Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1932)
Medford Mail Tribune The Weather . lonliht and Wednesday, lair. Lit tle change In temperature. Temperature: HI chest jesterday . 83 MAIL 1KIBLNE A. B. C. An A. B. C. Aadltor In auditing circa latlona ctaecki news print uied. spoli ate, rain melted and other detain. llTlnc credit only for NET PAID circulation the beat advertising money can buj. Lowest thii morning 4s Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER i, 1932. No. 166. o)IUJLa r mm m rail FLEE Comment on the Day's News . . By FRANK JENKINS. fiERB la a atatement you may not i"l e.ven begin to believe, but It l at leaat Interesting. It la taken trom the Septembr lasue ot the American Builder, published In Chicago. nd repreaenlng the great building In dustry: "Based on a survey of a thousand typical wage earners aa to what they are going to buy when thlnga are back to normal, the American Builder evsees evidence of a present pent-up de mand for three million new homes, valued at t6000 each, a total of 18 bil lion dollars." A ROSY ESTIMATE, to say the J least. Isn't It? And It certainly sounda overdrawn. But It MIGHT be accurate. It might f even be UNDER the facta. anuPPOSB. for example, someone had aJ said, back around 1910, that there ihn a twnt-uo demand for THREE MILLION AUTOMOBILES, He would have been hooted out of town, and hla prediction would have been laughing stock every time gathering of people got together for months afterward. Three million au tomobiles I The very Ideal Why. there aren't that many cranks In the country I So the comment would have run. But In the next 30 years, following 1910. more than TEN TIMES three million automobiles were manufac' tured and SOLD. f ERE la a statement that sounds , XX rather startling, but It la essen tially true: In the light of modern Invention and progress, the average dwelling ot today is as out-of-date aa waa the norse and buggy back In 1910. It con- talna almost NO convenlencea at all, as conveniences are going to be rated when people begin to become familiar with what the Inventors have been turning out In the past three or four years. ' Air conditioning alone, which is only one of MANY. MANY new de velopments, will revolutionize homes much aa the self-starter revolution bred the automobile, making people want new homes who never thought of It before. AIR CONDITIONING, aa you prob ably know, will warm your house In winter, and cool It In summer. It will control humidity accurately, so that there will be neither too much nor too little moisture In the air you breathe but Just exactly enough for comfort and health. It will wash the air that enters Jjyour house. Just aa the laundry washes jour clothes, taking out all the dust and soot. With air conditioning, you will leave your wlndowa closed tightly, yet will have perfect ventilation and nerfect temperature control. You can dust your furniture, and It will STAY DUSTED for an unbe u.vubla lenzth of time, because no dust and dirt will enter your house. I ND IF, for example, you are trou- J- bled with hay fever, you can re tire to your home at the seasons when ' you are troubled and be wholly free from this scourge, for air conditioning . w;ll remove from the air that enters your house all the pollen that la the cause of hay fever. And so on. Indefinitely. WHEN these new 'improvements be come available at exceedingly I reasonable prices, as they will shortly after business recovery sets In, peo ple are going to become dissatisfied with their old housea and will want KEW ONES, Just aa people back at the beginning of thle century began to be dissatisfied with their horses and burgles and wanted automobiles. When people WANT THINGS badly enough In this country, they find a way to get them. They found a way. you know, to buy the twenty-odd mil lion automobllea that are running on our htghwaya today. WHAT thla new demand for homes will mesn out In thla country, where lumber, the finest of all build ing materials for email homes. Is our principal manufactured product, can only be guewd at, but It will MEAN A LOT If the lumber Industry Is as shrewd at taking advantage of this new demand aa It should be. It MAY MEAN greater lumber ac tivity than we have ever seen before. Burn a thing Is powlble. 