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Contest Interest Growing Third Tabulation Appears Tomorrow The Weather Forecast: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday; moder ate temperature. Hlrbest yesterday Ji 39 Lowest this morning , 3t Medford Mail Tribune Paid-Up Circulation People who pay tor their newspapers are the nest prospects tor the adver Users, a. B O. circulation la paid up circulation, rhls newspaper Is a. B. a Twenty-Seventh Sear MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933. No. 266. Comment the on 'Day's -News By FRANK JENKINS H ERE Is a figure that may surprise vou: The life Insurance companies of the TJntVd States paid out last year to beneficiaries 8.306,709 EVERY WORKING DAY. The total thus paid out. on earn ed and paid for policies, amounted to 3,800,000,000 for the tntlre year. rpwo billion six 'hundred million dollars Is a lot of. money. Com mon, ordinary, people, such as we are, can't even IMAGINE such a sum. So let's try to reduce It to something a we can visualize. Two billion six hundred million dollars would amount to approxima tely 4.31S tons of gold.-' But even that doesnt mean much to us. So let's go a little farther. If you laid 2600 million dollar bills end to end, they would stretch over 350,000 miles or ten times around the earth. These 2600 million dollar bills, laid end to end would reach the moon. OR, If you stacked S gold pieces one on top of another, 2600 mll x lion of them would be 2300 times as high as the Empire State building In New York. The gold In such a pile would amount, to about half of all the gold m America. And all of this wss paid out on life Insurance policies In only one year 1932 in the United States alone. That gives you some Idea of what life Insurance means to the people of this country. , , LET'S try to get this situation down even closer to our understanding. A competent life Insurance agent, who has been doing a little figuring. y estimates that in one city of Oregon one of the four secondary cities of the state about M50.000 was paid out last year to the beneficiaries of life and matured endowment poli cies. That was money coming into the community ust exactly the same as - money coming In for lumber or crops. It entered Into the channels of trade and added Just that much to the amount of cash In circulation. It certainly helped a lot In a year of severe depression, didn't It? LIFE Insurance 'Isn't a dole. It Isn't a charity. It Is something that Is bought and paid for. Normally, it Is bought and paid for In people's years of greatest earning power. In the case of endowment in surance. It is enjoyed In the years . . AFTER greatest earning power has passed. Life Insurance is doing a lot to re duce poverty In this country. IP you are Interested In figures, here are some more thst will probably surprise you. Statistics collected by the tJ. 8. de partment of commerce show that for each 17.9 pounds of butler consumed by the people of this country 14 pounds of coffee are consumed. Who would have supposed that our use of coffee Is almost as great as our use of butter? Statistics often surprise us, even if they do nothing else. Thst Is, if we READ them. A lot of people don't. A NO here are" some more figures: " In 1929, about 25 per cent of the nation's Income was spent for food, but in 1932, as nearly as can be got 1 at this early In 1933. approximately 30 per cent of the nation's Income was spent for food. - That doesn't mean, of course, thst people spent more for food in 1933 than In 1929. but it DOES mean thst their expenditures for food declined less than their expenditures for oth er things. A NO It may Interest you to know " that nearly ONE-HALF of all the employed workers in this country are engaged In the production, distribu tion and serving of foods. People say from time to time. In a joking way: "If we could Just quit eating, we could get ahead In the world." If all of us quit eating, about half of us would Immedlstely LOSE OUR JOBS. o NE other figures before we quit: Government statistic tell us Continued on Pgft 8), F House Counts 55 New Bills Offered While Senate Boasts Record of 23 On 22nd Day of the Session SALEM, Jan. 31. (AP) Introduc tion of new bills, not only In the house but In the senate as well con tinued to mount beyond anticipation with scores more yet to come In be fore the 22nd day of the legislature adjourns, while those coming