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Buying Now Good Business Commodity Prices Going Up Daily Medford Mail Trt.une The Weather Forecast: Fair onlgbt and Thura day; no change In temperature. Temperature , Highest yesterday . 96 Lowest this morning 60 Yoar Vacation will be mora enjoyable It yon nave the Mall Tribune follow you. No addition! cost. Phone 76 and place your order before leaving. Twenty-eighth Year Comment the on Day 's News By FRANK JENKINS OFF for Lakevlew. Story going around for months that Lakevlew 1 Oregon's coming boom town. Tales like that need looking Into. Besides, Lakevlew 20-30 club, will ing to take a chance on anything hss ssked thle writer to make a speech, OUT through" 'the Yonna valley, over the Lakevlew highway. They tell an amusing tale of the way this valley got Its present name. It was originally named Alkali valley, the first comers to this country hav ing a tenedency to apply whatever name came first to their minds. But, with the passing of time and the coming of new conditions, in cluding a prospective real estate market, the name Alkali valley be gan to pall. SO they decided to change it,. and In casting about for a new name the word Yonna was suggested. It made an Immediate hit, the tale goes, being musical and with Just the touch of oddness that makes names easily remembered. So Yonna It was renamed. In time, however, It occurred to somebody to inquire the meaning of this new name, so an old Indian was called in. "What doea Yonna mean?" he was asked. ' - "Oh. him mean alkali," was the prompt response. CHEERING sight' On the railroad beside the high' wsy, a train puffa Into view. It Is a log trsln, and heavily loaded. The logs sre headed for the mills, to be turned Into lumber, for which a mar ket, after long waiting, Is beginning to appear. t Turning these logs Into lumber MAKES JOBS. . "VER Bly mountain, with black . storm clouds gathering. ' , ' Paul Dalton tells this writer Bly mountain Is a lightning attractor. Hla car, he ssys, was once struck by lightning there and put complete ly out of commission. Recalling that statement, those atorm clouda look blacker than ever. . Later: Nothing happened. Maybe the lightning remembered the old saying that It never strikes twice In the same place. fiATTLE besldethe road fat and sleek. This la a great grass year. Needs to be. Hay will be scarce as hen's teeth this fall and winter, and price will be governed entirely by what people use for money. QUARTZ mountain next. Highest point on the state highway sys tem of Oregon 5504 feet. Boy! How It csn snow up here on Quartz mountain In the winter. Raining now, right out here In the desert raining like the mischief. This Is certainly a freak year.- "VVER Drew's Gap. "and down Into the Goose lake valley. Warner mountains In the distance, and at their feet the town of Lakevlew comfortable, attractive, and housing some of the finest people on earth. And listen to this: Smokestacks are belching smoke Into the desert air. The day when Lakevlew' was ex- - cluslvely a cow town is passing. It will be an Industrial center soon. J AKEVIEW Twenty-Thirtlsns and wires gather In Lloyd Ogle's beautifully reflnlshed Lakevlew hotel banquet room for annual dinner and Installation of officers. This writer makes rotten speech, and those present, abandoning their hope of heaven, lie hospitably and assure him It la wonderful. Tou can't beat these Lakevlew peo ple. Their like as hosts csn't be found snyvhere. TACK CAMPBELL, supervisor of " Fremont national forest, tells of finding a fossilized skull up toward the Abert rim. The skull Is low-browed, with pro truding Jaw and an exceedingly small brsln cavity. It looka too low In the scale for a man, he says, and too high for an ape. Some cynic sug ge.M that It might have belonged to in esrly politician. Seriously, the anthropologists ought to see It. It might shed some new light on early man In this coun try. po COURT. loi:lnr. contractor. I'll a strante tals for these jCoaunued 9a Ph IHrei WIDENING FUNDS Reallocation Necessary by Federal "Requirements in Loan Other Projects Suffer in Proportion Action of the state highway com mission In shaving various amounta from funds tentatively allocated in the primary highway program, means that the Siskiyou ; widening and straightening project, recently listed as a $300,000 job will lose $73,000 of that amount, according to local men who were Instrumental In securing consideration of the work. PORTLAND, JuIyT2.