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Monday Marks Opening of Final 2 Weeks Popularity Contest Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Fair Sunday. Little change In tem perature. Temperature Highest yesterday r... ,... ., 4-1 Lowest yesterday , 31 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for tbeu newspapers tre the beat prospects (or to adver tisers. &. B. O. circulation u paid up circulation, rola newspaper u &. b. o. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOUO, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1933. No. 2S2. ww nn IV UUJ "fan SEE yiMfflEB -f f M Ml "Inner Circle" Will Rule Comment on the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS HERB la a statement that will probably surprise you: The twenty million ownora of mo tor vehicles In this country are now paying annually over a BILLION dol lars in licenses and fuel taxes to the various agencies of government. That Is to say, each motor vehicle pays an average of FIFTY DOLLARS in taxes per year. -M- HERB la a thought that is Inter esting: The motor vehicle has come Into general use within the past 35 years. In other words, a TOTALLY NEW form of property has arisen within the past quarter of a century that now paya taxes amounting to a bil lion dollars a year or more than the total cost of the federal govern ment at the time when the automo bile first appeared. THB motor vehicle brought with It a problem the problem of bet ter roads. The poor excuses for roads that we were using when the automobile appeared Just simply wouldn't serve even as excuses for roads AFTER the automobile came along. So we had to have better roads. Everybody recognized that fact at once. How to pay 'or them waa the big question. JUST about that time, some smart thinkers originated the Idea of a license fee. He reasoned something like this: 'These new contraptions are a nui sance. They scare every horse they pass out of its wits, causing the owner of the .horse great mental an guish. Since they are a nuisance on the highways, they ought to PAY for the privilege of being a nuisance.'" That was probably the thought back of the first automobile license fee. OTHER smart thinkers went on from where that one began, and In the course of time THIS THOUGHT occurred to somebody: "These automobiles aren't satis fied with the roads that have always been good enough for horses and wagons. Already they are demanding something better, and their demands are going to Increase as the number of automobiles increases. "Sooner or later, these . better roads they are wanting are going to cost us a lot of money. What are we going to do about it?" FROM that, of course, it was only a step to the Idea of a high license fee for automobiles, the pro ceeds from these fees being used to build the roads, thus making the automoblllst pay for hla own high ways. Oregon, we are all rather proud to recall, was one of the pioneers in this new thinking. We were one of the very first of the states to capitalize the automobile license fee and project a whole system of state highways upon It. Oregon people. In spite of all that may be said to the contrary, have always been rather quick thinkers. AT THE beginning, taxstlon of the automobile for highway- con struction was confined to license fees. Then somebody else had a smart thought. 'Why not," he sstd to himself, "levy a tax of so much per gallon en gasoline, so that the user of the automobile will pay still more to ward the construction and mainten ance of the hlghwsya he demands and uses? This tax will be paid a little at a time, and won't hurt any body. And besides It will be col lected from EVERYBODY, so that eutsldera In our state who are using our roads will help pay for them." It was thus that the gasoline tax came about. HERE In Oregon, the bulk of our highway money comes from li cense fees and gasoline taxes. That Isn't so much true of the country as a whole as of Oreann, as through out the United sts-es only 55 4 per 10 Senate Also Passes District Power Bill Ten Days Or Two Weeks More Session Appear Necessary Now. SALEM. Feb. 18 (AP) The "gin marriage" act will be a law In Oregon and three days notice of intcntluii to wed must be given before marrlago licenses are Issued. Governor Julius L. Meier tonight signed the measure approved by both house. Similar ef forts to pass such a bill failed two years ago. The state senate under reconsider ation of the district power bill, to day passed the proposal. It was prev iously defeated by a 15 to IS vote. Four senators In the meantime chang ed their votes putting the measure over safely. It now goes to the house where two other power measures of a similar nature are In committees. May Issue Bonds The bill provides for the creation of an elective commission of three members, Issuance of bonds up to $65,000,000, bonds over the first Issu ance of 95,200,000 to be by vote ot the people, to be used for the de velopment of hydroelectric power. As the sixth week of the regular session closed tonight, already one day past the scheduled 40 days, there was no indication the two