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Medford Mail Tribune National Advertisers Many national advertuers are mam bn of A. B. C. They help make Audited circulations possible by their membership, and profit by using A. B. O. newspapera. Twenty-Seventh Year .MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932 No. 168. DLJ J'f S GOODWILL FLIERS LOST AT SEA OF Pear Markets - The Weather Fancut: Tonight and Friday, showers and cooler. Temperature: Hlfheet yeaterday 1 Lowest this morning 65 si e Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. , ryHEY'RE telling this one on a real 1 dent of the Willamette valley: "I havent voted tor the laat atx or eight years." he Is reported to have said, "but I'm going to register ana vote thla year. My boy la SO years old. and be never has voted. "We're both going to register ana vote this year, and we're both going to vote for Roosevelt. TEDDY made good president before, and he'll I: .J again." TUST how many people In this vast al country, do you suppose, will vote for Franklin DeLano Roosevelt this fall under the Impression that they are voting for Teddy Roosevelt? - T SEEMS to this writer, who expects tl to vote for Hoover, that in the past couple or weeKs noover sentiment w gaining while Roosevelt sentiment Is slipping a little. Is that because of HOPE that such Is the case, or have you noticed some thing of the sort? AT ANY RATE, In the past couple of weeks, this writer has heard more people say they are going to vote for Hoover and fewer people say they are going to vote for Roosevelt than was the case before that time. CANDOR, however, compels the ad mission that if the election were to be held tomorrow Roosevelt would probably carry Oregon. But there are reasons for believing that sentiment Is changing somewhat, and It may be that It will change enough more be tween now and November 8 that Hoover will carry the state. People who remember the hard campaign of 1898 say that in Septem ber and early October Bryan was dls " tlnctly In the lead, so far as could be Judged by the way people talked; yet In November McKlnley carried the country by a fairly heavy ma jority. THIS statement was made In this writer's hearing the other day by a man whose opinions are conserva tive and well thought out, and there fore carry quite a little weight among his acquaintances: "If Hoover Is elected this fall, I'm Inclined to think that we shall see a much sharper upturn In the way of business recovery than most peo ple are expecting. Conditions are fundamentally favorable, and con siderable Improvement Is already ap parent. Hoover's election will give people confidence that this Improve ment will continue, and they will be Inclined to step out and do something. "If Roosevelt Is elected, on the I other hand, they will be Inclined to ' WAIT AND SEE. This waiting will mean a setback to business recovery." THAT Is a fair and accurate state ment of a condition that un doubtedly exists. People know about Hoover. They dont know about Roosevelt. While they are FINDING OUT about htm, they will hold up their plans for business expansion. Holding lip plans for business ex pansion will check the process ot nuslness recovery. THE OTHER DAY thl Portland chamber of commerce was host at Its weekly forum luncheon to a dele gation from Southern Oregon, whose purpose was to tell Oregon's largest city all about Oregon's most promis ing section. J ,. a Augle Johnsen, of Medford, who presided at this luncheon, left his of fice at 8 o'clock In the morning, flew to Portland, arrived in plenty of time to discharge his duties as chairman at noon, flew back to Med ford in the afternoon and waa hard at work in his office again at 4:00 o'clock. We're living In a world In which distance no longer cuts much of a figure, aren't we? TO! PORTLAND people heard this statement: Because the bulk of tourist travel let's say "guest" travel; it sounds better comes from the south, South ern Oregon receives these guete first, and reliable figures show that 60 per cent of them do not get north of Roseburg; thla of course being true because of ehortage of time, Cali fornia vacations, on the average, being limited to two weeks. Just as Oregon vacatlona are. And Southern Oregon, which en- (Continued on Pag Four) T Poor Health Believed Cause of Deed In Business Here for Many Years Had Large Land Holdings Ray Toft, for many years In busi ness In this city, and one of the county's largest property owners, committed suicide this afternoon at his