(AP Re allocation of 9500,000 of federal funds to conform to new regulatlona was half completed by the state high way commission before the long day's meeting ended here late- last night. The money to be spent inside city limits was peeled from outside high ways, but not yet placed definitely In municipalities. The $500,000 was peeled from the primary system program as follows: Albany-Mile Post 86.3, $25,000; Mult nomah llne-MIddleton, $90,000; south Yamhill river bridge. $20,000; Neah kahnle mountain grading, $33,000; Upper Soda-East, $25,000; Salem- Illihee grading and paving. $115,000; Astoria -Young 'a Bay bridge approach. $85,000; Siskiyou straightening. $73,- 000: Dixie-lime grading and topping, $45,000. In most of these cases but part of the appropriation was taken oft Only In the cases of Multnomah llne Middleton. South Yamhill bridge, Salem-Illlhee and the Astoria-Youngs Bay bridge approach was the entire sum taken away in order that the state program may conform to fed eral demands. Contracts for the two southern units of the Pacific highway widen big between Brooks and Canby were awarded late yesterday with the nor thern unit held over until additional federal funds are available. Harold Blake of Portland was low bidder both on project B, Hubbard WoodbUnv section, $106,191.25, and on project C, Woodburn-Brooks sec tion, $121,980. The Northwest Roads company of Portland, bidding $103, 616, was. low on project A, Canby Hubbard section, which bid was held up. SEEK DEATH GRANTS PASS. July 13. (AP) In making the hackneyed expression lit erally .true. National Guardsmen were "combing the hillsides" of Jose phine county here today as they con tinued their search for the second revolver used by John Barrier and Harry Bowles In their killing of State Policeman Mllo Baucom here July 1. Armed with rakes, and with only one more day In which to find the missing death weapon before the two killers' trial for first degree murder opens here tomorrow, the guardsmen of Baucom's home company at Med ford are feeling through the leaves and trash covering many acrea of the slope of Sexton mountain In the hope of uncovering the other revolver which might prove that both killers fired shots Into the state policeman's form. EARL FEHL TRIAL Request of KM ED to broadcast the trial of Earl H. Fehl, county Jude. charged with ballot-theft, and sched uled to start upon the completion of the Schermerhorn case, was denied by Circuit Judge George T. Skip worth today. The court made no comment upon the request, except to say " the Fehl trial, nor any trial over which I pre side will be broadcast." PONDER GOSS GUILT IN SALEM UPRISINGS SALEM. July 12. (Ft A five-man Jury today deliberated a Tagrancy charge against O. H. Goss, organiser who was arrested here when "unem ployed council" members were evict? from the courthouse lawn here re cently. The defense held that the defend ant's statement, "the county court, individually and collectively, are damn liars," did not constitute vag rancy. PORTLAND. Ore., July 12 (AP) L. C. lowlands, president of the Oregon Portland Cement company a plant at Owgo. announced today the company will resume operations Aug. 1. giving employment to about 160 men, Blanket Order for Wage Increases Considered by F. R. to Speed Recovery President Pleased by Progress on Codes; New Foreign Trade Relations Are Sought to Aid Business WASHINGTON, July U. QPi President Roosevelt, while pleased with the progress toward establishing Industrial codes, Is considering a blank et order to provide minimum wagea and limited hours until the recovery program goea Into effect. That he Is devoting a major part. of his attention to work toward these codes, under which Industries would voluntarily or be required to set up minimum wage and maximum work hour schedules, became more plain to day: but It was emphssized in high qusrters that he would be guided in his course by the views or Mugn o. Johnson, the industrial administra tor, now working on a plan possibly involving a blanket order. New Trade Channels Sought The president, meanwhile, has un dertsken other means of helping American business this time by opening negotiations with half a doz en countries for new trsde relstlons. South Amerlcsn governments are principally .Involved. Aa to the London economic confer ence, although he has received no of ficial report, the president regarda a recess of the conference during Aug ust sa natural and without slgnifl csnce. . It was said at the White House that In his conversstlons with Prime Minister MaoDonsld, he pointed out that most Englishmen go grouse shooting in August and that on the continent, the people like to go to the Spas at that time. Therefore it was conceded when the conference was in formulation atage that If It had not completed Its bust' ness