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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.
No. 268.
TRriUNE
M
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LOT
TOTE!
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
RUSSIA'S soviet government, we
read In the papers, has decreed
death as the penalty tor RETARD
ING grain production.
It's a queer world. Over In this
country, we're talking of punishing
those who INCREASE grain produc
tion. WHAT inas happened In Russia, you
ask?
Well, over there they want modern
machinery, which must be obtained
abroad. In order to buy this ma
chinery, they must have foreign cred
its, because foreign manufacturers
refuse to take their pay In Russian
rubles.
In order to obtain foreign credits,
they must sell Russian products
abroad. Wheat, at the price Russia
has been quoting, has been one of
the most readily saleable of these
products.
RUSSIA, as probably you know, has
been revolutionizing farming,
along with everything else.
The Russian Idea Is to do away
with the small Individual farmer, re
place him with big collective farms,
owned by the state and operated by
state-employed farm laborers.
The Russians bellevo that by In
dustrializing farming that Is, operat
ing It on a factory plan they can
reduce costs and thus undersell the
world.
MAYBE so.
But In their program to Indus
trialize farming they are running
head-on Into human nature. The
small farmers peasants, to use the
European term who In the past
have raised their own crops and SOLD
them( thus enjoying the fruits of
their own labors, are NOT taking
kindly to this business of becoming
wage earners Instead of Independent
operators on thier own account.
Bo they aren't working so hard, and
because they arent working so hard
production of grain la falling down.
With production falling down. Rus
sia hasn't as much grain to sell
broad as she needs.
THEY are planning now to substi
tute force for self Interest. That
la, they are saying to the farmers
or peasants: "If you don't produce
as much grain as we think you
should, we'll stand you up against
wall and shoot you."
Maybe It will work In Russia. But
It wouldn't work In this country,
and over the 20-odd centuries In the
pest of which we have a record It
never has worked very successfully
ANYWHERE.
The best way to get people to work,
experience has proved, Is to provide
such conditions as will make them
WANT TO WORK.
rnpHE pitiful thing about present
J. conditions, by the way. Is that
so many people WANT TO WORK
but can't find Jobs.
That Is the principal reason why
depressions, which result In reducing
the number of jobs available, are so
terrible.
np HERE Is a lot of talk about peo-
1 pie In these days not wanting to
work, preferring to get their living
off the public.
This writer Is Just fool optimist
enough to believe that nine out of
ten of those wbo are out of Jobs at
the present time would rather work
1 tor what they get than to have It
given to them as charity.
TM POTWIN. of Albany, editor of
the Democrat-Herald, tells the
committee on railroads and utilities
of the Oregon legislature that the
total state, municipal and county
bonded debt of this state Is 185
MILLION dollars.
Oregon has somewhat less than a
' million people, which means that
each one of us every man, woman
and chSd In the atate Is burdened
with a PUBLIC debt of $185. in addi
tion to whatever private debts he
may owe.
If you are the breadwinner for a
family of four, that Is. your share
of the total bonded debt of the state
of Oregon Is 1740.
DEBTS, you know, have to be paid
or repudiated, and the penalty
for repudiation of debt Is lose of
Continued pa feXoa
MEASURE TO BAR
KNIFEDJNSENATE
Class Legislation Seen in
Attempt Open Poll to
Property Owner Only for
Tax and Bond Issues
SALEM, Feb. 2. (AP) -The two
measures which would limit the vot
ing on tax matters and bond issues
to property tax payers only, were
killed by the senate today following
a short debate during which speakers
scored "class legislation."
The measures were passed by the
house last week, but the senate com
mittee brought but an undivided re
port agaliisl these two bills as Intro
duced by Representative B. F. Nichols
of Douglas county. Senator James T.
Chlnnock, chairman of the taxation
and revenue committee which defeat
ed the bill, declared that the respon
sibility for bond issues rests with
property taxpayers and not upon the
shoulders of the non-taxpayers.
