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Vote Tabulation in Popularity Contest to , Appear Wednesday Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Increasing cloudiness with v rain mixed with snow, tonight and Wednesday. Warmer tonight. Highest yesterday 44 Lowest this morning 23 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for their newspapers ua tbe ben prospect, tor tbe adver tiser, a. B O. olrculatioD u palo up circulation. This newspaper u a, B O. .Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933. -I - I 1 - No. 278. X 1 Comment on the Day's News f By FRANK JENKINS. By FRANK JENKINS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the annlver aary of whose birth waa cele brated yesterday, waa bom In a ram ahacale cabin In Kentucky, rose to the position of greatest power and In fluence on earth. . Be rose to this high position be cause of his ability to meet ade quately every situation that came up to blm. , ' - That Is something worth while for ambitious people to remember. . M LINCOLN, enshrined In the hearts of the American people, accepted as' one of our very greatest, If not the greatest of all. his memory be loved, was in his darkest hours one of the most popular and most berated men of his time. The Judgment of the public at any particular moment isn't always an ACCURATE Judgment, Is It? SOME of the leaders who today are most condemned -wlU be looked back upon In" years to .come as truly great men. If you don't believe that now, WAIT. You may change your mind later. ' AND Just one other thought. In Lincoln's darkest hours, the outlook for the future In" this coun try waa darker by far than It has been at ANY time In the past three yeara that have looked ao dark to so many of us. But It CAME' OUT of the darkness, and brighter years followed than had ever been known before. THIS country will come out of Its dark days again, and the daya that will follow will be brighter aays wu we have ever known before. Don't ever doubt that. HERE la a sign of the times: The Oregon senate passes the branch banking bill, providing that in this state big banks can n branches In other cities If they so choose, r - Whatever you may think of branch banking, whether or not you fear It may result In concentrating banking resources in the big cities to the dls dvantsee of the smaller ones. It DOES seem to provide greater security to the depositor. And, after all, that Is the most Im portant function of banking. ANOTHER little sign of the times: A New York dispatch aaya: "The action of the (stock) market this week has clearly made the bears un easy1 The bears, you know, are the pessi mists of the market. They think - Mini- to be worse, and WllllS" O D " ahare their actlona accordingly. So whatever makes the bears feel uneasy Is good news to those of us who can still be optlmlstists. SPEAKING of the stock market, the big tobacco compantea cut the price of cigarettes, and on the same dav tobacco stocks GO UP. Odd. Isn't It? Maybj people were lust feeling better In their minds. Or maybe they figured that with prices down, volume would go up and profits Increase. H m t. an InterMtinff and rather Hopeful note in tne news: f!niri for the en- nuituiltg p."..v ..b - 1 tire United States for the month of December show that California was second only to New York. California Is out here on the Pacific Coast. When th greatest stste of our Psclflc Coast Is second In building only to the greatest and richest state In the Union. It Is something to be proud of. W E MAY poke a little fun at Call- fnrnia from time to time, but here In Southern Oregon, at least we are proud of her. Every time California Increases In Importance, we of Southern Oregon applaud, for a bigger and richer Call fornia' means bigger and better mar kets for Southern Oregon. Oregon Weather. Increasing cloudiness, with snow east and rain mixed with snow west portion tonight and Wednesday: warmer tonight; increasing aoutheaat and aouU) vijul oll&boro, , ALLOW ANGLERS War KEEP TINY PISH E Scrip Plan for Hunting Will Give Farmers Return for Raising Game Birds Commission Is Powered SALEM, Feb. 14. (P) -The house of representatives spent the entire morti Ing considering and finally passing the revised game code, the first mea sure up for final consideration on the calendar, while the state senate swept through Its entire program by noon, and had no scheduled business outside of committee reports before It for the afternoon. The senate de feated the only controversial proposal before It. the alx-hour day and five day week for public work. The house during the afternoon faces a full schedule, with the beer bill, racing and betting bill and the bar association changes before It. Lift Length Limit. 