home at Jacksonville, according to a report received by Couuty Cor oner H. W. Conger about 3 o'clock. Toft, who had been In poor health for some time, placed a wire about his neck and Inserted a stick, using It as tourniquet to choke himself to death, residents of the pioneer town reported. He had been left In the house by the family, which has been occupy ing the residence with him. Their names could not be obtained this afternoon. When members of the family returned. It was stated, they found him dead on the floor, with the tourniquet about his neck. Coroner Conger waa enroute to Jacksonville when The Mall Tribune went to press. Mr. Toft was In the brokerage busi ness in this city for approximately 40 years. He moved to Jacksonville about two years ago. He has a father, J. E. Toft, and a sister living on North Grape street, this city. He was married to Amelia Toft wnen he resided In this city. Jacksonville residents stated this afternoon that the Tofts had been separated for some time. Mr. Toft, his friends say, was about 53 or 54 years of age. FE B. W. Carlton, president of the Fruitgrowers' league, said this after noon that a telegram had been for warded by the organization to Gov ernor Julius It. Meier, recommend ing the' appointment of Paul A. Scherer, local frultman, as a member of the state board of higher educa tion. This vacancy on the board Is to be filled as a result of Albert Burch's reglsnatlon. DIAMOND LAKE ROAD E PORTLAND, Oct. . (AP) A low bid of 118,120 for the clearing of an eight-mile section of the north 8an ttam highway was submitted to the bureau of public roads here Wednes day by Peart Brothers of Coquille. Curtis-Garner company of Portland was low for the construction of four concrete bridges on the Diamond lake route, with a bid of $50,368. The route extends from Union Creek, on the Crater Lake highway, around the west side of the park. TIRE COMPANY BOOSTS ADVERTISING OUTLAYS AKRON, Ohio. Oct. 6 (AP) Presi dent William O'Neill of tho General Tire and Rubber company announced today that his company had increased 1U advertising appropriation for next year 25 per cent.. TRIBUNE STRAW BALLOT TO SHOW COUNTY TREND How Is Jackson county going in the November election? Not only on the national but the local tickets. This Is undoubtedly the burning question In the valley at the present time. In order to get some line on this, and also provide what we believe will be an Interesting news feature, the Mall Tribune has decided to conduct a straw ballot campaign for the next few weeks. Printed each day will bs a blank ballot which subscribers will be urged to fill out and send to Straw Ballot Mail Tribune 1 Intend to Tote for . I Intend to rote for . 1 Intend to Tote for . I Intend to Tote for . PleaM fill ont, with or without Content Editor, Mall Tribune. Crew of the missing Hochl airplane which started on (light from Japan to the United States. A few hours after leaving Samushiro Beach they were sighted over the Kurlle Islands and had not been aeen for a week afterwards. Left to right: Navigator Klyoshl Honma, Pilot Elichiro Baba and Radio Operator Tomoyshl Ishlta. (Associ ated Press Photo) OF FOREST FIRES PORTLAND, Ore.; Oct. 6. (AP) Held In check, by man and nature, forest fires smouldered In buroe over timber areas In western Oregon today, sending vast seas of murky smoke over the countryside. In the Yacolt section of Washington fires continued to bum on a wide front, but no further danger was antici pated, forestry officials said. Cool weather, higher humidity, and the prospect of rain before night caught devastating flames In their stride and held them temporarily in oheck after the fires had caused dam Bge which may amount to (3,000,000. Hundreds of families In the timber belt were made homeless when flames consumed villages and destroyed rahches. In Portland smoke reduced visibility to a matter of a block or two. The weather bureau eald it was the worst In the city's history.. Lights were on In all office buildings and some mo torists used their headlights. There was no sunlight and only a faint Illu mination filtered through the dense fog-Uke smoke as does sunlight through murky, sluggish water. An unnatural chill, such as accompanies a total eclipse of the sun, fell upon the city. Airmail schedules through north western Oregon were disrupted by the smoke. Southbound planes were being held at Seattle; westbound at Pasco, and northbound at Medford. Frigidaire Shows Sales Increasing DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 