houses could complete their work . before another 10 days or two weeks. - Appro- (Continued on Page Eight) SI. IS An office and storage building will be erected on West Main street, Just across from the Western Union office building. It was learned yesterday from the building department. The name of thi applicant for Buch a building permit waa not announced, but the description of the building was given. It will be a brick structure, 35 by 30 feet In size and one story In char acter. The property upon which it Is to be located belongs to the Southern Pacific. HOW WE APPEAR IN EYES OFJHJTSIDERS IT IS TO LAUGH. (Corral I Is Cazette-Ttniw) The comic opera war In Jackson county hns reached the slate where Editor Banks has been Indicted for criminal libel and where he has drawn up and had his dupes adopt resolutions directed to the president, to Chief Jim Ice Hughes. Chief Justice Brandels, Hl-ram John-sing, Boravlch, Norriskl, et l. demanding that they take steps to head off the revolution In Jarkwn county. Wo presume the president was included along with these radicals merely because he was president. The almost unbelievable thing about the Jacks-on county war Is that any body down there would take it seriously, outride the Immediate parties to the issue. All of which goes to show how unstable our Institutions may be. All there Is to the Jackson county scrap Is a desire on the part of a radical editor to overturn the regular courMi of government In Jackon county, where he has failed miserably In binlne, and Incidentally ruin his competitor. What an ambition! In his wild efforts to arrompllM. this he ha gathered around hlra all the malcontents In the county and there are always many natural born Insurgents and potential rebels In every community. Even at that. It would seem to an Innocent bystander that the charges of Banks ataln't every respectable force In Jackson county and his falstaflan, bom basllc. grandiloquent blurb, would have had the effect of making the most radical "rlNg-buMer" laugh himself to'dealh. ' Editor Banks has appealed to mob spirit only, and his appeals have been $o aburd, so abounding with magniloquence and froth, that It Is a wonder that even his following has not laughed him out of the county. (Till; IMLI.EH CHRONICLE) Inelln Bank, publisher of the Medford New. Is under Indictment for criminal libel as a result of s series of event that ha rent that prosperous city from top to bottom. aroued hitter enmity between neighbors of long standing, and threatens to end In bloodshed. Banks, It will be remembered, Is the Callfornlan who aspired to become a lulled States senator. Coming to MertTord he purrhaned the New?, a dally paper, and at once proclaimed hlmelf the self-appointed champion of the down-troddf n peepul.' Banks did not succeed In becoming senator, but hN tactics have given Medford a black e tlirouc bout the entire state as a hotbed of radicalism. Banks has been sued so many times that he now refue to ar-pt sum monses. He no longer ran employ an attorney In Jarkm roiinty. all members of the bar there having repudiated him. Hit last attorney quit In dltgutt. rirrnit Judce Norton, one of the outstanding JurWs of Oregon. Is the object of Hanks' latet attacks. With land. hie restraint the Judge thus far has refused to exercise his contempt of court power, but there are few to say that he would not be justified In so doing. Fortunately, the Jackson county grand Jury has acted to end ttiU "reign of terror," and an effective muzzle soon may be forthcoming for Editor Banks. The "freedom of the pre" doe not enter Into the present Medford ttuatlon. The rieht of an editor to speak out on any subject or Issue is jralnuvlt guarded In hol!i I he pre- and bar of Oreinn. If Fdilor Banks were confining hlmelf to legitimate attacks. Instead of tnuhfemaklng and out- lii&l laftfVlflMii, his oul4 J Petitions Seek County.Court Ban Political Meets Petitions, asking that the county court house be closed to political meetings and meetings political in character, are at the chamber of commerce this week, where any one wishing to sign them may do 80. A number of the petitions have been In circulation for several days and through them many people havo expressed their disapproval of the use of the court house audi torium for the promotion of politi cal schemes. DAILY NEWS ON FRIDAY DOCKET Upon assignment from the state supreme court of Oregon, Circuit Judge William M. Duncan of Klam ath Falls has been designated to hear and try the suit of the News Publishing Co., L. B. Tutatle. presi dent, against L. A. Banks, and the Medford News Publishing Co. Judge Duncan .has advised all parties to the action that he will be ready to start trial next Friday at 9:30 a. ra. In the circuit court. . Change In Judges was made when Judge L. O. Lewelllng of Linn coun ty, originally assigned to the case upon an affidavit of prejudice filed by Banks' . counsel, announced that pressure of court business In his own district barred him from presiding until an Indefinite date. The News Publishing Co.. original founders of the News, seeks a re ceivership and