1 The game code, entailing some new departures, was passed by a vote of 41 to 18. Elimination of the six Inch limit on trout and adoption of the acrlp plan for hunting are In cluded In 'the new code. Hunters of upland birds through out the United Ststes and land own ers are "at outs" with each other be cause of Disregard of the hunter for the rights of the farmer. Representa tive Wyera said. Under the plan adopted by eastern states and a trial in Oregon, the game commission seels a scrip book after making contracts with land owners for hunting privu. eges. The hunter finds the property so contracted .posted. and present hie scrip dook to tne iarmer, wjkj kbub It until the hunter returns, checking off the number of birds bagged. Up on presenting this scrip to the com mission, Hie farmer receives 90 per cent of the sale price of the book. Commission Powered. The game commission was also given the right to open seasons' and Increase limits rather than being lim ited to closing sessona snd decreasing limits. When applying for a llcensn. the hunter or fisherman must make a statement of the bag or catch of the previous year. The Dunne-Hazlett bill to estsbllsh the six-hour day and the five-day week with double pay for overtime for employment on public contracts In Oregon, was defeated. DEC!! PAPER SEIZURE TO E Decision In the suit to test thn validity of the attachment filed last week by Eugene Wright, former ad vertising solicitor, upon approximately 1200 pounds of newsprint in the News office, wlU be made tomorrow morn ing. Justice of the Peace William H. Coleman said today. The decision wm in course of construction this afternoon. The .action la based upon the seiz ure of the newsprint by Constable George Preacott. J. A. LaDleu, man ager of the paper, claimed in his tes timony, that the newsprint belonged to the employes1 of the paper, who were working on a profit-sharing, co operative basis, A copy of the agree ment, signed by a number of em ployes, waa Introduced as evidence. Wright attorney contended that the agreement was not binding, as it had not been signed by 1 A. Banks, as "party of the first part." A bill of sale to Electa Pehl and a letter received from L. A. Banks. Informing Paul Luy .that his services were dispensed with, were also pre sented as documentary evidence. The court said he would advise the attorneys when he would make his decision. The court said there were a number of matters before him to day, as a result of the two-day holi day, and that his decision would be forthcoming as soon as these were cleared away. 4 DENVER. Colo., Feb. 14. (TP) Charles Bottcher, II., heir to a for-, tune, and now held by kidnapers who have demanded W0,00o rnm. had been threatened previously with ab duction. Police revealed these threat aa they began their second day f.r:h for the 31-yer-o'.d iclon w-tithy , plonrsr Co'orado fatnl vi 1;'vd I into circumstances of lam pe.ovs demand. F BY Resolution Passed at Annual Banquet Jackson County Republicans Reverend McClure in Main Address Confidence in the officers of Jack son county waa expressed by the Lin coln club of Jackson county In a resolution passed by that group at the nineteenth annual banquet held at the Hotel Medford last, night to observe the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The adoption of the reso lution followed a stirring address made by Attorney Frank VanDyke, representing the .Junior Republican league of the county. . Bev. George V. McClure, of Ash land,, delivered the main address of the evening, and told of the qualities in Lincoln that made him a great man, and of the qualities of the American people that made such a man as Lincoln possible. McClure also listed President Herbert Hoover aa among the greatest leaders of his tory, and declared that Hoover waa a victim of circumstances over which he, or any one else, had no control. Hoover Great Leader "When history la written," the speaker said, "I firmly believe that the name of President Hoover will go .down as one of .the greatest of lead ers, and aa a man who was crucified unjustly" That too much of the true Lincoln ts lost to the American people by placing him on a pedestal and "hero worshiping" him, was the opinion of McClure. "People should admit e and study the acta and deeds of Lincoln, and, above all, the policies for which he stood, rather than to worship the man himself," McClure said. "Lincoln had embodied in him the qualities of republicanism, and It is these quali ties we must not lose eight of. I firmly believe," he said, "that If the United States were to fall, that the following republics would all bear the marks of Lincoln." . Lincoln Had Medium The American people were given much of the credit for Lincoln's suc cess by the speaker who declared: "Say what you will of . Lincoln's genius. It had to have a sensitive medium for perfect fulfillment. Lin coln had a heritage of the facilities of democracy, but he gave those fa cilities distinction." New officers announced for the coming year were Don Newbury, president, Ralph Cowglll, first vice president, Ed Leach, second vice president, E. T. Newbry, third vice president, Harry Moore, secretary treasurer, and an executive commit tee composed of the president and secretary, and Fred Homes, Fred Scheffel, Everett Faber, Steve Nye and 8. 