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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1932
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
M OLD 8HA6TA, mot of the build
ing that housed the thriving es
tablishments of the roaring days of
gold, when the gulches were yielding
dally a rich (tore of yellow metal,
are vacant, their roofs fallen In arid
treee growing within the walls.
One of the principal buildings,
however. Is still occupied. In the
early fifties. It housed the combined
store snd banking establishment of
Rhodes Sc Lusk, which played a big
part In the life of the country.
It corftalns now a combined store
and museum -operated by Charles
Lltsch and his son, Robert.
OUT In front of this store Is a
little old cannon that haa a fas
cinating history. t
It was brought to Fort Redding
In 1848 by General Fremont, and
when Ford Redding was -abandoned
t,he cannon was taken to Shasta,
mounted on the hill behind the town
and fired during celebrations.
Its history from the time It was
- brought to Redding Is well authenti
cated.. IS THIS the cannon brought along
by Fremont on his noted expedi
tion of the early forties? It must be.
' It 1 mentioned by him frequently
In his memoirs, and so far as can
be determined from these memoirs
he brought only the one piece of ar
tillery.
It was mounted on a cart, and he
spealts frequently of the trouble ex-,
perlenced In getting It over narrow
trails.
It was fired only once, according
to Fremont's records, and that tune
was In Oregon. The Fremont party
was camped on the Klamath marsh,
and the Indians were becoming rath
er threatening. They fired the can
non one night, their purpose being
to Impress the red men, by means of
the noise, with the might of the
white man.
It worked, apparently, for the
threatening demonstrations ceased.
MR. LITSCH and his men have re
tained the old records of Rhodes
& Lusk, and these records show that
in the early fifties they were ship
ping out to one firm alone something
like $128,000 of gold per month. '
Unfortunately, there Is no way of
determining from these records Just
how much gold was being taken out
of the mines, but local tradition ln
, dlcates that it must have been at
least $250,000 per month.
FROM these old records, it appears
that one Charlea Stackpole gave
a note, back in 1853, to Rhodes &
Lusk for $500.
Some seven and a half months
later, he renewed the note and paid
his interest, and the Interest on thla
$500 note for seven and a half
months was $375, or ten per cent
per MONTH 1
What a paradise bsnklng must
have been back In those days!
QTILL further light is shed on this
w transaction by these old records.
It appears that Mr. Stackpole was
unable to pay the note In cash, and,
so, as many another farmer has done,
;he turned over his crop consisting
a it seems, of 50 tons of hay. For this
(0 tons of hay. he received a credit
of $300, or SIX DOLLARS per ton.
This, mind you, back in the daya
of old, the days of gold, whsn snow
from ths mountains was bringing 60
cents a pound in the hot valley of
the Sacramento and tickets to the
Charter Oak ball selling at $20 each
only a little while after he .had
paid a but for interest at ten per
cent a month I
THE poor farmer! They were rook
ing him back in the fifties. In
the gold camps, Just as they are said
to be rooking him still!
BUT don't get the Idea that every
thing waa lovely for Rhodes &
Lusk snd that their gooee hung al
ways Jilgh.
Fsrther on In these ancient books
V of account appears a listing of sums
owed to them by various Individuals,
and alter the names of five of these
Individuals, whose total debt to
Rhodes ft I,uk was s'.lchtly In ex-
yContinued oa Pag 8ij
F
PLAN 'FANTASTIC
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False Hope Held Out To
Jobless, - Executive De
clares At Detroit Gar
ner's Pork Bill Scored.
OLYMPIC ARENA, Detroit, Oct. 33.
(AP) Given a mingled greeting aa
he entered and left this city, Pres
ident Hoover tonight cited 10 points
of "evidence' that the "gigantic
forces of depression are In retreat"
and asserted the Democratic party had
retarded thla recovery.
A chorus of "boos" mixed with
cheers echoed around the president's
automobile from a milling throng at
the railroad station, some of the
members carrying banners Inscribed'
"Voto Communist' and "The Workers1
Ex-service Men's League."