possession and the collection of approximately 1 1.000 due on promissory notes Issued by Banks In payment for purchaso In June, 1929. The News, and Banks, In its answer charged fraud and filed a counter claim. The original firm filed a re ply to the answer Friday In which It denies the chargea and sets forth that Banks never alleged fraud until after the present action was started, though three yeara had elapsed since the purchase. The reply also aeka that Banks be stopped from state menta and assertions alleging fraud. The receivership plea has been pending for six weeks. Two weeks ago M. O. Wllklns of Ashland with drew as Banks' attorney. Mrs. Flora Home Mrs. Al Flora re turned yesterday from spending three weeks in Walla Walla. unfcttt b fiieq Oregon MBipa&ct Banks' Political Party Henceforth T CORBETT PASSES IN DEEP SLEEP One-Time Idol of Sporting World Develops Fatal Heart Ailment at 66 Years of Age Friends Near. By Alan Gould Associated Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (AP) A pale, courageous shadow of the once-mag nificent "Pompadour Jim" of the gay nineties and the man who rocked the puglliBtic world by knocking out John L. Sullivan over forty years ago. James J. Corbett died in his sleep to day at his suburban home In Bayslde. Long Island. Death was due to a complication of diseases which had sapped the for mer heavyweight champion's strength for the past year and developed a fatal heart ailment three weeks ago. He waa 69 years old. Wife Last Solace Wistfully, a few hours before he died, his dark eyes opened and slow ly searched the room where he has received the homage of the sporting world since the day he was stricken. "You're there, dear, aren't you?" Corbett asked, with a smile as he looked for the wife who has been hla constant nurse and companion. '"Of course, Jim," she replied. "Kiss me, darling." He groped for her with one arm. She leaned over. As she kissed him Corbett sank back, unconscious. Into another period -of unconsciousness from, which , he never emerged. .The doctor's last Visit had been to ad minister a sedative and he did not arrive again, until after Jim was dead. FREE MEALS AT The grand Jury, William T. Grieve of Prospect foreman, adjourned Sat urday afternoon until Monday. The grand Jury has been In session all week.hearlng testimony and evidence on a- number of cases. It was report ed the grand Jury called witnesses, and viewed documentary evldenco. showing that three or four local men. have been eating meals In the county Jail, and, that two have been sleeping In space atop the courthouse. The grand Jury was reported as investi gating upon whose orders the ac commodations were granted. The present grand Jury closea Ita term of office February 37. when a new grand Jury will be drawn, on that date for the next term of court. TIGERS LOSE TWO The Medford Tlgera were defeated again last night by the chiloquln Indians to the tune of 31 to 17 in the second game of the week end in that town. Friday's score was 25 to 20 and the double header was com pleted last night with general re joicing among the red men. The Chiloquln team gained the lead In the first quarter and held It throughout. The score st the end of the first quarter was four to 0. st the end of the hair, 13 to 10; end of the third quarter 23 to 15, end of game 31 to IT. BLAZE DAMAGES Fire of undetermined origin was discovered about 7:10 o'clock last eve ning at the Rogue River Fruit Co. on North Central avenue, and burn ed up through the walls on the west side of the building, according to Fire Chief Roy Elliott. The amount of damage could not be determined last night. Chief Elliott said. The engineer of the company dis covered the fire as he was passing along the west side of the structure. It originated in the runway by the conveyor, and burned tip through the walls, the sawdust and cork, causing a great deal of smoke, Elliott said, making the conflagration hard to combat. Both trucks were sent and all firemen assisted In checking the fire. Two carloads of apples were ship ped from the plant yesterday and sbout 4000 boxes of apples remain in the buildincr. ahgfatly damaged by Saturday Meeting Was Last 'Grand Assembly' De clares 'Father' Hearing Is Denied to Mrs. Lawrence. Direction of the effort to oust three county officers who are under the fire of the Good Government Con gress is now entirely In the hands of the "inner circle" of that organisa tion, according to L A. Banks, lead er and dictator, who addressed the general assembly at the armory yes terday morning. Final request of the congre for the resignations ot the three officers. Circuit Judge Harry D. Norton, Dis trict Attorney George Codding and Commissioner Emmett Nealon, was voiced by a unanimous vote of the members present. "This la the last general assembly that will be called for this purpose," Banks told the congress. Fireworks Missing Yesterday's meeting lacked the dynamite and fireworks of all prev ious meettngs. and there was not a single threat of hanging or violence, and no calls "for a rope." ' Further measures to remove the officers. It was indicated, would be undertaken by the "inner circle," with the gen eral assembly being left to learn of their acts after they havo been com mitted. .