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Medford Mail 1 The Weather Forecast; Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy; normal temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday , - 75 I,owet thU morning M Facts vs. Claims About 90 per cent, of the leading Newspapers of ttie Lotted States and Canada are A. B. C. members. The other 10 per cent, sell "claimed circulation. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, No. 120. TJBUNE MlleS B1ITILEH mm wi Bmm Warn UMaaMa mma gaaaafeiai UattV Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HERE Is an Interesting paragraph in the newa ot Monday: "Stocks crashed through to the highest price since Maroh today In a tidal wave of buying that plied up a turnover'of 5,500,000 shares, the larg est since October, 1930." WHAT does that mean? Well, stated In the simplest possible way, It means that . on the stock exchange Monday there were more buyers than sellers. Since there f were more buyers than sellers, prices lose. That ALWAYS happens. L 15 her 18 the 'really Interesting D question: "WHY were there more buyers than sellers?" TIE answer to that question must be this: "Because people, all of a sudden, have regained some meas ure of their confidence in the future of this country, and so are rushing In to buy cheap while buying cheap is still possible In the hope that later they will be able to sell high, and to make a profit." W ISTEN: ' If people RETAIN their confi dence In the future of this country, particularly In the future of busi ness In this country. It Is highly probable that the end of the depres sion Is In sight. That Is why all this news of rising prices Is so significant. BECAUSE It reflects, at least for the moment, a rising tide of confi dence In the futuO, the present boom ( on the stock exchange Is Important. Far MORE IMPORTANT Is the news of rising prices of farm crops. Wheat again tilted upward sharply, after Its somewhat startling rise of Saturday. Cotton, which means nothing here in Southern Oregon, but means EVERY THING In the South, showed good gains. From Chicago, great agricultural marketing center, came this encour aging dispatch: "Butter and egg fu ture again scored on the Chicago Mercantile exchange today. Prices for the third consecutive trading session shot to new highs for the season." That chimes In with the whest news, which read: "Sweeping up ward with the largest speculative demand witnessed In months, wheat made substantial price gains, espe- etally late." F THESE price Increases hold, they will mean larger buying power on tbe farm, and larger buying power on the farm will be reflected In in creasing demand for the products of Industry. If there Is increasing de mand for the products of Industry, It will mean more employment and more employment. In its turn, will be reflected in Increasing demand for the products of the farm. Business works that way, In a sort of endless chain. ERE la another encouraging note, especielly for Southern Oregon, where the wool Industry Is one of our largest agricultural Industries: the dlspstch coming from Boston, the country's largest wool market: "Sentiment In the wool market la becoming more optimistic. A large movement of wool last week encour aged efforts to advance asking prices on holdings. Further stimulus Is glv V en by reports of stronger prices on recent purchases in the country." Improving sentiment in the wool Industry hasnt yet been reflected In higher prices here In the wool coun try, but WILL BE If It continues. INCIDENTALLY, experienced observ- ers tell us that the oversupply of sheep In the country is being liqui dated more rapidly than most people realise. If that Is true, the sheep and wool Industry ought to be due for a pleasing recovery. rHERE Is some' reflection of lm- provement In the lamb market. Within the past few days, lambs have old In the Southern Oregon-North- (Continued on Pare Six) PuhlMier files. EAST ORANGE. N. J, Aug. 10 AP) Jeremiah Osborne Crowell, 60, vice-president and secretary of the Thomas Y. Crowell Publishing com1 Pny. died at his home here today. German vacationists who purchase round. trln ratlrnarl tlrbeL mi in sure the retuxq aiubs against loss F LATE YESTERDAY Claim Confession From Vic tor and Oris Goble and Kirch Peile of. Trail and Tyrus Beck of Medford Detailed confessions have been ob tained, the state police claim, from Victor Goble, 19, Oris Goble, IB, and Kirch Felle, 20, all of Trait and Tyrus Beck, 19, Medford, admitting cattle stealing and butchering the past three months. They were ar rested late yesterday and early this morning, following a month of Intensive Investigation by the state police and sheriff's office. The quartet will be arraigned In Justice court this afternoon. The gasoline cowboy rustling ope rations, according to the authorities, extended from the Umpqua divide to the Slsklyous. Valley stockmen who lost cattle by reason of the depredations are Verne Brophy, Ar thur Kent, E. N. Bingham, and Frank