In contrast the chief executive re
ceived a tumultous ovation that
lasted four minutes as he entered
thla arena, and was cheered nearly
that long when he arose to speak.
He was applauded time and again
as he repeatedly attacked state
ments by the Democratic nominee.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and asserted
that be had "broadcast a misstate
ment of facta' concerning the Re
publican administration.
As he left the arena several shouts
were heard from men carrying pla
cards and banners across the street,
but the presidential party's Journey
back to the station was comparatively
quiet.
On the three mile drive out to
the arena, several "boos" were heard
from small knots of people In the
lines along .the- route Some of. the
calls did not arise until the auto
mobile carrying the president and
Mrs. Hoover had passed, and some
came from small children.
Inside the arena Itself where last
year he delivered a successful anti
bonus plea before the American Leg
ion, the president told a responsive
throng that filled every chair In the
18.000 seat arena and overflowed Into
the aisles that the November elec
tion "will determine the permanent
course of the country." He said it
was transcendent Importance that
there shall be no Interruption: that
there shall be no change In the
strateffv and tactics used In the
midst of victorious movement."
Only a' small crowd was waiting
on the north side of Fort street op
posite the Union station as the pres
ident and Mrs. Hoover amvea in
closed car. There was no demon
stration.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford and Gov
ernor and Mrs. Wither M. Bruckner,
accompanied the president to the
station to bid him good-bye.
"Our measures and policies have
demonstrated their effectiveness.'
Then, while listing 18 recommen
dations made by him as the "Repub
lican program," the chief executive
devoted much of his address to an
attack upon statements made by
Democratic leaders during the cam
paign and to what he called "the de
structive Democratic program pro
posed during the last session of con
gress.. The Democratic candidate for pres
ident, he asserted, "haa refused to
renounce or disavow these destructive
measures, or to give the country the
assurance It deserves that he will
not be a party to these measures
(Continued on Page Five)
1
TO 5
(Br The Associated Press)
The football machines of Southern
Callfornls. Notre Dame, Michigan,
Colgate and Auburn movej along un
checked yesterday as other national
favorites met stunning defeat or ties.
Southern California, occupying the
unusual role of underdog, trounced
"Pop" Warner's Stanford Indians,
13-0. and virtually clinched Pacific
coast conference honor. It was Stan
ford's first defeat alter five victories.
Notre Dame gave another impres
sive demonstration of terrific power
In bowling over the outclassed Tar
tans of Carnesle Tech. 42-0. '
Michigan beating Illinois. 32-0. saw
a golden opportunity to gain clear
title to Big Ten title as Purdue
hitherto unbeaten snd untied, was
held to a 7-7 draw by Northwestern.
i Auburn, unbeaten so far, upiiet Tu
I lane, defending champion. In one of
the outstanding eouthe-n conference
games of the day, 19-7. while Col
j Bate, one of the east's best, hsnded
i the New Yor university Violets their
I first defest. u-n. with a tricky of
' fn!ve had the Violets mabbled
I moat of toe time.
nrafjwfe. ip, -""Mf .f-syiEvV m. VAry, i i
RECALL FADES AS
ISSUE AS PUBLIC
The recall plot against Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton, heralded by Mr.
Fehl and his supporters as the "par
amount issue," backed by disgrunt
led litigants, and of unknown par
entage, haa completely passed out of
the political picture m Jackson coun
ty apparently, due to widespread dis
favor among citizens. The recall pe
titions have been in circulation since
last August, and according to relia
ble Information, have leea than 760
names.