8. (AP) Frigidaire Corporation, subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, to day reported an Increase in Septem ber of 43 per cent in unit sales and .23 per cent In dollar volume over August. Editor, Mall Tribune, Medford, Ore. Profiting by experiences with straw ballots In the put, voters will not t. compelled to sign their names, for there is a widespread disposition to suspect such a procedure as an effort on the part of politicians to get a line on how various Individuals will v-jte. The ballot will bs secret, although, subscribers who wish to sign may do so. The Mall Tribune trusts subscrib ers will respond and make this straw, ballot a real Index of local political opinion and an interesting event In the campaign. Straw Ballot . for President. for Count? Judge. for District Attorney. for Sheriff. signature, and mall to Straw Ballot DECLARED TOOLS Trial of Pat Hogue, Klamath Falls taxi line operator, Jerry Marcus, who boasted to federal Investigators ' he was "Pat'i'rlgbt hand man," and Mer. nil Burlap, Woodrow Trlpplett and "John Doe" Lloyd, high school boys employed by Hogue as taxi drivers, waa under way In the federal court today for alleged conspiracy against the national prohibition law. The case la expected to be given to the Jury later this afternoon. The trial atarted Wednesday morning. The government alleges that Hogue and Marcus entered Into a conspiracy and that they employed the high school youtha as taxi drivers and de liverer of liquor. The three high school boys con fessed, government testimony showed, and were bitter against Hogue, when they believed their youthful loyalty had been abused, and Hogue allegedly fled, leaving them to "tight It out alone. Testimony of three prohibition In vestigators showed Hogue waa a "big shot" In Klamath bootleg clrclea, ope rating from a pool hall, with his line of taxis as carriers. Investigator Weaver testified that after one of Hogue's taxis waa seised while delivering liquor near the Great Northern depot, by pre-arrangement with an Investigator, that later Hogue attempted to save the auto from con fiscation, by taking It from the ga rage. (Continued on Page Three) -t WORK OF BOLTS Fourteen lightning 'fires in the national forest were reported to the offices of the Rogue River national 'forest this morning, according to Norman o. White, assistant super visor. All the' fires that are known have been checked, he said, but It Is probable that several more will be sighted today. The majority of the fires were confined to one snag, and all were very small, according to Mr. White, Calls came in from various parts of the val!sy, with a few more fires in the Pish lake country than any other section. The rain aided In checking a number of the fires. State forest patrol offices reported this afternoon that no lightning fires were noted on state land. Although rainfall during the light' nlng and thunder storm was reported as .03 Inches for Medford by the V. S. weather bureau, the Star ranger I station In the Applegate district ported this morning to the federal : forest service that .43 inches of rain fall was recorded there between A p m. yesterday and 8 a. m. this morn- i ing. I The light rain which accompanied ' last night's thunder storm wss the first precipitation recorded for Med ford by the weather bureau since August 14, when .25 of an inch fell, Rstn started falling here at fl:44 p. m., Wednesday, and fell Intermit tently until 13:60, VISIT WEST FOR CAMPAIGN TALKS Heartening Reception On Iowa Trip Cited By Friends May Cast Ballot in Cali fornia As in Last Election WASHINGTON. Oct. 6. (flV-Presl- dent Hoover returned to the White House today from a three-day trip to the farm belt, with some of his friends urging him to make an ex tended cross-country swing In his campaign for re-election. Several of the chief executive's ad visors on the train which brought htm back from Des Moines urged him to undertake a speaking tour, after the chief executive had. expressed himself as "heartened" and "encour aged" by the reception accorded him In the middle west. On their walk down the tralnshed this morning, President and Mrs. Hoover stopped to wave good-bye to their train engineer and posed for photographs, standing beside his en gine. Two Trips Planned Two further campaign trips already have been tentatively scheduled for (Continued on Page Two) -- RELIEF OUTLINED Mrs. A. K. Keames, head of the women's division of the Jackson County Council for Belief of the Un. employed, addressed the Business and Professional Women'a club at lunch eon at, the CoDDlneafe todav.