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Twenty-Seventh Year
No. 131.
Al Smith Will Become Ma gazine Managing Editor
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
(fl&CIVB JACK" GARNER, Demo
te cratlo nominee for vtce-presl-,
dent, leaves by airplane from Cincin
nati for hla home at Ban Antonio, In
Texas. The plane la forced down near
Austin, landing In a field.
Nominee Garner atarta out to wait
' the SO milee from Austin to hla home,
but la picked up by a couple of young
men In a passing automobile.
One wonders If he pointed his
thumb, like a good hitch-hiker, as
the car approached.
YOTJ atart somewhere by plane and
wonder If you will get there. You
atart by automobile and KNOW you
will get there.
Only a few years ago, automobiles
were even more unreliable than air
planes are now. The time will come
when airplanes will be Just as de
pendable as automobiles are at
present,
DAREDEVILS stlU fly over the sesa.
They seek glory, and not scien
tific or mechanical advancement, for
nothing la proved by flying over the
ocean that can't be proved by flying
over the lafld within safe reach of a
landing field.
But peop always have been willing
to risk their lives for glory, and prob
ably they always will. This writer,
at least, hopes so.
It will be a dull world when people
are no longer willing to risk their
lives for things they want very much
Indeed.
rtoriTftvn of hitch-hikers, this
sJ writer has been vigorously cussed
nut three times within the past week
and ft nan oy peawnwu
failed to stop and pick up. It isn i
a pleasant experience.
Still, It Isn't a pleasant experience
to be walking along a hot and tire
some road and be passed up by mo
torists who buzz by with their noses
In the air.
So let'a not be too harsh about the
hitch-hiker who loses his temper and
starts cussing when an automobile
with an empty seat passes by.
id the hitch-hikers are wholly fair
1 about It, they will save the bulk of
their cussing for those members ot
their tribe who take advantage of
kindly motorists and tap them be
hind the ear with a monkey-wrench
and make off with their money.
It la fear of such trestment that
.iija mrwt motorists to DBSS UP the
pedestrian on the highway. This
writer, for one, always feels small
and unworthy when he passes a pe
. destrlan and fails to offer a ride, but
hesitates to take a chance.
Probably It la wrong to hesitate.
Still, human nature la human na
ture, and we all strive to avoid as
much trouble aa we can. There is
enough of It that we can't avoid.
A FREIGHT TRAIN passes under
x the overhead crossing Just south
of Ashland. The tops of the cars are
literally covered with men.
Where are they going? Oh, no
where In particular. They're Just
else.
These drifters, heading aimlessly
for "somewhere else," will be one of
the sorrowful leavings of this period
of depression and unemployment.
It will take a long time to over
come this bablt of drifting that Is
being fostered by present conditions.
A MIDDLE-AGED msn, who has
been a carpenter all hla life,
said to this writer the other day:
'lui carpenter, and a fslrly. good
one, but the thing I'd rather do ot
everything else In the world la to clear
up a brush ranch out In the foothills
and start It to producing something.
"I don't mean to say that I could
make big money at It. Probably I
couldn't make as much, year In and
year out, aa I can make at carpenter
ing. What I do mean Is that It's what
I'd love to do."
POOR FELLOW I He la doing one
thing because he has to, or thinks
he has to. and all the time he Is
wanting to do something else. There's
a human tragedy for you.
The luckiest people In the world
are those who would rather do their
A Jobs than to do anything else. They
. get real enjoyment out of life.
(Continued on Page Eighty
Move Bears Out Promise to
Local Committee by Com
missioner Washburne for
Big Project, Is View Here
Definite steps toward reconstruc
tion of the Siskiyou link of the Pa
cific highway, an Important unit In
the large highway construction pro
gram, promised southern Oregon by
the state highway commission,, were
reported here today following arrival
of B. A. Martin and a crew of 30 men
who will locate the new super-hlgh-way'
grade over the Siskiyou moun
tains, opening the bottle neck at the
Oregon state line, and making possi
ble Increased travel through all
cities located on the Pacific highway.
Promise Kept
Organization of a survey crew by
Martin at this time la In perfect
keeping with the program outlined by
Carl Washburne of the highway com
mission, C. E. Gates, member of the
southern Oregon committee, appoint
ed to confer with the highway com
missioners, stated this morning, and
ahows that, he la fulfilling the prom
ises made this section.
In assuring the southern Oregon
lana that the realignment of the Sis
kiyou route would be granted and no
delay made In atartlng work on the
project, Commissioner Washburne
stated that the first move In that
direction would be a recheck of the
survey previously made of the pro
posed route.
