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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1932:
No. 135.
Comment
on the
Day's News
HAVE you aeen one of these
"walkathons" that appear to be
the latest craze In the way of endur
ance contests?
If not, you should. It will give you
some new Ideas aa to what people
will do for a little publicity, plua the
CHANCE to win a cash prl.w.
It will also shed some new light
lor you on what people will pay
money to see.
THE "walkathon," aa the name In
dicates, la an offshoot of the
dance marathons that were popular a
few years ago. It la related, In prin
ciple, to flagpole sitting contests, and
such.
The Idea, apparently, la to see how
much human beings can endure
without collapsing, or going crazy
crazier, that Is, than they were when
they started.
This writer saw one the other night,
paying 40 cents for the privilege
and Is still wondering why.
THIS particular affair was In Its
314th Sour that Is, the contes
tants had been walking for 314 hours,
with only such rest and sleep aa la
provided by the rules.
They walk for 45 minutes. Then
they sleep for ELEVEN minutes. Then
they are routed out by the attendant
and come out and sit around In sight
of the cash customers for four min
utes. That makes up an hour.
When one .hour ends, they turn In
and do It all over again. They had
been doing thla for 314 hours, and
expected to go on for something like
a thousand hours.
H
THEY walk In couples, a man and
a woman together or rather
a boy and a girl, for without excep
tion they were young. Nineteen
couples started In, but by the 314th
hour the number had been reduced
to eleven.
For the most part, they Just WALK,
although occasionally the big boss
who runs the show orders a minute
of dancing; to "pep them up," he
says.
They walk in a ralled-ln enclosure
some IS or 20 feet wide by 30 or 40
feet long. The crowd sits around this
enclosure on bleachers, eating pea
nut, drinking pop, smoking vast
quantltlea of cigarettes and making
wise cracks,
ONE man, obviously enough, haa
been having his troubles. One
knee Is stiff, and he drags It aa tie
goes. The other wobbles visibly. He
uses a cane.
The crowd, evidently, admires his
grit. At least, he geta the bulk of the
applause.
-t
THE chlpperest-looklng male of the
lot welgha some 340 pounds, and
be comes out from his 11-mlnute rest
periods rarln' to go, fairly champing
the bit. Don't under-estlmate these
fat men.
1 His partner, a mere slip of a girl,
la sound asleep on her feet, clinging
to ,his arm, her movements wholly
mechanical.
Another girl wears high-heeled
shoes, both of which slip up and
down as she walks. The blisters un
der those shoes must be fearful and
wonderful to contemplate.
TWERE Is a platform at the end of
the hall, equipped with loud
. speakers and radio connectlona. Prom
time to time, one or another of the
contestants Is called to this platform
to sing.
Note: At least, they walk much
better than they sing.
jnuN? Well, It aeema to be fun for
the crowd. Judging by the laugh
ing and kidding that go on. Aa for
the contestants themselves, the glam
or has gone out of It. Their expres
sion Is world-weary. One gathera that
they would give a farm. If possessed
of one. for the privilege of sleeping
about a week.
NOW cornea the real nub of the
story. Thla drab apectacle la
knocking 'em dead from the box of
fice standpoint, drawing capacity
crowds every evening. A mile away,
the theatres, putting on really good
shows, are crying for business, and
crying alone and unheeded, with only
a handful of customers to assuage
their woe.
w
HY do people do It, and pay
money for the chance? Is It
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BUCKNELL BUILDINGS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
IEWISBURG, Pa.. Aug. 37 (API
Old Main and Its two wines. Buck
nell university's ftm buildings, were
deroyed by lire today.
D. L Rank, comptroller, said the
lose will be 300,000,
WIELDS KNIFE ON
WIFE AND FLEES
Police Seeking Wm. Blazer
After Family Quarrel and
. Serious Stabbing of Mate
in Early . Evening Hour.
Stabbed with a butcher knife In
the left arm near the heart by her
husband, Mrs. William Blazer of 107
Harrison street, Ashland, is In the
Ashland Community hospital In a
critical condition, according to word
received here at 9:30 o'clock" last
night by police officers. She was suf
fering from a great loss of blood, re
ports stated.
According to Ashland authorities.
Blazer had been away for the past
year and a half, and returned to Ash
land only yesterday.
