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MEDFOUD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932.
No. 136.
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The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday fair ;
moderate temperature.
Temperature:
Highest yesterday , 76
,owet thlf mornlnir - ..... 45
Comment
on the
D ay News
By FRANK JENKINS.
PRESIDENT HOOVER, addressing
Industrial, banking and business
leaders gathered In Washington from
all over the country, asserta flatly
that the worst of the depression Is
past.
We have gone through the darkest
shadows at the bottom of the valley,
he says, and all that remains now Is
to set our feet on the road that lesds
up the other side to recovery.
'
READ these words, for they are Im
pressive: "We are convinced that we have
overcome the major financial crisis
a crisis In severity unparalleled In
the history of the world and that
with tte relaxation conlldence and
hope have reappeared In the world."
SO SEVERE was this crisis that for
a time confidence In the Ameri
can dollar was sadly shaken. Men
whose opinion carried weight pre
dicted that this country would Be
forced off the gold standard.
That, of course, would have af
fected sharply th value of money.
and with doubt abroad as to the value
of money, all business cam to a
standstill.
Naturally enough, people refuse to
put 'out dollars when there Is doubt
In their minds as to the value of the
dollars they will get back In return.
1"TJT the dollar stood the teat.
O Foreign nations and business
houses, affected by thla doubt of the
dollar, withdrew their gold from thla
country, keeping up the drain until
they had taken all the gold that was
coming to them,
After they had taken all the gold
that was coming to them, It was dis
covered that there was PLENTY: LEFT
to support the value of the dollar.
That discovery,, probably, did more
than anything else could have done
to restore confidence.
THERE are many evidences of re
turning confidence. Security and
commodity prices are rising. Here
and there, new business enterprises
re being launched. There la an air
of hopefulness throughout the coun
try, which contrasts sharply with the
atmosphere of doubt and fear that
was current a few months ago.
The outlook for the future Is dis
tinctly better.
YOU are following, of course, the
so-called "farmera strike" in the
Middle West. So you should be ln
' terested In this statement by Protes
eor H. Clyde FUley, economist and
agricultural expert at the University
of Nebraska!
"Holding agricultural produce off
the market can do only harm In the
long run. When dumped later, It
must force prl:es down. It la to the
Interest of farmers sa a whole to keep
produce moving. If It la sold, at any
price, It Is gone and forgotten. Piled
tip. It becomes a menace to future
prices."
There's a lot of sound sense In that
argument.
WHO Is the hitch-hiker? Where
he going, and why? How does he
get there, and what doea he do on
the way?
These questions are Interesting, and
mon or less significant, for the roads
are full of hitch hikers.
THIS WRITER? ' the other day.
picked up a young fellow and his
) wife. They were headed for Salinas
"It I can get to Salinas within a
reasonable time," he explained hope
fully. "I have a Job waiting."
THESE youngstere the girl was
possibly SO. and her husband
might have been as much as 23 had
left WeUer, Idaho, two nights before.
They were then 700 miles from their
starting point
"We've caught rides In 14 csrs so
far." they related. That ts an aversge
of AO miles per ride.
The longest ride they hsd csught.
they said, was 300 miles, and the
ahortest about 10.
Seven hundred mile In two days
and two nights Is dMng reasonably
well.
"W
HAT kind of can are the beet
prospects?" they wtre asked.
'Coupes, every time," was the ans-
wer.
We hardly ever get a ride In
. a sedsn. even if the back seat is
empty. Salesmen are the beat pros
Continued oa Pago tour
LOCALSTRUCTURE
Tl
New Building at Ashland to
Cost $85,000 One at
Grants Pass $150,000
Work Starts Soon Is Word
' Allocation of $85,000 of federal
fund by tfte postal department for
Improvement of the Medford poatof
flce, a. similar amount for the con
struction of a postofflce at Ashland
and $150,000 for the erection of a
post of flee at Grants Pass, aa an
nounced from Portland today, gives
a rosier hue to the winter prospects
for labor In the Rogue River valley.