Indefinitely Postponed
In. the debate, participated In by
Senator Peter Zimmerman and Isaac
Staples, the latter favoring the meas
ures, it was pointed out the bills
would disfranchise many taxpayers,
income taxpayers and also others,
who though they do not own pro
perty, do pay heavy taxes. The bills
were Indefinitely postponed.
Five new bills were Introduced in
the senate during the morning ses
sion, including one by Senator Dunne
to provide a tax of 2 per cent on
the gross receipts of motor vehicle
finance companies in the state. No
bills came Into the house during the
forenoon, ,
Would Cut Wire Costa-- .
Long distance messages, telephone,
telegraph or radio, transmitted on a
cost basis to the state Is a proposed
house resolution by the committee
on utilities. The measure would
also permit the state to purchase,
condemn, build, own and operate
such systems. Cooperation with the
United States or with foreign coun
tries that may be adopted by con
gress Is also proposed.
The resolution would fix rates and
charges for the services to cover all
costs, and to Incur indebtedness not
to exceed one-tenth of one per cent
of the assessed value of all property
of the state to provide funds to carry
out the provision of the article. It
also specifies for the Issuance of rev
enue bonds, based upon income pro
ducing property of the state and the
earnings of such plants and equip
ment owned by the state, to such ex
tent as may be necessary to finance
all applications for rendering the
service, notwithstanding any limita
tions elsewhere contained in the con
stitution. TWO NABBED WITH
Ralph Pepper and Ray Oilman, both
about 40, of San Francisco, were ar
rested here today by Federal Prohibi
tion Officer Cy Herr and charged with
transportation and possession of 110
gallons of alcohol.
Oilman was placed under $2000
bond when arraigned before United
States Commissioner Victor A. Teng
wald, and Pepper under 61000. Oil
man owned the new eight-cylinder car
the liquor was in. and has made pre
vious trips, it Is said by officers. Pep
per was a passenger.
Deputy United States Marshal Cal
Wells will leave with the men tonight
for Portland, where they will be taken
before the federal grand jury. State
police aided In the capture of the
runners.
It was Implied that the cans w. jld
be Inspected before being placed In
the vaults, to be sure there was no
water In any of them.
INSOLENT RAT KILLS
GROCERY STORE CAT
GOLDENDALB. Wash., Feb. 3 (AP)
Wanted: A fighting cat with a
lion's heart:
A large. Insolent rat has been
prowling a grocery here. A cat was
left In the store during the night In
the fond expectation the raider would
be slain.
The next morning the cat. viciously
bitten and clawed, was found in the
room, dead.
AKRON, Ohio, Feb. a. P Fire
stone Tire and Rubber company pro
vided another flurry in the series o!
tire price wars in various cities if
the country today by announcing
five per cent out In specified grades
of tires. Other grades would be ut
In "proper relation,' the snnounce
incnt said. Other companies said
they weie preparing to meet the cut
pr "study it" before aa waging poUcg.
Publisher Passes
ea X
DENVER,' Colo., Feb. 2. (P)
Frederick G. Bon f lis, 72, publisher
of the Denver Post, died at his
home here this morning. He had
been 111 for several days and last
Saturday underwent a minor op
eration for an infected ear.
PORTLAND, Feb. 2. () F. O.
Bonflls, Denver publisher who died
today, was an enthusiastic sportsman
and visited Oregon nearly every year
for the steelhead fishing In Rogue
river. He was here last October 19,
following a holiday in southern Ore
gon. CHILDREN OFFERED
NEEDED CLOTHING
by
There aren't going to be any chil
blains going to school In Medford
this term, at least not on beginners'
feet. For a certain Medford business
man has assumed the Job of clothing
all One B pupils, whose parents or
guardians are financially tinable to
buy their necessities w: H. Hedrlck,
superintendent of schools, announced
ibis morning.
The name of the . very generous
volunteer and his wife, who will aid
him, was not revealed today, but the
school office was rejoicing over-the
work to be accomplished.