P. Bybee. The stock were stolen from the Evans Valley, Antelope, Climax, Little Butte creek and Trail dis tricts. Brophy said this afternoon that In his opinion, SO or 60 head of cattle had been stolen this spring from the ranges. He said that last year he lost $2000 or more .from cattle rustling. Stockmen of the eastern portion of the county are reported aroused by the continued thefts. Suspects Shadowed. In collection of the evidence; the state police detailed two men to watch the suspects. They followed them for the past two weeks, and at one stage spent 60 hours straight shadowing the suspects and eyeing their work. According to the state police, and the alleged confessions the quartet operated both day and night using a spotlight for "night work." They butchered the cattle on the spot, using an auto to haul the loot to town,- The cows were killed with a rifle. The weapon, the spotlight, a block and tackle, and knlvcf. used, were obtained. After the slaughter of the stock- mostly veal It was brought to this city and a license to sell was pro cured. The meat was disposed of In this city, Ashland, Central Foi,nt. Jacksonville, Gold Hill and Grants Pass. Say Operations Admitted. Theft and slaughter and sale of (Continued on Page Three) VALLEY DUES VISITED ON TOUR Users of milk and milk products from msny sections of the valley met at the city park this morning to stsrt on the tour of Jackson county aair rles, arranged by the local unit of the Women's Greater Oregon associa tion. Mrs. Olen Pabrick. president of the Medford sssoclstion, and Chas. W. Austin, milk Inspector, headed the tour. Frank Jenkins, president of Vie Southern Oregon Publishing compa ny, who arrived In Medford this morning, was among special guests on the expedition. Cars for the tour were furnished by producers and dis tributors of milk. Stribling Beats Canadian Fighter BRISBANE. Australia. Aug. !0. (AP) W. L. (Young) Stribling, Ma con, Oa., heavyweight, battered Jack Renault of Canada, so mercilessly to night that the referee halted their scheduled 15-round bout In the fifth round. Stribling almost severed one of Renault's ears with his punching and had him retreating from the start. Biggest Birthday Card For President Hoover WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. () ' President Hoover today observed hli 58th birthday, but his celeration consisted of practically no celebra tion at all. Early to work and a long day at his desk, was the word as to whit note Mr. Hoover would take of his anniversary. Mrs. Hoover, however, Insisted up on following the usual custom. A cake was baked, which tonight will be lighted with 58 small candles. In addition, probably the biggest birthday card ever to come his way was prepared for the President. Brousht here on a railroad freight car yesterday, It contains 40.000 au nAturea, score i of them from state Stock Values Soar Again in Buying Rampage 1 pMaAeb NEW YORK, Aug. 10. IP) (USD. A.) Pear auction: Prices slightly weaker; 7 cars arrived; 32 California, t Washington unloaded; 28 cara on track; 3 New York cars by boat.- California Bartletts: 22,080 boxes. Si. 10-2-15. average 1 .53. Washington Bartletts. 645 boxes, extras 11.00-1.30, average $1.14; choice $1.00-1.10. average Si. 04. OHICAQO, Aug. 10. U.S.D.A.) (&) Peara: 11 California cara arrived; 15 cars on track; 11 cars sold. California Bartletts: 6,275 boxes $1.20-2.05, average 1.65.. O'ER GOLDEN GATE F SAN FRANCISC, Aug. 10. (Pi The way was clear today for con struction of the San Francisco Oolden Gate bridge, a project dreamed of for many years. The Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Perries, Ltd., yesterday announced It had abandoned opposition to con struction of the span. S. P. Eastman, president of the company. Issued a statement saying his company has determined not to appeal to the United States supreme court from a federal court decision sustaining validity of the bridge dis trict and Its power of taxation. Paul Shoup, vice-president of the Southern Pacific company, largest stockholder of the ferries company, followed Eastman's announcement with the statement the Southern Pa- clfio Is in accord- with the Jerries company's action. ''Construction can now 'be started, as soon as the district gets Its ma chinery in motion," said Mayor An gelo Boss I. Eastman said he still believed the bridge project was "ill-founded and Ill-advised" and ."largely a promo tion." . He said the ferry company has been assailed as seeking merely to delay construction of the bridge so that it might profit. E WIN DJWEVENTS OLYMPIC SWIMMING STADIUM. Los Angeles, Aug. 10. AP) The United States captured the first three places In the women's Olympic springboard diving finals today with Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles, win ning the 1932 championship. Miss Catherine Rawls, 14 year old Miami, Fla., girl, finished second and Miss Jane Fauntz, Chicago, third. Miss Coleman totaled 87.53 points in three compulsory and three vol untary, dives