The expenditure of $220,000 In the
area will tone up conditions, It Is
declared. It la announced that bids
for the work will be called for within
30 days, a third ot the period, usually
allowed for government work.
No definite word, has been received
In this city as to how the $85,000
awarded the local postofflce will be
expended, but It wll be either for
the construction of a new postal sub
station In the downtown area or an
addition to the present federal'bulld
ing on Sixth street. If the sub-station
plan la followed it la expected
that the second story will be used
by the forest service, now hampered
for lack of space n Its present quar
ters. The Ashland appropriation of $85,
000 will be used in the construction
of a new postofflce, as will the $150,
000 allocated to Grants Pass.
Definite details, now that the mon
ey has been made available, are ex
pected shortly from the postal de
partment), PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 39. (AP)
Constrction of seven new postofflces
In Oregon and Improvement of an
other, Vie cost of all the projects
to amount to about $820,000, will be
undertaken soon by the postofflce de
partment, according to word received
In Portland.
Cities in which buildings are to be
constructed, and the cost of each, fol
low: Eugene, $260,000; Grants Pass,
$150,000; Hood River, $90,000; Ash
land, $85,000; McMlnnvllle, $85,000;
Tillamook, $85,000, and HUlsboro,
$80,000.
The postofflce at Medford Is to be
Improved at a cost of $85,000.
The work la part of a $5,000,000
Improvement project being undertak
en by the postofflce department in
34 Pacific northwest cities. Bids, It
Is said, will be called within 30 days.
AS
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 29. (AP)
Emll Nelson, 62, irlneville butcher,
died an apparent suicide, It was an
nounced this morning by Deputy Cor
oner Chapman after an Investigation.
Nelson's body was found late Satur
day In the woods near The Dalles-
Callforna highway north of Beaver
Marsh.
A quantity of arsenic found on the
body and the apparent manner of
death led to the coroner's conclusion
Nelson's automobile was reported
found today north of Chemult,
FALL OPENING PLANS
Definite plana for fall opening.
which wlH probably be staged by
Medford merchants the last of next
week, will be developed at the meet
ing of the retail trade committee of
the Chamber of Commerce thli after
noon. The meeting Is scheduled for 4
o'clock. John Moffat, chairman of the
committee, announced.
FIVE TRAPPED BY CAVE-IN
OF HETCH-HETCHY TUNNEL
LI VERM ORE, Cal.. Autr. 29. (AP)
The coat In Uvea of the Hetch-Hethy
project, San Francisco's new water
supply system, Increased here today
as rescue crews struggled through
mud and rock which trapped five
workers in the Coast range tunnel
last nisht.
Abandoning all h-pe of finding any
of the men alive, rescue leaders
placed the project toll at 94 lives.
Twobodies were taken from the tun
nel thla morning and a third was at
the bottom of The shaft. All were
badly maneled and no attempt were
msde at Identification.
The five men caiurht in the cave
in. all miners and muckers from San
Franclivo, were: F. Cllne.- 39; Pat
Crowley, 42;" Thomaa Dnnehy, 29:
Roy McLendon. 30, and Cheater Stm
erwlson, SO.
They were members of a trev or
j.tea vUcb was engaged In xempi
Pear Markets
NEW YORK, Aug. 39. (U.8.D.A.)
OP) Pear auction market, prices
slightly stronger, 79 cara arrived; 45
California, 7 Oregon cara unloaded;
by boat 6 New York cars.
California Bartletts, 28.000 boxes:
$1.90-3.80, few 2 .85-3.90, ordinary
1.65-3.55, common 1.10-3.35, aver
age 13.09.
Oregon Bartletts, 1,650 boxes: Ex
tra fancy average 2.03; fancy (1.60
3.15, average 3.01.