25 FIRE FIGHTERS REACH SAFETY AS FUMESCLOSE IN One Dead. Two Towns in Ashes Result of Forest Conflagration On Coast Million and Half Damage PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 4. (AP) Crushing In from ail sides In a terri fying maelstrom of smoky flame and blasting heat, a forest fire today ob literated the town of Cochran In the coast mountain timber country, about 50 mliea west of Portland in Washington county. The loss Includ ing that In the town, to mills, rail road equipment and timber. Is esti mated by those In the area at more than $2,000,000. The town's 200 In habitants escaped. The community and mill camp at Edwards, nearby, burned (to the ground last night. PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 4. (P) The town of Cochran In the coast mountain timber country, was de stroyed by forest fire today after hav ing been surrounded on all sides by raging, roaring flames. All residents of the town, amounting to 300 or more, were rushed through fire lines to safety during the night. Some were able to save household goods. - They raced with the flames as evacuating caravans pushed through the amoke to a haven beyond tr.e swirling, blasting heat. $1,500,000 Damage Property damage from the fire, which started last week, today had amounted to more than $1,500,000. One man met death and two towns have been burned to ashes. Twenty five men who were surrounded by fire last night, escaped safely this morning, making their way to an old burned spot, swept earlier by flames. They had been unaccounted for tnore than 24 houra, E. H. White was one of the last persona to leave Cochran. Prom a vantage spot In the high room of the C. H. Wheeler Logging company store he telephoned to Portland dctalla of the conflagration. Eat and Run. "Thla la the last report you will get from me." he said, "aa the roof of the store In which I am talking Is burning and the fire la spreading fast. In a few minutes I will have to leave. "The cook here la feeding 75 fire fighters now. They are so hungry they are wolfing the beans and bread hurrying to get their eating done be. fore fire drives them out. The roof of their cook-house Is In flames." Fire today destroyed the Southern Pacific depot at Enrlght, and the Weatwood Lumber company plant at Edwards. 8. P. Bridge Burns. A 1100,000 Southern Pacific brldj waa burned last night, and three tun. nela In the line were burned out and another waa expected to be destroyed. The town and mill camp at Ed wards were burned to the ground late yesterday and the fire was burning In the community of Enrlght today. A logger named Starr was killed yes terday when a tree fell on him In the Blue Lake district. Definite signs of a healthier Med ford were reported today by Mrs. Ruth Swanson Dodson. local achool nurse. Physical examinations, which are neartug completion In the schools, show a marked Improvement In atu dent health, she said. An absence of skin diseases la espec ially welcomed, Mrs. Dodson stated. She gave no reason for the Improve ment, but will release figures show ing the decrease In Illnesses aa soon aa all examinations have been completed. Federal Fund 'Hand-Outs' May Delay Normal Times LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. &) Ad verse criticism a well u praise of the federal government's relief ef fort sounded, the American Bankers' association today was to officially opn Its 59th annual convention. "Subsidies, credits and tariffs, cou pled with the general Invitation to the public, from Washington, to com and get money and not be timid about It. may delay the return of norms! condition," Thomas C. Hen ntng. head of the trust division of the association, declared In a p re convention meeting of that branch of the association. "If thla cheap money campaign of the Home Loan bank is continued, a breakdown may result in the safety of reidence loan.