-"v j' No Hint to. Followers. "The state law says we cannot re call an officer for six months after his election," Banks said, shortly after he pointed to the state eonstl ttitlon as one of the bulwarks of the platform of the Good Government Congress. "We .cannot leave Oeorge Codding In office for six months, be cause If we do the county will have gone completely to the dogs." Banks gave no hint to his follow ers as to what was going to be done by the "inner .circle" in disposing of the officers, since the general assem bly was to have no more part In the matter. The fact that each member of the congress will be jointly re sponsible In the eyes of the law, for any violence committed by the lead ers caused many of the conscientious followers considerable worry. Mrs. J. F. Lawrence, of Medford, askd permission to speak in defense of the county officers, but was re fused that permission by Henrietta Martin, president. Mrs. Lawrence was told to attend the meeting tomorrow (Continued on Page Eight) TO SEEK SELF HELP; At a meeting of the unemployed of the city and valley held in the courthouse assembly room Friday eve ning, o. H. Goss. the chairman an nounced, that another meeting would be called In the near future, and that It was .planned to have representa tion from all sections of the county. Close to 300 people attended. Chairman Goss in his remarks de cried, "violence, or talk of violence, maintaining that the ends desired be attained in peace ways. He declared the unemployment were concerned with only one problem relief, and that they were willing to cooperate with any group or organisation, that had that objective. "The unemployed have no political axes to grind," Goss declared. '"It makes no difference who sits in the district attorney" chair, or on the Judge's bench. It does not change the sire of a loaf of bread, or put an other Jean streak in the bacon, you get at the commiswary." Goss said he had been called "radical." He said that at a meeting of the "Oood Government Congress" when it was proposed "that Jackson county be seized," he had protested and "am glad to say that was voted down." a OA satd that the Unemployed as sociation would aid the unemployed with their problems, and made a plea that no worker be evicted for failure to pay rent, that he be given not less thsn 30 cents per hour, and that he be furnished with food. Goss further declared that -this organization will not Indulge In per sonalities," and said "that the pres. mt situation u an economic battle not a political quarrel." H thought there should be more interest in tne uemfklGged, than. i4 tt poUUoUUfc ROOSEVELT ASSAILANT IN HIS CELL --ri Associated Press talephoto of Gulaeppe Zangara who tried to kill , President-elect Roosevelt In hla cell In Miami. Fla., after hit ahootlng had wounded five persona. ... BY G. SKIPWORTH Arguments and motions In the elec tion contest of former Sheriff Ralph G. Jennings against Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn are scheduled to be heard Monday In circuit court before Circuit judge George F. Skip worth of Lane county. The defense, represented by Attor neys Frank DeSouza and E. Kelly, will raise the eligibility of Jennings to be a candidate for sheriff, con tending that his primary pledge bars his candidacy. The court will rule upon this question. If the court In Its decision upholds the eligibility of Jennings, the recount will pro ceed. If It Is dented, the case la ended. Jennings, through his attorneys. Porter J. Neff and Frank Van Dyke, will contend that as a "write-in" candidate he was the chocle of the voters who wrote In his name, and that they were within their rights as citizens under the Oregon election laws In so making their "write-In" votes. The former sheriff In his petition claims that he won the election by "not less than 97 votes" and that election boards of the county dis carded 381 "write-In" votes for him on technical errors." Old Spinning Wheel to Be Exhibited in Medford By Mary Orelner Kelly SALBM, Feb: 17. (8pl.) Repreaen-u-.lve Child of Linn county la proudly displaying a 150 year old pinning wheel In a spare room of the atate houae, whlen he purchased from a proud but depreaslon-rldden pion eer family of Marlon county. The amall antique, whlc'j waa ued by four (feneration,, rlsea but two feet from the floor and waa uaed In front of the family fireplace In the old day,. "I'm going to talte thla down to Medford during the diamond Jubilee annlveraary celebration next year, and put It on duplay," Mid Mr. Child.. "Why. Juat think, thla little pinning wheel la twice aa old a the atate of Oregon I" he added. The older member, of the hmne (In point of experience) are getting to try their wing. In the apeaker'a chair the dy. It !oox aa though th candidate are getting prety well lined up to next ;oar, aepreeUUv -if. 10 MISS ROGERS Oleta Rogers is tho happy winner ox the $10 cash prize given Saturday night as a reward for turning in the most votes in the Medford Merchants- Mail Tribune popularity contest dur ing the past week. This award waa an Incentive for the young contest' ants to work faster than usual In order to capture the $10. A total of 332,000 votes were cast for Miss Rogers. Among the contestants who turned In large quantities of votes were El- low Mne Wilson with a fine ahowlng of 204.000; Rosamond Wall with 226.