CHICAGO, Aug. 39. (U.S.D. A.) (P)
Pear prices: 16 California cars, 3
Oregon, 1 Washington arrived; 33
cars on track; by truck a Michigan
cara; 10 cara aold.
California Bartletts, 15,589 boxes:
$1.55-3.65, average 13.16.
DEAL SWIFJ BLOW
Flames andBullets Spread
Terror Through Key City
of Manchuria Jap Air
men Ordered On Trail
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Aug. 39.
(AP) The flames and bullets of war
spread terror through this key city
of Manchuria today after hundreds
ot Chinese raiders had sprung up in
the night and dealt a awlft blow at
the heart of the Japanese military
defense system.
Before daylight most of the many
small bands Of Chinese had vanished.
but large concentrations of Chinese
guerillas were reported only four
mllea away at Hun Hopu. At day.
light Japanese bombers took the air
with orders to "get" them.
Night of panic.
In Mukden proper, the largest city
of rich Manchuria, all was confusion
after a night of panic, during which
the big arsenal and Japanese base
were fired. The city's entire fire ae.
partment battled the blazes, and dur-
lng the morning succeeded in pre
venting any explosion at the arsenal
and getting that fire under control.
The air base was extinguished after
several old airplanes had been burned
Other damage was slight.
The Chinese raiders obviously had
a well organized plan of action, so
sudden and mysterious were their at.
tacks on strateglo defense points
shortly after midnight.
Fire Breaks Out.
Hardly had the alarm been sound
ed for Janeneae troops and police,
when fire broke out at the arsenal
end air base, and the wireless station
waa the scene of hand-to-hand fight.
lng. In one skirmish near the arse
nal, a Japanese officer and two ad
ders wearing the uniform of the new
state. Manchukuo, were alaln.
The chatter of machine guns and
the rumble of tanks soon aroused the
populace. The groups of raiders.
numbering several hundred each. con.
tlnued salllea on the Japanese defense
scheme.
The Chinese penetrated the strictly
Japanese section, and even threw
their strength against the south gate
of the walled city. The atreets seemea
to swarm with fighting men and the
Japanese were at a disadvantage, for
their adversaries worked under cover
of darkness.
Early today the Japanese declared
the sudden assault on Mukden, where
they themselvea entered the wedge
for ther own military campaign al
most exactly a year ago. was Inspired
by Marshal Chang Hsiao Liang.
Haizlip Leading
In Aerial Derby
OOODLAND, Kas., Aug. 29. CAP)
James Hatzllp of St. Louts, competing
in the aerial trophy race from Los
Angeles to Cleveland arrived here to
refuel at 8:43 a. m. (M oT.) today
He took off again at 8:53 a.
Halzlip left Los Angeles at 3:45 a, m.
(P.S.T.)
in timbers, preparatory to lining the
28'i mile tunnel with concrete.
They never had a chance, their
companions, who reached safety, satd
Survivors of the slide said Cllne
Crowley, Dennehy, McLendon and
Slmondaon. had Just removed one of
the timbers as there came a dreadful
ominous roar.
Before the fiv n could drop
their tools, their companions said
the waits and roof of the tunnel col
lapsed about them. Albert Holmes.
shift boas in charge of the crew. I'd
six of the survivor to a shaft, 2700
feet away. The others escaped thru
another shaft two and one half mllee
away. Boulders, Jarred loose by the
slide, crashed about them as they
fled, the survivors aald,
Many of the men killed on the pro
Jet In the past have besn struck by
falling boulder or have fallen from
EIGHT LOSE LIVES
Wet Pavements In Washing
ton State Lead to Series
of Fatal Accidents Ta
coma Is Casualty Center
(By the Associated Pre)
Wet pavements contributed to a ee
rie of week-end automobtle accidents
over the state of Washington In which
eight persons lost their lives, six ot
them tn the vicinity of Tacoma. One
person was drowned In Liberty Lake,
at Spokane. There were numerous
Injuries.