8. Smith. Outgoing officers were Carl Tengwald, president, Wil liam Brlgga, first vice-president, Mrs, D. Perozzl, second vice-prealdent, John Holmer. third vice-president and Harry Moore, secretary treasurer. The new officers presided at the meeting last night, after the meeting was opened by President Tengwald, . Regret Deaths Resolutions, presented by OUn Arnspiger. expressed regret at -the passing of two prominent members of the Lincoln club during the paat year, E. V. Carter of Ashland, James Orieve of Prospect, and Emll Mohr of Medford, a staunch friend of the (Continued on Page Five) f TO START At last nlght'a meeting of the Med ford American Legion post, the com mittee In charge of the comedy "Jim's Olrl." to be presented at the Craterlan Wednesday and Thursday evenings, announced that all tickets should1 be reserved at'Strang'a drug store. Plans vera outlined to have drum corps practlcea In order that the group might be "first class" In the competition at the iut convention tn be held at Klamath Palls In August. Letters of greetings were read from Chaplain A. J. Anderson nd several other Medford post members who are now confined to the Veteran'a hos pital In Portland. Gene Harrlgan. a former resident of this city, waa a visitor for the evening. Next regular meeting will be past J commanders' night, and Commander I L. c. Oarlock announced that "real ajjarrteQuaent will be furnished. Breaks Out PRESIDENT-ELECT INSPECTS MUSCLE SHOALS m tr7- -t President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt l shown seated In the rear of hit car with ths party which iccompanled him on an Inspection of Muscle Shosls. Wilson dam i shown In the background. Left to right: Gov. Hill McAllister of Tennessee; Sen, Kenneth McKeltar, Mr. Roosevelt, 8en. Clarence Dill, Sen. George Norrls, Mrs. Curtis Dall, Gov. B. M. Miller of Alabama. (Associated Press Photo) LOCAL DEBATERS F LT . Medford high school debaters swing, into action this afternoon In the first debate of the annual southern Ore gon debate tournament by meeting the Ashland high school debate squad at Ashland this afternoon, and again in the auditorium of the Medford high school this evening. Medford'a team hopes to go to the state debate conference again this year, having gone for two successive yeara. Tonight's question will be: "Re solved, that at least 80 per cent of all state and local revenues should be collected from sources other then tangible property." The question is one that is before every person in Oregon at this time, and especially the state legislature, and Debate Coach Ralph Bailey urged all vallev persons Interested In the tax ques tion to be present, as the members of the debate team have gone deeply into the subject. Medford'a team will be composed of Frances Ferry and Cleo Hicks, and they will uphold the negative aide of the argument. The debate starts at S o'clock, Bailey said, and will be Judged by Walford Dahlberg, formerly debate coach at Oregon State college, and now with the University of Ore gon. Six debates will be held In the Southern Oregon elimination tourne, the two today, two between Ashland and Grants Pass tomorrow, and two between Medford and Grants Pass Thursday. . . HOW WE APPEAR IN EYES OF OUTSIDERS MOKB HB.NSE, LESS HV81EBUJS NEKOKU. Not content with ripping their own community Into pieces, a radical fac tion of Jsion county residents, whipped Into blind hjsterlcs by a lot of nlld Journalism, now seeks to make a fool of the state of Oregon In the eyes of the nation. The so-railed fiood Government Cnngre.s Saturday adopted a resolution addres.lng it to the president-elect, the vice-president-elect of the United Utales. a group of United Slain senators, many other high slate and national affinals, and asked that It he read both In the t nlted States senate and bonne of representatives. The resolution makes extreme assertion,, some of which, at least, cannot possibly be substantiated by proof. It paints the whole state of Oregon as a mess of court corruption.. According to the news report of this resolution, It claims that the courts of Jackson county are controlled by a special privi leged few and that the rlrrult Judte and dutrlct attorney are In collusion tn prevent Ju.tlre to elllr.ens of Jarkwin county; THAT AM. CIKfirr lfl(iE IN THE STATE OF OREflON ARE IN COI.I.ISION WITH SAID CIK ttlT 4LIKIF. AND IMS S!( T ATTORNEY OF JAC KSON COI NTY. In addition to this utterly nnsuhitantlated Indictment of the whole court svatem of the state, the resolution charges that official, of the state are con trolled by the Southern Pacific railroad company and the falllornla-Oregon Fower company, that the freedom of the press Is being denied In Jackson muntr and mikes other allegations In regard to the local situation which have been the hauls of the terlflc controversy raging there. What the Siefl ford people want to say about their own row ts their own bu.lness. hut when they ring In the whole stale and call national attention to It, the rest of the state has something to say about It. Of course, the Medford resolution Is not likely to get the attention or con. slderatlon Its proponents hope for II, outHde of Oregon, but Jot the same, whatrter attention Is given to It VllI serve to place unjustly this state In an unfavorable ll.ht. It Is time for the people of Jackson county lo ,top making so much nolw, to apply a little more fh.lr slliislinn. and to put lli'lr hmie IfST, the ret of the state out of a silly, rails Herald.) Between FIRES AS BANDIT CAR PULLS AWAY Three well-dressed, youthful ap pearing men held up and robbed H. A. Stearna, operator of a grocery store on South Riverside svenue. ' about 7:15 o'clock last evening, procuring about 