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Medford Mail Ti Facts vs. Claims About SO per rant, of th leading Newspapers of Mia trilled Starts and Canada arc A. B. C. members. The other 10 per cent, sell 'claimed-' circulation. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1932." No. 117. JVUv The Weather Sunday fair; not much change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday m Lowest yesterday - , 58 IIBUNE tn r3 A Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS DaragBayans MoblllM t0 Flgnt Jr Bolivia." So reads a heading In the news of tha day. Probably they are all excited about It, waving flags and working up en thusiasm. If they go to war, they will be less enthusiastic a few years hence. Most of the troubles that ara ao oppressing the rest of the world right now track back to getting an excited and going to war back In 1814. THE MORATORIUM on automobile licenses has expired, and if you haven't bought a license yet, you must either lay up your car or drive In fear and trembling, hoping you won't meet a cop. Here la a question: Is It any easier IJOW to buy a license than It was on July 1? IP YOU will remember, the date for buying licenses waa changed a couple of years ago from the first of January to the first of July. The theory, at the time, waa that people would have more money on the first of July than on the first ol January, and so would find it easier on that date to finance the purchase of a license. On the first of January, It sound ed Ilka a good theory. THIS WRITER, speaking for him self alone, and not undertaking to apeak for anybody else, DIDN'T find It any easier to buy a full year'a license on July 1 than It had been on January 1, but DID find It easier to buy a half year'a license on Janu ary 1 of that first year In which the change was made. THE MORAL, If there la any moral, would appear to be this: It doesn't make much difference when you have to buy your license whether It la January 1 or July 1, or on August 1. a full month after the specified date when licenses are due. Money Is money, and under ordi nary, average conditions, for ordi nary, average people, it doesn't seem io be very much more plentiful on the first of one month than on the first of another. BUT It IS easier to pay out a little money at a time than to pay cut a lot of money at a time. Therefore, If the objective Is to make It easier for people to buy their automobile licenses, which In Oregon are rather high in price, and HAVE to be high In price because we have built a lot of fine roads and must pay for them the most satis factory way to do It, taking every thing Into consideration, la to adopt the partial payments plan, permitting people to pay a little down and the rest later. , There are objections to that plan, of course. It la hard to find a plan to which there are NO objections. But thla writer la of the opinion that If the next legislature wants to make It easier to buy automobile license In Oregon, It will have to adopt the Instalment plan, In some form or other. SPEAKINO of laws, you may or you may not know that there la a Jaw on the statute books of Oregon making It a nlsdemeanor to point your thumb down the road when a car is approaching or otherwise so licit a ride. But that It the case. The law was passed by the legislature at Ita last session. BUT every hitch-hiker on the road points his thumb as every car approachea, and nothing Is done about It. Would TOU turn In a hitch-hiker for signaling to you that he want a ride, knowing that If you turned him In he would be taken to Jail. Of course you wouldn't that is. you wouldn't if you are the right kind of person. You may not want to pick up every Tom. Dick and Harry you pass on the highway, run ning your chances of being tapped behind the ear with a piece of gas pipe or a monkey wrench and robbed f your ready possessions, but you don't want to see aome poor devil hauled off to Jail Just because he afked you for a ride. OVER $40010 TO BE EXPENDED BY Work Expected to Start Within Sixty Days Is Word to C E. Gates Will Mean Jobs for Many It was revealed Saturday n a tele phone conversation between C. E. Gates of this city and Commissioner Carl Washburne of Eugene, that the program outlined by the southern Oregon committee last Wednesday In Eugene had been substantially accepted by the state highway com mission, and that in excess of four hundred thousand dollars