The Medford police office was noti
fied, and the sheriff's and state po
lice department dispatched men to
that area to search for Blazer.
Mrs. Blazer managed to reach the
Lane grocery store about a block and
a half from her home, where Dr. P.
C. Swedenburg was summoned, and
she was rushed to the hospital.
The Blazers have two children, the
officers stated.
Blazer was described as about 35 or
36 years of age, five feet seven inches
In height, dark complexioned. and
weighing about 150 pounds. Officers
said that Blazer did not have a car
to make his getaway.
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A number of arrests of Klamath
Falls men concerning fire prevention
In the Rogue river national forests,
were reported yesterday by the na
tional forest offices yesterday.
Jack Duracha wan arrested last Sun.
day by Ranger H. S. Rltter for smok
ing while traveling on an unnurfaced
highway near Lake o' the Woods, as
was O. H. Fogle; The latter was ar
rested on the old Dead Indian road
the same day. Both were bound over
to the federal grand Jury Tuesday,
when they appeared before the Unit
ed States commissioner In Klamath
Falls,
Billy Delap and three other camp
ers in. his party on Billy creek, were
arrested at Lake o' the Woods for
leaving a flaming camp fire near
there. They were fined 5 when tak'
en before Justice of the Peace Barnes
at Klamath Falls. The party was ap
prehended by Ranger S. L. Ooddard.
On Friday, Emll Q. Dreher was fined
125 and $4.50 in coste In Justice cf
Peace L. A. Robert's court for setting
a series of fires on the south fork of
Rogue river. The $25 was was remit'
ted.
. Dreher was lost In the Butte Falls
district when on & fishing trip, and
in order to attract the attention of
the lookout, set four fires. By morn
Ing, when the lookout was able to
see the smoke, Dreher had found his
location, and left the district. He was
apprehended by Ranger John Hoist.
VET CREDENTIALS
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AP) Hisses
and Jeers greeted F. Trubee Davison.
assistant secretary of war, today as
he appeared before the New York
state convention of the American
Legion to charge that communists
forged discharge napers for many
members of the Washington bonus
army.
Following Davison's speech the
legion voted 499 to 13S In favor of
immediate payment of the bonus,
Davison, candidate for the repub
llcan gubernatorial nomination, de
fended the president's use of troops
to expel the bonus army and then
declared he had proof that many of
the discharge papers presented by
bonuA army members had been pro
duced by "communist-owned diploma
mills."
YANKS CHALK UP
!GHT
NEW YOPK, Aug. 27. (AP) The
Yankee made it four straight over
Cleveland by winning today 5 to 4.
Babe Ruth made three hits and drove
in the winning run in the seventh.
R. H. E
Cleveland 4 10 2
New York - .. 8 10 1
Harder, Connally and Sewell; Pen
nock and Jorgens. Dickey,
R. H E
Chicago . 10 13 2
Boston .,13 19 4
Jones. Oregory, Paber and Berry:
Andrews, Welch, Kline and Tate.
R. H. E
Detroit 2 8 1
Washington 0 11 0
Hogiett a:! Hayworth; Crowder,
Brown and Spencer, Maple.
R. H. E
St. Louis 2 10 1
Philadelphia . 9 11 0
H Viler. F:cher and Ferrell; Ma
tuejr acd Cochrane.
INDICTED ON LOTTERY CHARGES
Senator Jamea J. Davla (right) of Pennsylvania. Conrad H. Mann
(left) cf Kansas City, national executive of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, and five other persons were named In federal Indictments
charging them with participating in lotteries promoted by fraternal
erganizatlons to raise charity funds. (Associated Press Photo)
STUDY OF PEARS
TO BE ENLARGED
BY U. S. EXPERTS
Plans have been completed for a
research program to study the con
dition of Rogue river .pears, during
storage, Inaugurated by Dr. Henry
Hartman, on a larger basis, and In
co-operation with the Apartment of
agriculture.
Details of the' co-operative work
were outlined during a recent visit
here of D. F. Fisher, of the depart
ment of agriculture. In charge of
storage and transportation of fruits
and vegetables, and Edwin Smith re
cently appointed director of storage
and transportation In the Pacific
Northwest area for the department o.
agriculture.
