rSTGE EIGHT.
arEDFOTlD MXTL" TRIBUNTE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, SUXDXT,' MARCH 12, 1933.
First Photos Show Devastation Wrought by California Earthquake
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. ..
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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
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