out of committees were slow to the extent that Speaker Earl Snell called a noon session of all committee chairmen for a conference. , The house saw 66 new measures, among which were some declared of major Importance, such as the Pari Mutual bill, new Income tax provis ion, the pilotage measure and the flshwheel bill. The senate had 23 new bills which likewise sets a new record for the upper house. Would Cut Sessions The speaker's conference was de clared for the purpose of considering a resolution calling for morning ses sions of the house onlyi while com mittees were to meet In the after noons and evenings to come to some agreement on bills In order to get them out onto the floor for final action. Both houses are ahead of last session In Introduction, but far behind In actual accomplishment, It was announced. Editor Attacked The house today saw Its first fiery flow of oratory during which quota tions were made from Caesar on up thru Christopher Columbus, State Senator George W. Joseph, U. J3. Sen ator Moses and Frazler and to State Senator Joe E. Dunne and the editor of tho Oregon Voter. The latter was severely criticized by Representative Prank H. Hilton for an article in a current Issue of the Voter. The Issue was the ratification of the amendment to the federal con stitution of a child labor prohibition law. which passed the senate previ ously and which memorial today passed the house by a 38 to 22 vote. But final action was not made until many members had been on the floor to voice their views. C. C. Chapman, editor of the Voter had criticized the isenate action of last week which gave rise to Hilton's personal attack. E LOCAL S. P. DEPOT AT POINT OF Twenty-five dollars 'in silver was taken from the Southern Pacific de pot here in a daring, single handf-d robbery at 8:20 o'clock last night. N3 definite trace of the holdup man hid been found by city, state or railroad officers late this afternoon. David Roberts snd R. $uehl were in the ticket office when a man de scribed as medium tall, about 35 years old. smooth shaven and wear ing a black coat appeared at the win daw. "This Is a holdup," were the first words. "Let's have your money." Roberts stepped behind a corner in the office, but Duel-., was sitting at one of the telegraph Instruments l.i the center of the office. The robber leveled a black, automatic pistol at Buehl. "V."e haven't any money here." one of the men said. "It's all been bank ed." "Open up this drawer." the robber said, "the one here under this coun ter. Hurry up." The cash drawer was then unlock ed, and handed to the robber who kept his automatic on the two men in the office. Ten dollars in silver dollars, ten dollars In AO cent nieces and five dollars in quarters was tak en. The robber pocketed the money and fled. Buehl was formerly employed by the Southern Pacific here. A. Stewart of Euvene. railroad detective, arrived in Medford this morning and has been working on the case In con Junction with city and state officers. The fact that the robber knew Just where the money till was leads offi cers to believe he Is an old 'hand at the game. Several suspects were pick ed this morning and last night or questioning, but all were released. Steel Declares SO Cent Dividend NEW YORK, Jan. 31. (AP) Unit ed States Steel corporation today de clared a dividend of 60 cents a share on the preferred stock, tlitis break ing a 32-year string of quarterly pay ment of 11.76. Galsworthy Dies . 1 JOHN GALSWORTHY LONDON, Jan. 31. (API John Galsworthy, British novelist and dramatist and 1932 Nobel prize win ner, died today. He was 6Q years old. . The famous writer had been suffer ing from anemia and was In a grave condition for the past week. The ill ness developed from a severe cold con tracted last month. JURY LIST GIVEN L The jury list for 1033, composed of 250 namen, drawn from the tax rolls and poll books of Jackson county, has been formally approved by the county court. Practically every large precinct In the county Is represented, with the exception of Prospect, the grand Jury oud petit- Jury for the term of the circuit court starting January 27 will bo drawn from the list. The jurors are apportioned as fol lows: Ashland 63, Medford proper 48, Medford, rural routes, 37; Central Point 18, Eagle Point 7, Trail 13, Tal ent 17, Phoenix 6, Jacksonville 8, Plnehurst 3, Lake Creek 2, Gold Kill 9. Rogue River 3, Wlmer ,2, Butte Falls 4, Sams