The new experiments will be an ex
tension of the Irrigation experiments
now underway at the Medford Federal
experiment orchard, located south of
the city. The effect of Irrigation up
on the keeping quality of the pear
will be studied.
The program Includes careful stor
age and ripening tests of fruit from
the various experimental tracts;
transportation tests to study the car
rying quality of the fruit between
Medford and New York City; ;and
subsequent examination of the fruit
from the Irrigation plots, when test
lots stored In New York City are with
drawn from storage and placed on the
market.
The research will be of high value
to all pear growing areas of the Pa
clflc coaat, and has long been sought
by valley growers and shippers.
C. L. Powell of the department of
agriculture arrived Saturday, to hand
le the work. He will work with Prof.
W. W. Aldrich of the experiment or
chard in studying the effect of ir
rigation upon the time of maturity
of the fruit. In addition to this Pow
ell will arrange for shipping tests
with Bosc pears, during the present
season
In December,, transportation tests
will be arranged to test the latest
methods of controlling heated re
frigerator cars during the dangerous
ly cold weather.
Dr. Henry Hartman, the past three
years, haa been engaged In making
storage tests of local pears In New
York City, studying marketing con'
dltlcns, and the new researches are a
substantial broadening of his work,
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Stanley Sherwood of the local
postofflce staff will be the speaker
tomorrow noon at the Kiwanla club
luncheon at the Hotel Medford. Mr.
Sherwood will give a report of the
Olympic games which he attended
In Los Angeles.
Also on the program will be a
group of numbers by McCabe's nov
elty men, the quartet of accordion
players from San Francisco and San
Jose w,ho were assigned to HUlah
Temple patrol at the national con
vention in San Francisco. The play
ers are booked for four days at the
Holly theater.
Plate Issuance
Nearing Normal
SALEM. Aug. 27 (AP) Automobile
licenses Issued to date totaled 176.
822. it was announced today by the
secretary of state. Thla comes with
in 45.250 of the total issued on the
same date the previous year. Total
receipts frnm plates were announced
aa $4 567.770 aa compared to $5,
613.407 a year ago.
Applegate Water
Asked for Mining
SALENf. Aug. 27 (APt The Qned
erln mining company of Ruch, Ore
gon. has filed application with the
state engineer for permit to appro
priate 20 aerond fet of water from
Little and Big Appleeate rivers for
mining purposes In Jacason county.
Ida O. Archerd of Oranta Pas aakn
2 second feet of water from the North
fork of Flea creek, tributary of Rosue
river, for mining In Josephine coun
FEHL'S FOLLOWER
PLAN FOR RECALL
The political pot In Jackson county
started simmering anew the past
week with rumors and counter-rumors
of Independent candidates, en
tering the list between now, and 4fl
days before the general election,
about September 16th.
One of the most persistent rumors
of the week, was that John Denni
son of this city would make an In
dependent race Tor sheriff. Dennlson
was prominently mentioned before
the primary campaign, as a candidate
but refused, and friends say he has
not changed his mind.
Lowell Zundel, who stated ten days
ago that he had sufficient signatures
to his petitions as an Independent
sheriff candidate, aa yet has not
filed.
There has been considerable whis
pering up the political alleys the past
week, but aa yet nothing has coma A
them.
An Interesting political reaction to
the Judge Norton recall plot, came to
ngnt last week when Arthur E. Pow
ell, editor of the Central Point Amer
ican, announced his withdrawal of
support to the county Judge candl
dacy of Earl H. Fehl, Republican pri
mary nominee as follows:
"This week he heard a man,
who had been a strong follower
of Earl H. Fehl and L. A. Banks,
make the remark that "Fehl and
Banks have sure queered them
selves now. If Fehl haa no more
sense than to take the attitude
he has regarding the recall of
Judge Norton, he haa no place on
the county court." We think this
man Is right. We can aee nothing
to this recall matter but disgrunt
led litigants' attempted revenge
for fancied wrongs. We had hop
ed Mr. Fehl would be above such
things. And so long aa he persists
In his attitude and Insists on fol
lowing Banks' lead, we shall be
compelled by honesty to with
draw from his support for Coun
ty Judge.