by August, that It probably would take a recess of a month or so at that time. Realizes Big Task WlUle anxious for speed on restor ing employment and lifting purchas ing power by means of the Industrial control law, it was ssld that Mr. Roosevelt realizes the estsbllshment of the codes fixing hours of work. minimum wages and production la a tremendous task- for any Industry. - He understands that only a very small minority are not working now on the formulation of these new working charters. He Is giving particular tnougni i the coal industry, considering It nec essary to find new work for thou ssnds of miners. Even when the Industry la put on a stable basis, It Is the understsndlng of Mr. Roosevelt that only a third of the miners could be In full time Jobs. Therefore, he Is thinking of the use of some of the 125.000.000 available for aubslstence farms. He hopes some of the miners will go to farming. Ready to stsrt the 3.3O0.0O0.OOO public works progrsm. the president arranged for a conference todsy with Secretsry Ickes, who hss drafted the list of first projecta to be undertak en. T SAN FRANCISCO. July U. Wr Por the first time since the depression slid down the western slope of the Rockies to the Pacific coast, bank statistics in June lndlcsted a higher level of genersl business than in the same month of the preceding year. This became known today when the San Francisco federsl reserve bank computed and made public the bank debit totals for 37 representative cit ies in the 7 fsr western ststes com prising the twelfth district. The deb its aggregated $1,907,929,000, which was a gain of 0.4 per cent over June 1933, when debit totaled 1,891, 857,000. BASEBALL National Philadelphia . 1 T 1 Cincinnati 4 12 S Elliott, Moors and Davis: Benton and Manlon. Brooklyn . I Chicago Benge and Lopes; Bush and Hart- nett. (10 Innings) Boston Pittsburg Bstterles: Brandt, R. K. E. S 1 18 0 Mangum, Betts and Hogsn, Hsrgrave; Melne, Chag- non, French and Finney, Grace. American Chicago .. ...... 18 1 Washington - 4 g 3 Durham and Berry; Whltehlll, Mc Afee snd flewell. Cleveisnd 4 10 0 Philadelphia 8 13 0 Hildebrsnd. Hudlin, Bean and Pyt lak; Walberg and Cochrane. Detroit . Boston (11 Innings) Sorrell and Hay-worth; Brown and fen-ell. hi. Louis 3 7 3 i New York 4 10 0 i W'lu and Sues, Sue), Allen and ' Jorgens. I MEDFOUL), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1933. IS STORE WARNING According to John Moffatt, chair man of the Retail Merchants commit teo of the chamber of commerce, the "Buy Now" campaign which the or ganization has sponsored the past few weeks hss been productive of i great amount of business to the re tail merchants with a resultant large saving to the citizens . of Medford, Many merchants have reported during the past week that commodity, prices are soaring higher very rapidly and as a matter of good business, Medford citizens are urged to buy those things which they need immediately in or- der to take advantage of today's prices. . A survey made by the chamber of commerce during the past few days would indicate that practically every branch of retail business la affected by increased prices and present 'Indi cations are that the cost of most commodities will be much higher in the weeks to come than at present. "Buy now and save," stated Mr. Moffatt this morning. "Is not merely a slogan but Is an established fact and we are extremely gratified that our oitizens have taken seriously the propaganda which has been given out, not only, in Metttord but thru out the whole country, that prices are "rising." It Is reported that manufacturers' stocks in most lines are extremely low and many merchants are having difficulty In obtaining deliveries, when deliveries are made, prices wilt undoubtedly be higher and for this reason the Medford Chamber of Com merce Is again, urging everyone to make their purchases now. Any mer chant who desires a supply of the window posters Issued by the cham ber of commerce may. obtain same by ringing 63. A meeting of truck men and those Interested in the new motor trans portation act will be called this week by the Transportation committee of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, according .to announcement today. The exact time of this meeting and the auditorium which will be used will be made public tomorrow. The effects of this new bill will be dis cussed fully, It wss announced, and a member of the Allied Truck Own era from Portland will be present to familiarize Interested psrtles with the legislation. The meeting Is called becsuse there seems to be a lack of understanding of all phases of the new Motor Trans portatlon act. The