Valley 2, Colestin, Cop per, Ruch, Beagle, Applegate, Siski you, one each, the balance being scattered. Abbott, Laura . (Mrs.), housewife; Aitkens, Clara M., Ashland, house wife; Andrews, Grace E., Ashland, housewife; Ashpole, Roy, Eagle Point, merchant: Anderson, Elda R. Ash land. 685 Boulevard, housewife; Anderson, Lloyd, Medford, 322 North Oakdale, barber: Adams, Elva, Cen tral Point, housewife; A rant, Ada, Jacksonville, Sterling Rt., housewife; Anderson, Prank E., Phoenix, phar macist; Atkins, O. W., Medford. route 2. farmer; Ash, L. W., Trail, laborer; Allen Walter Ray, Eagla Point, ranch er; Ay res, Amos, Medford, 721 South Peach, lyborer; Blgham, Earl L., Cen tral Point, route 2 farmer; Brown, E. J., Applegate, farmer; Benson, Axel Medford, route 2, farmer; Brock, Mabel, Medford, housewife: Bates, Mrs. Marie A., Ashland, 113 Nob Hill, housewife; Brown, Geo. B., Browns boro, farmer; Bybee, James Wm., Jacksonville, farmer: Beebe, Walter B., Ashland, route 1, farmer; Bene dict, Mae ( Miss), Ashland. 219 Moun tain avenue, housekeeper. Birdseye, Victor P., Foots Creek, farmer: Belknap, L. F., Medford, route 4, minister; Burns, Cordle O., Central Point, route 1, housewife; Brewer. C. M., Medford, 1811 E. Main, manager Copco; Blaylock, Marvin -E., Medford. 1025 W. Tenth, electrician; Bellenger, Minnie B . Medford, 125 N. Holly, housewife; Brandon, Martha A. Medford, 142 N. Ivy housewife; Brown Edw. E., Central Point, farmer; Berg strom, Chas. L., Ashland. 467 Chest nut, laborer; Brooks. Elliott P., Med ford Mary street laborer; Brewer, F. L., Medford, 41 Ross Court clerk; Burke, Fred. Medford, 531 Penn. ave.. laborer: Billings.- L. G., Talent, civil engineer: Billings, Newman, Central Po!nt, Rt. 1. service station; Black ford, Olive, Central Point, route 1, housewife: Bell Thos. J. Jr.. Talent, farmer; Beck. James H., Medford. laborer; Bailey, Everett, Talent, route I farmer: Brooks, A. I.. Rogue River, farmer; Barto, Vivian Norman. Wlm er. housewife; Buckley James, Ruch, farmer: Buck, Oerald. Jacksonville, farmer; Blaess, Chas. E., Trail, mer chant. Case, Clarence 7 , Sams Valley, la-! borer: Chattln, Mrs. Jessie A., Ash land 3;.3 Hargadlne housewife; Carley R. E.. Medford, route 2. shipping ! clerk; Crawford. W. Raymond, Med ford noute 2. box 40 A. mechanic; Chi Ids. Roy R., Medford. route I, farmer: Cook Earl H., Oold Hill, la borer; Conger, Henry Elsworth, Med ford, route 2, farmer. Crouch, Frank, Ashland. 148 Central, mgr. Swift and Co.; Coy, Wm., Eagle Point, truck driver; Charley. Mlllroy. Climax, far mer; Conner, 8. H Foots Creek, elec trical engineer; Clark. Oscar B., Gold Hill. R. r. D.. laborer; Cota, Jose phine. Oold Hill, housewife; Chap man, Alvin 8.. Ashland, laborer; Cul- (Continued tomorrow) AL TREASURER QUITS Guy L. Ray Turns in $3.86 Cash On Hand and Says Loyalty to Country Can- . not Be Commercialized Guy L. Ray, elected treasurer of the "Good Government Congress" last night at a courthouse auditorium meet, today submitted his resigna tion, as follows: - "Due to the fact that I cannot sub scribe to an Institution that supports the Declaralon of Independence, and Is ruled by a dictatorship' I hereby tender my resignation to the Good Government Congress." - Accompanying the resignation, wis a statement by Ray who was tem porary treasurer, on the state of the organization's finances, as follows: Total cash received -..6.B6 Bills paid , 3.00 Cash on hand 3.88 Can't Commercialize Loyalty Ray this morning, suld that he re signed "because they can't commer cialize my loyalty." He further stated that the organization had been in tended to "aid the working man and farmers, but it was being turned into a political organization." He thought "work Is now more Important than politics." Ray was elected treasurer by one vote last night receiving 80 votes. His opponent received 79. There has been evidence of mutiny in. the ranks for the past week. Many followers of the 'Good Government Congress' objected, to the L A. Banks resolution at the first meeting, bit terly attacking the courts, on the grounds,, "it was going too strong." Another thorn was the candidacy fo president of Mrs. Harriet B. Martin, wife of a civil service employoe. Speakers last night said many mem bers "objected to a woman leader, because it .is a man's Job." At the meeting, also C. M. Root was depostid as an official. He and Ray have been active in fathering the organization, and