A woman circulator of the petition
operated last week on Birth street,
but received no signatures It is re
ported, at a dime a name. Earl H
FV-hl. candidate for county Judge
who In the first two speeches of his
camcslra. announced he had algned
the recall and urged oinera io
the same, has ceased to mention
the recall, and of late has been de
voting himself to a discussion of "My
nollcles "
Fehl. who In one of his Armory
meetings. In response to a requested
query, announced he would not rote
for President Hoover In the presence
of 180 people, hss since undergone
a strengthening of hi republicanism
snd Thursdsy evening told young
Republicans at their organisation
meeting all about his Republican
stsunchness, and asked their sup-
With two weeks remslnlng of the
.mnsiim both the Republican and
Democratic force are giroing mt
loins for ths finish. It may ne
isifrnified camnalgn than orig
inally anticipated as the rank and
me of the voters had their fill of
hectic falsehoqds snd sensationalism
. ths snrlns nrimary.
In the past three weeks, there ha
been a decided Jackson county drift
towards Preeldent Hoover In both
cities and country districts. One of
the oolltleal surprises In this sec
tion has been declaration of score
of voters, that trier lntena m vm
in" the name of Sheriff Raipn Jen
c The movement ' lack organ!
mtlon. but intends the re-actlon of
the voters from the primary resum
VATTOON. 111. Oct. 22 (API
ir-. TnM fltesd Carrell. 29. a widow
and former private secretsrr In Chl
csko. tonight told authorities h
killed her three children and tried
to kill herself. She said she was de
spondent. The children bodle wer found
lying on beds In the hotel room she
rntd Friday night. Doctors Mid
h mother probably would recover
from an overdose of tieepnif; goUQQ.
mim mm rz. nrwAR ntfrfst
THE LEAP FROM THE FRYING PAN
BILLION DOLLARS FRANCE KICKS ON
LOANED BY R.F.C. EARLY PAYMENT
WASiniNOTON, Oct. M. (AP)
The monthly report of the recon
struction corporation to congress to
day showed advances authorised In
September amounting to 137.348,000
and outstanding loans of nearly a bil
lion dollars.
Made publlo today by South Trim
ble, clerk of the house of represen
tatives, the report revealed a marked
decline In applications for losns by
financial institutions as compared
pared with the 1,151 received In Aug
ust. In September, there were 700
such applications.
Less repayment exceeding sioo
000,000 loans outstanding to financial
institution and railroad were list
ed at SMS,40S,4o3 on September 30
with 280,580,373 In authorized ad
vances to the same claaa of borrow
er yet to be called for.
In statement of the corporation s
oondltlon on September 80, It was re
corded that of the 1 10.000,000 grant
ed the secretary of agriculture for
crop production loans S35.OO0.0O0 re
mained In addition, a total or sra.-
S00.S87 In loans authorized for relief
purpose and self-llquldatlon proj
ects had not been called upon by Oc
tober 1.
CRATER LAKE AREA
Snow waa falling In Crater Lake
National park yesterday and was ex
pected to pile a white blanket twelve
Inches In depth about the forest be
fore night, according to report from
worker In the afternoon.
Work on the rim road to the north
entrance, being carried on under the
Crook contract, was suspended last
week, Ernest Rostel, ranger, stated,
and will be resumed for early comple
tion with the opening of the 1033
season.
Brhnol Merger Oppoed
Kxecutlve committee of the Young
Republican's league went on record
at their meeth jr last night opposing
psssacre of the Zom-MsePherson
school merger bill. Arrangements
were msde for all csrs to taks part
In the caravan going to Talent on
Tuesday evening, to meet at the
Medford chamber of commerce at
7:30 o'clock to participate In a par
ade here preceding the meeting at
Talent, which Attornr? W. O. Trill
and Aorr.ey Hlldlng Bengtson of
M'dlord. snd Twterend Sidney Hall
I of tVjhJajid rUJ Address.
Courtesy New York Herald-Tribune.
VI 111 III III I L.IILWV
PARIS, Oct. S3. (AP) The fight
against payment on December lo of
a (20,000,000 Interest Installment on
the French debt to America 1 ex
pected to develop when parliament
opens Tuesday, despite efforts In
some circle to postpone the whole
Issue until after the American presi
dential election.