The dead were:
Mrs. Stelle Cook, 27, Tacoma.
Henry G. Mosebach, 33. Tacoma.
Chauncey Aerne, 27, Tacoma.
James W. Dixon. 73, San Jose, Calif.
Mrs. Jeanette Quincy, 74, Puyallup.
Georve Van Hermert, Vancouver.
B. C.
Effie L. Barg, 35, Seattle.
Leo Kipper, 25. Tacoma.
Evelyn Murphy, 29, Spokane, who
drowned In that city.
In an accident which took two lives.
Mosebach, head of the Universal Mo
tor company of Tacoma, and Aerne.
postmaster of the American Lake vete
rans' hospital, were killed in a neaa
on collision of their machines at
South Tacoma.
MARSHTTELD, Ore., Aug. 29. (AP)
Crushed beneath his overturned car.
Ira Daniels, 23, of Marahfleld was
killed early Sunday morning when
the machine skidded and crashed into
a dttch near Myrtle Point. Three
companions, Harry Kelly, A. L. Leany
and . Genevieve Morris, were cut and
bruised.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 29. (AP)
Luther P. Dunn, fi5, formerly of La
Grande, Ore., died here Saturday
night of lnjurlea received when
struck down by an automobile out
side hit place of busneas a few hours
earlier. His widow and daughter sur
vive.
The accident was considered by au
thorities to have been unavoidable,
RELIEF WORKERS
RECEIVE NO PAY
FOR ACTIVITIES
Preliminary negotiations are being
made with Curry county this week
for exchange of peara and tomatoes
for canned fish and mutton to be
added to the commissary for Jack
son county's unemployed, R. G. Fow
ler, county agent, announced today.
The exchange will be in keeping with
the extensive relief program In pro
cess throughout the state, under di
rection of Governor Meier's commit
tee for relief of unemployment.
A deal la also being considered
whereby potatoes will be received
from Klamath county In exchange for
tomatoes, Mr. Fowler stated. Klam
ath county is anxious to obtain a
large supply of Jackson county's fruit
to be conserved for the unemployed
and the demand for potatoes will be
great here this winter.
The Jackson county rood conaerva
tlon program ts progressing well un
der the leadership of the women's
division headed by Mrs. A. E. Reames.
All workers are donating their services
to the cause, contrary to a report
about town today to Vie effect that
the conservation! sts were receiving
funds for their participation in the
program. All workers are volunteers
and In the complete relief program
of city and county there Is but one
executive who la on salary. Harry
Moore, who Is hired by the board of
control of the Unemployment Relief
association, la being paid from funds
appropriated the unemployment asso
elation by the city council.
The city agreed to allot the un
employment association a sum of 975
a month for a period to expire Janu
ary 1. unless the agreement Is re
newed by the incoming council.
Mr. Moore acts as executive, listing
the unemployed population and serv
ing as intermediary in the program
for exchange of labor for products
and services, which was outlined by
the Medford Association of the Un
employed. All other workers connected with
the county and city program for the
relief of the unemployed are donating
their services to the cause.
STERLING AHEAD IN
TEXAS VOTE COUNT
DAttAfl. Texas, Aug. 39. fAP)
Returns of the Texas election bureau
at 0:40 a. m. today from 251 out of
2ft4 count lea In the state Including
1M complete, showed that Oovernor
R, 8. Sterling was leading Mrs. Mir
iam A. lMa Ferguson by 3007 vote
for the democratic gubernatorial
nomination. The latest count gave
Sterling 444,431 votes sad Mrs. Fergu-
FARMERS PATROL
This Is a typical scene of activity
ka, where farmers tried to keep produce off the commodity markets and
motorcycles brought news of approaching trucks snd the outposts tried to
to turn back. (Associated Preaa PhntM
ASHLAND COUPLE HELD
FOR PENNEY BURGLARY
State police announced this after
noon that they have arrested Leslie
(Buck) Wilson of Ashland and Miss
Bobby Mansfield, 22, of Ashland, for
the robbery of the J. C. Penney store
at Ashland, July 29 last.