have many followers among the' workers of the county. Another bone of contention among many-of Banks' former followers is a statement in the "Once In A While" column of the Daily News on Tues day, January 31, which reads as fol lows : "Back of this Good Government Congres will be found the 'spe cial privilege' class, the old 'gang.' operating in Jackson County." Public Loses Patience Another factor that aided the dis sension, is the public attitude to wards the Banks resolution "attack ing the courts." The heretofore good natured public opinion frowned upon it, and voiced much adverse criticism to the county commissioners, that the courthouse auditorium was al lowed to be used for Inflammatory meetings. Commissioner Billings said that "the program should be soft pedaled," and Commissioner Nealon held that the "hall should be barred to political factions." County Judge Fehl said, "he would speak to them about it." At last night's meeting, dissatis faction with the election results was freely expressed in the back part of the room. "The session was marked with considerable banter, and there wss no vitriolic attack upon any In stitution. Mr. Banks, however, took several verbal swings at the mythical "gang." and warned everybody to be on their guard. There was some talk yesterday, but unconfirmed, that as a result of the Internal strife a "Farmers-Workers Council of Jackson County" would be formed soon. CAT SHOOTER TO . HEAR SENTENCE Justice of the Peace William R Coleman heard evidence In two cases Involving the demise of small crea tures. Arthur G. Adams, residing near the eastern city limits, was charged by the Humane society with mutilating a cat. towlt, shooting the said -rat in a hind leg. Adams claimed that the cat was killing hi chickens, had been a persistent violator, and he shot to defend his property. The court took the case under Ad visement. Frank Hammond of the Willow Springs district, charged with killing a fur-bearing animal without a li cense. Hammond was alleged by game wardens to have hit a coon in the head with a club, when It came out from a log. whence It had been chased by dogs. Justice Coleman also took this case under advisement. Tom Mix r 1 1 n i v I JACKSONVILLE EDITOR , WINS FISTIC C 0MB AT Fist cuffs flavored Jackson county's political row late yesterday afternoon, when George Maxwell, mining pro moter, and Ionard Hall, editor of the Jacksonville, Miner, engager in fistic combat on the historic Main street of Jacksonville. , Maxwell, according to Hall and wit nesses, has voiced his objection to stories printed In the Miner about his alleged citizenship irregularity, and has sought Hnll slnre the articles appeared last week. He caught up with Hall yesterday, and lert him soon afterwards. Maxwell approached Hull, who was talking to a citizen of Jacksonville, and declared that he didn't like the articles that had been printed about him. "I want that gun you've been car rying, too," Maxwell Is reported as saying, and Hall declares that Max well started to "frisk" him to get the gun. "I'll show you which of us is the better citizen," Maxwell is quoted as saying. Hall declares that he stepped back from Maxwell, after Maxwell had tried to take his gun from his pocket, and then when Maxwell approached he SPRING IN OREGON WHILE CALIFORNIA SNOWBOUND PORTLAND, Jan. 31. APJ Mild springlike weather prevailed over much of Oregon today and the weather bureau held out a hope that the grip of winter has at least been tentatively broken. Temperatures were moving upward, showers were predicted for both esst ern and western Oregon and fresh changeable winds were forecast, Local flurries of snow, it was said, might possibly visit some sections of the interior. Three men were marooned In the Oregon Caves section yesterday ac cording to word from Grants Pass, but all were experienced woodsmen and not a trace of fear was felt for K. F. SILENT ON TAX KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 31. (API- City officials had received no word today indicative of the Intention of the four public utility companies ope rating here regarding the Ming of gross revenue statements and pay ment of a five per cent tax, required in a new city ordinance to be made tomorrow. Copies of the ordinance, promul gated by Mayor Wm. E. Mahoney. were sent a few days ago to officials or the California Oregon Power com pany, the Pacific Telephone and