from the ten foot springboard. Miss Rawls tallied 82.52 and Miss Fauntz 82.12. ELKS' BAND PLAYS The Elks' band will entertain with a concert In the city park tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, according to announcement today. This concert, the first ore of the season, will be donated to the people and It Is hoped a satisfactory arrangement will be made for future concerts. The city budget committee elimi nated the appropriation for concerts Vila season, due to the shortage of funds, and as a result no programs have been presented by the band. The program for tomorrow evening will be announced in the Thursday Mail Tribune. ley Chase of Winchester, Mass., who engineered preparation of the card, also obtained the signature of Mrs. Mollle Carron of We&t Branch, Iowa. Mr. Hoover's first school teacher. Other observation of the presi dential birthday also was on sched ule. Two groups of Boy Scouts from the capital, Brooklyn and other sec tions of the country, wer,e given an appointment to pay their respects in accordance with their annual custom. A second birthday cake baa been presented by officials ot the United States lines. At least part of the President's day was spent In com pleting his speech of acceptance, to be delivered tomorfw night. His aldos do not expect It to be com peted tlHJu.fr bowpyt uU) Thira- ' JACKSON COUNTY HAY BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER Cash Award of $125 Goes to Medford Garden Club for Efforts in State-Wide Improvement Campaign PORTLAND, Aug. 10. (Jack son county's program of highway bea utilisation won that district the first prize award today when the Memory Gardens Highway Improve ment association announced the re sults of work authorized and endow ed by the late Samuel Hill, highway builder. A cash award of $125 went to the Medford Garden club, of which Mrs. A. E. Reames Is president and Mrs. Curtis Darby, secretary. A commit tee of the club, headed by C. L. Mac Donald and Mrs. Mabel Mack, con ducted the highway beautiflcatlon campaign. Second prize of $75 went to Lane county, where the Eugene Garden club, of which Mrs. E. B. Parks Is president, stressed highway planting and shrub culture. Oswego won the third prize of $50 for Its Improvement of the mile forntage on the Pacific highway. Frank J. Newman, attorney for Mrs. O, F. Relchsteln, this afternoon stated that he planned to Inform District Attorney George Codding "as far as the Relchstelns are concerned, no charges will be filed against Wm. H. Cheadle, 43. who Is being held In the county Jail In connection with the beating of Mrs. Relchsteln at her home early Monday morning. This move was prompted, Mr. New man said, by Identification. Cheadle, who Is Mrs. Retchsteln's brother-in-law, has been held In Jail since his arrest Monday by city officers. Mrs. Relchstoin suffered from fthrck and bruises as a result of a beating early Sunday morning while alone at her home. She namey Cheadle as the suspect. BEND, Ore.. Aug. 10. P) Wintry weather prevailed In the Cascade mountains west of Bend today, and storm clouds which drifted out of the southwest blanketed some of the higher peaks with snow and coated forest service lookout bouses and telephone lines with Ice. Consider able rain fell In the Sisters district. The chill of the unseasonable Au gust weather was felt tn Bend and residents of the city went about with overcoats wrapped about them. Tour ists gathered around large log fires In camps last night when the tem perature dropped to within seven de grees of the freezing point. TILLEOOTRAIL BIDS OPENAUG. 26 PORTLAND. Aug. 10. (AP) The bureau of public roads will open bids here Aug. 26 on the grading of the federal forest section of the Pendle ton -John Day highway and on a sec tion of the Tiller-Trail forest high way In Douglas county. The length of the Pendleton-Jobn Day project la about 15 miles, and that of th Tiller-Trail section, about 2 mli'is. The latter work will com plete the grade In Douglas county, DINSMORE FID $25 FOR MESS DUNG Ralph Dlnsmore of Eagle Point, driver of the car which crashed on the Butte Falls road about two weeks ago. Injuring seriously, the other oc cupants, Delbert Tlngleaf and Jesse Walton, appeared In court In Ashland this morning and was fined $25 and costs when he entered a plea cf guilty to reckless driving charges. License receipt privilege! were also revoked until Dlnsmore csn show that he u qualified to drive an auto without c4anierln hlpcij n,d When Carr Defeated Ben Eastman - ;Xt, JU ,v wt i:T vfl I C - : V' 4 ... 