The Mansfield woman, the author
ities say, will be charged with pos
session of stolen property, and Wil
son with theft.
A 19-year-old girl of Ashland was
also questioned In the crime, but was
discharged as "a victim of bad com
pany."
A portion of the loot, the state po
lice say, was found In the Mansfield
girl's quarters. The balance is be
lieved to have been "ditched." The
Penney company estimated their lcs
at 9500, and Included men's clothing,
shirts, and other wearing apparel.
AIIE'S HEALTH
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29. (VP) III
ness may again cut short the come
back series of sermons of Almee Sem
ple Mcpherson Hutton, the evangelist.
Returning to her pulpit laat night,
after a five months' absence on ac
count of 111 health, Mrs. Hutton waa
reported by Angelus temple officials
to have suffered a collapse before en
tering the church. However, the
evangelist delivered a brief sermon,
although she obviously was weak and
pale.
On several previous occasions, Mrs.
Hutton haa collapsed as she pursued
her e van cells tic work and she recently
took a prolonged rest In an effort to
regain her health.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 29. p) David
L. Hutton, husband of Almee Semple
Mcpherson Hutton, checked out of
hotel here Saturday night, saying he
was returning to Los Angeles.
COQUTLLE, Ore., Auk. 29 (AP)
The 1933 conference of the Pacific
Northwest area of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South will be held
tn Troy. Idaho, It was announced to
day following the close of this year's
session at Marshfleld and Coqullte.
The dates for next year's meeting
has not been set, but it Is expected
to be held n July.
Mrs. P. D. Hsrtman of Coqullle was
re-elected president .of the Women's
Missionary society of the conference,
and Mrs. James Richmond of the same
city waa re-elected vice-president.
Superintendents eleoted -included:
Young people's groups, Mrs. Donna
Tavlor. Medford.
District secretsrtee. Include: Port
Isnd district, Mrs. N. D. Wood, Med
ford. . ....
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American
First game:
Chicago ..
New York
R.
- S
1
1
0
and
10 1
Oalllvan
Battertea: Jonea,
Orube;
Oomea and Dickey.
A. I
8
Cleveland .
Boston -
Batteries: Hlldehrsnd and Myatt;
Rhodes, McNaughton and Tate.
First game: R. H. K.
Detroit 8 0
Philadelphia 7 4
Bstterica: Borrell. Uhle and Hay
UfirU liTOAhaw. aa4 Cpchjir
ROADS TO STOP FLOW OF PRODUCE
In the "farmers holiday strike territory of western lows and Nebras
Two other men are sought, but only
for questioning in connection with
the case.
The robbers gained entrance to the
Penney atore by removing the panels
In the back door, and hauled the loot
away In a truck or auto.
Wilson, according to the police, was
released from the state prison at Sa
lem, where he served a term for the
robbery of Nelson's Toggery in Ash
land, two years ago.
The Mansfield woman, the author
ities say, haa been frequently in trou
ble with the law, ana was recently
sentenced for liquor violations.
Wilson denies all knowledge of the
crime, and maintains he la "tangled
up with circumstances."
The state police have been working
on the case for the past month. Cap
tain Lee M. Bown said.
OMAHA, Neb.. Aug. 20, (AP)
Iowa and Nebraska farmera picketing
roads into Omaha from the east, the
south and the north in a drive' to ob
tain higher prlcea for produce were
enforcing a strict watch over the
highways and very few trucka were
getting into the city.
Receipts at the Omaha livestock
market as estimated set the hog run
at 8500. termed a "rather light run"
by market observers, but Just how
much th blockade had to do with
the light receipts waa a debated
question.
All roads Into Omaha from the west
were orn.
The pickets re near Blair, Neb.,
north of Omaha, refused to allow any
trucks to pass.
lAUSfBD
ILLS ON CAPITAL
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 29.