Clothing and school supplies,
which are not furnished by the dis
trict, the volunteer helper will buy
for needy children In the One B room
of each school in the city, he In
formed Superintendent Hedrlck at
the opening of this semester. His
wife will do the shopping and deliver
the clothing and other supplies to
the little girls and boys who need
them.
Children In need of the aid will
be reported by Ruth Swanson Dod
son, school nurse, who la well in
formed regarding all children in the
district. The parents will be con
tacted In each case to determine
whether or not the help will be ac
ceptable. The business man, who Is anxious
to do this work, has as his only mo
tive the making happier of a lot of
little boys and girls, whose school
days might be darkened by poverty.
He has volunteered his services with
the understanding that his name
would not be made known.
1
GENEVA, Feb. 3. (,p) The world
disarmament conference reconvened
today, launching a general debate on
the French disarmament plan.
Rene Maslgll, the French represen
tative, explained again his country's
desire to obtain reduction of arma
ments simultaneously with a series
of security pacts.
Wets and Drys in Hectic
Debate at Hearing Over
Legislation for Repeal
By Mary Greiner Kelly.
SALEM, Jan. 31 (Spl.) The chosen
ones who had seats at the big beer
bill show In the house chamber Mon
day night were lucky. What a crowd.
What feeling! What names the wets
and drys called each other! Take It
all round what a night! One woman
fainted over the excitement and had
to be dragged from the hall. A few
others looked as though they'd like
to faint when the argument waxed
hot on the other side.
The general Impression at the end
of the debate, however, was that no
opinions had been changed, and a
good time was had by all.
The coolest man In the hall, ap
parently, was John Beckman, author
of the discussed beer bill. He smiled
when the speakers were for him- He
smiled even more when they were
against him. He took notes on the
criticisms of his bill, with an eye to
utilizing constructive suggestions in
strengthening It.
Tha wet vore allotted an Jioui In
ROOSEVELT PLANS
VAST EXPERIMENT
TO
Tennessee Watershed Se
lected Site for Proposed
Development Decentralize
Industry of United States
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Feb. 3 (AP)
A gigantic experiment designed to
provide 200,000 Jobs and berald the
birth of a new America, from which
the curse of unemployment would be
lifted, was proposed today by Presi
dent-elect Roosevelt.
The rugged highlands and fertile
industrial valley of the Tennessee
watershed were chosen by the next
president for this "most interesting
experiment a government has ever
undertaken."
Plans Revealed.
Seated before the blazing fireplace
of the "Little White House," he told
newspapermen of his dream for a vast
Internal development encompassing
reforestation, reclamation, water pow
er and agricultural rehabilitation. The
aim Is to balance the national popu
lation anew between cities and the
country.
Mr. Roosevelt expects this huge
laboratory experiment to provide em
ployment for 200,000 men In the Ton.
nessee valley alone.
But more than this, he hopes to
carry the scheme Into other sections
of the nation, from Alleghenlea to the
Pacific coast and through It to re
establish American life on a basis
that will mean the end of unemplcy
ment. the decentralization . of in
dustry, and a people protected by the
watchful eye of a government.
Seven Projects Listed.
The great Tennessee valley project
(Continued on Page Six)
APPLES WANTED
IN RELIEF TRADE
OrchardlBts who have some apples
left that they haven't disposed of can
make a good-sized payment on their
taxes with them. Hamilton Patton,
director of relief work for Jackson
county announced today.
The relief organization is prepared
to take a large quantity of market
able apples at 30 cents a suck, which
will be traded to Klamath Falls
farmers for potatoes. The potatoes
will be used In the relief commissary
here, and the apples will be used In
the Klamath country.
"Thirty cents a sack Isn't much for
apples," Patton said, "but we are get
ting the potatoes for 30 cents a sack
and some apple grower here can do
a lot towards paying off his taxes."
Growers with apples are requested
to see or call Patton.
