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MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1933.
Twenty-SeveDtb Year
No. 216.
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Comment
on the.
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
BETTY OOMPSON. moving picture
actress, 1 robbed of Jewels valued
t $80,000 by a man who enters her
' house and forces her. at the point oi
a gun, to give up the gems.
Bad, of course. Still, people who
can afford to leave $50,000 worth of
Jewelry lying around the house can
stand losses a lot easier than most
of us.
THIS paragraph appeara In the news
of the day:
"Collapse of the Krueger & Toll
business empire, which cost bankers
and investors millions of dollars, will
1 be Investigated by the senate com
mittee on banning and currency."
Tou are reminded, probably, of the
eld proverb about locking the stable
after the horse la stolen.
KRUEGER & TOLL, the match
kings, like Samuel Insull, the
utility magnate, flourished on easy
money, and withered away when
money became tight.
Most business enterprises that are
s built on easy money do that.
PROVERBS are bits of wisdom dis
tilled out of generations of expe
rience. Here Is a good one: "Easy
come, easy go."
It Is the money that comes hardest
that Is most wisely Invested. And It
It the businesses founded on money
that has come hard, earned by the
sweat of somebody's brow and accu
mulated by the slow and painful pro
' cess of self-denial, that do the world
the most good.
HERB la a headline In the day's
news: "North China Region
Held by Japanese." A sub-head adds;
, "Nippon Prepares to Stay tlntll Diplo
mat Discuss Recent conflict."
She will stay AFTER THAT, In all
probability. Japan Is determined to
seize and hold the northern part of
China, and figures that now, when
tha world Is weary of war, Is a good
tlms to set about It. ,
MEANWHILE, because of the heavy
cost of military operations. It
becomes harder and harder to raise
taxes to balance the Japanese budget,
and ss the budget gets farther and
farther out of balance the value of
Japanese money declines.
ABOUT a year before his death,
Calvin Coolidge, with character
latlo brevity, offered this as the for
mula for "such success." as he put
It modestly, "as I achieved as presi
dent of the United Stata:
"The longer I was there, the more
convinced I became that the only way
to aucceed, when there was a Job to
be done, was to look around and find
the best man to do it and then let
him do It."
EXPERIENCED executives will agree
without reservations, with that
formula, and then will add : "The big
Job lies In finding the right man."
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Glimpses
Rflurnliif trom a liopilnt trip. Mr. ;rap (nollrtcr found F.-PmMent Calvin (oollrtep nad III hl Northampton. Man., horn,. The Bwhra. hinrn at rlcht. apparently froh hrnrt fll-rmf. nm nr. arvrral pnotra of th former fhkf Fxfriillve taken during hl
tenure of offlre. At the left l the former rre-ldent nttd Mr.. ( ool lose at the mimmer White one In superior. Wise., In 1J. Nwt, tnnnlnn with Howard Jone, football eoai h of the I nltrnlly of It nuthern California. In front of the White Home at Wa.hlnglon, n.
C when he rerelved a roup of athletic mentor- and at the right. In front of the hlte Houe at the Inauguration of Herbert Hooter In lftzfl. Center luaet Is of t ha late President with Secretary of B tale hellom (left) end Secratar; of the Ireaaury Mellon. At rlshl
-nlta hie oU q ; b-out May 1932, Id tbe private itrtanj of or mer senator Georje P. McLctuj In lmrtnrft Cona. (Aswctat4 Pre, Ptlffto
SENATE REFUSES
15 to 13 Vote Is Registered
Against Levy 3-Mill Tax
Levy On Real Property Is
Repealed by Action
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 7. ") ....
Shortly before midnight tonight....
the state senate voted down by
a 15 to 13 vote, with two mem
bers absent the 2 per cent sales
tax measure which had been pass-
ed earlier by the house of rep
resentatives. The senate also pass
ed the repeal of thu 3 mill tax
levy on real property.
SALEM. Jan. 7. (AP) Passage of
an eleventh-hour amended general
sales tax and repeal of the state tax
on general property by the house late
today threw the special session of the
Oregon legislature into a night meet
ing, with adjournment tonight pend
ing thee disposition of the house
bills by the senate.