10. other funds of Stearns were locked up. and according to state police, the grocer refused to hand It over to the maraudera. The bandits came as gasoline pur chasers. They then asXed for cigar ettes. When stearna went Into the store, one of the trio followed him. When Stearns turned his back he felt a gun barrel In hla back and heard a command. They took what money he had on hla person, piled sacka of flour across Stearna neck and legs, first ordering him to lie flat on the floor. When Stearns heard the door ot the auto slam, he leaped to his feet snd opened fire on the bandit car. One of the bullots htt the auto, aa glass from a shattered window or windshield was found on the pave ment later by the state police. According to Stearns, the bandits were driving a Chevrolet sedan, bear ing a Montana or Missouri license. The car headed south at a high rate of speed following the robbery. It la thought the car took to the country roads after the robbery, aa no auto bearing the meager description pass ed over the Slsklyous or by the Klsm ath Junction. Notice was also sent north, on the theory that the bsndlts doubled bsck. Stearns also operates a grooery store In Ashland. common ene and le hjsterlcs to In order. In the meantime, let them but damaging local mess. (Klamath Colombia, Peru El WILL BE REACHED TODAY IS BELIEF Aahlnd citizens today expressed confidence that an agreement would be reached this afternoon on the right-of-way price for the Ashland unit of the Pacific highway, between that city and Talent, and that work on the Job would be started this week. . The state highway commission price for the right-of-way, of ap proximately 18.000, will be met by the landowners, it la expected, though no definite word has yet been given. A compromise with the landowners waa. effected laat week through the eforta of a committee composed of Ashland citizens. It waa predicted that aa soon aa the agreement was formally approved by all concerned, that the state highway commission, the contract would be let and work started Immediately. Washburn and Hall of Portland were the low bidders for the project, which will total approximately $62, 000, and Includes two bridges over Besr creek. The contractors are reported aa be ing ready to atart on ahort notice. The aurvey has been completed. The road 'will be 1 miles long. It has been announced that 60 men or more will be employed, and that a day and night ahlft will be used, in order to finish the project before June 30, the time limit set by the government. The right-of-way question has been under discussion for several weeks. The so-called Tslent unit of the road la still In abeyance) The routing would leave Talent off the main highway. The county court and or ganizations of this city and Ashland have riled a protest on fhls un'.t. because of the elimination of Talent. 4 DETROIT, Feb. 14. (AP) With dramatic suddenness, Governor Wll Ilsm A. Comstock esrly today pro claimed an eight-day banking holi day In Michigan at the conclusion of an all-night conference with bankers from all over the etate and with fed eral and state banking officials. The extraordinary holiday, unpre cedented In Michigan, la effective to day to continue through February 31. Aa a matter of fact, the banks will not open until February S3, alnce February 22 Is Washington's birthday and a fegal holiday. Governor Comstock'a proclsmallon aald tne holiday waa proclaimed "In view of the acute financial emergency now existing In the city of Detroit and throughout the atate of Michi gan." r if Prohl Showdown Forced I n Senate WASHINOTOR. Feb. 14 (AP) The senate today defeated a motion to lay aside the prohibition repesl resolution, forcing a ahowdown t this session. GUNBOAT BOMBING ENDS CENTURY OF CORDIAL RELATION Peruvian Planes Drop Ex plosive On. Warship in Putumayo River and Vio lent Air Battle Follows BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 14. (AF) It was unofficially report ed late this uftemoon that Co lombian troops had captured the city of Tarapaca on the l'utumayo river In the vicinity of the city of l.stlcla, over which Colombia and Peru have been In conflict since September. BOGOTA. Colombia, Feb. 14. (p) Crowds In tbe streets re ceived with frantlo applause no tices posted today announcing that hostilities had broken out. BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 14. (AP) Ending a century of peace between the two countries, hostilities broke out today between Colombian and Peruvian forces In the frontier region of Letlcla. Alfredo Vaaques Cobo, commanding the Colombian forces, reported that' Peruvian airplanes had bombed the Colombian gunboat Cordoba, lying In the Putumayo river. The first bomb, he reported, drop ped In Brazilian waters. At this point the frontiers of Brazil, Colombia and Peru are very close together. A Colombian- squadron took to the air and after a brief but violent fight, the Peruvian force retired, the' com mander said.. 4 E BY H. L. "Truth, well told" waa the defini tion of advertising given by H. U. Bromley, advertising manager of the California Oregon Power company and the Mountain States Electrlo com pany at a meeting of the Rotary club today at the Hotel Medford. Mr. Bromley, In hla Interesting talk, dis cussed