WASHINGTON HOUSE
FOR PROHI REPEAL
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (AP)
A resolution memorializing congress
to submit the question of repeal of
the 18th amendment to state conven
tions was approved today by the
house of the 1933 legislature. The
vote was 68 to 31, all members pres
ent. which to speak, the drys an hour
and a half; then the wets 15 minutes
for rebuttal. When this ended, the
drys said they needed 20 more min
utes to answer points raised by the
wets. There was an uncertain pause
on the part of the chairman. They
got It. But three-fourths of the au
dience walked out on them. Some
one said they were tired and thirsty.
Louise Palmer Weber, principal
speaker for the Beckman bill gave
the audience the most laughs, and
enough epigrams to keep them enter
tained for a week.
Planting her two feet on the plat
form and drawing her first chin back
against the second one. she looked the
audience In the eye for a full second
before she began. Despite the warn
ing of the chairman that no applause
was to be given, Mrs. Weber just natu
rally carried off the biggest hand of
the evening. It was perhaps more
HUNDREDS TRAPPED IN CALIFORNIA BLIZZARD
Some of scores of automobile caught by a sudden storm on the mountain grade from Lake Arrow
head, southern California resort, are shown In this picture which was brought out on skis by Paul
Mahoney, amateur of Monrovia, Cal. Quickly organized relief parties saved many motorists and all avail
able state snow plowa were put to work clearing the road of drifts. (Associated Press. Photo)
GROUND HOG DECIDES ON
SIX WEEKS MORE WINTER
(By Eva Nealon Hamilton.)
It's umbrellas and coats again for
Medford folk. If they believe with the
groundhog. For the sly little animal
is credited, by the majority of the
local population at least, with bavins
seen his shadow. At all events. Old
Sol gave him a dandy chance In town
and countryside today.
A few skeptical people, of course,
contest the veracity of the remark.
maintaining that they have yet to
see ' the groundhog In these parts.
Others, even more cynical, declared
this morning thst if the groundhog
ventured out of his hole today he
would be eaten long before his shad
ow found time to cast Itself upon
the sod. "And that for the ground
hog," also known as woodohuck, and
in more highly educated circles, with
a yen for scientific cognomen,, as
'Aardvsrk.
Whatever he be called, legend states"
in most lands, that the whiskered
TAX AND LIENS
POR COUNTY CUT
FAR UNDER 1931
The grand total of taxes and Hens
to be raised on the 1832 budget, ac
cording to the assessor's office, Is
$1.332,30.18, a decrease of ,93.118.30
over the previous yesr, when the
grand total of taxes and Hens was
1,439,481.48.
The 1033 taxes and liens as appor
tioned for the various purposes are
as follows:
County and atate taxes.... 421,635.13
Special school taxes ..... 435. 130.64
Special city taxes ...... 209.B07.93
Special road taxes - 7,008.71
Special Midway water dis
trict tax 993.73
Irrigation liens for col
lection 180,423.76
City Hens for- collec
tion I 1.9 10.54
Herd Inspection Hens for
collection 327.25
Fire patrol for collec
tion
15,116.48
Total $133243.18
The apportionments for the previ
ous year were as follows:
County and atste taxea 382.721.06
Special school taxes 629.781.38
Special city taxes . 280,397.24
Special road taxes . 2,416,63
Special Midway water dis
trict tax . 995.80
Irrigation Hens for col
lection 215.443.44
City Hens for collection. 1,556.02
Herd Inspection Hens for
collection i 531.60
Fire patrol for collection 11,619.41
Total
..11,426,461.48
' FOR EL!
Tonight's session of the Elks lodge
will be conducted by the Past Exalted
Rulers snd they have prepared a pro
gram that will be of interest and
entertaining to all Zlks. D. S. Llbbey.
assistant superintendent of Crater
Lake National park will be the prin
cipal speaker of the evening. Special
music Including the Elks band will
be a part of the program.
Dutch lunch will be served after
toe lodge.
animal comes out of his hole on Feb
ruary 3, the date religiously known
as "Candlemas." And If his shadow
is cast upon the ground, he flees
back Into his hole, well aware of na
ture's Intentions to bring on six
weeks of foul weather.