(Continued on Page Five)
FAIL TO EMERGE
AS PLANE LANDS
WICHITA. Kas., Aug. 23. (AP)
Jimmy Doollttle, trapped In the air
an hour and 45 minutes by a faulty
retractable landing gear, set his Laird
biplane on the rest field today,
escaping Injury to himself, but dam
aging the plane beyond repair In time
for the Bendlx trophy race Saturday.
Doollttle succeeded In releasing his
landing gear a few Inches, enough
that the wheels would turn as the
plane struck the ground.
They held firmly for a moment but
folded again and the plane nosed
over slightly, bending the propeller
blade. By the time the ship was
skidding on th fiuelage, however,
the speed had been so slackened that
the pilot was given only a slight
shaking up.
RELIEF CANNING
The canning kitchen of the wo
men's division of the Jackson County
Council for Relief of Unemployment
will open again Friday and Mrs. O. B.
Morrow.- manager of the- kitchen, is
asking for tomatoes and peaches to
be canned in the relief program.
Work will start Friday on canning
of one peach crop of 700 pounds and
anyone with" the crop from one tree
or more to be donated, Is asked to
notify Mrs. Morrow by calling 1129-R
Pickers will be sent out to gather
the fruit and the workers are willing
to conserve food on shares for any
one, with a surplus of fruit or vege
tables.
If anyone Is willing to donate
portion of her canned supply, the
conservation committee will be very
glad to receive It and will accept same
at the armory kitchen, which will be
open Friday, or send for the produce
If notified.
Threats of Nazi Fail
To Shake Government
By Tom Wllhelm
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
BERLIN, Aug. 23. (AP) Disturb
ing threat of reprisals a trains t the
government for death sentences Im
posed on five fascists convicted of
political murder were answered today
by an announcement that the gov
ernment "would not stand for politi
cal pressure but decide solely, on the
basis of Justice whether or not to
grant pardons."
This statement was Issued after
Adolf Hitler, leader of the fascist na
tional socialists, hid assured the five
condemned men that "the freedom of
each of yea from this minute on Is a
question of our honor.
The Hit'er followers were con
demned to dea.) at BtuV, yester
day after they had beep convicted cf
killing a communist. In government
circles it waa said no one did the five
COMMISSION PLAN
SURVEY WIL
L BE
TONIGHT
Mayor Calls Special Meeting
of Council to Authorize
Naming of Committee to
Study Proposed Change
In response to request of the civic
affairs committee of the Chamber ot
Commerce, a special meeting of the
city council baa been called for to
night for authorization if appoint
ment of a committee to Investigate
the possibility and feasibility of adop
tion of a commission or commission
and manager form of government for
the city of Medford.
The letter addressed to Mayor E.
M. Wilson by the civic affairs com
mittee states that at the last meet
ing of the chamber board ot dlrec
tora it waa suggested that the city
might again Investlgte such a change
In the city charter, which waa re
ferred to tihe civic committee and
discussed at length at a meeting yes
terday.
It was suggested at the meeting
that the mayor appoint a commit
tee of not less than seven persons
to make the Investigation.
The Medford Chamber of Commerce,
It Is stated In the letter to the mayor,
ia not prepared to endorse or con
demn the proposed plan for a change
but la ready to co-operate In an In
vestigation. The report of a committee Investi
gating the commission and commis
sion-manager forms of government. It
la also stated In the letter, Is under
stood to be on file, having been made
June 18, 1930
The contemplated removal of city
officers and departmenta from the
present location Into the city iiall on
North Central will also be discussed
at tonight's special meeting of the
council, It la understood.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 23. (AP)
Sale of the 1600 -acre Mount Alto
ranch, 16 miles east of Roaeburg on
the North Umpqua river, by J. Will
Beckley to John H. Robinson of Pine
Ridge, Klamath county, waa an
nounced here today. The deal Is the
largest realty transaction In this lo
cality for many months. Involving
approximately $40,000.
The ranch, one of the largest stock
raising areas in the Umpqua valley,
waa developed 20 years ago by W. O.
Hugheson. a California millionaire,
who cut the tract from the 9000-acre
Tipton ranch, which was later sun
divided. Following the death of
Hugheson, the property passed Into
the hands of W. L. H, Oo borne, who
in turn sold it to Beckley. Mr. Os
borne retains a tract of 96 acres and
the $30,000 home built by Hugheson.
The new owner, who takes posses
sion October 1. plans to stock the
ranch with pure -bred sheep and
cattle.