(AP) Norman Thomaa, presidential
nominee of the Socialist party, open
ed a mldwestem campaign with an
addreAa to the Nebraska atate con
vention.
Capitalism, he said, cannot go on.
"You don't suppose you can have
13.000,000 unemployed In the United
States and have the aystem go on
forever," he said In an addresa yea-
terday. "We re all In one big asy
lum and It's the cspltaltst system of
We united States."
Prune Growers
Planning Strike
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 29. (AP) To
launch a prune growers' atrlke
against the announced price of $0
ton 'whl(?l aome local canneries have
placed on prunes for this year'a pack
la the avowed object of a meeting
called to be held In Salem Wednea
day night which all prune growers
of the district are asked to attend,
HALF STARVED BOY HELD
CAPTIVE IN DARK ROOM
OALLIPOLIS. Ohio. Aug. 3P (AP)
Mr, and Mrs. Sylvester Hoctor who
ar alleged to have held an unwanted
child In an upstairs room of their
home, nsked, half etarved, unwashed
and speechless, were formally arreat
ed today.
Arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Fred Mllllsor, they were held
for a-tlon ot the Oallia county grand
Jury, snd then released without bond.
aU si) OOUAK 8UKU'I Dome.
thus boost prices. Scouts on
persuade market-bound carriers
BATES' REMOVAL
TO
F
The stipulation whereby T. A. Bates,
the 74-year-old Gold Hill mining man
and one of the storm centers in the
"breakdown of law and order" allega
tlona In Jackson county, agrees to
remove to Linn county before Febru
ary, 1933, waa filed with the county
clerk last Saturday, by Attorney M.
O. Wllklna of Ashland,
The stipulation waa signed by
District Deputy Attorney Oeorge
Nellsen for the district attorney's of
fice laat Friday, with the under
standing that It was not to be filed
until Dls'liict Attorney George A.
Codding "haa a chance to look
over," Deputy Nellson said thla morn
ing. District Attorney Codding did
not know Saturday that It had been
filed, and without this knowledge
stated that he would seek modifica
tions. This morning, when sdvlsed
that the stipulation had been filed,
the district attorney said: 'I will
probably let It go as It looks, since It
has been filed."
One paragraph of the stipulation.
as filed, states that a part of the
agreement for the sale of the mining
property belonging to Bates in the
Foots Creek area, to be consummated
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Aug. 30. (AP)
Mrs. William A. Simmons, 35, wife
of a watch repair man, led hex three
small daughters Into a lake near here
last night under pretense of showing
them "how to baptize" and drowned
two of them and herself. The other
escaped.
The aurvlvor. Louise Simmons, iu,
was found on an Island. Tha girl said
her mother, who sold religious litera
ture, brought them from their home
18 mllea away, and waded out Into the
water with Dorothy, 8. and Marjorle,
8, In her arms. Louise said aha waa
led along by her hand, but aucceeded
In breaking loose Just before Mrs.
Simmons and tha other glrte sank.
The bodies were recovered.
FLAMING PLANE
KUGENB, Ore., Aug. 20 (API An
unldentllled plans, thought to have
crashed In the hllla near Marcola
early Sunday morning, waa eought
today by Eugene deputy aherltfs
Frank Tryer, a farmer near Coburg
reported to the sheriff he and his
family saw a flaming object In the
aky at 1 :55 a. m. Sunday. It appeared
to be a plane falling In flames.
Herman Hobl flew over the spot
but could not locate anything re
sembling a plsne.
meanwhile, three-year-old Iren Hoe
tor, frolicked at Interva'a In aun
llght he had almost tori it ten. The
matron aald the boy tw "practically
a skeleton" from starve Jon. but be
lief waa espressed that with care ha
would recover lull hea.th.
Mrs. Hoctor said thl boy was, con
fined "to keep him 'jut of trouble."
