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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, MAY 2S, 1933. PAGE- FIVE Applegate s. Globe Trot Leads to Beanery With ' Interesting Background Tills 1 the second Installment t Dick Applesale, Medford boy, on t fr Salt Laka City, Utah, May 26, 1933. To tho Editor: When a man atarU for Loa Angelea, and subsequently arrive at Loa An geles, that's not news: but when two guys start out for Loa Angeles and end up in Salt Lake City, that la, or sftould be, news. If It Isn't, you'll have to make the most of H, 'cause that's what you're going to get. Don and I left Oakland Monday morning, after Issuing forwarding ad dresses at L. A., but hadn't left town . even before we got a ride clear thru to this bigamlata' paradise. Of course, aa mentioned some time ago, freight trains run both ways. Fate seemed particularly tenacious about keeping us in Oakland. First, I didn't seem to get down there soon tenough: when I had gotten there Don sprained his ankle In a very fool ish endeavor to beat your Medford correspondent In a "rasslln' " match, and that held us up for a week. From then on It was a aeries of silly oc currences added together. The day we left Oakland, the Oak land Tribune (no affiliation with Medford Tribune, I think), heard 1 about our trip and asked us to come down and. give them a story and pose for a photograph. Being ver7 reticent about publicity, as most Medford people know me to be, we demurred for two or three tenths of a second, and then, looking far down the vista of the year, and knowing - how our grandchildren would appre ciate sucl a concrete example of the pioneering spirit of their forbears, aa exemplified by that old yellowed clipping, we reluctantly succumbed to the urge of this commerclallatlc world, and went down. The feature editor who talked with ua came originally from the lake dis trict of England whatever more than usually out-of-the-way part of Eng land that may be, and waa rather -'interetsed In the whole thing. He cheered us on with oheery and con soling tales of Impending ware in Europe, the easily excited curiosity and Ire of all continental police offi cials, exciting talea of mystic deaths, sudden disappearances, and acute suffering on the part of stray Ameri cans loose away from home. After these words of help and con solation, he took ua to the "studio" and made us look at the birdie. The birdie, Judging from the looks on our faces In the completed pictures, must have been something like a cross between a dodo bird and a mud hen, although 1 have no remem brance of such. The lack of memory, no doubt, la directly treceable to that trait In me that makes me so panicky In front of a camera, in which all evldencea of rigor mortis are appar ent. Don, on the 'other hand, thought the bird looked like a ca nary, although a bit larger. The story, whloh' was supposed to appear Monday or Tuesday, haa not , yet been Inspected by us, due, aa you'll understand, to our sudden de y parturo. A clipping haa been for warded to Los Angeles to us, but you'll not doubt agree that la over far to go for a picture or story about us. (Although I make no doubt that by far the greater number of our publlca would consider such a trip a mere bagatell Hey, rred Colvlg: If you know ao much, why don't you write a book telling people what the dlckena a bagatelle la? I would, only I don't know, and I'M too lasy to look It up). While In New York last summer I used to buy the Oregonlan at a little news stand on Times Square. That I used to BUY It I merely state as a fact. But the point is: If the Ore gonlan then, why not the Oakland Tribune? You see, our arrival will have been announced ahead of time, and the mayor will have had auffl clent time to polish off the back seat of that Packard that the newsreels indicate he uses in showing visiting celebrities around the town. That was another consideration that forc ed us. against our will, I again as aure you, to pose ror the newspa pera. Hem. Hem. Most people have seen taxis wait- Ing at trains for victims, of course, but we've seen that story reversed ao far that It la really funny. When getting into Orovllle, Cal., one noon on the top of a long freight train liberally Infested with "unemployed," a kid about twenty-three climbed up on top with a megaphone and, In atentorlan bellows, announced that beans were being served at his res taurant acro&e the tracks for a nickel a plata. Not only beans (at a nickel a plate), he assured us. but also three fried eggs for a dime. Or a pint of milk (Ice cold, which cost him 4 cents. On each milk transac tion he banked a penny) for another nickel. With that splendid sense