general public will be cordially Invited to attend the meeting. The speaker will be thor oughly qualified to present Important facts of Interest to all ownera of trucks. APRICOT, PEACH All apricot and peach growers of the valley are urged to attend a meet ing to be held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday. July 14, at 8:00 p. m.. it waa announced today by C. A. Wing, chairman of the agricultu ral committee. It is the purpose of the chamber to determine the amount of the apri cot and peach crops, ' together with other Information in order that mar ket! for 'the local growers may be found. The Chamber of Commerce has a definite marketing plan, which It la believed will greatly assist the small fruit growers of the valley and It la hoped that a large attendance will be on hand. 30 DAYSTND $150 FOR DRUNKEN DRIVE A sentence of 30 daya in Jail and a fln of tlAO were meted out to Jaik fiiorra of this city Isidty In Jus tice court, fltorrs. arreftlf last night by state police on Riverside, appear ed in Jtutice conn thla morning on 4 4iuAi4 d&ng cjiAXg Father of Youths Involved in Ballot Robbery Tells of Talks Wtih Sheriff Fol lowing Arrests for Theft Suspended Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn, on trial, chsrged with bsllot theft, feared the Sexton brothers would "squawk" and that his conversation with them. In the women'a ward of the city Jail follow ing hla own arrest, waa "overheard," m n. Sexton, father of the two youths, testified this morning. The Sexton boys admitted their part In the brazen crime. "A few days after the ballot rob bery. I met 8chermerhorn on the sec ond floor of the courthouse opposite his office snd we Had a conversation about the boya. I tpld him they were in the women'a ward of the city lall," the senior Sexton said. " ! waa In there an hour or two myself." the father testified the de fendant replied, " 'for an hour or two after my arreat, and I am afraid the conversation I had with them there waa overheard'." ' Feared Boys Would Tell. The elder Sexton also said he had a conversation with Schermerhorn on the sidewalk In front of the court house, and Schermerhorn bad asked do you think the boys will tel!7 The fsther had Inquired as to the whereabouts of hla sons, and the sus pended sheriff told him they were In the custody of the stste police snd sdvlsed him "the thing to do is get a lawyer and get them out." Sexton replied that he had no money for that purpose, snd expressed the view thst the authorltlee should get them out. The father told the court "I am very nervous, and have been ror two or three days." He wss told to take hla time In making replies. Saw Fehl at tault. The father further testified thst on the night of the ballot theft he came to the courthouse early, and attended the "Congress." He testified that sbout 7:30 o'clock he saw Judge Fehl. Tom Brecheen, Chuck Davis, and hla sons "congregated in conversation- ax the sheriff's vsult, and that he had heard Fehl say: " 'I'd hate like h 1 to see that vault broken Into, and the ballots taken' ' when he left to apeak to the "Congress." Sexton ssld he walked with Fehl. Chuck Davis and Janitor Joe Danlela to the auditorium, and that he went In. and remained until the meeting adjourned at about 11 o'clock. Fehl also waa bitter against "that old bunch," and told his listeners. ' 'If they get bsck we will sll be out'." The witness further testified Fehl spplled a vile epithet to the "old bunch." and declared, " 1 will show them something yet'." Inquired About Locks. Sexton testified that Brecheen and Fehl made Inquiry about the vault combination and the windows, and that Brecheen left with a "couple of fellows" to Inspect the outside. Sexton's testimony was corrobora tive of that of hla sons, Davla.-Mra. Catherine Danlela and Joe Danlela. The latter could remember no con versstlons on the stand. Phil Loud, deputy sheriff, testi fied thst a day or so after the ballot theft, Schermerhorn and he went to the courthouse basement, and the aherlft told him: "We are not going to do any thing. The stste police are in full charge, so let them do It'." The response waa to Lowd's query to his chief, "whet sre we going to do?" Lowd also testified that the re port came to him "that both Lowd and Schermerhorn were leaders In the ballot stealing, and are Involved" from John Hughes, one of the nu merous prlmsry candldatea for sheriff in 1933. When he hesrd the rumor, Lowd ssld: "I went bsck of the court house, where a crowd hsd congre gated, and brought Hughes, and a man by the name of Luy together, (Continued on Page Three) I WILL BE SLAKED OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., July 