Enabling him the best of oppor
tunity to view his shadow In all Its
splendor, sunshine bathed the Rogue
River valley long before noon today,
and clouds failed to interfere with
Its brilliance long into the after
noon; . -
So if the groundhog didn't see his
shadow, one local mlas declared, "the
animal Is blind."
Owney ratton saw his, Tom Fuson
took a glance at his on several occa
sions, and Harry Hansen was seen at
an eaTly hour trying to run his down
on North Central. And rumor has
It that Dr. R. O. Mulholland, who has
known groundhogs, Irish and Amer
ican, was traveling under canopies
throughout tho day.
FARMERS ACTIVE
IN EFFORTS HALT
MORTGAGE SALES
THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. 2. (AP)
The first movement In Oregon to or
ganize farmers along the lines of the
Farmers' Holiday Association of the
Mid-West was completed here last
night with tho formation of the
Wasco County Farmers Protective
association of several hundred mem
bers. The announced purpose of the or
ganization Is to prevent mortgage
foreclosures and to seeK a general
reduction in mortgages to 1933 valu
ations. (By the Associated Press)
Friendly state governments and
successful demonstrations to prevent
mortgage foreclosure sales were hailed
with Joy today by farmers In widely
scattered sections fighting to save
their homes and lands.
In the south, the Arkansas legis
lature prevented foreclosures by pass
ing a moratorium suspending Juris
diction . of circuit and chancery
courts.
The situation has been recognized
by the legislatures of Alabama and
Georgia and sympathetic statements
for farmers have come from the gov
ernors of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Kentucky and Mississippi.
In Georgia moratorla on all farm
mortgages were declared by 10 life
insurance companies doing business
In the state.
From otVier states came re porta of
mortgage sales that did not suc
ceed.
BILL WODtDSAVE
SALARY OF FEHL
SALEM, Feb. 3,-ff-The house
Judiciary committee has prepared for
introduction a bill which would ex
empt the salaries of all elective state
and county offices. Including the
judiciary, from attachment.
Carrying out the same Idea as Is
now applied to elective federal offic
ers, the bill is designed to prevent
embarrassing political retaliation by
enemies of elective nff!rr; The bill
was originally proposed by Represen
tative Kelly of Jacason oouatg, ,
T
Sunny skies and signs of spring
novo encouraged the dozens of young
contestants In the Medford Mer-
chanta-Mall Tribune popularity con
test to work fast and furiously tor the
coveted three woek's vacation trip to
romantic Hawaii. Following the pub
lication of votes In yesterday's paper,
a large number of ballots have beon
turned In,
Miss Ruth Reed's name should have
appeared as one of the entrants In
tho , popularity election, but was
omitted through an error.
In order to keep as many girls aa
possible Interested In winning either
the first prize or the sight-seeing boat
trip from Seattle to Ban Francisco,
additional awards are being planned.
Details of these added features will
be announced In the noar future.
The fortunato girl who has the
most votes at the final tabulation on
March 4 will be designated as "Miss
Medford" snd will enjoy the Hawaiian
voyage in company with a group of
young ladlea from other Oregoh towns
where similar contests are being con
ducted. The winner of the attractive
second prize will also travel with a
number of other girls.
Participants in this event are urged
to deposit their votes regularly so that
their friends may see that they are
progressing and continue to secure
votes for them.
A list of contestants, with their
standing In the election to that date
will be published In Sunday's Mall
Tribune, February 4.
FOR 12 DISTRICTS
BT COURT
Road supervisors for the 13 rosd
districts of the county wero nsmod
yesterday by the county court, each
official naming four, as follows:
Oeorge Andrews District No. 1,
south of. Ashland to the state line;
named by Nealon.- .
William Bruin District No. 3. A.h
land. Phoenix, Talent; named by Bil
lings. Lester Throckmorton District No.
3, Eagle Point: named by Nealon.
William Tetherow District No. ,4.