Tele- gi-aph company and the Postal ana Western Union Telegraph companies. All are affected by the ordinance. - Local officials of the rompaiiiea would make no comment, indicating whatever Is said must come from higher up. Loses in Long Court Battle v, struck him on tho nose. Several blows were struck, with the result that Maxwell recotved a bloody nose and then swore out a warrant with Justice Ray Coleman for Halls ar rest. Hall pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance. "Every word I've printed about Max well Is the truth," Rail said this morning, "and what's more he has already tried to change his registra tion card at the court house. He has been looking lor me for several days, and nearly everybody In Jacksonville knows It." ( . ' After Hall's arrest, Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn requested the re turn or hia permit to carry a gun, but Hall objected on the grout; that his life had been threatened, and that he was Just as much in need of the gun now as he was when the permit was Issued. Hall declares that his refusal to use the gun yesterday in his fight with Maxwell, or to think of using it, for that matter, is proof that he Isn't going to abuse the privi lege of carrying It. Sheriff Schermerhorn said he would reconsider the request for the re turn of the permit. Hall said. their safety. They are Dick Rowley, head guide during the tourist season, I Dick Dabln and Gus Llum. A snow plow was at work today opening the road from the foot of the mountain to the resort. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31. (AP The toll of liven In the blizzard swept far-west stood at eleven today as winter continued to threaten efforts to rescue hundreds of persons ma rooned In mountain regions. In northern California two deaths were added to the number of known victims since the series of storms started eighteen days ago. Another wanderer perished In Nevada. LEVELED BY A wind, that assumed hurricane proportions last Thursday, blew down the bam on the Edmondson ranch, five or six miles from Butte Falls, killing seven cowa, and causing dam age estimated at $500 to 7S0. The wind was one of the heaviest ever known In the section, according to reports rescnlng this city todsy. During the height of the storm, which wss accompanied by snow, trees were blown down, causing many residents of the district to seek safety in the open, as they feared the roof of their homes would be crashed in. The wind seemed to center In the neighborhood of the Edmondson ranch, though It was more than mod erate velocity In other mountain dis ; trtcta. writ re It caused the snow to drift heavily. i 3 V. V I Ma - u.jTWPfcaart BKIK, Pa.. Jan. 31. (PI A Jury tu day awarded Zark T .Miller. Okla homa rancher and showman, f(lBlllMl0 damages -aialnst Tom Mix, ntorle cowpiinc'her. Miller alleged Mix broke a contract to appenr with Miller's 101 Knnrh show and sued for WtS.OOO. Two yeurs aro a Jury awarded Miller no.ooi nut the rase was appealed and a new trial granted. Col. Miller Is shown (right) as he testified at tho trim, Mix Is shown outside eourt. with his third wlfn, Mnhel Ward and his daughter, Ruth. (Associated Press Photos.) ST Tomorrow's Mail Tribune will again publish the standing of the Rogue River Valley girls who are partlclpat' lng in the Medford Merchants-Mail Tribune popularity contest which now holding the center of the stage in this section of Oregon. Contestants are urged to cast their ballots as scores of Mall Tribune readers are Anxiously watching the tabulations as they appear from time to time. With two delightful summer trips In storo for the two winning girls In this unique contest, a steady tncreaio in interest is being noted. Fifty-two well known Medford concerns are par ticipating in the contest and featur ing popularity votes with purchases of merchandise or payments on ac counts. A wonderful cruise tc Hawaii, lux urlous accommodations at sea and a glorious nine-day stay at the beautl ful Royal Hawatlah hotel over-look ing romantic Kalklkt beach is the first prize. While In Uncle Sam's tropical territory island, "Miss Med ford" will enjoy a trip to Hawaii's volcanos, the pineapple plantations and a glimpse of the thousands of attractions of Oahu, The winner of second place will be given a trip to Seattle where she will board a steamer for San Francisco. All of the attrac tions of the historic and beautiful bay district