Marking time during most of the
week awaiting reports of the waya and
means committees and the taxation
and revenue committees, both houses
did not get Into the real business of
the special session until late today.
It was then, after earlier abandoning,
a sales tax plan, an amended bill was
brought into the house, debated and
passed by 34 to 20, with six members
excused because of illness.
The measure, which provides a two
per cent general sales tax with coun
ties sharing the proceeds, followed
after the ways and means committee
reported Inability to present definite
recommendations as to the extent the
state budget could be cut, but did
recommend adjournment tonight for
the regular session which opens on
Monday.
The bill, as passed by the house,
and which will be considered by the
Benate later tonight, provide that
the revenues from the tax will revert
entirely to the state, the remaining
seven months of 1933, during which
the tax can be applicable, but In
1934 60 per cent will revert to the
state, while 40 per cent will be re
turned to the counties to offset the
elementary school mlllage. The state
proceeds will be used to offset the
state property tax.
But not content with that action
the house, by the same vote, repealed
the three-mill property tax levy for
1933. Both bills went to the senate
committees almost immediately.
The relief for unemployed, also in
cluded in the purposes of the special
session, as set out In the governor's
call, will be put over to the regular
session, unless the special meeting
shall continue longer, it was decided
by the Joint committee on this Issue,
PROWLER REPORTED ON
SO. ORANGE SATURDAY
A report was made with the city
police yesterday that a prowler was
seen several times in the neighbor
hood of the Butler residence at 8
South Orange street. No description,
however, was given of the man.
Ex-Senator Dies.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Jan. 7
CAP) Word was received here today
of the death of former United States
Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia,
at Thomasville, Ga.
of Calvin Coolidge as President and
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Two Medford Boys Killed in Auto Crash
FUNERAL
FOR COOLIDGE IN
COUNTRYVILLAGE
Body Ex-President Lowered
to Rest in Quiet Country
Graveyard Notables of
Nation Pay Homage
By The Associated Press
PLYMOUTH, Vt.. Jan. 7. (P) Cal
vin Coolidge rested tonight among
his native hills.
In the quiet country graveyard be
side the road that winds past the old
homestead of his boyhood, his body
was lowered to its last sleep as the
shadows of a wintry day crept down
the mountain sides.
A nation had paid Its tribute in
simple funeral services in the modest
ohurch of Northampton, the city
where he began his cfreer as mayor
years ago and to which he retired
when he stepped down from the high
est office in the land less than four
years ago.
Notables In Tribute
President Hoover, to whom he turn
ed over the reins of government, and
Mrs. Hoover, men high In world af
fairs, the friends and neighbors with
whom he walked and talked In his
daily affairs Joined in sorrowful trib
ute at the church.
Then, along highways lined by men
and women-, standing silently and
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Harry Puller and Bert Long, snow
plow operators at Crater National
park, are spending two days In Med
ford, and reported excessive snows,
with a blizzard In the park. They
stated that the snow plow was In
operation continually, and during
their absence another crew Is In
charge.
The snow depth is between eight
and nine feet at government camp,
park officials said Saturday, and
about 10 feet at the rim. The total
snow depth, they said, la very little
below that of last year.
Due to excessive mists and rains
during the latter part of October and
November, the first 30 inches of this
depth is solid Ice, and will therefore
take much longer to thaw out in the
spring, the men reported.
SECOND FALSE ALARM
REPORTED IN TWO DAYS
City fire department answered a
false alarm at 9:30 o'clock last even
ing at the People's Electric store, it
was learned at the headquarters.
Oregon Weather.
Cloudy and unsettled Sunday and
Monday; occasional light rain or mist;
moderate temperature; moderate to
fresh southerly winds offshore.
Farmers to Ask
Relief From Law
In Foreclosure
LE MARS, Iowa. Jan. 7. (AP)
Protesting against farm fore
closure sales, 1000 northwest Iowa
farmers served notice today they
would appear at the state horse
to demand relief laws as the legis
lature convenes next week.
