Medford mail tribune., August 17, 1932, Page 8, Image 8

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MEDFORD UXJL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, SUGUST 17, 1932.
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FOR MRS
FATAL SMASHUP
Polio wing the auto cruh in the
Midway highway yesterday afternoon,
at the "Pour Corner." which result
ed In the death of Mrs. Nettle Rob
ertson, 52, of Seattle, Waah., severe
Injuries to J. C. Moore, packing
house superintendent, and leaser in
juries to the three children of 6. M.
Tuttle of Table Rock, the state police
took steps to have the point desig
nated a "stop road." Similar action
as been asked for other 'four cor
ner" accident hazards of the rural
districts. The state hlffhway depart
ment has promised cooperation, and
will send an engineer here at once, to
survey the situation.
State police investigated the iraglc
crash yesterday afternoon. Lieut. O.
O, Nichols reported that one car
skidded 33 feet, and the other 38
feet, and that "the blame was even."
There seems to have been no actual
eyewitnesses to the accident, though
nearby residents and a storekeeper
were on the spot Immediately, as the
, din of the terrlflo Impact aroused
them. Both machines were hurled
through the intersection, and badly
wrecked. The auto In which Mrs.
Robertson was riding was a Franklin.
Moore was driving a Ford model.
Both machines overturned.
District Attorney George A. Ood
ding said today that he would con
fer with Coroner H. W. Conger on the
future. He did not regard an Inquest
as necessary, owing to all the facts
being wH established, C, I. Robert
eon, the grlef-strlcken husband, also
desires that no inquest be held.
According to the reports, both cars
were proceeding at a fairly lively
pace. Robertson was driving Into the
sun, and his view was partially ob
scured to the north by buildings.
Captain Lee M. Bown of the south
ern Oregon state police said that the
Investigation of traffic conditions
had been under way for some time,
and that the matter of declaring
three or more "four corners" of the
county as complete stop roads was
considered.
Following the fatality of yesterday,
residents living near the scene filed
complaints that trucks and autos
made a regular practice of speeding
on the Midway highway, and that
near accidents were almost a dally
occurrence.
The state police plan Is to nave
one of the roads open at all times,
and to compel a complete hatt, to
reduce the accident risk.
Kids and Grownups Get
Thrills of Circus Today
PROVIDS TREAT FOR
NEIGHBORS OF NEFF
Whit s mellow August moon
beamed approval, eiut tide residents
were serenaded by Jamea Stevens and
his male chorua of 40 voices at an
open air concert laat night.
Under a spotlight In the sloping
rdena of the Mr. and Mrs. Porter
Neff home, the gleemen were call
ad Into rehearaal. But to the resi
dents within a radius of one-half
mile, the sequence of excellently
rendered numbers represented the
finished product.
With remarkable blending of tone
and enunciation, the worda of the
songs could be heard distinctly a
quarter of a mile away, and the mel-
odlea distinguished twice that dis
tance.
Once during ths program, the voice
of James Stevens floated singly out
on the breene. The number was
"Brown October Ale." No sooner had
the first strains of the old favorite
been sung than a shower of applause
was echoed from th surrounding
hillside homes and frum oars parked
along the roadilds.
In such a setting, perhaps one of
the most Inspired numbers sung was
Joyce Kilmer's beautiful "Trees."
This won prolonged applause, ss did
"Danny Boy," "Sylvia" and othsrs of
the 20 or more selections heard.
The Medford: Oleemen, under the
direction of James Stevens, ars In
rehearsal for their first pubUo ap
pearance, the dedication of the new
courthouse, September 1, At that
time they will present a program of
five numbers, including: "Swing
Along," "Home on the Range," "Keep
on Hopln-," "Brown October Ale" and
"Oregon."
Last night's rehearsal was their
first In the open air.
Today Is circus dsyl
Kiddles of Medford went to bed
last night dreaming of clowns with
funny painted faoes, giraffes with
necks that reach up into the clouds,
elephants with flopping heads and
wiggling trunks, pretty girls In pink
tights and fluffy skirts, blowing
kisses' while cavorting upon the backs
of broad beamed horses, fat as but
ter, and goodness knows what else.