- 000, and Margaret Melllng with 222, 800. Leah Inch secured 175,000 votes, according to last night's count. All figures will be carefully checked be fore the award Is made. With the completion of the fourth week of tho contest a complete recount of all ballots cast to date will bo made early thla week to confirm the stand Ings of contestants. Only two weeks remain until the popularity contest, ends and some Medford girl will win tho coveted Ilrst prize trip to Hawaii. It la ex pec ted that the Mall Tribune and Chamber of Commerce ballot boxes will be deluged with votes from now until March 4. Inactive girls with only tho Initial (Continued on Ptge Eight) v Earl Day of Jacluon county did very neat Job of It himself thla week, when he served in the brief absence of Speaker Earl Bnell. There la nothing like a quaff off Bull Bun water to keep the Multno, raah delegation In trim. A large con. talner of thla, with accompanying sanitary cups la placed In the house at their disposal. Aa yet no one has fined sny of the Portlandera for ad vertising. Farmers ultimately learn to sleep when they come to the legislature During the first part of the session a numebr of the farmer member, were discovered up aa early as five o'clock In the morning looting for some place to serve them breakfast Meeting with an aatontahlng lack of sympathy on the part of restaurant operators, the; have, practically to a man. develop ed the habit of morning sleep. Nobody In the houw dare declare Continued on, Paga Eight), Is Word R.F.C. Record Cleared By Recapitu lation Stimson's Peace Notes Bring No Result Stalin's Overthrow Seen. . (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Hynclicnte) By PAUL MALL ON WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. A reca pitulation should be marie on the Dawes loan to keep tho record straight Tjrmanently. General Dawes had $120,000,000 of collateral.. He negotalated an R. F. C. loan for $00,000,000 In July. He took only 30,000,000. Borne months later he dipped in for $10,000,000 more and finally took the remaining $80,000,000. Several authorities who investigat ed the loan were never advised that Dawes took more than $30,000,000 until after the loan was made public the other day. Recent statements In congress are in error on that point. Thla column has been In error simi larly. No correction has been re- quested but this one la given volun tarily. - One thing about Mr. B Unison la that failure never beats him down. Hla. first statements la official life were advices to the world powers to be good boys and not to fight. His last will be the same. Hla conferee remarked about' It after his latest note to Peru on the Letlcla dispute. . They also remarked that no one yet has paid the slightest heed, -r M. - . 'V ..- -, . Mr. Roosevelt told a recent Warm Springs visitor he had whittled down the names for the 30 key positions . In his administration until he had 46 from which to make a final choice.' He Tailed to mention any of the names. It Staltn Is not overthrown, within the near future men here In close touch with the Soviets have been misled gravely. - The peasant revolt grows constantly stronger. They can say when the cities shall eat. Local opponents of Inflation ant inclined to give Senator Borah a vote of thanks. Ever since his remarks about the necessity for devaluing the dollar banka and Insurance com panies have been getting a huge vol ume of mail from nervous depositors and policy holders all worried about inflation. There are well-informed people who think that Borah was a trifle HlRlnrtAniinnc Tt. la nnr1 tho. hja l the first advocate of Inflation who has ever prcseucea tne dollar-shrink lng side of the picture. New York opposition w the five billion dollar public works bond la- sue In the Tug we 11 (or Roosevelt) program have cooled off a lot. Antt inflationists are beginning to see that It Is vastly preferablo to cur rency tampering as a concession to public opinion. WILL ROGER &a1C BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 17. I never saw in any of our papers -whether this I tii I i ri u fellow was n citizen or not. If he wasn't, it looks like they would have a way of de porting everybody thnt didn't belong here. All the good Italians in the country (and there is nmny of them fino citizens) they would be tickled to death if all their renegade countrymen wore out of here, for they done nothing but bring disgrace on their whole race. Poor Tony Cer niaek.'a fine fellow; I never went through Chicago that I didn't see him, and he was so proud of President Roosevelt when he flew out there to ac cept the nomination. Tony drove him all over Chicago to show him what a city he had, while thousands were waiting in the hall. ,