Injured Man Had
Bag Of Chickens
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 23. (AP)
Seriously Injured, a bag containing
six headless chickens beside him. a
man who gave his name' only as Bud
dy Anderson, was picked up on a
highway west of here today. He suf
fered from fractures of both wrists,
a broken nose and head and face
lacerations, and lapsed Into uncon
, sclousnesa shortly after being found.
men or the nerl movement worse
service than hitler himself, who
scathingly denounced the Von Papen
government and, It was said. Identi
fied himself with men found guilty
of murder.
A government spokesman said Hit
ler had made It extremely difficult
for Chancellor Von Papen to show
leniency, as any such move would be
regarded aa yielding to nasi pressure,
The gravity of the situation was
attested In the pledge of the fascist
strong man. Adolf Hitler that meant
bis powerful storm troops aa well
to "battle against a government
under which this (the death sen
tence) Is possible."
Thus all eyes were focused on
Chancellor Frans Von Papen and his
government which promulgated the
emergency decree of August 9, under
which the sir men were tried,
Pear Markets
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (UJJ.A.)
(P) pear auction prices, market
slightly stronger; 22 cars arrived, 24
California cars unloaded, 47 cars on
track, by boat 1 New York car.
California Bartletts, 14.435 boxes:
Best 1.70-2.40, few $2.65, ordinary
$1.40-2.15; average $1-88.
CHICAGO. Aug. 23. (UJS-DJl.) (P)
Pear prices: 12 California cars, 2
Oregon, arrived; 24 cars on track, 10
cars sold.
California Bartletts, 5,689 boxes;
$1.35-2.20; average $1.75.
RECALL BOOSTERS'
BOASTS REPUTED
BY COUNTY POLL
Extravagant claims of a large num
ber of signatures on the recall peti
tions being circulated against Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton were dismissed
by many citizens today, aa "propo-
ganda to keep the political revenge
plot alive." The number of names
on the petitions, like the fathers of
the scheme, are largely a matter of
conjecture, but a fair barometer Is
seen In reports of citizens of the va'
rtous (communities, on public opinion.
Earl Ulrlch, a stockman of the Cas.
cade Gorge-Prospect district said yes
terday that he had seen the petition,
circulated In his section last week,
and that It contained two names, and
that the sentiment there wss "strong
against mis-use of the recall.
Dewey Hill of Prospect eald that
the recall plot met with no sympathy
In that district, and was creating lit
tle Interest. . .. ...
Attorney William E. Phlpps of this
city said that he visited In Ashland
last evening, and "all I talked with
were strenuously opposed to the
movement."
Ouy Tex of Central Point, said that
he had found the sentiment In that
city opposed to the recall, and that
from information coming to Mm. in
Central Point proper, the . petition
had been circulated there, and had
received four signers.
W. H. Brown of the Eagle Point
district, said: "I have not heard
the recall discussed here, among The
people I meet. No petition has been
in circulation In this end of town. If
there was I would have heard of It,
Assessor J. B. Coleman said that
he "had heard nothing of the recall
for the past four or five days, and
the Impression I gained from talk
ing with people all over the county
was that It was dying out."
The Ashland Tidings said Monday
evening that as far aa they could
ascertain, no petition had been circu
lated In Ashland, and that public
sentiment waa against It.
The hotbed of the recall scheme
seems to be strongest In the Rogue
River district, and even there, ac
cording to reliable reports, the sentl,
ment is divided.
It is known from the words or
housewives that the petitlona were
circulated In the residential district
of Medford In the Oakdale and East
Main sections and met with scant
response.
The following letter waa received
today by The Mail Tribune from J
R. Bowen of Rogue River, a recent
circuit court lltglant. and reputed to
be one of the circulators of the peti
tion:
To the Editor:
Mr. Mall Trlbun: Just plesae noti
fy your readera that this recall mat
ter waa not brought up In Orange
at Wlmer Saturday night at all, and
that your article waa a mitigated
falsehood perhaps of your own ar
lgln. As every person at the- Orange
Saturday nUrht had already signed
the partition. Yours truly.
J. B. BOWEN.
IN WESTERN PLAY
rockpord, m, Aug. as m
Johnny Iehman of Chicago, former
champion, won the Western amateur
golf medal today with a record
smashing 86-hole score of 71-88 187.
His score was two shots lower than
the all-time medal record set by Dea
ler Cummings, Chicago, In 10288.
Cadet Bodies Interred
KIEL, Germany, Aug. 23, (AP)
Twenty-two naval cadeta who per
ished in the rerena sinking of the
naval training ship Nlobe were placed
In a common grave today after a
funeral service.