"The man we need for County
Judge must be a man of well
balanced mind, one who can aee
both sides of a question and who
can calmly ait in Judgment on
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HER REQUESTS
SALEM, Aug. 27. (AP) Governor
Julius L. Meier today addressed a let
ter to William Elnzlg, state purchas
ing agent, requesting his version of
a controversy with Rufus C. Holman,
atate treasurer. Holman recently re
quested the immediate dismissal of
Elnzlg as purchasing agent and sec
retary of the board of control.
The letter did not mdlcate what
stand the governor would take, but
requested Elnzlg to write him full de
tails of the Incidents and answer to
the governor the charges made by
Holman.
Famous Eva
III Health
HOLLYWOOD, Aug 27 (AP) Eva
Tanguay, famous stage and vaudeville
artist, la waging a desperate fight
against death. 111 since may, ahe had
a atnklng spell on Sunday which
nearly ended in death but during the
last three days has rallied, but her
condition fa still critical,
Mlaa Tanguay. her vutt fortune
gone through Wall Street loaaea, bank
failure and the paMtng of vaude
ville. Ilea In a little bungalow court.
Her ulster. Mn, Walter Olfford.
watche over her during the day and
they have managed to get together
enough fiinda for a night mine.
MI.m Tanguay U aufferlng froni a
heart aliment, brlght'a disease and
SAYS
F
ISSUE
Candidate Declares Hoover
and Backers Stand Con
victed of Trying to Evade
and Contuse Issue.
By W.U.TKK T. BROWN
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
SEA OR IT,, N. J., Aug. 27. (AP)
Declaring that the Democratic plat
form and, the candidates have "fairly
and squarely met" the prohibition is
sue, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt,
the Democratic presidential nominee,
asserted here today that President
Hoover and the Republican leader
ship "stand convicted of trying to
evade and confuse the iaaue.
"The methods adopted aince the
great war with the purpose of achiev
ing a greater temperance by prohibi
tion have been accompanied, he said.
"In most part of the country by
complete and tragic failure."
Second speech
Mr. Roosevelt was the guest of a
Democratic rally arranged by Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City and other
state leaders. The nominee's speech
here was the second in his road cam
paign. The ft rst was at Columbus,
Ohio, last Saturday. With him today
were Mrs. Roosevelt, and their two
younger sons, Franklin, Jr., and John,
both school boys.
Referring to the acceptance speech
es of President Hoover and Vice Pres
ident Curtis, relative to prohibition,
Mr. Roosevelt alluded to the 1930
gubernatorial election In New York
state. He was re-elected to a second
term that year.
Astride Two Horses
In that year, he declared, "there
was a party that tried to ride two
horses at the same time. The Republi
can party had one foot lta candi
date for governor on the wet horse
and the other foot the candidate
for lieutenant governor on the dry
horse. Unfortunately the horses In
sisted upon going In different direc
tions and the party fell to the ground
between them.'
This year, he added, "the Republi
can national leaders have tried the
same circus stunt. The answer of the
voters throughout the nation will be
precisely the same."
Soyi Issue Evaded
The present Republican leadership,
Roosevelt asserted, "stands convicted
of trying to evade and confuse the
Issue. The honest dry will honor more
the honest wet than the shifty dry,
and the antl-prohlbltlonlat prefers
the four-aquare dry to the uncertain
wet," he said. "All will Join in con
demlng a fearful and timid practice
of evasion,"
The Democratic presidential asplr
ane declared Mr. Hoover's acceptance
-; eech "proceeds deliberately to mis
represent the position of the Demo
cratic party. He says 'our opponents
pledge the members of their party
to destroy every vestige of constltu
tional and effective federal control of
the (liquor) traffic.'
"I have the right to assume that
the president read the Democratic
platform and on that assumption I
charge that this statement waa made
to mislead the people of the country
and I asaert a mere reading of the
plain, unequivocal provisions of the
Democratic platform will sustain that
charge."
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RIDE TO ROUNDUP
PENDLETON. Ore., Aug. S7(AP)
Mrs. F. J. Clifford and her daugh
ter, Olive, of Medford, reached Pen
dleton today astride "pilot" and
"Peanut," ponies which have car.
rled their rtdera 600 miles In Oregon
and Washington. The two women will
participate In the round-up dress-up
parade and western epic next month.
The ride was taken In the expects
tlon that Miss Clifford would, thru
outdoor life, regain her health which
failed because of overwork.
Mrs. Clifford and daughter left
Medford severs! months ago, having
made their home here for some time.