of a good story which you all know I possess. I followed the crowd. By merely flash ing my press card at hla nose, and grabbing htm securely by the lapels In that appealing way that I have, I got him to settle down for a min ute and tell me hla story. Due to great foresight on my part (or am I playing Dick Applegate up too greatly even for those who know , my sterling qualities?) I had a note shook handy, and found out this much. The proprietor, not to aay assistant cook, welcoming committee, train announcer, Janitor, dish washer and sole owner, had left Louisiana with his bride of a few month in quest ot Job .Had been working, bliss fully unconscious of the depression, right along till then. When he. and hia wife, who seemed even younger than he did, got to Orovllle, atlll without a Job. they had In their pos session exactly BS cent, six tin plates, two big spoons and six small spoons. Maybe even a knife or two. With a vision hard to understand, he foresaw the possibilities of a nickel restaurant for those unfortunate, or foollah enough to be ridln freight train. (There were two hundred on ours). They built a small ahack at no expense, blew the whole fortune on beans, hung out their shingle and went to work. Now, 85 daya later, they have two rooms, a bed, a stove, a refrigerator, a radio a lot of cus tomers, on lame chicken rescued , from an Ignoble death under a train, I n a seiles of letters to be written by ee-lance tour of tbe world. and, to top It all off, Ice water and on Sundays Iced lemonade free Ab solutely free. We almost decided to stay over till Sunday to see If It really could be as good as he claimed It was. - That would not have been too ex pensive, either, to hear him tell It. His claim Is that his Information bu reau la so efficient and accurate (he announces all outgoing trains with iMtlnAtlorm and wav tvtlntA. first fifteen minutes before departure, and : again ten minutes liter), that If any one misses a choo-cho through any error on hla announclngs, he will feed them for a week at his own ex pense. An average tralnload of men will completely devastate his entire sup ply of beans (eight gallons), a half case of eggs, a case and a half of milk, and three dozen loaves of bread. Consequently he has Increased his 68 cents, so that now he does an aver age business of io to $13 a day. and the business Is still growing. This would make a swell success story for American Magazine, wouldn't It? And If you see it there and my name not at the head of It, you'll know that my stuff is being paraphrased! Now that I've got that guy out of the way, I can tell by toe look In Don't eye that he thinks we ought to go out and get some dinner out of the way. And do the same for the Mormon temple, and other points of Interest. I think the editor of the Salt Lake City Tribune also thinks so. I'm using his typewriter. Just breezed In. gave him a garbled story of how disappointed the people of Medford, Oakland and Salt Lake City would be if it didn't get written and us on our way, and I argued so well on your behalf that he even gave me a lot of paper. Maybe, although I doubt It, he'll also want a picture of us. Next time you hear from us it will probably be from Kansas City or St. Louis. Maybe even Chicago. So long to all those people prostrated by my absence. DICK. P. S. When Mrs. Margaret Rafael seea this be assured that Don is atlll fat and happy and well under con trol by DICK. ARBITERS ACT TO ASTORIA, Ore., May 27. () Member of the state arbitration board met with the fishermen's -strike committee here today and suggested that the glllnetters accept the board members as arbiters m the striae which has tied up the fishing and canning Industrie of ths Columbia river since May 1. The board asked that the fishermen return to work at a price to be recommended by the arbiters. The strikers have demanded 8 cents a pousd for Chinook salmon. Packers have raised their opening offer of 6 cent to 7 cent, guaranteed until July 31. After two hours' debate in which the fishermen presented their aide of the question, the strike commlttie announced It would call a meeting of all strikers' delegates along the riv er, to be held at St. Helena tomor row at 1 p. m. The meeting is to de termine the attitude of the fisher men on the matter of arbitration, and the strike committee promised It would announce It decision to W. E. Klmsey. secretary of the arbitra tion board, by 5 p. m. tomorrow. The arbitration offer by the board la contingent on the acceptance y packers of a similar agreement. The packera and board members were to confer here tonight. Should either side fail to agree to arbitration, the board members will complete