Chile nans I'ollce Pol 1 1 Ira.
SANTIAGO, Chile (API The cara
bineers, or national police, have been
ordered to eschew all political actlvl
ttea under penalty of Immediate dis
missal. The government hopes thus
to insure support for constituted au
thority under all condition.
AIRMEN STAGE RACE OVER ATLANTIC
NORWAY GOAL OF
F
(By the Associated Press)
Three airplanes were speeding to
wards Europe from America today
two of them on an Impromptu race
to Oslo, Norway and two more stood
ready to go tomorrow If weather con
ditions are favorable.
Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen took
off before dawn from Floyd Bennett
field in New York for Oslo with one
stop planned at Harbor Grace, N. F.
Three and a half hours later they
reported by radio that they were over
Portsmouth, N. H. Slightly more than
a half hour after that Clyde A. Lee
and John Bochkon left Barre, Vt
with the same goals Harbor Grace
and Oslo.
At the takeoff of the latter the two
planes were not more than a hun
dred miles apart.
Later In the morning George Hutch
lnson and his flying family him
self, his wife and two young daugh
ters with crew of four more left
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NOMINATE LEGION
LEADERS OF POST
F
At last night meeting of the Amer
ican Legion, officers for the coming
year were nominated, and due to the
national convention In Portland, tho
next meeting was postponed until
September 26.
Lee C. Oarlock waa nominated for
commander; Cole Holmes, first vice
commander; A. J. Anderson, chap
lain, and W. J. Olmscheld, adjutant.
For the executive committee, Ro
land Smith, Col. W. H. Paine, George
Henselman, Ray Wright and Roy El
llott were nominated. Next meeting
will also be open for nominations, it
was announced.
A large number attended the meet
ing, and reports by various commttt
tees showed that plans for the court
house dedication had been complete?.
Announcement waa made that one
of the badges to be given at the na
tional convention to all who register,
la now on display In the window of
the Tengwald agency In the Holland
Hotel building.
Members were urged to register in
order that each might receive one of
the badges. Registrations may be
made with Lee C. Oarlock or C. r.
Baker.
Besides the Medford drum corps,
the Yreka post's drum corps and a
large delegation from Klamath Falls
will attend the bathing beauty con
test being sponsored by the Ashland
post at Che Twin Plunges in that
city Wednesday evening. A number
of beauty entrant will also be listed
from Klamath Falls, according to
word from there.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American.
R. R. E.
Detroit 8 18 1
Boston . 8 1
Bridges and Hayworth; Welch, Wel
land and Tate.
R. H. E.
Chicago 7 12 1
Philadelphia IS 1 1
Oaaton. Chamberlain, Bartholomew
and Orube, Sulhvsn; Mahaffey and
Cochrsne.
R. H. E.
7 18 1
8 11 1
St. Loula
New York
Kebert, Blaeholder and Perrell; Pip
gras, Moore, Allen and Dickey.
National.
R. H. I
Philadelphia 18 4
Chicago H 8 8 0
Holley, Collins and V. Davis; Ma
lone and Hartnett,
R f. X.
New York ,..,- . S 9 1
Pittsburgh 4 8 1
Batteries: Hubbell. Luque, Schu
macher, Bell and Hogan; French and
Grace.
Oregon State Star
Will Become "Pro"
HONOLULU, Aug 33. (AP Hen
ry Hughe, Oregon Bute college foot
ball player, said today he would sail
Wednesday on the steamer Msul to
Join the Boston Braves' prcfetslonal
football team,
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Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen (upper) of Brooklyn, N. Y.t who took
orf before dnwn today from Bennett Field for Oslo. Norway, with one
slop srhedulrd,' at Harbor Grace, N. F. Clyde Lee (right, below) nnd John
Bochkon, who hopped a half hour later from Barre, Vt., with the same
goals.
Comrades of the Civil war, whose
ranks grow thinner and thinner ss
each year robs one or more from the
Orand Army of the Republic, are
making extensive plsns this week or
their annual reunion In southern
Oregon, the encampment of Soldiers
and Sailors, which will be held Fri
day at Riverside park In Grants Pass.
Members of the Women's Relief
Corps, in accordance with long es
tablished custom, are planning with
the veterans for the annual event,
which grows in Importance as the
brevity of life la more fully realized.
Stories, which within a few years,
will be known only as they are told
by descendants of the men of '85,
will be related by those who lived
them, Friday, and a large and en
thusiastic gathering Is anticipated.