state and federal money would be expended In southern Oregon during the coming winter, with reconstruction to start within 60 days. The southern Oregon committee, who interviewed Mr. Washburne in Eugene last Wednesday Included C. E. Oates of Medford, C. H. Demaray of Grants Pass, and Mayor J. E. Thornton of Ashland. This com mittee was sent to Eugene In pur suance to a previous meeting held In Medford called by the roads and highways committee of the Medford chamber of commerce. This pro gram will include the relocation and construction of approximately six miles of the Pacific Highway from (Continued on Page Six) OE JARTLETl CROP Picking and packing of the Bart lett pear crop of the Rogue River valley will be under way In most of the orchards by the middle of the coming week. The Modoc orchard started picking Friday, due to earlier ripening than the average tract. Many of the orchards of the valley have Just completed their propping. The first shipments of Bartletta from the valley is scheduled from the Von Hoevenberg orchards, via Gold Hill, today or Monday for ex port. Other pickings are due to go Into cold storage for a few days be fore being consigned to eastern mar kets. Thus they will avoid conflict with the California crop. The packing plants of the city and valley expect to start operations on a part time scale Tuesday and Wed nesday and be under full awing by a week from Monday, when Bartlett picking will be general. Tfte warm weather of the past few days has caused some of the pears to advance rapidly. Orchard Uta and packers alike have agreed to give preference to home workers, and as a result there has been less of an Influx of transient labor than in former years. The reg istration for orchard and fruit work continues unabated at the county court. Any market forecast at this time is held problematical by both or chardlsts and packers, but the pros pects are viewed as favorable. Peach crop shortage, increasing employ ment, optimism In the east and bet terment of general conditions are im portant factors. WILL- ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cel., 5. One of the very able men of the automobile industry t;oes into the cabinet Roy Chapin. He arrived on his new job just in time to get his salary cut 15 per cent. You can get some awful good men now to work for niiehfy little money. In the bicycle events out here in the Olympics our riders couldn't get there in time to changfi a tire for the foreign ers. Too many Fords parked outside our school houses for your young folks to even know how to ride a bike. Folks had nothing laid up when this depression hit us, but it looks like they think auto graphs will save 'cm the next time. Yours, .tt"M.."'!l''ao4lfa.. Valley HELP IN BARING 'S College Merger Activity Eyed by School-Tax Saving As sociation Hoax Theft May Bring Jury Quiz PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8. (AI) Amedee M. Smith, chairman of the school-tax saving association, today directed a letter to C. J. Whiteside, president of the Corvallla chamber of commerce, seeking cooperation in determining the motives back of the Zorn-MaoP herson bill for consolida tion of Oregon's Institutions of high er education. In the meantime, word reached here from Albany that Hector MacPherson, co-sponsor of the bill, plans to re viow the testimony submitted here during the preliminary hearing of Cyril G. Brownell before deciding If he will demand a grand Jury hearing. Brownell was released In district court here yesterday on a charge of larceny In connection with the recent disappearance of signed petitions fa voring the bill. MacPherson said he had an appointment here Monday with District Attorney Langley. Chief Criminal Deputy District At torney George Mowry had pointed out that the district court ruling in Brownell's case merely released from ball. He said the case can still be laid before the grand Jury. Smith's letter follows In part: "The astounding revelations of a secretly organized, secretly operated and secretly financed organization to promote the Zorn-MacPherson edu cational bill, made in court at the Brownell hearing, points so strongly to a group of big business and prc fesslonal men of Cor vail Is that we are actuated to write to you as presi dent of the chamber of commerce of Corvallla to ascertain whether the tactics used thus far by them and the extravagant claims made for the bill has the sanction