Miss Clifford wss formerly employed
at a local newspaper office, and at a
Medford theater.
She waa formerly Mrs. Wilbur L.
Stuttsford.
While in this city, horseback rid
ing wss her favorite sport.
Tanguay in
and Poverty
"We are hopeful for Mine Tanguay
and doing everything poa&ible, but
thing do not look very bright for ua'
aald Mm. Olfford.
Not many yeara ago Mlaa Tanguay
fortune waa estimated between II.
000.000 and 3,000.000. If ahe pulls
through her present IlineM, her slater
aaid, ahe face eviction from the
modm little cottage because cf a
sheriff's order.
MIm Tanguay made her fame In
vaudeville houaea of the world a gen
eration ago and became famoua ting
ing her popular aong, "I Don't Care.''
Mn. Olfford declared Mjaa Tangu
ay fortune flnt waa hit by the atork
market rollapae and that ahe then
waa unfortunate enough to have
money ia bantu Uiat failed,
r.
BELLS
SEPTET'
.R
Pupils Working May Remain
Out of School Short Time
Same Teachers Re
turning in All Schools.
School bells will ring (at least the
gong will sound) to call Medford girls
and boys back to books Tuesdsy,
September 8, according to announce
ment yesterday from E. H. Hedrlck.
superintendent of schools. At both
Junior and Senior high schools, reg
istration of new pupils will be con
ducted Friday, all day, and Saturday,
until noon, September 2nd and 3rd.
Pupils, who registered last spring
need not report until Tuesday morn
ing. The regular schedule will run
In both schools. Tuesday, and no
registration of new pupils can be
handled until after school hours on
that day. Superintendent Hedrlck
stated.
Elementary school pupils will reg
ister In their respective grades when
they report Tuesday morning.
May Delay Entry
For pupils actually employed, pro
vision hss been made so they msy
remain out of school for a time, even
to registering a week or bo late. Pupils
not gainfully employed, however, will
be expected to be on hand at the
opening of school.
Teachers organization meetings
have been scheduled for Friday morn.
Ing. Elementary and Junior high
teachers meet at the Junior high
school at 8:00 a. m.. while the High
school teachers meet at the same
hour with Principal Smith at the
High achool. The Superintendent's
general meeting for all teachers will
be held st the Junior High school
st 1:30 p. m., Saturday, September
3rd.
"For the first time In many years,
snd possibly for the first time in
the city's history." said Superintend,
ent Hedrlck, "the schools are being
opened with no new teacher in any
building. AH teachers on the corps
were here last year, but some have
been assigned to different positions
following the heavy cut in the num
ber of teachers laid off at that time.
Due to the decrease In the number
of teachers employed, It hss been
found necessary to lengthen the day
at High school, A number of classes
will begins at 8 a. m. Puplla who
do not have an 8 o'clock class need
not report until 8 o'clock.
Primary Rules Given
Pupils who will be six years of
age not later than six weeks after
school opens, or October lath, are
accepted for entrance without ques
tion. Pupils who become six years
of age after that date and not later
than the close of the first semester,
January 30th, may take a mental age
test and be admitted if they show a
mental age of 8(4 years, rarents of
such under age pupils who desire to
enter them should phone Mrs. Geo.
B. Canode, or call the euperlntend
ent's office for an appointment. In
this connection Superintendent Hed
rlck said "while there are exceptions
to the rule. It Is generally a mistake
to enter pupils In the first grade
before they are alx years of age.''
Ward lines separating the four ele
mentary schools are practically the
same as last year. The Roosevelt
school serves the eastern part of the
city north of Main street to Bear
creek and south of Main atreet to the
Pacific highway. The Lincoln school
serves the central part of the city
between Bear creek and the railroad
north of Main street, and between
the Pacific highway and the railroad
south of Main street. The Jsckson
school serves thst psrt of the city
lying north of Msln street and west
of the railroad. The Washington
school serves all the territory south
of Main street and west of the rail
road. The Junior High school serves
the whole city for grades 7, 8 and 9
while the Senior High school serves
the city for grades 10, II and 12.
(Contlnued on Page Four)
nOCKPORD, 111., Aug. 37 (AP)
Oua Moreland atrode off the Hock ford
Country Club fairways tonight with
the Weatern Amateur crown perched
on his brow and an Invitation to com
pete on America's Walker Cup team
In hts pocket,
It waa the btggeat dr.y of the 31-
year-old Dallas. Texas, boy's golfing
life.