Premier Herrlott and the rest of
the government are maintaining al
lenoe but it already he been an
nounced there will be several inter
pellation, when the ohamber of dep
uties assemble.
Meantime the nationalist press hss
redoubled it campaign sgalnst pay
ment. Ije Journal des Debate eald today
that the time has come, despite the
presidential election, to declare
Franc doe not Intend to pay as long
as Oermsny 1 not obliged to pay
reparations.
The Le Solr, of Paris, citing Amer
ican loans to Germany, assert the
American banker do not deserve
more consideration than the French
unemployed.
L'Intranslgeant aays that at the
Lausanne conference Washington ob
tained a virtual suppression of the
Oermsn reparations, and she cannot
expect payment now from France.
La Ltberte declared in an edi
torial that payment of the December
Installment would establish a dan
gerous precedent.
.
IN BORAH LETTER
COIXJON. Germany, Oct. 21
(AP) Senator William Borah, in
a letter received by the Cologne dss-
ette today, defended Germany's de
mands for arms cqiisllty.
The Idaho senstor ssld he bcllsved
It dependent' upon other world pow
ers, by effecting real disarmament,
to turn Oermany's demands Into
"welfare lnstesd of havoc." He ap
pealed to other government to ob
serve the provision of the Versailles
treaty and denounced what he term
ed their violations of that treaty by
seemly Increasing armament.
"The present time of world dis
tress Is suited best to settle smlcsbly
alt unsolved poet-war problena,'' he
decUud,
RADICALS HECKLE
HOOVER AT DEPOT
LEADERS JAILED
Communist For Governor
Climbs Pole To Hoot At
President Norris And
Hiram To Launch Attacks
DOTROIT, Oct. 33. (AP) (Tour
men who climbed light poles near the
Fourth etreet station and exhorted
the crowd before President Hoover
left the station tonight, were hauled
down and arrested by central station
police.
At police headquarters they tdentl-
fld themselves as Walter Elcker, 33:
William Raynolds. 38; William GaetB.
31, and Harry Sllversteln, 10, all of
Detroit. They were held for Investi
gation.
Police aald Reynolds, named com
munlstlo candidate for governor last
June, was one of the leaders of the
riot at ths Ford plant last March
In which four men were killed. Oaeta
was described as one of the leaden
of a subsequent unemployment dtS'
order at the plant of the Brlgga
Manufacturing Co. Elcker, the off!
clala eald, waa a member of the
bonus army.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 33. (AP)
Senator Oeorge W. Norris, of Neb'
raska, tonight told an audience here
that President Hoover haa failed to
redeem "every pledge he made to
the farmers." and as secretary of.
commerce "blocked genuine farm
legislation."
The progressive Republican aenator,
campaigning In support of Gover
nor Roosevelt, assailed the president's
record on agriculture In a speech
which he eald was in reply to Presi
dent Hoover's opening campaign ad
dress In the same auditorium Octo
ber 4.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 22. (AP)
California's progressive Republican
senator, Hiram W. Johnaon, announc
ed today he would speak here next
Frldsy In support of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Democratic candlate for
president.
NSW YORK. Oct.' M (AP) A
'peace meeting" between leaders of
rival factions in the city penitentiary
on Welfare Island today precipitated
100-man melee during which one
of the prisoners, a Manhattan gun
man, was stabbed to death.
A eeneral riot among the 1.S60
other prisoners on the narrow laland
In the East river was imminent ior
the next half hour, as member of
the two faction defied the smoking
revolvers of officers,
Damns of shot were fired beiore
200 prisoners who were out of their
cells were heroea nac. oemim
t tv some of the BOO city police
who answered a riot tall with shot
guns and gas bombs to get the last
of ths recalcitrant rounaea up.