1J (AP) Governor William H. Murray decided today to let Oklahoma have Its beer. Alter 80 of the governors national guardsmen had prevented overnight unloading of the brew legalised In a special election venterday, "Arfalla Bill" todsy Issued a proclamation an nouncing salea would not be Inter fered with. 1 The proclamation wis the signal for fleets of beer trucks to rumble Into action, transporting esses of the brew from rsllrosd cars to wholesale and retail dealers. Applicants for beer licenses swsrm- ed the offices of the tai commission Returns from 3737 of the ststes 3.313 precincts gave the wet aide msjnruy of 88 04, the vota being 1293.77S, to JIM?, BOY HE N BANKER'S KIDNAPING John K. Ottley (right). Atlanta banker, li shown with Police Chief Sturdlvant near Atlanta where they aet a trap for one of two men who kidnaped Ottley on hit way from hla home to hfa office. James Pryor Bowen, 17 (Inset), who helped fn tha abduction, was arrested after tha banker had persuaded him to release him. The boy said ha participat ed so he could gain tha victim's gratitude by helping him escape. (Associated Press Photos) KIDNAPERS OF O'CONNELL SHAVE RANSOM DEMANDS ALBANY. N. T., July 13. P) Re ports were flying today that young John J. O'Connell, Jr., nephew of the upstate Democratic dictators, would be freed by his kidnapers today after a ransom was paid. The Albany Evening News heard the abductors had agreed to accept $20, 000 a small share of the 9250,000 de manded. The paper also said the 24 year old non of the eldest of the three O'Connells would be released in the CRAZED MAN IN ALBANY ALBANY, Ore., July 13. A& After barricading himself in the sheriff's apartment on the second floor of the Linn county jail here, a man police identified as Prank 6 tank lew leas, 32. who escaped from the atate hospital at Salem Monday, held a large force of atat, county and city police at bay for more than five hours last night. TO IN DANCE DEATH Earl Hanscom, M, of Eagle Point, bound over to the grand Jury on charge of first degree murder prefer red by District Attorney Oeorge Cod ding, following the death of Albert 3. Tlngleaf, 48, of Eagle Point, as saulted by Hanscom in a "brutal" af fray at the. Saturday night dance, was being questioned again today. He Is held In county Jail without ball, awaiting the next meeting of the grand Jury.. Funeral services for Mr. Tingiear will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Perl Funeral parlors at 3 o'clock. Following his death this dispatch was received from the Eagle Point com munity: News has Just come of the sad tragedy which occurred at the dance here last Saturday night, and which resulted in the death of Albert J. Tlngleaf. a highly respected member of the community. The whole com munity la deeply shocked and griev ed. Mr. Tlngleaf and his family came into this community less than three years ago, from Riverside, Cal. They rented the Mr. Campbell ranch and were In the dairy business. During their short stay here they have won the respect and friendship of the whole community, but they have also gone through some trying experiences in regard to accidents. Two years ago this month, Delbcrt, the fourteen year old son, accidentally shot a visit- Ing friend, who lived but a short time. A year ago this month, Delbert met with an automobile accident from which he is not yet recovered still going on crutch. All membera of the family wre active members of ths Eagle Point Orange. Mr. Tlngleaf'a brother arrived from California July 10." LONO BEACH. Calif .(UP) The thief who atote a sample rnt from the automobile of Oeorge W. LInoen had a surprise In store for him. The case contalued 100 photographs of liaaket, i. i aluminium "" historic Cstskill mountains, south of the city. ALTON, 111.. July 13. (p) Hoping that the kidnaper- of August Luer, wealthy 77 year o-' Danker and meat packer might begin their negotia tions today for ransom, membera of the Luer family asked Alton police, county authorities and the state highway patrol to withdraw from the case. AND COPS GUN BATTLE Finally, overcome by the fumes from tear and smoke bombs and by bullet wounds, he was captured early .today, then rushed to a hospital where he died ten minutes later. Attracted by repeated volleys of shots, virtually all the residents of this city hurried toward the Jail, then sought places of sheltered can tagft as they witnessed the strange spectacle before them. PORTLAND, July 13 (AP) The prospective pear crop In Oregon for 1033 Is practically the same aa was harvested last year, It was said today In the July 1 fruit report for Oregon, issued by the federal bureau of agri cultural economics. The present con dition of this crop, however, ,1a ep preclably lower than on the same date a year ago, the report said. The extremely spotted prospects in the various fruit sections of Oregon are mainly the result of a very late and backward season, following a se vere winter, during which a consid- erableamount of Injury occurred, ea- pectally In the early fruits." the re port said. Apricots and peaches were probably damaged by the winter cold more than other fruits over the state aa a whole. 