-' he continued. "The only excuse for the extensive Defeats LaFollette At Former Gov. Walter J. Kohler (above) of Wisconsin, conserva tive republican, won hla party's nomination for the Governorship over Gov. Philip F. LaFollette, pro gresaive republican. (Aasoclated Press Photo) FEDERAL COURT ON LIQUOR CASE The Southern Oregon term of th federal court opened thla afternoon with Federal Judge Alger Fee presid ing. Judge Fee arrived ycfterday afternoon, for the term, accompanied by Mrs. Fee. District Attorney George A. Neuner, hla chief deputy, Charles Ersklne and office stenographer. Mlssl McKay, arrived by train tills morning.' Miss Mary Bell, for many .yeara as sistant to the late Judge Robert B. Bean, and well known here, continues with Judge Fee In the same capacity. Judge Pee la a boyhood friend or Olen Arnsplger of this city. The advance guard of Klamath res ervation Indians, to be called in the trial of Racine Welser, a fellow tribes man, arrived thla morning. Welser la accused of murdering hla father, aa a climax to a drunken spree. It la scheduled to start next Monday. The first cases scheduled for hear ing thla afternoon are both for al leged violation of the liquor laws. They are the United Statea against Cliff Johnson and others, and Pat Hogue and others, for alleged opera tion of atllls In Klamath county. The case of Ivan Nealon against H. Van Hoevenberg. orchardlst of this section, la scheduled for tomorrow. Tills Is a damage action for $25,000 and Is predicated upon an auto crash that occurred along the Huasian River highway In California last summer. Nealon, a hitch-hiker, waa riding In a truck that collided with the Van Hoevenberg car. Nealon alleges In hla complaint that he sustained injuries when the truck went over an em bankment and he waa pinned beneath It. He further allcgea that hot water from the radiator scalded hla leg. Van Hoevenberg Is represented by At torney George M. Roberta of thla city. United States Marshal Jack Day and Mrs. Day and Chief Deputy William Graham and Mrs. Orahm srrlved thla morning to attend the session. . Waters Elected Bonus Leader UNIONTOWN, Pa., Oct. 4. (API W. W. Waters, leader of the bomis army march In Washington, was re elected national commander of the bonus expeditionary force at a wild session of the organizations national convention late today. Veteran Banker Iltes. WAUKBSHA, Wis., Oct. 4. (IP) Andrew J. Frame. 88. dean of Wla- consln bankera and one of the most colorful of the state's financial lead ers, died today. that It la a temporary expedient." The federal government, howeve: came In for It share of praise In an address by Harold O. Parker, vice president of the Standard Statistics company of New York, before the annual meeting of the savings divi sion of the association. He termed as "good" the neconst ruction Plnsnee corporation loans to the railroads. However, snother attack on the government's relief effort was mo by Jay Morrison, vice-president of fist;ie savings bsnk, in an address before a savings division meeting. "A huge government building pro gram to relieve the depression may defeat Its own aim,' he said. "We musf bear in mind that funds fjr public construction work are derived from taxes, most of whirr, must oe psld nr- when we are little able to HOOVER'S SPEECH. BELT TO Senator Dickinson Joins President's Party Enroute to Des Moines Says Visit Will Aid Farm Vote By John F. Chester Aasoclated Press Staff Writer. ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPEC IAL ENROUTE TO DES MOINES. AT DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 4. (AP) Juat before crossing the Mississippi river for the first time In the cam paign, President Hoover today apoke of federal aid for the people along that great waterway. At Rock Island, 111., where he waa greeted by a crowd estimated by po lice at 13,000. the chief executive as serted Into a hastily erected micro phone, that the moves for "full nine- foot transportation between Rock Island and other cltlea on the Mis sissippi river system cannot fall to advance prosperity of your city." Three bands were playing aa the train entered the city. There were applause and cheers aa the president and first lady emerged. He leaned over the railing to shake handa with those nearest hlrn. . Senator Dickinson (R.. Iowa), who boarded the train at Chicago, and conferred with the president enroute, said the speech tonight would mark the beginning of a new phase In the campaign. "Up to thle point," Dickinson said, "the campaign trend has been to at tack President Hoover's record. He hsa made auch an outstanding record that the attacks will fall by the way side. "The next phase of the campaign will be attacka on tha democratic program aa unsound. This speech la the foundation for that program. -fi'cklrrtaa, AiBSW tril that the president's spech would give the Republican cause a great boost In the tarm area.