-out. lining the ways and means the busi ness women can be of assistance to the relief movement. Mrs. Alice Morgan was Installed aa secretary ot the club to fill the va cancy occurring when Miss Lucy Da vis resigned. Other members of the organization present today were Miss Emily Brown, Dr. Susie V. Standard and Mae Watklns. . Mrs. Edwlna Wetehaar, president of the club, presided and plans to send a Medford delegation to the district conference of the Federation of Business snd Professional Wom en's clubs to be held In Bend, Oc tober 18, were discussed. Mrs. Martha Oasch will be one of the chief speakers at the conference and will outline the 10-year objec tive of the national federation. Mrs. Edith Palby, state president, will pre side. The next meeting of the local club will be held two weeks from todays The program at that time will be In charge of Miss Elizabeth Burr, chair man of the research committee. The place, time and program will be an nounced later. GAS TAX RETURN SALEM, Oct. . (P While gaso line consumption In Oregon Increased more than a million gallons last month over July, the gasoline tax collected waa 497,366 leaa than for August the year before, Secretary of State Hal E. Hoas announced today. Hoes reported 14.879.530 gallons of gasoline sold laat month. The con sumpt.on waa reflected In the revenue collected under the atate fuel tax lawa to he amount of S52.243.43. UNEMPLOYED CALLED TO MEETING TONIGHT A special meeting of the Medford Assocaltlon of the Unemployed has been called this evening by Harry Moore, manager of the asaocatlon. It will be held at the armory at 7 odock. All members of the association and all unemployed In the city are urged to be present as Important business will be considered. Mr. Moore Is anxious to get a check on the pres ent situation. OF ALASKA GRIZZLY DAWSON, T. T., Oct. 8. (AP) The badly mutilated body of John Mac Dona Id, 70, woodchopper and old time Yukon resident, who had been killed by a grizzly bear and partly devoured, was brought here today from Campbell Slough, 40 miles up the Yukon river from here. IN EAGIiPT. AREA Petitions Protest Conduct Director Irrigation District and Road Supervisor Political Pot Starts Boiling Circulation of petitions against O. O. Boggs, attorney of this city, pro testing against his conduct of the af fairs of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, as a director, and against Ed Dutton, county road supervisor, for the same district, have been reported In northern part of the county the past week. Reports from the same section said that the next political turmoil In this county would center around County Engineer Paul Rynnlng, who has two more years to serve. In the elective office of county engineer. It was re ported that a campaign had been mapped against the county engineer, with the objective of capitalizing the discontent of the times. Petitions Circulated. W. H. Brown, a merchant of Eagle Point, said today that the petitions against Boggs "had been around," and that landowners objected to "pushing them for payments for water and dues." One of the allegations against Road Supervisor Dutton was that he using county gasoline for private riding." Reports said that the petitions ob tained, "some names, but not as many as expected." Another report, fairly authentic, was to the effect, that a "Citizens' Committee of 100" is being organized, and 37 members have been secured. The "Committee of 100," according to the report, would start function ing, as the motive power of the county campaign, and would "keep a watch ful eye on county officials In par ticular, and affairs In general... for the purification of politics. . . Political Pot Bolls. The above events are signs that the political pot has started boiling, and will be popping furiously within the next two weeks. Most of the can didates have their cards In windows, and the first campaign dance will be held at Ashland next Tuesday, when the . county Democrats open their campaign. There will be no charge, unless the voters care to dance, after the oratory. e- GRANTED SPACE The women's clubs of Medford, representatives of which appeared be fore the city council Tuesday night to request space for club rooms In the city hall on North Central, will probably occupy the former Jury room and the adjoining chambers on the third floor, it was announced today The finance and building commit- tees