The weatern crown came his way
with comparative eaae aa he turned
back the challenge of Husky Ira
Couch. Chicago's week end golfer, by
the one-aided margin of 5 and 4
The Invitation to play for Uncle 8am
against the British next vrcek at
Brook line. Maas., came in recognition
of his atirrlng march to the throne
even before he quite reached there
Schmeling Returns
For Walker Bout
NJTW YORK. Aug. 27, (AP) Max
Schmeling returned today from Oer.
many, fit and browned and Impa
tient to begin his campaiagn to re
claim the heavyweight title he lost
to Jack Aharkey two montha ago.
Monday he plans to fly to Spec
tacular, N. Y-, and jfo into hard
traln'ng for hi meeting here Septem
ber 1? wltft WUti
BASEBALL
RESULTS
. R. H. E.
Hollywood 4 10 0
San Francisco 4 14 1
8he!lenback snd Bassler: McDou-
gall, Davis and Walgren, Rlccl.
second Game
Holl j wood .. 4 8 0
San Francisco .. ft 14 1
Sheehan, WsImi and Mayer; Doug
las snd Walgren.
R. H. E.
Millions ........ 2 A 2
Los Angeles 6 11 0
Trd Plllette snd Mctsaacs: Mon
Crlet and Campbell.
R. H. K.
Oakland ....... s 10 1
Seattle 6 6 1
Fheuus, Felber and Penebeky; Kalllo
and Cox.
' R. H. E.
Sacramento ..... .... 2 6 0
Portland 3 8 0
Flynn and Woodall; Peterson and
Flttpstrlck.
BATES SEEKING
T
I
A stipulation prepared by his at
torney, M. O. Wllklns of Ashland on
behalf of F. A. Bates, the sged Clold
Hill miner, and one of the cogs in
'the breakdown of law and order" al
legation of recent montha, waa pre
sented 'to the district attorney's of
fice late Saturday. It la algned by
Attorney Wllklns only.
The stipulation provldea that the
trial of Bates. Indicted by the lsst
grand Jury, on a charge of "threat
ening to commit a felony" be post
poned until the October term of
court, which starts the fourth Mon
day In October, and further provides
"tnat lr during the said October
term of court, and not later than
February, 1933, the defendant F. A.
Batea and his family shall remove
their residence from the Foots Creek
district of Jackson county, that this
case. shall be dismissed with the ap.
proval of the court."
The atlpulatlon sots forth that
Bates has made arrangements for the
sale of his property, and Is prepar
ing to move to Linn county, Oregon,
and that the stipulation Is the result
of an agreement between all parties
concerned.
Dlctrlct Attorney Codding said last
night that no decision had been
reached relative to agreeing to the
plan, and that none would be until
all .legal angles had been atudlod.
The official expressed doubt that the
case could be dismissed, but said he
had no objection to a continuance
of the case to the October term of
the court.
The district attorney said that the
wording of the stipulation did not
meet with his approval, Insofar as It
concerned the dismissal of the In
dictment, but was ready, . If the law
provided, to make reasonable con
cessions.
Bates was scheduled to coma to
trial at the term beginning Septem
ber 19, . The "threatening to com
mit a felony" Indictment grew out
of the controversy between Bates and
Foots Creek residents. Last spring
Justice of the Peace H. D. Reed or
dered the dismissal of a case sgslnst
Bates so be could go to kin In
Washington state upon pleas of rela
tives and his then attorney, Frank De-
Souza. Bates returned after the In
dictment and the recent flare-ups
followed.
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FRANK MTAGUE
In the pear packing contest con
ducted last night on the Fox Crater-
Ian atage, Frank McTague of the
Quality Packing Service waa winner
of flrat prize, packing his three boxes
in 6 mlnutea and 25 seconds. Second
place went to Fuzz Summers, inde
pendent packer, w,ho completed the
three boxce In ft ml u tea and 00 sec
onds, and Lou Jamea. another Inde
pendent, took third place In 6 mln
utea and 20 seconds.
Judges for the event were P. A.
Walker of Sgobel and Day, T. V. Scott
of Quality Packing Service, and M. L.
