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rSTGE EIGHT. arEDFOTlD MXTL" TRIBUNTE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, SUXDXT,' MARCH 12, 1933. First Photos Show Devastation Wrought by California Earthquake - - vHl iW. -Jiff lllMs II l : !l!1i. 1 Cfl&l;rl';': S8S55S SI ISlMFlt! IIM 1 few i PPiiilsii4Pl Scorn were report eil dead, thousands Injured and property rtainnge grent In I.os Angeles and oilier Southern fallfornln cities as a series of eerfre earthquake hit thnt area. The I.o Angeles city hull (left) a badly shaken. Klght: a busy downtown corner of Los Angeles. Fire apread In many of the stricken cities. (Associated rress. rhotos). L- ,1 , I Associated Press telcptioto from I.oa Angeles taken a few minutes nfter the first shock of a scries of earthquakes was felt In that city, shows (jb automobile damaged by falling bricks from the roof of tlig Southwest building. ! II" r3$T i JPy 1 On of tlie hulldlnpn nrci'kM duiinK n Rfrlf of MrthqutiVwi In T.nt Antrim nnd YlrtnUr. ThU wrerkngf of n l.n Aiiffi'lo ntr wan pictured 4 Florence and Com p ton aventifa nhortljr nfter the first shock, tclejMiotoed to San Francisco and rushed to this neivnnpcr by the Aswclntcil press. f f i. Two Tlews of qunke-hsken Roiitriern ('allfornla Mmw (left) Long nravh with inunli'lpal auditorium In foreground and fright) signal Hills oil field. Iing Bench n. helterrd to lmf been the hnrde.t hit rtl.v Willi -XX reporleil dead there. I.m Angeles nnrl adjacent rltle repeated "cores of others dead and thousands Injured, fir broke out In many sections of (ha stricken cities (oUonliu a series of e earthquake. (Associated frCM Photo), These Associated Press photos were taken shortly after the series of earth shocks rocking Long Beach, Cat., had subsided. They show some of the damage characteristic In the southern city. Upper left, a laundry building as it was left; right, a public school building. Below, at left, a building virtually levelled and, right, collapsed building In which three person:, one a six year old girl, died. - Associated Press photo at left shows building at Central and Slauson streets, Los Angeles at end of aeries of earth ahocks. One person was killed and 13 Injured in this structure. Right, partially wrecked bulldlno at Compton and Seville streets, occupied by a bulldlno and loan association. mf' mf ii ,rii WiTfffci'iwii -3.fyfr alble they loaded the .courthouse onto the sturdy sleds and took the back trail home. Was It cold In the land of the Dakotas that winter's night? Oh, Uttle maybe 30 degrees below zero. Did the teamsters swing their arms and beat their handa. nib their faces and stamp their feet to keep from, freezing? Maybe. But their hearts were warm with exultation and achievement for their daring coup was a notable success. The ris ing sun which has looked down upon the dramas of the ages, aaw next morning a little courthouse, ready to open up for business Jn Gettysburg. It aw over In Forest City the awakening townspeople run the gamut of feeling from astounded consternation, through the righteous Indignation which fills . the heart when one Is beaten by unfair means, to futile wratlj and Impotent rngc. Can't you imagine you hear tha cries of "banditry," "travesty on Jus tice," "brigand miscarriage of our courthouse," "breakdown of law und order In Potter county?" Their wrath and rage proved to be both Impotent and futile for Get tysburg remains the county seat of Potter county to this day. CHRISTINE BEAVER HARK. Jacksonville, Oregon. March 7. 1933. .. T Associated Press telephoto rushed to this newspaper shows tlie Huntington Park. Calif., high school In flames nrter a large section of Southern California was rocked by severe earthquakes. A few hours after th tragedy 80 were reported dead with more than 2300 Injured. The tremors were felt over an area 30 miles wide and 200 miles long. Court House Moved on Bob Sleds Half Century Ago by South Dakotans To the Editor: ; There ?cjna to be a sentiment abroad in our midst that the local hullabaloo Is subsiding. The floods of vllliflcatlon are, receding and the befuddled populace may at last be given the facts concerning at least a part of the controversies. Per sonalty I give thanks that no one was murdered In the melee and that they didn't steal the new courthouse and set it up In some usurper's front yard. "Humph you say. "who ever heard of strnhng a courthouse?" Well. I did, or 1 wouldnt have mentioned it. It happened In Pot ter county. South Dakota In 1983. This Is the way I remember hear in n my father tell the tale. My father and mother were mar ried In 1880 ttnd went to Pnkota for hts health as he was. to all sp pearancea, dying otf tuberculosis; Tat railroad was Just being built across what Is now South Dakota. They went to the end of the railroad and thon went by ox-cart forty miles farther and took up land on the treeless prairie just across the Mis souri river from the Sioux Indian reservation. My mother b.irely miss ed being the first white woman In the county but other easterners soon came In to take advantage of the territory being opened up and brand new towns appeared as If by magic. Soon the need of organised local government was felt and the citizen ry was faced by the problem of es tablishing a county seat. As might be anticipated, strong rivalry sprang up between the villages, each little settlement feeling that If It only could have the coveted position U glorious future would be sAsured I Her was a oauee worth, tlgbttos for. a noble ambition that must be real ized at all costs. So the region was promptly plunged into Internal strife and turmoil. In the light of recent Jackson county history I feel Justi fied in leaving to your imagination the harrowing details of the ensu ing struggle When it was all over but the shouting a burg by the Incongruous name of Forest Cttv was found to be the new county seat and the embryo cities about her learned the taste of civic defeat. How proudly did Forest City watch the construction of her courthouse, a diminutive frame building. Lum ber was scarce and exceedingly high pneed. It was quite the thing in those days on that frontier to live in a sod house. So Forest City basked In her triumph unsuspicious of the dark plot, the dastardly, dia bolical plot that was being formu lated by "the gang" In a neighbor ing town called Gettysburg. In due time winter laid hold upon tlie land. All the expanse of prairie was one great while table land of snow. By and by, when the sledding was good, some of the best citizens of Gettysburg hitched their best horse to their best bob-sleds and drove to the county seat. Following carefully laid plans they arrived in ths sleeping town at the dead of night. Work in as silently, as awily, and u skillfully a p Following discovery of the robbery of the high school vault and removal of a small amount of money, E. H. Hedrlck, superintendent of schools, Is sued an order to all schools of the city, reminding them that none of the school safes are equipped for the safe keeping of money and that no money should be kept In the school buildings. The valut robbed Thursday night Is fire proof but not burglar proof. Small balances have been left in the vault occasionally in the past, but no more money, in any sum will be stored there In the future, is the su perintendent's order. KMED Broadcast Schedule ' Sundnr 8:0.1 Radio Church 10:00 Judge Rutherford. Lecturer. 10:15 News Digest. 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