'This Is an off-season In our prin cipal apple producing sections." the report ssld. "and taking this Into consideration, present prospects are above average. Early varieties are siring up satisfactorily, and probably the only real need la for more warm weather." Appie production for 103.1 In Ore gon Is estimated at 4.030.000 bushels, compared with 4,950,000 bushels laat year. Pears, 3.813.000 bushels agalnat 3.808.000. Peaches, 330,000 bushels against 348,000. fin.nl Pass Torrid. ORANTS PA88, July 12 ( AP) Yesterday's official maximum tem pers tu re of 95 degrees here wss threatened with an Increase today as Old Sol continued his unrestrained efforts to mnke up for a 1at summer. The maximum yesterday came after S p. m. SANTIAOO, Chile, July 13 frTV Fifteen deatha have .been attributed to the cold wave sweeping Chile din ing the last severs! daya. The weaUlM is slowly awdaiaUo. . No. 95. NEW BANK BILE FOR ROOSEVELT Brain Trust Scanning Data for Substitute to Glass Act Out Is Wise Ones' Tip of Administration Copyrlpht, 1M3, By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. July 13. No one li supposed to know It, but the admin istration Is alread working on a new bank bill to replace the Glass law. That Is why Brain Trustee Berle has been rummaging so secretly thru the treasury department lately. When he gets through the administration probably will offer Its own permanent banking reorganisation legislation. At least, that la the objective of Prof. Berle's present search for data. If plana work out satisfactorily. President Roosevelt will submit hla bill to congress in January. That also happens to be t.ie time when tha Glasa law goes into effect. The reason for the secrecy la simple. The search for new legislation Is vir tually a confession that the present law la not sacrosanct In administra tion eyes. It would have been good news to the larger bankers who gathered here recently without benefit of publicity. They were talking over methods of meeting the Glass law. They consider Its deposit guarantee section Inimical to their Interests. They will never rest easy until they have forced re peal of ah at section. Their hopes are higher than you might suspect. The law goes into ef fect Jan. 1. That gives them moro than five months to work out 4 scheme for blocking It. (Continued ,on Page Pour) SALEM. July 13. 4JFi The names of power commission candidates will not go on the- special election ballot of July 31, the atate supreme court ruled today. Peter Zimmerman, Morton Tomp kins and A. Slaughter obtained a tem porary Injunction In the Marion county circuit court last week to com pel the secretary of state to place their namea on the special election ballot as candidates for the power commission created under the new grange power law. The ruling of the supreme court does not affect the grange power bill Itself, which Is held In abeyance pending a couit ruling on a referen dum filed against It, Jay Gould9 s Son Passes Suddenly OYSTER, BAY, N. T.. July 13. m -Edwin Oould. 07, son of the la to Jay Oould, pioneer railroad magnate, died at his country home here last night of a heart attack. He ate dinner with his wife and at that time seem ed in good health. He suffered the attack shortly afterward. WOODMEN OF WORLD RE-ELECT OFFICIALS CHICAOO, July 13. (API All of ficers of the Woodmen of the World. Including D. B. Bradshaw; of Omaha, Neb., national prtesldeot, were re elected today at tha organization's annual convention. ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 11. It is certainly gratifying to read about one conference that got somewhere. The Nava jo Indians held a conference and decided that they could get along without the services of about 25 white officeholders that had been appointed to look after them. The Indians .said they were doing it to save the white man money. Who said the Indinn didn't have any humor f The London conference votes today to see if they meet to morrow. If they meet tomor row it will be to find a reason to split up to keep from meet ing the next day. Then we send white people to take care of the Kavajos.