of the Corvallls chamber or represents the city as a whole."' WALKER TO GIVE 'REAL TRUTH' IN PROBE OF ACTS NEW YORK, Aug. 8. AP) In a bitter attack on his accusers, Mayor Walker tonight 'said he would ap pear at a public hearing- called by Governor Roosevelt for Thursday and would bring out "the real truth" about "these foul and outrageous ac cusations" on which his removal is sought. He charged the testimony produced against him at hearings of the Hof stadter legislative committee had been "purposely manipulated." He said the governor's .hearing would be his first opportunity to confront "those witnesses upon whose one-sided and hearsay testimony my political life is sought." He declared he would examine the witnesses himself In order to bring out "the entire truth." Earlier the governor had disclosed he had set a date for a public hear ing in his executive chamber in or der that Walker might make a final answer to the charges of misconduct and that his critics might tell aaln why they thought he should be re moved. STARS TO SHOOT PHILADELPHIA. Autr. (AP Astronomers predict the beat ehower ' of shooting stars in several years I after midnight Thursday, August 11. These flaming stars are the perseld ! meteors, which have been visiting j the earth annually In mid-summer i for 1100 years. Usually they have ! to compete with moonlight, but this j time the moon will be out of the I way for it sets about midnight, for ihl reason more than usual are ex pected to be visible. Wasco Prosecutor Takes Salary Slash THE DALLES. Ore., Aug. 6. (AP) Ptancla V. Galloway, Wasco county distrirt attorney, yesterday notified Hal E. Ho, secretary of gtate. that he la remitting to tne s'ate 10 per cnt of hta salary. His action follows thai Qi Evl A, M9t Qi TAtyU, Pear Crop Cut BASEBALL RESULTS R. H. E. Portland . 18 1 Los Angelea 5 8 1 Batteries: Prudhomme and Palml sano; Ballou and Campbell, R. H. E. Seattle .-.. 14 17 3 Missions 3 10 9 Batteries: Nelson and Bottartnl; Osborne, Chellnt and Ricct. R. H. E. San Francisco 6 0 1 Oakland 3 14 2 Batteries: Douglas and Wallgren, Brenzcl; Thomas and La Veque. R. H. E. Hollywood 6 10 0 Sacramento 0 IS 1 Batteries: Page, Sheehan and Sass ier; Tincup and Wlrts. FINE PROGRAM TO T The program for the formal dedi cation of the new Jackson county court house waa released yesterday by the committee of the American Legion, In charge of arrangements for the event, and the statement was made by those In charge that this program, both from the stand point of entertainment and educa tion, promises to be one of the finest ever staged In southern Ore gon. The dedication program will fol low the civic and industrial parade, scheduled for 10 a. m., Thursday, September 1, which will end at the court house building, where the cere monies will be held. I. E. Vlning, of Ashland, one of the outstanding orators of the Pacific coast, will make the dedication address, and will be Introduced by County Judge C. B. Lamkln. The only other ad drw slated for the program will be by W. H. Oore of Medford, who was Instrumental In securing the passage of the O. & C. land grant bill, proceeds of which were used in the construction of the building. Mr. Gore will be introduced by Guy Cor don, Roseburg, district attorney of Douglaa county. Oleemen to Entertain. Entertainment features of the dedi cation program will Include the first public appearance of the Med ford Gleemen, organized last spring. The male chorus of 40 voices, di rected by James Stevens, has been rehearsing steadily throughout the spring and summer, and. according to those who have heard them in action, will prove a most agreeable surprise to music lovers of southern Oregon. The gleemen will sing three numbers. Including the Oregon State Song, "Swing Along'' and "Keep on HoplnV Sebastian Apollo is accompanist and arranger for the chorus. Additional musical numbers will be provided by the Medford Elks' band, under the baton of Wilson Walt. This final musical organiza tion will officially open and close the program with appropriate selec tions. Pist1n(ruthfd Guests. A large number of out-of-town guests hare been Invited by the committee In charge of the dedica tion, and those present at the cere monies will be introduced by W. 8. Bolger, president of the Medford Chamber of Commerce. Among those Invited are Oovernor Meier and his official staff. Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss, State Treasurer Rufus Hol- (Contlnued on Page Pour) Tillamook Work on Catholic school building progressing rapidly. Rise in Stock Market Interests Politicians By t'MW ARD J. IUFFY (AMoHatett Pre Starf Writer) WASHINGTON, Aug. 0. (AP) With the presidential campaign about to fcwlng into the faster stride that will carry to November, the rising stock market has been watched by those who see a relationship be tween 1U behavior and the public sentiment toward the party In power More and more, too, has Interest dwelt on what President Hoover will say about prohibition In his speech Thursday accepting renomlnatlon: and how Oovernor Roosevelt will dispose of the case against Mayor Walker of New York. As to the market, the only unani mity Is that time alone can tell the extent to which the shifts and levels will affect the vote. Aware that a great deal can happen in many fields &wc D4 balloting Umet Jbajjii ERTI Hartman Warns Competing Fruit Growers On Alert Point of Saturation Far Distant." Is Assertion Pear growers of the Rogue River valley and the Pacific northwest "will be forced to advertise their product, In self-defense." Dr. Henry Hartman of the Oregon-Washington pear bu reau warned a half hundred growers at a met? ting held in the basement of the Hotel Medford Saturday after noon. "The pear comes Into competition with fruits that are highly advertised and our competitors will call no 'dis armament on advertising.' If they did we might refrain from advertis ing, but under present conditions of trade and marketing, we must do so in self defense." "We have a product that lends It self readily to intensive advertising, and Is highly marketable," continued Dr. Hartman. "It la not an acid fruit, a fact that makes a strong appeal to people who like fruit but who are not able to eat it because of acidity. And to thousands of people, the win ter pear la practically unknown. Our task Is to bring It to them In an edible condition." No Surplus Seen Dr. Hartman said there was no cause for alarm in the future of the winter pear, because "despite the known Increase In production, there would never be a pear surplus such as exists In the grape and peach In dustry. "There Is every possibility of ex panding the pear markets of the na tion and the world," said Dr. Hart man. "New York City is the only saving grace today. Other large cities (Continued on Page Nine) AL FAILS INATTEMPT VENTNOR, Isle Of Wight, Aug. (AP) Mrs. Victor Bruce, British wo man flier, w,ho took off yesterday In attempt to set a new endurance rec ord, failed again today. Her plane, the C'ty of Portsmouth, which she called her "Flying Bunga low," came down on the water near here this morning after being In the air a little more than fifteen hours. A leak In the main gasoline tank was given aa the reason for the aban donment of the flight. 10 ROCKAWAT, Ore., Aug, 8, (AP) The Saturday night dance here got off to a late start here tonight be cause some 18 men had difficulty In finding sufficient hitching racks. The 18 had ridden to the dance on horseback. Inability to purchase the new automobile licenses was held responsible for the delay. Divers Recover U-Boat Victims KIEL, Germany, Aug. 8. (AP) Divers brought up from the bottom of the sea today the first of the bod ies of the victims of the sinking of the naval training ship Nlobe near here July 28. Sixty-nine men, most of them naval cadets, were lost. politically-wise are refraining from any final conclusions. Mr. Hoover continues closely to guard his plans for dealing with the prohibition topic, thereby sharpening the anticipation among those on both sides. Much conflicting advice has been received at the White House, but absolutely nothing Is being Mid there about It. The Now York situation Is the source of plenty of study and reflec tion for both parties with an eye to that powerful bloc of electoral votes. Dr. Edwin C. Dlnwldtile, executive secretary of the national prohibition board of strategy, disclosed today he had cited to a secretary to the presi dent, an analysis giving the dry viewpoint that for 13 years pait Re publicans In New York have mad" "a sorry showing in almost exact WPX with. h wetngsa't gf tbejr by Sudden Wind Storm BONUS HEAD JOINS FOLLOWERS Walter W. Waters (right), leader waa greeted by Mayor Eddie McCloakey when he arrived In Johnstown, Pa., by airplane from Waahlngton. Part of the bonua army came ta Johnstown at