their Investigation, they an nounced, and make a public report of their recommendations. SAVE your health and teeth. At these prices you can afford to have your dental work done now. Extractions as low as , .AO silver Fillings as low as 1.00 Cement Fillings as tow as. 1.00 Porcelain Fillings as low as 1.00 Gold Crowns as low as 6.00 Plates as low as 18.00 DR. E. D. COE 404 Medford Center Bldf. Phone 840 I KJtopmXopmX tviui ikuii rerun oain . ontPtftonUtwo Ptraont Fi THESE ABE THE rl 0 BP In Command In charge of the Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters for the Medford district, located in the old city hall are (left to right) Major Clare II. Armstrong, commnuder or 24 camps located In crater Lake National park, Rogue River, Deschutes, Siskiyou, Kin mat li and Fremont national forests; Major Biblghnus. of the medi cal corps, 6th C. A., who will supervise medical Inspection at all the camps and Captain Edmund Nelson lle bert. Infantry, V. S. army, In charge of the quartermaster's department, who awards bids for camp supplies, and distributes the materials to the camps. (Photos, Shauglc Studio), E TO BE FEATURE DECORATION DAY (Continued trom Page One) final earthly rest. 7. Main address by the Rev. Wil liam J. Howell of Medford. 8. Singing, "America" by the audience. 9. Benediction. - If the weather Is stormy the ex ercises intended for the park plat form will be held In the Presbyterian chucch. All fraternal, social and civic Im provement societies and organizations of this community are Invited to take part in the street parade and they and the general public are invited and urged to be present at the pro grams to follow it. The Civil War Veterans, the Wo men's Relief Corps and the Daught ers of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will conduct a memorial cere mony at the Medford I O. O. F. cemetery at 3 :30 p. m., ' Decoration Day. All members of other veteran and patriotic organizations and the general public are Invited to be pres ent and to witness this ceremony. Order of Decoration Day parade : Marshal. Elk's band. National Guard. Civil War Veterans and affiliated organizations. - Spanish War Veterans and ladles. World War Veterans and affiliates. Daughters of the American Revo lution. High school band. Relief and civic betterment soc ieties. Fraternal and social organlzations Miscellaneous entries and decorat ed cars. W. H. PAINE. . little BY THE WOR by mm Starts Thursday, of C. C. C . Headquarters CLOSE MEET LAKE AUTO T Climaxed by luncheon on Rogue river and a caravan to Crater Lake, the annual convention of the Ore gon State Graduate Nurses associa tion closed here last night and the following ' officers were elected to head the association for the new year: Louise Hagen Cliff of Multno mah county, president; Elizabeth Freeman, supervisor of the Red Cross relief unit, first vice president; Louise Hankey, Portland city school nurse, second vice president; Harriet Osborn, Instructress of nurses, St. Vincent's school of nursing, secre tary; Mae Dwyer, Portland school nursing department, treasurer; Char lotte Wlnnard, Eugene, Lillian Pfen nlnger, Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, and Edith Bergqulst, Eman uel hospital school-of nursing, mem bers of the board of directors. The closing day's program opened with breakfast meetings at 7:30 o'clock for the various departments with Helen Fisher and Charlotte Wlnnard presiding Speakers- at the morning session were Vlolette Hodgson, R. N., assist ant director, N. O. P H. N., New York City, and Jane V. Doyle, R. N., executive secretary, Portland chap ter of the American Red Cross. The former spoke on "Newer Trends In Public Health" and the latter on "Unemployment Relief In Relation to Health." Mrs. O. E. Osburn, of Medford, the first graduate nurse In Oregon, was among those attending the sessions. At the close of the morning pro gram the delegations from 10 dis tricts of the state motored to the A NEW SERIAL Ruby AA. AYRES IICHOLAS BOYD crashed clouds of movie fame to the depths of oblivion in a few flashing seconds. Synthetic deeds of courage before a camera had lifted him to the pinnacle of public adulation, but it was ironically an act of flesh-and-blood heroism that wrecked his glamorous domain. An unknown extra-girl was thrown from a horse in a film cabin of Miss Phyllis Swearlngen on Rogue river for luncheon, which was followed by a trip to Crater Lake. Last night numerous social events were arranged for the entertainment of nurses remaining in Medford until today, when most of them will be motoring back to their respective dis tricts in inn nnni rv i (Continued from Page One) But the illumination, as