at an early date. l.o.es Four Toe,. PORTLAND, July 13. P) Los of four toes was suffered last night by T. R. Bushnetl when hi left foot touched the propellor of a power boat while In waa awlmmlng In Laka OS- WfO 'mst a $ Jit ASHLAND S VALUE SET AT $783,010 $3,500,000 MINE DEVELOPMENT IS SO. OREGON PLAN Eastern Capital Interested in Josephine and Curry County Projects Huge Body of Ore Is Available PORTLAND, Ore., July 13 (AP) A rush of eastern capital into the southern Oregon gold fields assumed more definite proportions today with the announcement last night that t vo of the largest properties In the state will be developed at an Invest ment of about 3,500,000. J. U. Gallagher, Portland mining engineer, speaking, he sold, on be half of men backing the enterprise,, told of plans for development of the two propertlae, Emily Gold, Inc., and Columbia Gold, Inc. Arnold H. Gosa of Detroit, former member of the board of General Motors, heads the combine and la president and principal stockholder of the two companies. One Near Grants Pass, One of the parcels Is on Graves creek, north of Grants Pass and al ready, it la said, has produced mora than 90,000.000 In gold. In late years operations have fallen off because , conflicting ownerships made difficult Its effective operation. . The other property Is 1 In Curry county, Gallagher said, a deposit the size of which "staggers the Imagina tion of even, a miner." This parcel Is from 1600 to 3600 acres wide and more than three (Continued on Page Three) (ny the Associated Press) A difference of Interpretation of new agreement between Prance and Great Brltan appeared .to have de veloped today Immediately after th agreement waa announced simultane ously In London and Parla. The official British Interpretation waa that both government, under the accord, will consult each other on all matter which concern both. Parlia ment waa Informed that It had noth ing whatever to do with debt owed to the United States. While Sir John Simon was making the announcement in London, Pre mier Herriot was telling th finance committee In the chamber of depu ties that the first consequence of th new agreement la that In the future Great Britain cannot make new ar rangement for debt payments to America without first consulting Frsnce. Lausanne Probe Demand Refused WASHINGTON, July 13. AP)- The McKellar resolution to ask Presi dent Hoover aa to thla government' -activity In negotiation connected with the Lausanne reparatlona agree ment waa rejected today by the sen ate foreign relatione committee, to 4. WILL- ROGERS 3ays: ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 12. A nap in Chicago cost me the presidency. Now I find while I waa down in Texas try ins to rope a calf my namesake in Oklahoma brought home the bacon. Well, I am fqr him. Ho hag shown more ingenuity al ready than any candidate I ever heard of. They are trying to "hog" him out of it now. Well, that's politics for you. They say that he was a Repub lican eight years ago. My good ness, the whole state of Okla homa was Republican just four years ago, so he saw what was coming four years before they did. I tell you this bird is stnnrt. In fact he will be plum out of plnco in congress so let's all get behind "Will Rogers for congress." Yours, - AilM!uh'Miis.l'' :