the Invitation of McCloakey after they had been routed from Washington. Watera brought to the weary marchers news of a refuge In Maryland which had been deeded to them. (Associated Presi Photo) PIPES' PETITION JUDGE RACE READY Petitions for the nomination of A. W. Pipea of this city for county Judge on an Independent ticket will be filed with the county clerk some time Monday. The petitions contain 044 names from all sections of the county and centering in , this city, Ashland and Central Point. Tho petitions have been In circulation for the past two weeks. Ashland precincts contributed 110 names, Medford 323 names. Gold Hill district 120, Central Point 72, and 23 from the Jacksonville and Ruch areas. It Is understood that petitions now being circulated In the other districts of the county will be turned In next week. Pipes will oppose William E. Phlpps, the Democratic primary nominee, and Earl H. Fehl, who won the five-cornered Republican primary race in the spring election. Pipes said yesterday that he ex pected his petitions to be filed Mon day and that "I Intend to make an aggressive campaign, with tho maxi mum of facts, and the minimum of mudsllnglng. I will clear the atmos phere on all points that may be clouded by distortion of the truth," Pipes Is a farmer mayor of Med ford, a large property owner, and In terested in civic improvement. He Is fairly well known throughout the county. Soon after the primary Pipes an nounced that he would be an Inde pendent candidate. Tho season for filing of Independ ent candidacies for county offices opened August 1, and under tho Ore gon law closes 45 days before Vie general election, November 8, Attorney M. O. Wllklns last week filed his petitions as an Independent candldtae for district attorney, and P. H. Haynes of Rogne River is sched uled to file Intentions to run against H. D. (Johnny) Reed of Gold Hill for the Justiceship of that district. AG WALKER OUT ON BAIL BONDS WINSTON BALEM, N. C, Aug. 0 (AP) Albert Walker, co-defendant with Llbhy Ilolman in the murder charge arising from the death of her husband. Smith Reynolds, ob tained his relesse on bond today, while attorneys for the still missing blues singer mspped their plans for battle to keep her out of Jail. Walker. I0yenr-old chum of the young heir to tobacco millions, who was mysteriously shot a month ago j today, was granted the privilege of bond In the amount of 2 ft, 000 at habean corpus hearing. Hi father, B. B. Walker, retired rrnl ritate ! dralrr, signed the bond and be was i of the bonua expeditionary force. Ti PLAN OF FRIENDS A plea for executive clemency and pardon will be filed early this week with Governor Julius L. Meier, on be half of L. Alvln To lief son of Central Point, former cashier of the Central Point State bank, under two year sentence to state prison for perpetra tion of a "bank robbery hoax." The pardon request will be made through Harry Skyrman, attorney and per sonal friend of Tollefson, and asso ciate of Attorney A. E. Reames who appears as "a friend In court of the young man." Petitions signed by a majority of the resident of the Central Point district and bankers and business men of this city will also be present ed to the governor. The district attorney's office will present the confession of Tollefson and the court records of the case to the governor, but will make no per sonal appearance before the exec utive. It Is planned to present the mat ter to the govornor Monday or Tues day. It Is also understood that briefs In an appeal o the supreme court are near completion. The time allot ted for legal action In the case ex pires thla week. The pardon plea will stress the fact that no money was lost by rea son of the hoax, and that Tollefson himself and his family are the chief sufferers. Also that up to the time of the ruse he had led an exemplary life. On May 0, last, Tollefson reported to the sheriff that shortly after noon he had been held up and robbed by a lone bandit as he attended to his duties in the Central Point bank. The following day Tollefson made a signed confession that the robbery was a hoax, to cover up defalcations. All the money was recovered, most of it being hidden in his home. A month later on a plea of guilty Tollefson was sentenced to state pris on for a two-year term by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. Appearing In Jiuitl" court bffore H. D. n1 at Clo!d Hill ycaterday af