Their action came as a develop
ment of a mass meeting of mem
bers of the Farmers' Council for
Defense, after they had halted a
foreclosure sale on the farm of
John Schlmberg for $10,000. It
was the farmers second such vic
tory in three days.
FINED $1 BT FEHL;
TO APPEAL CASE
Former County Judge C. B. Lam
kln of Ashland, and Former Commis
sioner Victor Bursell of Central Point.
In a ruling by county Judge E. H.
Pehl Saturday morning were found
guilty of "contempt of the county
court," and "mutilatior. of the coun
ty records." The "mutilation" con
sisted of the two former officials
signing the court Journal on
Tuesday, January 3, the earliest date
at which they could be made avail
able, for signatures. The proceedings
were based upon an affidavit made
by Howard A. Hill, orchardlst.
. County Judge Fehl, sitting alone,
as the county court,, found the two
ex-officers guilty, and fined each $1.
Both, through their attorneys filed
notice of appeal. Bonds were fixed At
$200.
May Seek Fehl Ousting
Attorney William Brlggs, counsel
for Judge Lamkln said Saturday that
the records of the case would prob
ably be made the basis of ouster pro-
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Experimental Station
Is Given Reassurance
By 3ary Grelner Kelly
SALEM, Ore., Jan 7. (Spl.) The
Talent experimental station may as
well rest easily, with the assurance
at least that It's not any more off
than the other departmental young
sters squirming on the budgetary anx
ious seat.
This was the thought expressed by
L. F. Allen, second high executioner
of the Joint ways and means commit
tee In an informal Interview today.
Chairman Allen, of the house section
of the committee held out the hope
that the Talent station as well as
others, may not fare so badly In the
final shake-up.
"Higher education, however Is due
for a good slicing," he said. "They've
held out as long as they're going to
be let. The situation is desperate,
and if they won't take drastic reduc
tions voluntarily, we'll have to do tt
for them."
Value of experimental stations, ac
cording to Chairman Allen, Is being
carefully weighed. Although, hereto
EXPECT OPINION
SOON ON LEGAL
STATUS NEALON
Attorney General Preparing
Decision On Naming of
Commissioner Court Is
Anxious to Provide Relief
An opinion from the attorney-general
ol the atate on the legality oi
the appointment of Commissioner R.
B. Nealon of Table Bock, la expected
early thla week. Word from Salem
Saturday said that the attoroey-gen-eral'a
office was preparing It. There
Is strong public feeling that the de
cision should be accepted as final,
without any more legal quibbles and
red-tape, to the end that the turmoil
In the county be ended, forthwith.
The public, from street comment Sat
urday, showed a disposition to be
decidedly weary of the continual agi
tation that for montha has been a
disturbing factor.
At the Saturday afternoon session
of the county court. Commissioner
Nealon participated In the session,
with County Juuge FelU and Commis
sioner Billings.
Discuss Fund
The question of securing $50,000,
by legislative act, from the $331,000
sinking fund for highway bonds was
discussed by the county oourt and
bankers of the valley. Eugene Thorn
dyke represented 'the First National
bank; Hamilton Patton the Medford
National, F. B. Wahl, the Farmers and
Fruitgrowers banks, all of thla city,
and F. Toung, the Eagle Point bank.
J. W. McCoy of the First National
bank of Ashland telephoned assent.
George Alfora of Fern Valley, a form
er commissioner and close student of
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fore, they have been considered a
part of higher education, It Is found
that they can be at least partially
self sustaining.
When the budget allowance for
Institutions of higher learning are
pared, part of these funds will be
transferred to the experimental
farms. This will enable them to guar
antee continuance, providing, of
course they are willing to go half way
toward becoming self supporting.
Declaring that higher education has
shown less willingness to cooperate
in the matter of reducing appropria
tions than any other department,
Chairman Allen intimated that the
ax would fall heavily upon it if the
committee remained In lta present
frame of mind.