- . FULL REPORT RELIEF ACTIVITY Members of the Medford Rotary club , heard & detailed report of the work of the Jackson County Relief committee at their regular weekly luncheon thla noon presented by Mrs. Donald Clark. A review of past activ ities In food conservation was related by the speaker, who told of the re sults accomplished by the local can ning kitchen which has been In oper ation thla season. Mrs. Clark also outlined a project to raise funds for future relief work and asked the sup port of the Rotarlans present. Arthur W. Manuel, Pacific coast manager of the Civic Concert Service was Introduced by Past President E. W. Shock ley and reviewed briefly the accomplish menta of the successful season experienced here last winter. He also explained the urgent need for subscribing to the local association at once aa no memberships will be accepted after Saturday night, Oct. 8. A. P. Johnaen, chairman of the ser vice club golf tournament made an Interesting report rn thla local ath letic activity and staged that six out of the nine trophies were won by the Rotsry club In competition with the Klwanls, Lions and Active clubs. Some of the attractive trophies were displayed and the Rotarlans respon sible for the victory-were Introduced ns follows: Rotary four-man team Hamilton Pat ton. C J Semon, Oeo. Henselman end B. L, Lageson, winner of s-cond flight: Al Lantls, winner of third flight: Ralph Dtppel, winner of first consoiatton flight; Oeo. Hensel man. President Lantls announced thst the Rotary attendarce record for the pat quarVsr waa 09.74 percent, one of the best record! made by the local Rotarlans for manv months. The membership now totals 50 members and Is showing a steady gain. Visitors at the meeting were Mrs. Donald Clark, Mrs. Gilbert Stuart, Arthur W. M?nuel ot Chicago and Ralph Gorton, Raymond litter and Ohet Leonard of Medford. Harry Leland of Los An gel pi was a visiting Rotar!an. GRETA REFUSES TO MEET PRINCE STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 4 V, Two of the world's most glamorous figures a ret a Garbo and the Prince of Wales almost met yesterday after noon In Turkish bath. They happened to be in the place at the same time, but there waa no meeting, even though a Stockholm newspaper did print an elaborate ac count, with imaginary details, of Pear Markets NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (AP) 44 car, arrived. 13 California. 3 New York, 13 Oregon, 11 Washington unloading. 33 cars on trsck, msrket allghtly ,trong er. California Bartlett. 260 boxes. S3.30-3.45; average, 13.79; Boac. 1490 boxes, 2. 10-2 65; average, 3.34: Co mice. 1130 boxes. .1.80-3.10. average. $2.03: Hardya, 415 boxea. $1.80-3.40, average, $3.14. Oregon Bartletts. 13,550 boxes: Ex tra fancy. $1.15-3.55; top. $1.15-1.60: average. $1.07: fancy. $1.05-3.50; tops. 73c-$1.45. average, $1.70. CHICAGO. Oct. 3. (AP) 1 Cali fornia, 3 Colorado, 3 Michigan, 3 New York, 5 Oregon, 3 Washington cars arrived; 17 on track: 6 cars sold. Ore gon Bartletts, 648 extra fancy, $1.05 3.30; average, $2.08; 2150 fancy, $1.60 3.15. average, $1.89. W1T.IL LEADERS OF COUNTY BAN TO FIGHT REPEAL Organisation of a county committee to fight repeal of the 18tb amend ment waa completed here lust night at the meeting at the new county court house, addressed by Miss Maud Aldrlch of the motion picture de partment of the Women's. Christian Temperance Union. Officers named to head the cam paign for maintenance of the prohi bition law are: Walter Leverette, chairman: Colonel W. H. Paine, vice chairman at large: Rev. E. A. Olden burg, secretary; Mrs. B. IT. Bryant, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. H. G. Wilson, tressurer. Colonel Paine presided at the meeting last night, and E. E. Gore waa temporary secre tary. Vice-chairmen to represent' the va rious churche of the city were elect ed as follows: A. W. Shepherd, Meth odist. Enisoonal. Walter Frailer Brown. PrbyterlsnXl JoUa fc'Vnn " gplcco- pal; S. C. Ludwlg, Baptist; E. B. aore, Christian Science: E. R. Cobb, Chrla- tlsn. Harry Lyle, Naearene; P. M. Rod man, Seventh Day Adventlst: E. E. Nelson, Free Methodist: D. J. Stetner, Full Gospel; Dr. Frank Roberts, South Methodist; Frank Metcalf, Mormon. There were no representatives pres ent from