of the council met with the club representatives yesterday afternoon at the city hall, and Mayor E. M. Wilson stated today that a satisfactory ar rangement had been reached. The women will not take over the Judge's chambers or the former circuit court room, according to the plan. The partition separating the two rooms to be given them will be removed snd the rooms furnished as a center for all women's clubs, through the uss of club funds. F ourth St. Opening Cost Around $2000 Cost of opening Fourth street, which was approved Tuesday even Ing by the city council, will be ap proximately 13000. Through a typo graphical error In yesterday's Mall Tribune the cost, by elimination of a cipher, waa lister as 1200. Oregon Weather. Showers tonight and Friday; cooler Friday In the east and south portions tonight; moderate to fresh northwest and west winds offahore. Author Renigs Payment Wife's $3,3 13 Dress Bill By DAM! IMHRISOV. KXW YORK, Oct. 6. (AP) A con siderable number of married men and their wives, snd the merchants where those wives run bills, will follow with Interest the action of Clarence Bud dlngton Kelland, the writer, In the matter of s bill of 13313, which he proposes not to pay If he can help it. The bill is from Hattle Carnegie, fnc, dressmaker, and purport to be for purchases made by Mrs. Kelland between February 37, 1931, and the aame day In 1033. Mr. Kelland argues In a supreme court action which the concern In atltuted to collect the amount of the bill, that he la not liable for Its pay ment because the articles purchased were not "necessaries.' But further than that ha sets forth NEW YORK. Oct. 6. (AP) Pear auction market: Prices slightly stronger on northwest stock; slightly weaker on California stock. Twenty two cars arrived; 0 California, 3 New York, 1 Maryland, 3 Washington cars unloaded; 163 cars on track. Oregon Bartletts: 82,100 boxes: Extra fancy, 11.80-3 .25; few small, 1.35-1.40; average, 2.01. CHICAGO, Oct. 0. (AP) Pear prices: Four Oregon cars, 3 Califor nia, 1 Colorado, 1 Ohio, 1 Washing ton arrived; 10 cars on track; 5 cars sold. Oregon Bartletts: 1,007 boxes: Ex tra fancy, $1.76-3.70; average, 93.16; 1164 boxes fancy, $1.50-3.35; average, gl.80. BURLINGTON, Wis., Oct. 8. (AP) The new 935,000 receiving plant of the Burlington Co-operative Milk as socaltlon was destroyed by bombs early today when five men invaded the building and kidnaped the night watchman. The blast occurred about 1 a. m. and shattered windows within a ra dius of ten blocks of the plant. About an hour later John Elsen bart, 65, the watchman, appeared at the police station. He said five men accosted him with revolvers In the building. The men set two bombs, he said, and then rushed him away In their automobile. DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 6. (AP) The farm war armistice has been broken. After resting up a while farmers In Iowa, Minnesota and South Da kota, were back on the highways to day, attempting to stop farm ship ments to Improve prices. Their activities were concentrated In northwestern Iowa, southeastern South Dakota- and southwestern Minnesota, scenes of the most vlg orous disputes during August and September. The traditional weapons of the farmer heavy planks, logs, machine belts studded with spikes, and clubs were their accoutremcnta as they swung Into action. Tension was noted among some of the groups as the result of the kill ing of Nordhal Peterson, 35, farm picket, near Canby Tuesday night. He was the first direct casualty In the holiday movement, although a spe cial deputy was killed at Council Bluffs In August by the accidental discharge of a riot gun. Ole Anderson, 67, and his son, Leonard, 10, were said by Sheriff M. P. Fltzner at Canby to have con fessed yesterday they were responsi ble for the killing of Peterson. CHICAGO, Oct. . fl-J The City National Bank and Trust company, with Gen. Charles G. Dawes as chair man of the board, opened for busi ness today, taking over the deposit liabilities and banking business of the Central Republic Bank and Trust company. - The Central Republic will continue to operate Its trust and real estate departments and Its investment af filiate. The new bank, sharing the same quarters with the Central Republic although an entirely separate cor porate entity, has M ,000,000 paid-in capital and 1,000.000 surplus. Mills On Hookup 8 O'Clock Tonight Ogden J. Mills, secretary of the treasury, will speak over the Nation! Broadcasting Co. this evening at 8 o'clock, Paclflo time, In