the Importance and value of advertising, briefly commented upon the selection of media and related the part played by consistent adver tising In development of publlo utili ties. For the full effectiveness of adver tising. It must be a driving, consistent power, not an explosion. Bromley said. It la even more Important during pe riods of business Inactivity and will play a dominant part In the recovery of bualneas, he aald. Statistics showing the percentage of gross business In various lines which should be devoted to advertis ing were presented to the Rotarlana and guests by Mr. Bromley. The value of a well-planned, consistent advertis ing campaign la more far-reaching than the encouragement of public de mand. It creates a condition of pub llo acceptance, the Importance of which cannot be 07er-estlmated, he said. This holds true In smsll retail business activities, aa well aa the pro motion of products on a nation-wide scsle. "Whlto space never hurt an adver tisement," Mr, Bromley stated. "Care should be taken In the preparation of layouts for newspaper, bill bosrd and direct mall advertising. Illustrations should be chosen with care and the copy ahould be based on true facta and presented with a punch. Cap tions ahould be especially written to compel attention." The aubject of advertising and choice of media will be discussed by the Rotarlana at the next regular meeting of that organization. The members wilt participate In this open forum and the various pertinent points mentioned by Horace Brom ley will be talked over. Olen Smith, principal of the Med ford high school, announced the high school debate this evening and George Henselman called the membera' at tention to the American Leglon'i benefit. "Jlm'a Girl," which will be presented at the Fox Craterlan the ater Wednesday and Thursday nighta. D. A. Chambers, former secretary of the Medford Rotary club, and now a resident of Gold Beach, attended todav'a meeting. Carl Bruntach of Portland. Ward Hammond and Al Martlneati of Grants Pass, Prof. Thal berg ot the University of Oregon and Herb Grey of The Mall Tribune were guests at today luncheon. ECONOMY HOWLING BY CONGRESS ALL HOOEY, IS CLAIM Public Breastbeating Same Old Stuff in Louder Tone of Voice Vet Expendi tures Resist Slash Effort By Paul Mallon Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 This pub lic breastbeating in congress for eco nomy la Just, the same old hooey in a louder tone of voice. Real economy la yet a long way off. The recent contest over abolishing three small assay offices shows the underlying situation. A senate com mittee tried to cut out the appropri ations for these government gold shops at Carson City, Nev Helena, Mont., and Boise. Ida. Instantly the scnatora from those states leaped to their feet. A leader femong them waa Borah. They screamed so loud the sppropnstion was restored. ' Their argument was that thaaa mall assay offices are a helpful gov- ornment service and give employ ment. So does everything else tha government is doing now. The su perfluous services have been swept away long ago. they say. The same argument can be more or less effectively made against re trenchment in every Item of govern ment expenditure. It Is belna made dally in both houses. It la a cinch there can be no econ- ' omtea until congressmen are ready to give up things lh their own districts. Thst time will probably come when we all are angels. -i The demand for economies has also failed to weaken resistance against cutting veterans' expenditures The veteran'a eoonomj committee, haa been in a atom cellar for month They privately planned to hold off , their report until too late for this session of congress to do anything now tney nave decided they may not report at all. SCOTTlliTE MASONS ELECT Officers for 1033 were Installed by Siskiyou Lodge of Perfection at a meeting of Scottish Rite Masons last night at the Medford Masonlo tem ple. D. L. Davidson, who haa served during the past year as venerable master of that organization, presided over the Installation ceremonies. John F. Lawrence will head the Siskiyou Lodge of Perfection for 193S, and under hla dlreotlon the Scottish , Rite members anticipate an active ' and successful year. John B. Kirk ' la the new senior warden while Beit Peasley will fill the office of Junior warden. Prank B. Newman was In stalled as orator. A. H. Willette aa almoner, and Sam Kroechel aa mas- ter of ceremonies, Lee Williams will again serve aa secretary-treasurer Louis Older waa Initiated Into the dutlea of expert, with John Jensen, ss assistant expert. Harry Nordwlck sema during 1033 aa captain of host ana lou Rules as tyler. WILL ROGERS f$gys: BKVERLiY HILLS, Cal., Feb. 13. The League told Japan to 1 Ret out of Manchuria and . Japan sayg "yeah!" The' League suggested that wet . nursing of it be turned over to ' America and Russia. Neither . one belongs to the League. That's like a policeman turn- ing a desperate eriminal over , to a couple of civilians and tell ing, 'cm, "here, you watch this feliowj I'm busy." Europe must ait up at night just thinking of waya to get us -in worse than we are, if pos sible. ' When Russia is ready 1 she will go down and look after Manchuria without our aid. Yours, . x . ,, SlHMtMvsbtlB4lsuUle