"Instructors have taken cuts in sal
aries, yes," he declared, "but not
enough to help the situation materi
ally. When, for Instance, a 9400 a
month man Is cut to 200 a month,
money may begin to talk, and the de
partment heads will still go on liv
ing." f
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Interesting Series
On Technocracy to
Be Tribune Feature
What do you know about Tech
nocracy? Are you sufficiently in
formed to express an opinion on
the new line of reasoning which
sees the doom of our present eco
nomic set-up through displace
ment of man by machine?
The claims and prophecies of
leading "Technocrats" will be con
trasted with criticisms of Tech
nocracy's methods and reasoning
In a series of six articled which
will appear dally in the Mail Tri
bune starting today on pae seven.
CASS SELECTED
NEW LEADER OF
HELLAH TEMPLE
Members of Hlllah Temple gathered
In Ashland Friday evening to select
officers for. the 1033 season and Al
bert K. Cass, well known Grants Pass
man, was chosen to head the temple
this year. Cass, who has been Identi
fied with Shrine activities for many
years, and la a member of the Order
of Jesters, Is especially well qualified
to fill the office of potentate of the
southern Oregon Shrine this year.
With Potentate Cass and a divan of
outstanding Shrine personalities, Hil
lah Temple enter the new season un
der very auspicious circumstances and
southern Oregon Shrlners are antici
pating a year of activity and accom
plishment. Other officers selected by the Hll-
lah Bhrlners Friday evening are: O.
O. Alenderfer of Medford, chief rab
ban; F. F. Whittle of Ashland, assist
ant rabban; N. a. Wheeler of Klamath
Falls, high priest and prophet and
Jack Thompson of Medford, Oriental
guide. Oeorge W. Dunn of Ashland
will again serve as treasurer of the
temple, while R. B. Detrlck, also of
the Lithta City, will again fill the
office of Hlllah recorder. Another
Ashland man, John Bnders, was
chosen as ftrst ceremonial master and
R. D. Brownell of Grants Pass was
elected as second ceremonial master.
Dade Torrett of this city will again
be director of Hlllah Temple for 1033
and A. B. Cunningham of Medford,
marshal, Irwin Trumbley of Grants
Pass was selected as captain of the
guard and W. F. Loom Is of Ashland,
outer guard.
Sam Baker, prominent Grants Pass
Shrlner, was elected to fill the office
of trustee vacated by P. B. Herman.
Ralph Sweeney of Medford and W. H.
McNalr of Ashland are other trustees.
E. C. "Jerry" Jerome and Paul B.
Rynnlng of Medford and Albert K.
Cass of Grants Pass will officially rep
resent Hlllah Temple at the Imperial
session this year following their
election Friday evening as representa
tives. Despite the general conditions, the
1032 season was a very satisfactory
one for Hlllah Temple, due In large
measure, to the splendid leadership of
Past -Potentate George R. Chapman.
The southern Oregon Shrlners actively
participated In the imperial session
in San Francisco last July and held
a very successful ceremonial in Ash
land last month. Chapman made an
enviable record as potentate of the
southern Oregon fez wearers.
Upon Retirement
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MARTIN HADDOCK,
ROBERT SKINNER
IN FATAL S
Head-On Collision Near Suth-
erlin Crushes Skulls -
Were Enroute to Portland
With Third Youngster
Martin Haddock, 16, and Robert
Skinner, 16, both of Medford, were
killed In a head-on automobile col
llslon 2 miles south of Sutherlln at
8:50 o'clock last night when the old
Ford touring car which Skinner was
driving crushed head-on into the
large automobile driven by O. W.
Enger of Eugene, field representative
of the Consolidated Freight Lines.
Skinner was said to have been blinded
by the lights of the approaching ma
chine. Both cars were overturned by
the Impact.
Haddock died Instantly from a
crushed skull and Skinner died ft
short time later in the Roseburg hos
pital, also having suffered a crushed
skull according to telephonic In
formation received from Roseburg,
Carl McPheeters, IS, also of Medford,
traveling with the two youths, suf
fered only ft cut on one hand. Enger
was uninjured.
The three boys were enroute to
Portland to visit Skinner's mother.
Mrs. Hazel Skinner, who resides In
that city. They planned to reach
Portland Saturday night, McPheoters
said.
Robert Skinner Is the son of R. A.