Three police plane roared overhead,
rowI v to droo bombs. '
Four police launches circled the
Island with maenme gun
L. i
Sheriff Ralph Jennings. Deputy
Louis Jennings snd State Police Ser
leant James O'Brien left Medford
shortly after 11 o'clock last night
for Rogus River to arrest a man rs-
ported "sitting In his nous with a
.45 revolver waiting for the police
to come after him.
Police at Rogue River telephoned
the sheriff's office Saturday after
noon and reported that the man, w,ho
resides In Rogue River, was shooting
a rifle around town yesterday.
Offlcera who went to the man's
house last night were armed with
guns and tear bombs.
IN FALL FROM HAY
Frank M. Dltaworth, 62, rancher
of Trail, austslned serious Injuries
yesterday evening In a fall from the
tou of a haystack on hi Trail ranch.
He was brought to th Community
hospital last night at 0 o'clock and
was reported to have scalp wounds
and other Injuries undetermined. He
fell a distance of 13 feet, according
to th report, landing on tough
ground.
ROOSEVELT LAYS
AT D00R0F G. 0. P.
Kentuckians Also Hear Of
Tariff Ills And Own Cures
Cites Report Filed
In 1921 By Hoover.
ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPSCIATj.
Oct. 33. (AP) franklin D. Roose
velt brought .his campaign Into Ken
tucky today with a declaration that
the Republican leadership has shown
Itself "absolutely destructive of the
prosperity of America."
Speaking to upward of 15.000 per
sona who crowded Into the huge Jef
ferson county armory, the Democrat-
lo presidential candidate said the
"failure of thla administration to
meet the realities of 1930 started
the world Into the depression," and
that t.he Hawley-Smooth tariff car
ried the decline In world trade "from I
what amounted to a minor disaster
to a genuine International calam
ity." The speech, which preceded his
swing down through the Kentucky
mining and hill country Into Tennes
see, brought a reference by Mr. Roose
velt to a report of a commission
appointed by President Harding in
1031 to study business declines.
The Democratic candidate said
that President Hoover, then secretary
of commerce, wrote the introduction
In the report, t.he conclusions of
which Mr. Roosevelt added asserted
that peace, time clumps were the di
rect result of booms.
When the boom started In this
cuntry on an unprecedented scale
about the year 1937, there waa no
attempt on the part of the adminis
tration to give any regard to or evert
read over the sound conclusion stand
In that report of 1933 which .had
been done under the auspices of sec
retary Hoover, he aald
In fact, as I have shown repeat
edly, the administration from 1937
all through 1938 and down to the
actual crash In the fall of 1939 In
stead of trying to flatten. Instead of
trying to prevent the boom from
going upwards, actually promoted
and encouraged that boom, and then
after It broke proceeded to minimise
lta Importance to the nation.
Signs of Better
Times
WASHINGTON, Oct. 32 (API-
leather export rose to the , highest
point since April, 1n September, the
department of commerce announced
today. Last month's exporte reached
el, 138,000 compared to an average
of 9000,000 a month for the previous
00 days.
CHICAOO, Oct. 32. (AP) J. R.
Bohnen, secretary of the American
Washing Machine Manufacturers' as
sociation, said todsy September fig
ure of 30 washing machine manu
facturers representing 85 per cent of
the nation's production totaled 69.-
367 machines for a 13 per cent In
crease over August.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Oct. 33.
(AP) September was the peak
month of 1033 for the furniture In
dustry. Seldman and Seldman, ac
countants, aald today. The gain In
September over August was 39 per
cent. Payrolls Increased 25 per cent
In amount over August In Septem
ber and IB per cent In the number
of persons employed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. JJ. (API
Freight car loading rose to 650.579
for the week ended October 15 for a
gain of 24.043 over the previous week,
the American Railway association
announced today. The week's rec
ord brought loadings to a new peak
for the year. ,
Alcohol Seized
ROSEBtJltO. Ore.. Oct. 32. (AP)
An automobile with a bottom recon
structed to enlarge Its capacity and
carrying 160 gallons of aloohol from
San Francisco to Seattle was Inter
cepted here last night by Stat Pol
iceman Hubert Hoxte. Its driver, c
A. Nelson of San Francisco, waa
placed under arrest on the chsrge
of Illegally transporting liquor. Steps
will be taken to confiscate hi car.