ternoon. Ampere YounK, of Medford waa fined S75 on a charge of poaseu lon of liquor filed by federal and Medford officers. On the same c'.iarne, V. a. Searcy alao of Med fori waa fined 1150 and sentenced to 30 daya III jail. Young was arrested by city and federal officers Friday ntfrht when 65 bottles of beer and severe! cases of empty bottles were found In the resi dence at 401 Weat Jackson street. Three gallons of slcohol snd 13 pints of moonshine we're seized In Searcy's downtown apartment about ?1 ' !Ej BtlmjXil fttvrnlllj, EIGHT 10 FORTY PER GENT L( SAY ESTIMATES Sudden Gale Near Sundown Wreaks Havoc Many Fires Flare in Valley Power Wires Prostrated A sudden gusty wind, dust and smoke laden, awept over the Rogue river valley last evening about aun down causing considerable damage to orchards, the full extent which cannot be accurately estimated until a day light aurvey la made today. The wind was general throughout the valley, and varied In velocity from ten to 34 miles per hour. The highest velocity was recorded between seven and seven thirty o' clock, when It attained a peak of 34 miles per hour. The wind according to report last night was heaviest In the Talent, Phoenix, and Pern Valley district, and In the foothill districts, south snd east of the city. Estimates Vary First estimates on the wind loss to pears varied last night from eight to 40 per cent. Sheltered Qrcharda Buf fered the least. A conservative esti mate waa a box to a tree. Most of the trees were propped, which prevented a heavier foss. The fact that moat of the trees were heavily laden also pre vented the trees from being whipped by the gusts. The wind csme as a climax to a sultry afternoon, and seemed to form In the Oriftln Creek region hills, spread out fan-shape over the valley, and wasted Itself in the north and east. The general direction waa south east. In many ot the orchards, limbs were broken off. Most of the surveys made last evening, were by auto light, on the outer rows where the wind would naturally have the cleanest sweep. The center rows sustained the least loss being protected. The ground wsa littered with debris. Power Wires Hit Coupled with the wind, was the demoralization of power service on every circuit In the valley for half an hour. The fine to the HUlcrest dis trict was still out of commission at ten o'clock. The power transmission line over the Slsklyous waa severed by falling trees In the mountains. Thir ty men were engaged In making re pairs last night. When the wind was at Its height, a fire alarm was sounded. A pile of rubbish between the Alta Vista Pack ing house, and the Monarch Seed Company warehouse on South Fir street caught fire from unknown causes. It wsa quickly extinguished. In racing to this call, the fire truck swerved at Main and Front streets, missing capsizing by a hair. Many Grass Fires Immedlstely grssa fires broke out on the Bear Creek bottoms, near the fair grounds and on West Second street. Another grass fire In the Ow ens Flats, east of Talent, which had been burning during the day waa whipped to fresh fury. Woodsheds be longing to Robert McKanahan, and E. B. Price caught fire from the West Second street grass fire, before it was curbed. The annual grass fires on the flanks of Roxy Ann, and the foothills to the south rsged last night, and ac cording to Carl Y. Tengwald, of the Weaterlund orchards, wen, set. The fires broke out In three places aeven miles apart, Saturday afternoon about two o'clock. The fire was endangering the power transmission line of the California Oregon Power company to Prospect, and a force of men was guarding It. The flames swept close to 1000 acres. The etate forest department had been watching the Owens lat grass fire, and Antelope brush, and along Bear creek. Men were recruited from the atreet of the city, aa fire fight ers. Heavy Dust Files The heaviest dust storm since 1916 awept the aouth end of the valley, the tall-end swishing through the city. The southern sky waa thick with dust. In the Talent and Fern Valley dis tricts, trees were blown over. A wal- (Contlnued on Page Four) SEATTLE SHAKEN BY BRE QUAKE BKATTLB, Wash., Aug. (.(API Downtown buildings were ahaken by an earthquake at 3:17 p. m. today. The earth' movement lasted only ft few seconds. LIMA, Peru. Aug. 6. (API A strong earth tremor waa felt here at 1:60 p. m, (C. S. T.) today. A re port from Arequlpe tald, II was fell strousljr there, -