She and her husbar-d are 33. They
have four children r.ow. Anpthsi sued
KB ttot V ,,r ' """ -'.
HUSBAND IN JAIL
E
William Glayzer of Ashland
Captured Early Sunday
After Saturday Night
Knife Attack On Mate
William T. Olaywr, 34. a transient -
lshorer and a former resident of ths
Trail district, la held In tha county
Jail on an open oharsa, pending tha
outcome of wounda allegedly Inflicted
Saturday evening with a butcher
knife, upon hla wife, Oolda, aa a
climax to a domestic quarrel. Glay
zer was captured Sunday morning
about 4:33 o'clock by atate police oa
the Bear creek bottoms southeast of
Ashland. He fled after the muder-
ous assault.
The condition of Mrs. Glayzer waa
reported today as critical, with a
possibility that compllcatlona will
arise. She Is In an Ashland hospital
under the care of Dr. r. G, Sweden
burg.
Rtnhhed Many Times
The wife waa atabbed four or fire
tlmea In the right arm, once across
the left arm, and once In the left
side near the heart.
Olayzer when arrested waa wet from
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DISPLAY AT PICHE'S
A peculiar looking reptile, animal,
flah, or "what have you" was brought
In from the Rogue yesterday by Dr. '
B. R. Elliott and John Snider and
Is on display this afternoon at Al '
Plche's shop.
John Snider, who waa fishing for
steelhead landed the animal, which
he described as a fish with legs. The
critter" la 14 Inches long, grayish
brown In color, hu a mouth like a
sucker, four legs with toes that re
semble fingers, a long heavy tall, and
at each aide of Its head, a aponge like
formation, which It apparently usea
for breathing purposes.
John caged his prize In a bucket of
water, from which It waa atari ng
with alovenly blue eyea this morning,
and with Dr. Elliott l'rought It In
from Shady Cove. The reptile was
trensferred to the home ot Mrs. Kthel
Wllllta, nature study Instructor at the
Washington school, who Identified It
aa "marbled aalamander In the polly-
wog stage."
The salamander will soon lose Its,
gills (the very fetching sponges on la
neck) become somewhat amaller, "4
aume new coloring of gray, yeUow
spotted, and take to dry land, never
to return to Its watery home, ewept
to lay Its eggs, Mrs. Wllllta stated.
The animal la a harmless scavenger,
but to the bite of another animal,
gives off a mild poison. John Snider
waa fishing with crayfish ai bait. In
awlft water, when he landen It.
Since text books do haie adequate
Information . listing and describing
Jackson county reptiles, Mrs. Wllllta
stated yesterday, tha', ahe would
place Information rega.dlng the aala
mender In the hands ot the author.
SEATTLE DOCTOR TO
SELL MINE LOCATION
Dr. A. E. 'lurch of Seattle, who
stopped In Medford and Jacksonville
thla morning, stated that he was en
route to Mariposa county, Calif., to
transact ouslneaa tn connection with
the sale of a gold mine, valued be
tween tares snd five millions of dol
lars. Dr. flurch was accompanied on ttie
trip oy Attorney Rutherson and son
Rolrrrt of Seattle, snd a group of
mlr.inff men. They attended to busi
ness matters In Jacksonville today
concern ln 10 acres of land owned by
Portland Brothel .
Target For Bomb
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 39. (AP)
A large bomb, exploded In the atstr
way of a Fourth atreot rooming
house, Jarred downtown Portland
shortly before dawn today, breaking
out windows acrorn the atreet and
wrecking a poolroom. The Identity
of the bomber and the cause of the
attack were not known to police, who
said the rooming house waa a disor
derly resort.
,
Hoover Returns
To Office Desk
WASHINGTON. Aug. 39. (AP)
President Hoover returned to hi desk
early today after spending ft week at
hla Rapldan camp In the Virginia
mountains with a group ot friends.
Mrs. Hoover and several member
hjt tba fcV-l regained, h y ifww