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IN HUNTDEATHS
Rolf Tells Of Near Tragedy
Week Before St. Germain
Slain Reckless Youths
With Guns To Face Quiz.
Highway and bunting tragedies of
the past summer and fell In thl
county will be referred by the dis
trict attorney's office to the new
grand Jury for the October term of
th- circuit court, which will b
drawn next Monday.
The three major cases are the ac
cidental killing the past week of
Glen Fabrlck Sr., by Ellsworth Kon-
kle of this city and the killing Thurs
day of Joseph St. Germain by Rein
hard A. Rolf, both of Central Point.
In signed statements to the author
Itlee, Rolf declares he thought he
was shooting a bear, and Konkle
ehot at a deer. Involuntary man
slaughter charge are faoed by both
huntera.
Folf. with the district attorney,
sheriff and atate police left Friday
morning for the scene of the St. Ger
main tragedy. Owing to roughness of
the country and road the group did not
return last night a expected. Rolf
re-enacted the eeene. Konkle's pre
llmlnsry hearing la scheduled for
next Thursday. He Is at Itberty on
aaooo bonds.
The accidental slaying of Fabrlck
Sr., oocurred tn the Lodge Pole ran
ger station section of eastern Jack
son county. St. Oermaln was killed
In the eotinty. eastward of Butte
Fall. Both tragedies occurred In the
early morning.
Auto Death Probe
Deputy District Attorney George W.
Nellson said yesterday that the auto
accident on the Paclflo highway last
Soptember neer Gold Hill that re
sulted In the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Marcus Tuttle, sged residents of th
Trail district, would be called to the
attention of the new grand Jury. -Mrs.
Crafford, a daughter, was the driver
of the death car. The state police
lnveetlgated the accident.
It ha developed alnce the killing
of St. Oermaln, the district attor
ney's offlc reports, that Rolf and
St, Oermaln had been on a deer
hunting trip In the Dead Indian
country, a week previous. On this
trip, a deer wss killed by the pair.
While hunting for another deer,
Rolf told th district attorney's of
fice, they were ready to shoot st a
movement In the brush, they thought
was a deer when a man stepped out, .
The Incident, Rolf declared, Impres
sed upon them the need of extreme
care in the woods, and that on the
way to the scene of the tragedy near
the Dahack cabin, they talked of ex
ercising caution.
The district attorney's ornos oe-
clarea that there is no evidence, sup
porting the theory thst liquor played
any part In the hunting trngeaies.
Heckles use of guns by youtns
in the suburban areas will also prob.
ably bs called to the attention of ths
new grand Jury for consideration.
A number of minor criminal mat
ters which have been accumulating
since last April when the lest grand
Jury convened will be brought up.
The district attorney office report
there are a score of cases of thl
nsture.
Cattle and Fire Looses
Amoni the cases scheduled I that
of Tyrus Beck, Medford youth, sl
leged to have been Involved In the
Trail district cattle killing episone.
Kirch Pells and ths Goble brother,
accused In the same case, hare ap
peared before the court. Pelle and
the older Goble nrotners were sen
tenced to sir months In the county
Jail. Friends and kin Interceded tot
them. It Is also probable tnar, pur
chasers of the meat the youths sr
slleged to hare slaughtered will be
qulzsed. An Applegate cow killing
incident I also scheduled for hear
ing.
Twentn-two cases are booked for
hearing before the graml Jjry. whloh
will be called tomorrow, according to
the district attorney's offlc. T.'
docket Is expected to be led with th
case of Wis, F. OtayMr of Ashland,
charged with assault, with Intent o
kill. Olayrer wss arrested August 36.
When he allegedly assaulted hi wife
with a, butcher knife, critically
wounding her.
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