Central Plont; named by Nealon.
Ted Helmroth District No. 5, Med
ford and envlrone: named by Peru.
Claus C. Charley District No. 8.
Lake Creek: named by Fehl.
A. E. Edmundson Dlntrlct No. 7,
Butte Falls; named by Billings.
H. A. Owen District No. 8, Roxy
Ann; named by Billings.
Tom Carlton District No. 0. Pros
pect; named by Fehl.
John Matney District No, 10, Ap
plegate; named by Billings.
W. J. Jones District No. 11, Rogue
River; named by Fehl. . .
X. J. Enrlght District No. 13, Bams
Valley; named by Nealon.
The supervisors will have charge of
the road work In their districts and
will aid In securing relief data. Here
tofore there have been three super
visors for the entire couuty. .This
system proved unestletactory and
resident of the various districts
asked that a supervisor be named
for each district, on the grounds
that they would be better acquainted
with Vis needs and situation. The
road supervisors will receive nay only
I fee time employed.
TAKE ACTION ON
MUSGLESHOALS
Prospect of Development of
Power Site Giving Utility
Men Shivers Private
Operation May Be Asked
By James MrMullIn
(Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate) . , .
NEW YORK. Feb. 3 Prospects that
the new administration may actually
do something about Muscle Shoals
are giving the utility men epinal
shivers. This would establish the
dreaded principle of public ownership
in a big way. Also the Muscle Shoals
power development would step on the
toes of Commonwealth and south-:
em's utility empire.
The Inside fear Is that the govern
ment's Ideas of fair rates for power
might not Jibe with those of Com- ,
monwealth and Southern. The latter
might have to do some painful rate
slashing to compete successfully. It
Is worth remembering that. o. & 8.
Is a very Important unit In the new
utility hierarchy and a Morgan out
fit. What to do about It Is a burning
question. The answer may be a lib
eral bid for private operation of the
Muscle Shoals properties with elabor
ate figures to prove how much the
taxpayer wouia save, -
But there is little real hope of
heading off Roosevelt; apparent in
tentions. Muscle Shoals tits too
neatly into his campaign definition
of publlo ownership as a club to keep
the Industry In line. ,
Utility people are much concerned ,'
tO knOW WhO Will fha la.
Edgar A. MnCuiloch as federal trade "
commissioner. McOuUoch has been
In charge of the utility investigation.
The leaders are not optimistic. They
wont bring nre&iure heojuiM t.hv
figure it's no use.
Electric Bond and Share tried to
Uiwk the trade mmmtlUlnn Inmlln, '
on the grounds that It was an un
warranted assumption of authority.
This was overruled by the courts and
tho other groups deolded they might
as well play ball.
Consolidated Claa Ployd Carlisle's
company ha several times been
made a stock market football for the
benefit of local politicians. Rumors
would get around that the state com
mission was about to order rate re- '
(Continued on Page Six)
RADICAL PREDICTS
NEW BONUS MARCH
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (AP) A
new march of veterans to the capital
to present ex-soldlers' demands to '
the expected special session of con
gress wss predicted today by Emmsn.
uel Levin, member of the communist
psrty. In testifying before the Joint
congressional committee on veterans'
affairs. .
WILL
ROGEHS
'says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Feb.
1. My, snow that was to melt
yesterday, didn't melt. It was
unusual snow. Yon bee the
chamber ,of commerce had led
these folks to the mountains
(you can always trace all devil
ment to a chamber of com
merce). The chamber didn't
figure it would snow because
they Jiad passed no resolution
demanding snow, but it did
snow.
Well, you take a Southern
Californian and put him in a
snow drift or anywhere else
where he can't see a filling sta- i
tion or a cafeteria and he is
ready to write out his will.
There wasn't a suit of long un
derwear in the bunch. Now we
got to set 'em under the orange
trees for three months to thaw
'em out. We can and do live on
climate, but it takes a real
Northerner to digest thosB
snowballs.
Yours,'
.UUtNlUtItst.la