the Catholic,, Lutheran, Missouri Synod Lutheran and the Apostolic- Faith churches and the Sal vation Army. The pastors will be celled upon by the committee and asked to appoint representatives. Miss Aldrlch, In a stirring address, stated that "America in the midst of her depression Is better off than any rum soaked nation of the world and that sober brains are helping her solve her problem." A solo was sung by Mrs. Merrlman and Invocation waa read by Rev, W. H. En ton. KLAMATH BLAZES ALSO CONFESSED BY Frank Mlllck, 30. a paroled Inmate of the Arizona state hospital, arrest ed Sunday for setting fire last week to a Talent residence, and an Apple gate barn, confessed last night, state police ssy, to setting fire a month ago to the White Pine Moulding company, and Elllngsen Lumber company ware houses In Klamath Falls. Mlllck. In his statement, the authorities say, further admits that he planned to set fire to the Palace Hotel In Grants Pass. State police place credence In Ml Hen's statement. Inasmuch as he gave Intimate details relative to the Klamath Falls blazes, and their loca tion. Mlllck Is also suspected of setting fires In the northern part of the state. State police say that he Is a paranoiac. He was first arrested here September 10, as a parole violator from the Arizona Institution. That state refused to aocept him, and he waa discharged from local custody. At the time, Mlllck said he was golnfc to return to Arizona. State police Investigators and In surance company aides sre checking the activities of Mlllck, since his arri val In this state. 1 FOR GRID FAILURE CORVALLIS. Ore. Oct. 4. (AP) The Oregon State BaromeW, student paper at the stale college here today quoted Pvil J. Shlssler, head foot bait coarh. as having said he will re sign this fall If Oregon State falls to defeat the University of Oregon In the annual game this season. The student newspaper appeared this morning with a headline across the sport page declaring "P. J. 8ctUat - C.0FC. PORTLAi MEET Southern Oregon Products Grace Table Speakers Tell Progress and Prob lems 16 Make City Trip Abandonment of Ideas of state sec tionalism and promotion of the pros perity of the entire state was the keynote of the program preaented oy the southern Oregon chambers 01 commerce before the members' forum meeting of the Portland chamber yes terday noon, with I. E. Vlnlng. Asn land. Frank Jenkins, Medford and R c. Oroesbeck. Klamath Falls as the principal speakers on tne program. A. P. Johnsen, chairman of the- forum committee of the Medford chamber, presided at the meeting. A luncheon compoaed chiefly of southern Oregon products awaited the 300 members of the Portland chamber when they arrived at the Hotel Mult. nomah for the meeting. Included in the menu were Medford near pie strawberrlea and grapes from Grants Pasa, sweet potatoes from Roseburg, tomato Juice from Ashland and pota- toea from Klamath Falls. Grants Pass also sent 80 dozen gladioli for table decorations. Stevens In Song. W. W. R. May. chairman of the Portland members' forum, opened the meeting, which was turned over to the southern Oregon chairman at 13.30, with the program from this district occupying the entire hour until adjournment. The first num ber on the program featured James Stevens. Medford baritone. Alma Lawrence, formerly of Medford, companled Mr. Stevens. R. O. Oroesbeck, president of the Klamath county chamber of com merce, waa the first speaker, and cov ered the general bualnesa Jndaco- -oomi' situation 111 uoucnori utobou, He was followed by Frank Jenkins, whose topic was tourist travel, out lining possibilities for the develop ment of tourist business In southern Oregon end emphasizing need for im proved hlghwaya to handle the vol ume of traffic. Tourists' date way. -'Southern Oregon's growth ahead of that of the northern part' of the state may be accounted for. In measure at least," said Mr. Jenkins, "by the circumstance that we are the main tourist gateway to the state, By far the greater number of tourists who come to the state, come from the south. It Is noticeable, too, that only about 80 per cent of them get as far north as Roseburg, the malnder spending their entire vaca tions In the southern part of the state. The Inference Is that southern Oregon Intrigues them; that they find locations and opportunities to satisfy