favor of President Hoover and the Republican tlckrt. Mr. Mills is a splendid talker aud the county Republican central committee asks that you tune In and hear this address. that something should be done to discourage firms from permitting wo men to run large bills In the belief that the huabande have the money and can pay them. His fight, he states, Is against the practice of "ply ing' women to buy goods they do not need. Mr. Kelland wants to know by what Una of reaaonlng a, firm could believe that his financial condition at any time would Justify a characterisation of hose at as 10 a pair, dresaes at 336 and $350, perfumery at 935 and a cloth coat at 1430 "aa necessaries for my wife." Mrs. Kelland, supporting her hus band, atated that the purchases were made with the understanding that she waa to be billed, and not her husband. FOR QUICK ACTION Report to Medford Chamber Confirmed Bids to Be Called at November Meet ingMeans Winter Work Indications that the highway con struction program will proceed as originally planned by the atate high way commission were received late yesterday afternoon In a telegraphic report sent to the Medford chamber of commerce by E. G. Harlan, secre tary of the Eugene chamber. The report, which was confirmed today by letter, stated that the commis sion had held a meeting yesterday and approved engineers' plans for the Siskiyou reconstsuctlon project, and that bids for contracts will probably be called for the November meeting of the commission. 175,000 This Winter. The new Siskiyou highway project involves the relocation of the present Pacific Highway in the district south of Ashland, with the expected ex penditure of approximately 175,000 for this winter's work. Surveying crews have been working on the pro ject for the past month, and have submitted their report for relocation of the road. The new program waa advocated by the various chambers of commerce In Paclflo Highway com munities, as a part of a plan to make the Pacific highway the super-highway of the state, and has been ap proved by the highway commission. A total of 455,000 has been appro priated for highway construction work In southern Oregon, out of the state's share of 93,000,000 from federal appro priation for highway work. The re mainder of the fund will be expended In other parts of the state, with Mult nomah county receiving a major por tion, according to present plans. Central Pt. Road Involved. Other projects In southern Oregon which are Included In the projected plans for this winter are the recon stroctlon and straightening of the highway between Medford and Cen tral point, the route for which has not yet been definitely fixed; and other Improvement work In the Green Creek section, as well as In the Rice Hill area' It Is expected that bids for all of this work will be called for In the near future. It was pointed out at the meeting of the roads and highways commit tee of the Medford chamber yesterday that If the federal funds appropriated for this region are not used here, and before June I, 1033, they will be ex pended in other parts of the stats. From Federal Fund. It was also pointed out that the entire amount is a federal appropria tion, In advance of federal aid high way construction funds, and will be deducted at the rate of 10 per cent per year from future appropriations, beginning In 1040. The committee, after considering what action should be taken, was In telephone communication with other cities In southern Oregon yesterday afternoon, urging their aid In having the matter settled, and the action ox the highway commission In approv ing the plans already prepared win, It is hoped, definitely settle the ques tion of high way construction work In southern Oregon. -i JVH-b , ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 5. Guess who is out here hold ing a convention that you never thought would show their faces again! Top, "the bankers." The Bo construction Finance corpora tion fixed 'em up so they could make the trip. They are likable rascals, and now that we are all wise to 'em and it's been shown that they don't know any more about fi nances than the rest of us know about our business (which has proved to be nothing), why they are getting just as human as the eroceryman, the drug gist or the filling station man. This panic has been a great equalizer. It's done away en tirely with the smart man. So the bankers are having a good time. They don't feel that they have any position to uphold. They are just a lot of Elks. lT5