And todsy the dreams come true,
for the circus not one of your ordi
nary circuses but the glgsntlo af
fair floating the magic gonfalon of
Al O. Barnea, known to all urchins
and oldsters as the "big show" la
again In Medford and In addition to
the performance this afternoon will
serve up another exhibition tonight
at the Timber Products Co. grounds.
All for the delectation of pop-eyed
youngsters and their elders who sre
secretly rejoicing that the olrcus has
come to town that they may attend
"Just to take the children."
The circus came from Grants Pass,
where It exhlblted-yesterday, the flrat
of the three long trains chugging Into
town early today. Other trains ar
rived at Intervals and this morning
the railroad yards were filled with
long trains of yellow cars loaded to
the last Inch of apace, with all the
strange, weird, polygot collection of
the "blar tow." .
Shortly after the arrival of the flrat
train, began the work of unloading
ana the transfer of the red wagons,
tableaus, allegorical floats snd dens
to the show grounds. Urchins that
ordinarily kick upon getting up at
a reasonable hour to do their family
chorea slept laat night with one eye
open and cord attached to their big
toe to be pulled through the window
by a neighborhood chum, so ss to be
on hand with the arrival of the cir
cue. And they were on hand hun.
dreds of lads to welcome the red
wagons, to lead the Shetland ponlea
and In general acting aa a eort of re
ception committee.
With the circus In town Medford
Kldland Is agog and grandmothers of
ruthless office boys are about due
for auch a devastation aa cornea only
with the circus or the opening of the
baseball aeason. Also there Is consid
erable anticipation In the ranks of
the grown-ups with many a dad get
ting ready to brush up the bromide
of going to the clrcua because "the
kiddles want to go."
And If one may believe half of
what the clrcua man' says, It Is "some
circus," answering even the dresms
of a Nero and better than the most
gorgeous dresms a kid ever had. No
need fussln' through the dictionary,
says the circus man,- to give vent
to pent up enthusiasm, for Webster
never msde provision for such a
bunch of thrills aa the circus prom
ises to uncork here today in the five
rings, the steel arena and upon two
stages, upon the hippodrome oval and
giant aerial enclave. In addition to
the time honored acts and features,
without which no circus would be
complete, there will be a whole flock
of new acts.
Prom dsrkest Africa cornea a whole
tribe of monster-lipped Ubangl sav
ages. It Is the first time that these
weird natives of the Congo equatorial
district hsvs been exhibited In Amerl
cs. They will be In tribal costume
in the menagerie tent.
Bertha Matlock halls from the Win
ter Garden, Berlin, Germany, and will
amaze and thrill with her exploits
high up In the dome of the big top;
the Belmont family of equestrians are
newly Imported from Englsnd, slong
with . ths arlzelle troupe of riders
from Belgium. Dixie Whltaker, petite
and dainty elephant trainer from the
Ural mountains of Continental Eu
rope; the Jordan family, aerlallats;
the Eacalante of acrobats are here.
So, too,' la Mlae Mabel Stark and her
17 performing Royal Bengal tigers.
Sixty clowns are on hand for the
entertainment of the little folks.
A monster pageant with scores ox
story book characters beloved by the
children, stsrts the Circus perform
snoe nrooer. It Is cslled "The Pag
eant of Gold." a gorgeous, processional
fiesta, depleting the charm ana ro
mance of old Spain, and la partici
pated In by upwards of loou men.
women snd horses. There are 100
dancing glrla: great choruses of train
ed singers; golden toned organs and
vast orchestras. Aitogetner a is uw
sreateat circus prelude in the long
and eventful history of Mr. Barnes.
Reserved and admlaslon tickets are
on sale at Jarmln Js Woods' Phar
macy, On the show grounds the
white ticket. wagon Is contlnuoual,'
accessible for the purchase of reserved
seata. The general admission tickets
will go on sale at the red ticket wagon
simultaneously with the opening of
the doora.
At midnight the laat of the clrcua
trains will be pounding over the ralla
towards Redding, Csllf. And circus
day here wlU'be but a memory. '
This way for the big ahowl
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OORVAULIS. Ore., Aug. 17 (ft
The bridge over Mary's river at the
Corvallls city limits collapsed last
night, carrying down with It Bern
Hafenfeld, assistant graduate man
ager at Oregon State college, and
tying up traffic In the west side Pa
cific highway, v
Hafenfeld, driving aver the bridge
In his car when the structure fell
Into the river, was rescued by fire
men and rushed to a hospital here
where his condition was reported not
serious.