Voorhles of the Rogue River company.
On the atage following ths contest,
McTague laaued a challenge to any
one to compete with him on the Cra
terian atage for the championship In
the near future. Mru.aser Don Ued
des stated that a packing contest for
the women, to determine the ahamp
tons, will be held at the aama time.
FEAR Mm
OSLO. Norway. Aug. 27 (AP) -The
pilott M the airplane Green Mountain
Boy, unreported more than 60 hours
on a trans-Atlantic venture from New
York to Oslo, were fearsd tonight to
have been lost somewhere on the At
.antic.
A slim hope waa expressed that
Clyde Lee and John Bochkon were
floating on the water or that they
had landed In some Isolated a pot in
which communications are scant.
ORANTS PASS. Repatra and al
t ration estimated to coat 3,000 now
111 prograa at faaliloa Qftraaj
LIBEL DEFENDANTS
CLAIM PREJUDICE
IS BAR TO NORTON
Attorney Wilkins Files Af
fidavits Against Judge in
Suits Against Daily News
and Co-Defendants.
Affidavits of prejudice against Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton, and mo
tions to strike, from the complaints
sentences and paragraphs i on the
grounds of irrelevancy. Immaterial
ity, and Incompetency, were presented
for filing to the county clerk Satur
day by the defendants by the libel
suits of Hal James, Guy F. Bates,
Bob McMannls, and Ted Dole. Oold
Hill district miners, sgslnst ths Med
ford News, L. A. Banks, editor, F. A.
Bates, aged Gold Hill nlner. and his
daughter. Mrs. Margaret Lund. Each
of the four miners. In separate libel
actions, ask 130.000 alleged damages.
me affidavits of prejudice are algn
ed by M. O. Wllklns, as attorney for
tne newspaper and co-defendants, and
by Mrs. Margaret Lund, also a defend
ant. It la alleged that Circuit Judge
Norton Is "prejudiced and the de
fendsnts . , . csn receive no fair and
impartial trial."
Ask New Judge
A motion accompanying the afrlda.
vlts of prejudice asks that a new Judge
be "named forthwith," of the chief
Justice of the supreme court be re
quested to appoint a new Judge for
the trial. It Is customary for preaid-
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Pictures of the man found mur
dered In a box car near Ulmar at,
tlon, California, over a week a en.
were Identified here Friday bv Ted
Smith as being the Carl Talmadga
ne naa Known in Cambridge, Idaho.
Smith had reported to Chief of Po
lice Clatoua McCredte last week that
he Jiad known a man by that name
when he worked on a farm In Idaho.
Talmadge waa 4n Medford- About ,
two weeks before the body waa found
near Oakland and had talked to
Smith when here. Photographs were
aent to officers In Medford by M. B.
Driver, aherlff of Alameda county..
Smith said Talmadge had a a Inter
In Idaho, but that he did not know
her name alnce Jher marriage, nor
her address.
ON AUTO TAG CHARGE
The stats police Saturday after
noon arrested Kermtt Keysor, an or
chard worker, for non-conformity
with the Oregon auto license laws. It
la alleged that Keysor, a resident of.
this section, secured two non-resi
dent permits, using one himself, and
his father at Klamath Falls using
the other, Keysor waa operating with
California license plate and the
atate police allege he ,bas been en
gaged In a gainful occupation hen
for several months.
The atate police Saturday also ar
rested H, P. Turpln, wanted at Sa
lem for alleged bad check operations,
and detained Fred Russell wanted by
Roseburg authorities.
WILL-
ROGERS
says:
BISHOP, Cal., Aug. 26. Ten
yours ago this was a wonderful
valley with one quarter of a
million acres of fruit and al
falfa. But Los Angeles had to
have more water for the cham
ber of commerce to drink mora
toasts to its growth, more
water to dilute its orange juice,
to water its geraniums for t!i
tourists while the giant cotton
woods here died. So now this is
a valley of desolation.
But wherever you find star
vation and oppressed people,
you find Democrats always
bucking the giant octopus. Last
night the local Democrats held
a rally. Everybody in town,
including the lone Republican
fwho of course is postmaster),
attended. Ho agreed to chang
his politics in return for his
present office. It was unanim
ously passed. All adjourned.
The politics is settled here for
the next fouf years.