them without going further north and they either stay there as perma nent residents rr come back later to make their homes." Vlnlng Tells River Need. t. E. Vlnlng, of Aahland, closed the program for aouthern Oregon with an address devoted to game and wild lire conditions In southern Oregon, with particular emphasis on the ne-! ceaslty of making Rogue river a sportsman's stream and closing It to commercial fishing. "In the long run," he stated, "the sportsmen's dol lars attracted to the Rogue river country will return to the state a profit vastly greater than that which may be realized from any commer cial fishing activity on the atresm, which Is limited, even under beet conditions." Included In the Medford delegation, headed by W. S. Bolger, president of the Medford chamber of commerce, were J. C. Thompson, A. P. Johnsen, O. O. Alenderfer, James Stevens, R. R. Reter, W. H. Fluhrer, T. E. Daniels and Frank Jenkins. Ashlsnd was rep resented by O. M. Green, Mayor E. J. Thornton, Lou Hansen and I. E. Vlnlng: Klamath Falls by R. C. Oroes beck and Earl Reynolds; Roseburg by George Smith and W. C. Herding. Grants Pass did not send a delega tion to the meeting. Roosevelt an Apostle Of Despair Says Mills LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. (yP) Charging Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt with refusing to discuss "major Issues" the campaign on hts recent vl. ' i California, Secre tary of the Tre. .iry Ogden L. Mills said today ha would take up the tar iff question In retail In his Sen Francisco address Friday night. Secretary Mills, here to deliver an address befo-a the American Bank era' association jonlg'it, was the prin cipal speaker at a Republican rally last night at T-;ntty auditorium thxt attracted a crowd estimated by Re publican leaders to have been In ex cess of fiooo. The crowd overflowed the building and clogged the streets around It. A loud-speaking system carried his address to those unable to obtain seat. l Picturing Roosevelt, the Demo- Sues For Divorce 1 1 n Katharine Ursula Parrott Green wood, wall known novelist of Wll ton. Conn,, charged cruelty In a divorce notion Instituted against her husband, Charle, T. Greenwood, New York banker. (Associated Preaa Photo FEAR PROPAGANDA WRECK PLAN E Fear that propoganda anent the Siskiyou road rerouting wilt wreck the labor prospects and relief program of Jackson county for the coming winter and next spring, was expressed today among the unemployed, county officials, and welfare agencies. In Gold Hill, where the building of the super-road would furnish probably -ia.pj(mer.L fftf.a- full crew In the Port and -Beaver cement plant, dis approval of the agitation waa voiced. The federal government, In its un employment relief program proposes to spend In Jackson and Josephine counties, the coming winter and next spring, 46S.O00 of federal funds. The misleading report that this would be derived from local taxation and sale of state bonds, has caused the false lmnresMon to ba forth over the state that Jackson county does not want the money. This Immediately resulted In Multnomah and other upstate counties taking atepe to get It. peti tions were circulated and letters written to the governor, urging ' an abandonment of the rerouting plan on the ground "it would boost the taxea." In an effort to offset the activities of the opponents of the road work, the county court yesterday addressed the following explanatory letter to Governor Meier: "The opposition of a few citizens to the construction of a new highway from the California line over the 81s klyous, la not representative of the attitude of the people of thla county. The citizens signing as 'Taxpayers' League' compose only a small num ber of the residents living along the course of the old highway, and the reasons stated by them In their va rious communications to you and to the highway board are purely personal (Continued on Page Five) CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (jpfi The Engi neering News-Record said heavy en gineering construction increased slightly for the week ended Septem ber 26, the total being estimated at 23,850,000. 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 4. ) Trade estimates were to the effect that mis cellaneous demand for steel prod ucts has accounted for a further gain In ingot production during the past week. Present production was given as 17 per cent of capacity. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. fF) October eggs gained $645 per car on the Chi cago Mercantile Exchange during the month of September. Total satw, were almost double those of the same month last year. apostle of despair who practically ad mits the depression has hlrr licked before he starts," Secretary Mills de scribed President Hoover as ' a tried and seasoned veteran of magnificent courage and resourcefulness." He was given prolonged applause and cheers. The cabinet official was Introduced by Joseph Scott, Los Angeles attor ney, who nominated President Hoover at the Chicago convention.' Scott in troduced Mills as the President's strong right arm." "On the one hand." Mills declared, "there Is Inexperience, vague prom ises, utter failure to coma to grips with the real problems, and a ph:i osophy which cannot be described other than a philosophy of despair. "On the other hand, you have s magnificent record of courage, re sourcefulness and achievement whl have produced a program that has PAPAL DELEGATE OF Chamber of Deputies Calls On President to OustMon signor Flo res View point Called Imbecile MEXICO riTV, Oct, 4. (Al') President Rmtrlgupz today dlc liited an order expelling Mon slcnor I.eopoldo Ruiz y Flores. the papal deleirate from Mexico. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4. (AP) The chamber of deputies decided to call upon President Rodriguez today and demand the expulsion from Mexico of the papal delegate. Monslgnor Leo- pomo Ruiz y Flores, because of the recent encyclical of Pope Plus XI on Mexican church affairs. The decision followed an animated session in the chamber last night, it was proposed by Luis Leon, editor ot El Kaclonal. organ of the revolution ary party, who bitterly denounced the Catholic clergy. 'I propose that we go in a body," he said, "and Inform the executive that, in obedience to our revolution ary convictions, we are ready to com bat In any way, our eternal foe." Th resolution waa approved by acclama tion. Senor Leon referred to the church's viewpoint aa "imbecile" and "treason. He said the Mexican clergy always had been the ally ot the conservatives, the land-owners and the wealthy, but never of the humble classes. They opposed the constitution of 1857, ha said, and sought an emperor prior to Emperor Maximilian's "invasion" of Mexico. IDFlDMN Klfty members of the Medford post attended the Installation ceremony of Ashland post No. 14, American Legion, in the Llthta city last night. Ray Jeub, new district commander, was present from Coquille, and in stalled the new officers. Mrs. John Enders, nevr district president of the Auxiliary, installed officers of the Ashland women's or ganization. Grants Pasa was also represented at the Installation, and the danos and supper which followed.- Com mander Hussey of Kerby wsa present and Invited the Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass Legionnaires and their wives to attend the Kerby Installa tion Wednesday of thla week. John Enders waa toastmaster for' the evening, and Paul McDonald, department first vice-commander, gave an outline of the results of the state and national conventions held In Portland. Voicing appreciation of the fln attendance from Medford, the Ash land post promised to turn out lit full force at the Medford Installation meeting next Monday evening at tha K. P. hall. WILL- ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., Oct. 3. See whore the Prince of Wnlcs is visiting Sweden to see if he can't drag Greta Garbo out of seclusion. That would be a great match for both coun tries. After finishing listening to the world's scries I figured, on account of it being Sunday, I could leave it turned on and not have to listen to some poli tician, but what do I getj Four preachers all at different places. What was they doing, saving the sinner! No. Two of 'em was saving the Republi cans, and the otner two was saving the Democrats. The old sinner won't get much consid eration till after November 8th. Tours, WILL ROGERS. P. S. All during the world series all we could hear was the ball trickled through so and so's fingers." This was the "tricklinest series I e t r beard." amti MiHmsi MHita ft - i& fjeV Lssgfi 9mm fee Em&e m "h,