A truck loaded with six tons of
groceries had all but crossed the
bridge when It collapsed, but was
thrown partly into the river and had
to be towed out. The bridge was a
100-foot steel span.
Miner Leader Shot.
BENETON, HI., Aug. 17. () Joe
Colbert, president of local Miners'
Union No. 30S at Orient, was shot
to death today by one of three men
who drove up to his home, called
him to their car and then fled after
killing him with a shotgun.
CITY TOTAL
$17,80SA1G
(Continued from Page One.)
In the Interests of local fruit and
vegetable growers and presented sn
ordinance providing further protec
tion for them In the licensing, sale
and delivery of fresh fruits and veg
etables. The ordinance amends the
one already in existence, reducing
from (300 to $250 the license fee
for fresh fruit and vegetable peddlers.
It Is expected to give additional pro
tection to local growera and to add
ease to enforcement of the law. It
applies to peddlers from California
or other atates who Invade the local
territory to sell produce at any price,
destroying the local mens chance for
a respectable profit.
The ordinance was sccepted by the
council, all city dads, with the ex
ception of C. C. Furnas, casting af
firmative votes. It wss first present
ed at the previous meeting of the
council snd referred to City Attorney
Prank Parrell, who conferred with
Attorney Skyrman In preparation of
the ordinance as It wss presented
lsat night.
Museum Planned.
Fred Brown of the Amerlcsn Auto
mobile assoclstlon appeared before
the council to present plana for es
tablishment In Medford of a mu
seum, festurlng southern Oregon
relics. Space In the city courthouse,
following removal of the county of
ficials to their . new quarters, was
asked. He was Instructed to consult
with Mr. Scheffel regarding the mat
ter, which was favorably received by
the council.
The advisability of allowing the
horseshoe pitchers to continue with
their games In the city park, at
wnicn location they very recently es
tabllshed their court, was questioned
lsst night and led to a series of ex
planations of the matter by George
Porter of the park and playground
committee. C. A. Meeker was not
present, but Councilman Porter and
Mr. Scheffel assured the city dads
that Mr. Meeker was anxious to get
the horseshoe pitchers settled, and
that they were more than anxious to
resume their games, and at a Iocs.
Won In the city pak. The horseshoe
court previously used, neighboring
the Hotel Medford, was turned Into
a wood lot by Emll Mohr when ne
took over msnsgement of the hotel
this month.
Take No Action.
Park guests, anticipating a quiet
reat, now complain that the click of
the horseshoes Is not to their liking.
The horseshoe pitchers, Mr. Porter
pointed out, are substantial citizens
and taxpayers, snd the court Is lo
cated where It will not Interfere with
church services on the one side and
library guests on the other. No def
inite action was taken by the council
While the subject of perks and
playgrounds was before the council,
C. C. Furnas reported several com
plaints regarding the open air train
ing camp of boxers and wrestlers,
maintained at the children's plsy
ground. Spectators, wstchlng the
fighters In training, he stated, pre
vent children entering the grounds
for play, permission hss been grant
ed the boxing commission to main,
tain the open sir camp. It waa point
ed out ,and no further discussion re
sulted.
Pugsley Winner
" J& 2'' &
J. arret! Eaaarv hlf r-t h b.i.i
more 8un's Washington bureau, was
awarded the 1,000 Pugsley prize
for outstanding newspaper work
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ITALY REDUCING
NAVY STRENGTH
130,000 TONS
(Continued from Page One)
formerly was In the Austrian navy.
The navy department believes an
extensive retiring program will save
millions of dollars monthly. The
crews of the retired vessels will be
transferred to new cruisers gradually
entering the service.
Simultaneously with the retirement
schedule comes a reorganization of
the fleet. This Involves creation of
two squadrons. The first will con
sist of seven 10,000-ton cruisers, none
mre than three years old. with head
quarters . at Spezla. The second
squadron Is of six 5000-ton cruisers,
more than two years old, some of
which hold world speed records. Its
headquarters will be at Taranto.
No More Battleships
There will also be an (Adriatic
squadron of destroyers.