Basket dinner will be served in the
park and guests are asked to bring
their own table service.
Legion Conclave Opens
In Empty Meeting Hall
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23. (AP)
Silence filled the armory here today
as the Uth annual convention of the
Oregon department of the American
Legion was called to order. There was
no roll of drums, fanfare of trum
pet or marching feet. The voltes of
two men were punctuated merely by
the thumping of the gavel In the
hand of one of them.
It was In this setting, backed by
rows of empty seats, that Alex O.
Barry, commander of the Oregon de
partment, assisted by hla faithful
department adjutant, Carl Moser,
called to order this most unusual
"convention" held In Oregon, and
promptly adjourned for lack of a
quorum. And this will go on for
days.
EFFORTS IN STATE
"What Y"ni Don't Use We Can"
Is the slogan adopted by Portland's
food conservationists, who are work
ing under the direction of Mrs. W, W.
Qabrlel, state chairman of the wo
men's division of Ciovernor Meier's
program for relief of unemployment.
The slogan was announced In yester
day's Oregonlan with report of a pro
gram to be broadcast this evening
over stations KOW and KEX, which
will explain the purpose of the cam
paign In progress throughout the
state.
Music, other entertainment fea
tures, and brief talks by the workers
are scheduled on the program, which
will be one the air from 8:30 to B.
The program, being carried out in
the Rone City, Is In keeping with that
adopted by the women's division in
Jackson county, which la rapidly mov
ing forward, ""he food, being con
served htre. will be distributed to
members of the unemployed In ex
change for labor.
The apparent foolery, which Isn't
foolery at all, ia to escape a provision
of the American Legion constitution
which says state conventions must
be held at least 15 days prior to the
national convention which will be
held here Sept. 13 to 18.
Because they did not wsnt to bring
the Oregon delegates to Portland for
a state meeting in August and a na
tional convention In September, Barry
ad Moser decided to go through with
the "regular business and call their
convention as ordered. They selected
today as the opening "session" be
cause It waa Barry's 40th birthday
anniversary.
This procedure will be repeated
dally until Sept. 0 when the state
legionnaires will gather here for their
annual buaioose seuloiLa,
WILL BE PILOTED
BY EX-GOVE
Monthly Publication to Carry
Editorial Comment and
General Articles From Pen
of New York Politician
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (API Al
fred B. Smith will be editor In chief
of the Outlook when the magazine
resumes publication nert month, it
was announced at tfta offices of the
publication today.
It la expected that the Democratic
presidential nominee of 1928 will be
an active editor, writing both edi
torial comment and general articles
as well as Influencing the policy of
the magazine.
The Outlook was changed from a
weekly to a monthly publication last"
spring and then waa suspended alto-
getner. on June 30 It was purchased
by Prank A. Tlchenor, who also pub
lishes the Aero Digest, Sportsman,
Pilot, Spur and other magazines.
CIJCVEI.ANTY ru. In A- qq n.i
The Cleveland Plain Dealer today
said t,he presidential campaign com-
minea oi Franklin D. Roosevelt and
the Cleveland Demncrntln nrcr.nl..
tlon, In which Newton D Baker la a
(Continued on Page Five)
There will be a meeting this after
noon at 4 o'clock of the board of
control of the Unemployment Relief
association. Reports will be made to
check the progress made in provid
ing work for the Jobless and In other
elements of the relief program.
xne meeting will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce building with
Mayor E. M. Wilson aa chairman.
ON SOCIALIST TICKET
Joe Thomas nf thla rlfv Hni.lall.4-.
candidate for United States senator
from Oregon, stated today that ha la
carrying on an active campaign In
behalf of hla candidacy, but did not
plan to make any publlo appearancea.
mr. nomas aaia wat he waa able
to garner a number of votes dally,
he believed, thrntitrh nmnnil mm.
tacts. The candidate expects to can-
voas me enure raiiey before election
wine, it, saia.
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug.
22. We have & very remark
able woman out here in Los
Angelos at the present time
the head of the world's great
est and most useful organiza
tion Evangeline Booth of the
Salvation Army.
Now she says that "things
are better." Now that really
means something. What could
be a greater barometer of the
affairs of the unfortunate than
her armyt All the other men
who offer predictions deal in
money. She deals in people.
They look at the stock market
for an answer. She looks at the
notches in the belts.
The Salvation Army is proof
of how respected and useful an
organization can get if yon
keep it out of politics. So when
Evangeline Booth says gome
thing about "folks" it means
something, for she seeks noth
ing from us but our down and
out. She takes care of our big
men's blunders.
Tours,