'ffr - o Hill carr, of Pennsylvania, guve 1013 Olympics by winning tlm 400 meters In 4B.8 seconds, two-tenths or a the great Htanrord star. Both shattered the world record of 47 seconds. greatest performance In five days of Olympic truck and field competition. OF FRESH REVOLT AGAINST REPUBLIC MADRID, Aug. 10. (AP) Royalist army leaders plunged Spain Into re bellion today, attacking the ministry of war at Madrid and seizing control of the city of Seville. General Jose Sanjurjo, who escort ed Queen Victoria Into exile, appear ed to be an outstanding figure In the movement. He took over Seville and the Bmaller town of Jerez de la Fron tera. The entire country was practically under martial law as the republican government mobilized to prevent the uprising from spreading. Troops pa trolled the streets of the principal cities of the south and excitement ran high. The civil guard, backbone of he government'a armed forces, was di vided. Many of the men garrisoned In the eouth followed their popular former commander, General Sanjurjo. Sentiment was divided also among the civil population. The rebellion began with an attack on the war ministry, but the federal authorities had been warned in ad vance and were ready with machine guns. The attack was repulsed quick ly, but eight men were killed and 50 or more were Injured. Former King Alfonso, on vacation tn Czecho-Slovakla, apparently was not directly connected with the movement, but political observers had no doubt it was a monarchist uprising with th objective of en throning Prince Juan, Alfonso's third son. who Is a cadet In the British navy. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10. (API Members of the stste board of higher education today confirmed reports that Dr. George Frederick Zook, president of Akron (Ohio) university will be In Oregon this week to confer with the board about the possibility of his being appointed chancellor of Oregon's Institutions of higher learn ing. Dr. Zook was In Chicago yesterday and was expected in Portland Satur day. The board invited him to make a personal Inspection of Oregon's educational institutions, with the chancellorship In mind, after the meeting here July 20 In which the earlier policy to seek a chancellor outside of Oregon was reiterated. Dr. Zook will visit the university, state college and three normal schools. Members of the board will accompany him. 157-Yard Putt Is Hole In One HICKORY. N. C. Aug. 10. (AP) Clinton Andrews today had a new golf record for someone to thoot at. Playing the Hickory club course here, he cams to number fl with the cup 157 yards sway. Hn decided to use the putter and whacked away at the btll. It fell Into tie cup without ttittPM ttW VPWX tSt ft boJt id 9H4. the Lulled htiites Us first sweep in BASEBALL RESULTS National First game: R. H. Ifi. Cincinnati 1 ' 6 ' 3 Brooklyn 6 10 1 Batteries: Lucas and Lombard 1; Mungo and Lopez. Flret game: R, H. I, Pittsburgh - - 8 10 1 Boston 3 10 0 Batteries: Melne and Grace; Zao chary, Frankhouse and Hargrave, Chicago at New York Postponed; rain. (Second game) R. H. B. Pitteburg 2 0 1 Boston - 3 4 1 Batteries: French and Padden; Brandt and Spohrer. 1 American, R. H. E. Philadelphia fl 12 2 Ohioago '. 3 9 0 Walberg and Cochrane; Gregory. Faber and Berry. ' R, H. E. Boston .................... Detroit M 3 3 0 .. fl 10' 0 Rhodes, Weiland and Conolly ; Bridges and Hayworth, CARS LACK ' CURRENT PLATES It ts now Mtlmald by county authorities that all but approximate ly 2600 of the autos In this county have procured or applied for 1032 llcennca. It Is further figured that this list will b. reduced 250 when thoee who have signified their lnten. tlons of purchasing, when finances permit, do so. It Is estimated that there are be tween 9500 and 0000 autos now In the county or 1000 to 1500 less than last year, when owing to the Copco construction work there were many transients. It Is sssumed that close to 7000 licenses hava been Issued for this county to date. Applications for 1032 licenses con tinued, but not ss briskly as the fore part of the month, when they averaged 100 per day. Barter With Russians Is U. S. Business Hope By Victor F.uhank (Associated Press Financial write') NEW YORK, Aug. 10. (AP) Plans for the Improvement of trade rela tions with Soviet Russia are being discussed In lmportsnt political and financial circles. Outside of the old fsshloned system of bsrter and ex change, however, those Interested find that methods of extending fur ther credit to the soviet republic present perlexlng problems. While there are no official figures showing the present Indebtedness of the Soviet Union to the rest of the world. Isst October It was estimated at somewhero nesr 0455.000.000. Debts due American manutacturrr.. aggregating some ,40.000,000, are due this yesr and In 1933-34. Luaaiaa tiforls bava beeq itwjili the throe short distances shire the second nhcad of Ben Gnstmnn, Th crowd nccliilmed It the Associated Press photo. TG Jackson county, for the six months of the year ending June 30, expended $12,121.63 for care of the poor not in the poor farm and $2630.18 lor I maintafnee of those at the poor farm. The figures are contained In the semi annual report of the county treasurer filed with the county court July 22. During the same period $2507.82 was I expended for widows' pensions. I County Commissioner Victor Bur-! sell said today the Indigent fund was "nbout even with the board, but the demands were