will be enjoyed white the lucky Rogue River Valley miss stays in the southland. After seeing San Fran cisco, she will return to Seattle by boat, thence to Medford a prize al most as enticing as the Hawaiian cruise. J. Verne Sh Angle, Medford p ho tog rapher, has extended a cordial invi tation to every girl contestant to have her photograph made without chargs. Many girls are using their phoco- grahps In their papularlty contcit campaigns. . ' Jamec F Cook. 03. of Route 4, Med ford. lost his left hand this after noon when his shotgun was acciden tally fired, tearing the hand so badly that immediate amputation was necessary. Cook had started for a short hunt ing trip around his farm, and had stopped to talk to a neighbor when the accident occurred. Hi gun, rest ing on hia foot, slipped, he reached for It. and It was discharged. He was rushed to the 8acred Heart hospital, where an operation was performed this afternoon. Women of Rotary To Meet Tomorrow Women of Rotary will meet Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mta, John Byle. 38 Oeneva. for dessert bridge. Members are asked to arrive at 140 o'clock. I VISIT OF LOTHIAN SEENING0TH1 Right Hand Man of Lloyd George in Versailles Peace Conference Will Talk Debt Settlement Plans Here By JAMES McMUM.IN. Copyrighted by MrOluro Newspaper . Syndicate. NEW YORK. Jan. 31 Great sig nificance la attached to the visit hera of Lord Lothian (better known as Phillip Kerr.) Right hand man of Lloyd Oeorgo during the Versailles peace conference, he has long played a prominent role In British and In ternatlonal affairs. As an unofficial emissary on debt settlement ques tions he will be top news In due course. , There Is a deep aura of mystery around Britain's gold transaction with this oountry. Twenty-five million dollars out of the 98 set aside In London for the federal reserve bank : In payment of the British debt In stallment has already been reclaimed from English sources. Also there have . been no less than six earmarklnga of locat federal reserve gold for foreign ' account In the past few weeks. The federal reserve has gone to great palna to conceal the Identity of the ear- . marker which is also Bnglsnd. The question as to where Britain gets the .funds to buy this gold and what she wants with It are met with . profound alienee In official quarters. The answer to the first question la either . "' (a) Britain wiis" kidding" about her' straitened financial oondldltlon, or (b) She has obtained a sizeable open account loan from private benk ers here. Private banking sources who know the answer are significantly silent. As to why England wants the gold It Is known that powerful Interoata In Britain aro dissatisfied with the climb of the pound and will do all . they can to push it down again. Therefore, if England sells sterling now and has the gold to buy It back again at lower levels, she can roll up a sweet profit. . . . ' Soveral New York banks have found England a suitable field for the In vestments that they cannot or will not make at home. They have bought healthy quantities of short term sterl ing maturities and have coupled these transactions with the sale of sterling for delivery on the maturity date at the prevailing current price. This way they are protected against ex change fluctuations and can collect In fu.il on the principal and Interest of their Investments. The credit Inflation nrnaram via excess reserves looks more and more like a bust. Loans and Investments In the New York district are still ' rising, but these ltm. niitjifrt. M.w York have dropped now for four weeks in a raw im week's aenation amounted to 40 million dollars of which 10 million In the Chicago dis trict. WILL ROGERS p$gys: SANTA MONICA, Cel., Jan. 30. The British ambassador is a mighty popular man gucBt of tho senate, guest of the president that's on deck wait-f ing to go to bat. The roor Freneh ambassador you can't help but feel kinder sorry for him. He is still in- the dog house. A senator named Tydings the other day introduced a bill where the government couldn't , appropriate more money than was coming in; that is, if you didn't have any money you could not dole out any. Well, The senate like to mobbed him. They called the idea treason, sacrcligious, inhuman and tak ing the last vestige of Dower from a politician that is, the right to appropriate y o n r money which you don't have. (ZUIII MiNSMisi txaaluu. lae,