Retirement sounds the death knell
of the battleship so far .as Italy Is
concerned. Although the navy Is far
below the total of 170,000 tons In
battleships granted by the Washing
ton treaty, Italy disregarded the
right to build this type, turning at
tentlon Instead to light cruisers. The
Dviillo and the Andrea are the last
battleships of the fleet.
The entire Italian navy recently
completed the most extensive ma
neuvers ever held since th eend of
th world war. Thy were designed to
test the practicability of bringing
transports from the Mediterranean
colonies through an enemy line.
It waa demonstrated that this could
be done, but only at great cost.
f Another Traveling
"Slicker" Catches
Medford Merchants
(Contributed.)
Medford merchants hare been
caught again by a traveling slicker,
who sold them ads on a menu for a
local restaurant, collecting cash In
advance from many of them. This
was months ago and the menus have
not been delivered nor heard from,
nd probably never will be.
All of this work can be printed by
home printers. Why get caught by
slickers?
Prominent Mason
Taken By Death
LOfl ANGELES, Aug. 17. flp)
Perry W. Weldner, fll, banker and
International figure In freemasonry,
died last night In a local hospital as
surjreens were preparing to operate
on him for an abdtmonal ailment.
Weldner was elected most eminent
grand master of the Knights .Temp
lar In 1011 at the encampment In
Minneapolis. j
Salem Officials -
To Take Pay Cut
A A MEM, Aug. 17 (AP) City of-
flclale of Salem will have their sale- i
fJ cut from 6 to 10 per cent under
sn ordinance proposed by the city
council. Final action will be taken
fkptembef 6, . - I
Charles A. Wing
Announces that he has purchased ,
the interests of Clinton
Spencer in the
Charles
A; Wing
Agency, Inc.
and hereafter will be actively engaged
in the management of the Agency!
Never Was There a Better Time to Buy! We Have Some
Exceptional Opportunities
FOR THOSE SEEKING REAL BARGAINS
CHARLES A. WING AGENCY, INC.
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Phone 728
HIGHWAY TRAVEL
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GRANTS PASS. Aug 17. (Spl.)
Returns received trom 18 of the
checking; stations on the traffic count
taken Sunday Indicate that travel
ovsr the hlghwsys Is about 45 per
cent leas than at the ssme time laat
year, according to James G. Brom
ley, state highway mslntenance engi
neer, who compared the traffic counts
of the montha of August, 1931 and
1032, at hla office today.
All checking stations returns have
not as yet been received Bromley
stated, and It Is Impossible to com
pare travel on all portions of tne
highways as checkers were etatloned
at a few different locatlona Sunday
than were maintained last year.
Returna from the 18 atatlona re
ceived to date are as followa:
Pacific highway. Summit Stage
Road Pass 894 In 1932: 1237 In 1931.
Pacific highway, north of the Junc
tion with Redwood highway 2238 In
1932; 3059 In 1931.
Paclflo highway, south of June
tlon with Redwood highway 1878 in
1932: 2034 In 1931.
Pacific highway, 1 mile aouth of
Medford 2911 in 1932: S487 In 19S1.
Junction Pacific and Redwood high.
ways 783 In 1932: 2790 in 1931.
Crater Lake highway, north ol
Junction with Central Point road
1184 in 1932; ou in iuji.
Pacific highway, north of the Green
Springs Junction 1147 In 1932; 1145
in 1931.
Pacific highway, south of the Green
Springs Junction 858 In 1932; 92
in 19"31.
Oreen Springs highway. Junction of
the Pacific highway 440 In 1932; 510
In 1931.
Redwood highway, east of .the June,
tlon of ths Pacific highway with the
fairgrounds road 274.
Redwood highway, on the fair
grounds road 1119.
Redwood highway, west of the June,
tlon of the Pacific highway with the
fairgrounds road 1348.
Redwood highway, south of ths
Junction of the Pacific highway with
the falrgrounda road 2192.
Redwood highway, north of the
Junction of the Paclflo highway with
the fairgrounds road 3317.
Redwood highway, falrgrounda road,
south of the Junction on Pacific high,
way 1343 In 1932: 2034 in 1931.
Redwood highway, south of Junc
tion of the Pacific highway 440 In
1932; 510 In 1931.
Redwood highway, north of Oregon
Caves Junction 728 In 1932; 967 la
1931.
Oregon. Caves highway, from Junc
tion of Redwood highway 325 in
1932: 423 In 1931,
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