Skinner, who operates the Bulck ga
rage in this city, and resides on the
Old Stage road. Martin Haddock re
sided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Haddock at 1104 North Central
avonue.
Carl McPheeters makes his home
here with his brother. O. w. Mc
Pheeters, on Maple Park drive. Al
though McPheeters' father resides In
this city, his brother acts as, his
guardian.
The three youths, all students at
the local Junior High school, left here
yesterday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock,
according to Mr. Skinner.
SCOTTISH IE FEAST
The Scottish Rite Masons of Med
ford and vicinity are whetting up
cneir appetites for the supper tomor
row noght Just before the election of
officers. According to best reports ob
tainable at this time, the eats com
mittee and assistants are preparing a
real treat for the hungry. Therefore,
It is hoped, and expected that every
member in southern Orefon will be
there.
Bill Lonlgan and MoOuat of Grants
Pass are expected to bring a liberal
supply of good things from the Cli
mate City. Hans Thompson will fur
nish those things worthy of the Gold
medal, O. A. Wing will furnish the
part, partaken of one ft day, that
keeps the doctor away.
The annual report of officers will
reveal some valuable and interesting
Information in the past year's activities.
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COTTON BILL WAS
Demands Cider Be Included
Inflation Plan Will Be
Submitted to Coming
Roosevelt Administration
Copyrighted hy McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. When tha
Smith cotton bin cams up In tha
aenat a certain senator thought It
waa the beer bill. Ha arose and de
manded In a loud voice that cider
be included. It took three eenatore
five mlnutea to persuade him you
could not put cider In a cotton, bill.
The matter waa eliminated from the
Congressional Record.
Many a corporation director who
thought he had a soft and honorable
Job is having nightmares over the
Irving Trust's tremendoua damage
ault against the Individual directors
of International Match. There will
be no polite settlementa out of court.
In this case. The Irvlrtg means busi
ness and will press to the limit.
If the Irving w-fna no director In
the country can feel safe. It will
mean that directors can be held re
sponsible for malfeasance by the man
agement even though they had no
personal knowledge of faulty acceunt-
M or outer harmful aota.
Whatever the outcome It la a cinch
that Wall Street big-shots will be
mighty careful about accepting "hon
orary" directorships in future.
There Is a small group called Latin
American Associates, which haa been
making handsome money out of Latin
bonda. It operates as an Investment
trust, rather than as a protective
committee and has taken over the
holdings on a trust basis of many
discouraged Investors, Including;
banks. It'deala only In dollar bonds
of aoverelgn states no subdivisions
but doesn't care particularly whether
cney are in default or not. Its suc
cess can be gauged by the fact that
It 4as raised the value of Its deben
tures from $1.00 par to $1.30 In the
last eight months In spite of the
weakness or the foreign bond market.
A group of Wall street economists
Is working on a mild Inflation plan
which they expect to eubmlt to the
new administration through sympa
thetic channels.
It calls for the federal government
to take over home loan and farm
mortgages maturing In the near fu
ture at the holdera option in ex
change for 10-yoar 2 per cent bonds
issued by the government. There
would be a moratorium of five years
before the debtors would have to be
gin amortization payments.
The Idea la to relieve home and
farm debtors of Immediate pressure
and to thaw out frozen bank col
lateral without Issuing currency or
Incurring fresh government debt.
Kew York 1n Ir-nv An fh tTnn11f.B.
tlona of the International Typographl.
cai union's recent move. It voted
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ILL
Rogers
jays:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif..
Jan 6. Mr. Coolidge, you did
not have to die for me to
throw flowers on your grave.
I have told a million jokes
about you, but every one was
based on some of your splendid
qualities. Tou had a hold on.
the American peoplo regardless
of politics. They knew you
were honest, economical and
had a native common sense.
History generally records a
place for a man that is ahead
of his time, but we that lived
with you will always remember
you because you was "with"
your times. By golly, you little
red-headed New Englander, I
liked you. Tou put horse sense
into statesmanship, and Mrs.
Coolidge 's admiration for you
is an American tradition. .
Yours,