apt to Increase as win ter approached." While local employment Is expected to Improve with the release of state and federal funds for highway work In the fall and winter, complaints have been filed with the county court realtlve to alleged employment of California workmen In the packing houses of the valley to the detriment of valley workers, despite promises to use local help. The county court has no Jurisdiction as to who shall be hired, as It rests solely wlt.h the em ployer. Local fruit workers said to day that the situation was "shaping up the same as last year." The past two weeks valley residents have been pouring Into the county court securing local labor cards. Valley fruit workers allege that they are being discriminated against and cite that in California orchards and on packing plant sides large signs are displayed, stating that "only Cali fornia residents will be employed." The rhamber of commerce and un employment committee heads are In vestigating the situation. 4 Scientist Needs Long Blonde Hair MONTREAL, Aug. 10. (AP) The MrQlll university weather man was searching Montreal today for a blonde wlt.h golden tresses reaching to her waist. The meteorologist needs the long, fine, sensitive hatd for a re cording hydrograph, an instrument for registering humidity changes. The hair of a brunette Is too coarse, he said. curtailed during the past year owing to the world slump In commodity prices. For some months the soviet government hss hsd considerable dif ficulty In obtslnlng foreign exchange. The result has been that American corporations have tightened their credit regulations or hsve declined to deal In other then very short tnort- ter-n credits. Notwithstanding the shortness of money and credit, one lare American firm Is at present negotiating a bar ter arrangement with the Russlsns whereby It la hoped to exchanga ter tain machinery, badly needed by the Soviets, for commodities usable tn thia country. The machinery la ra! ued at a-oond US. 0O0.0O0. If the traae goes througb. msp LEAD MARKET IN IE 4,500,000 Shares Change Hands in Session Wheat and Cotton Follow Suit Bonds Are Also Buoyant NEW YORK. Aug. 10. (AP) Securities and commodities Joined forces In another active demonstra tlon of bullishness today. Shares, after soaring $3 to 18 I share under leadership of rails, utili ties and farm Implements, reacted from their best prices, but the mar ket strengthened again with buying of motors in the final dealings. Vol ume swelled to approximately 4,500, 000 shares, the second largest turn over of the year. Wheat, expecting a bullish govern. ment crop estimate after the close, showed net gains of about l1 to Mi cents a bushel. Cotton had an ex treme advance of $1.50 a bale, while hides, sugar and rubber quotations strengthened. . . Bonds Buoyant. In the bond market, railroad loans were especially buoyant, some gain In that group amounting to $10 to $40 or more per $1000 obligation. Dividend reductions by Eastman Kodak company and Delaware As Hudson company failed to disturb the general market, although East man shares broke sharply. The unfilled tonnage statement of United States Steel corporation showed a drop of 00,469 tons In the backlog during July, was apparently better than Wall .street had ex pected. A weekly review of th steel trade said producers were still confident in a September upturn, even though there had been slack enlng In the operating ratio ttila week. Close Vnder Best Price. Closing prices of shares were mostly under the best, reactions from the highs amounting In many In stances from $1 to $3, American Telephone, again a cen ter of strenuous activity, closed $4 (Continued on page two) - Portland Worker Held Too Willing PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10. (API- Walter Nichols was In Jail today be cause he was too willing to work. After working on his own card oa the emergency relief crew, he used a card ot -another man who had left town. Nichols was fined $25 for falsely obtaining work. Unable to pay, he was commit teed to Jail. WILL- ROGER? r$qys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cnl., Aus?. !). You folks all over the U. S. thnt thought these Olympic games was just some real estate racket of Ijos Angeles and didn't come, you have been badly fooled. You have missed the greatest show from every angle that was ever held in America. Regardless of hard times, there has been from 70,000 to 105,000 people every day. Re gardless of this old town'i boosting and blowing, they cer tainly come through beautiful. It was dignified, impressive and thrilling, and you have just missed something you won't get to see again during our lifetime. And say don't worry about the Japanese flying over here in case of war. Those birds will swim over. The Argentine won the marathon 26 miles long, lie could stand It, but fainted during his Argentine's national anthem. That is the longest tune in tho world and was writ ten to be pluycd during a mara thon. '- ffluu.attiiiiiTiiiin Imr