shown in preview was spectacular, whether set off by star ray or human hand. Miles of tubing made the towers blaze while search lights pierced the sky In a hundred directions. Floqd lights made mammoth colored ice cream bricks of squars towers and tons of rockets and aerial bombs set off along the lake shore for three miles made the heavens sparkle. OLD PEOPLE Live Longer at the CONVALESCENT HOME 153 Granite St., Ashland Purchased WILDBBRG BROS. SMELTING 8C REFINING CO. Oflkait 742 Mttket St.San Fr.ncura Pl.ntt South San Pranciieo from the gold-lined June 1st SCANDAL RESIGN HARRISBURG. Pa.. May 37. Oovernor Pinchot, who has kept pub lic utilities and their regulation in the political forefront for ten years, today demanded the resignation ot two state supreme court Justices who bought stocks from J. P. Morgan in terests at prices below the market. Urging Justices John W. Kephart and William I. Schaffer to step down from the bench, he asserted, "if I had the power, I would remove them at once." The Justices, who were elected for 31-year terms, replied they have no intention of resigning They denied the governor's charge that they .had accepted "favors from utility bank ers" and "utterly disqualified them selves" for further service in the state's highest court Justice Schaffer. who said ne bought Alleghany corporation etok for investment and "sold it at a heavy loss." asserted bis right 'to buy se curities as any other citizen would buy them. Justice Kophart declared he holt's the stock for which he paid 6.000 and now values It at floo. He added: "Unless a judge must resign be cause he eat in a restaurant owned by some banker, there Is no more reason for my resignation over the Alleghaney matter than there would be for eating in a banker-owned res taurant." The governors request for the ass ignation came closely in the wal e of a similar request from Warren Van Dyke, Pennsylvania Roosevelt Jeader and chairman of the democratic tate committee. Van Dyke went further, insisting the disclosures by the United States senate banking committee were sufficient to warrant Impeachment proceedings. Dental work at Portland Prices FREE EXTRACTIONS with all dental work Double suction Plates a Specialty Killings ns low as ROo Ml Work Guaranteed See OR THOMPSON "The 'Best For Less" Opp. 1st Nat'l Dank 123 E. Main 1 I i M I Killings ns low as ROe Ml Work Guaranteed See nil Thompson "The Best For Less" Opp. 1st Nnt'l Dank 123 E. Main scene; BOYD forgot he was not a real-lifiTriero; rushed in to save the girl, was trampled, emerged a crippled, broken man. Lucrative movie contracts, adoring fans, friends and even his wife fell away BOYD was "by the world forgot.' RUBY AYRES writes this gripping story of a man deserted when he most needed help and the unexpected love and romance that rebuilt his life. in the MAIL TRIBUNE .SILVER AND ELEVATED E NEW YORK, May J7. (AP) An other wild scramble to convert dollars Into stocks and commodities piled up the largest volume of trading ever experienced with rising prlcea In a Saturday aesslon In the New York Stock exchange today. Inflation fevers ran high. In re sponse to the Rovernment'a plan to abrogate the gold clause In private and public obligations. Trading In the Chicago grain pit waa almost as excited as the dealings In the New York stock exchange. While acores of stocks rose 1 to aa much aa eio. wheat made extreme advancea of 3 cent a bushel. Silver futiirea Jumped a cent an ounce, cotton about el a bate, rubber futures about cent a pound, cop per of a cent a pound, hide futures '4 to M cent and raw ellk 9 to 10 centa a pound. Both atocke and average prlcea of sensitive raw commodities were hack' close to the levela of a year and a half ago, Indicating much had been done to overcome the deflstlonary effect upon our prices of England's Announcement To Our Friends and Customers: The Merriman Shop will- be open Monday morning at the usual time under the manage ment of Myrle and Francis Merriman. We will feature the same high quality workman ship and courteous serv ice as in the past. , abandonment of the gold standard In September, 1031, and the train of consequences which followed, coming to a climax In the banking crisis. 1 The lowest fire loss In 10 years was reported In Cincinnati m 1832. Franklin's Cafe Next to Cratertan 50c-SpeciaI-50c Sunday Dinner Choice of Fruit Cocktail, Orange Juice or Waldorf Salad Entries FRIED VOt'NG CAPON (un Jointed) Roast Turkey. Cranberries Rib Steak, Hunter Style Grilled Fresh Salmon, lemon Roost Leg of Veal, Jelly New Potatoes and Peas, In ere me Hot Rolls Strawberry Shortcake, Sherbert, Fresh Strawberry Sundae Home-made Pies Coffee.. Tea, Milk
