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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933.
No. 153.
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Comment
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By FRANK JENKINS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, we read,
believes that a nation-wide pro
gram of credit expansion U a necea
aary move toward business recovery.
' That la to aay, he bellevea that be
fore business" can expand anywhere
near aa much aa we want It to busi
ness men will have to be able to bor
xow the money with which to finance
the expansion.
There won't be much disagreement
as to that.
'
HERE are two questions:
J. Why Is credit tight?
2. When will credit loosen up?
HERE are answers to these ques
tions; agree with them or not.
aa you choose:
Credit la tight because those who
have money to lend are afraid that
those who want to borrow won't be
able to PAT BACK.
Credit will loosen up when those
who have money to lend become rea
sonably convinced that those who
want to borrow WILL BE ABLE to
pay bark.
GOVERNMENT can do a lot of
things, but It CAN'T Induce len
ders to lend until they are reasonably
convinced that borrowers will be able
to pay back.
We might as well face that fact.
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SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON has
been Invited to bolt the Republi
can party and run for re-clectlon aa
a Democrat. "
That raises this question:
If Senator Johnson should change
hli label from Republican to Demo
crat MERELY IN ORDER TO BE
ELECTED, Just how much would It
Increase the confidence of the voters
In him?
44
OSCAR LAWLER. one of Califor
nia's outstanding lawyers, tells
Will Rogers that NRA la' merely a
code of fair ethics for the guidance
of people doing business with each
ether.
He adds that It la rather a reflec
tion upon us that we have to be
FORCED by government control and
patriotic persuasion to do what Is
right. '
TRUE enough. '
But what la the LAW? Isnt It
merely a code of fair ethics for the
guidance of people In getting along
with each other?
The law has to have FORCE back
of It. Otherwise, it won't work.
Humanity Isn't yet what It OUGHT
to be.
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IF EVERT person In the world
would guide himself rigidly by the
GOLDEN RULE, there would be no
need for law, or courts, or police or
for NBA.
44
PRODUCTION of gold from all
sources In Canada during 1932
amounted to 3,051.676 ounces, valued
at 163.083,740. This compares with
2.693.892 ounces worth 5S.687.688 In
1931.
Canada Is responding vigorously to
the world demand for more gold with
which to carry on the world's busi
ness. 44
IT IS Interesting to note that of
Canada's total production of
8.051,676 ounces of gold in 1932,
2.287,394 ounces came from the old
settled province as age goes In Can
ada of Ontario.
Gold la where one finds it not
necessarily from the wild and waste
places.
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SPEAKING of gold. Oregon pro
AtrmA 10BS1 mini. In 10.12.
which compares with 15.350 ounces
in 1931. Oregon, too, is doing her
ahare in meeting the world's need for
more gold.
Her rate of Increase In 1932, aa
compared with 1931, was about the
same as Canada's.
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IT IS especially interesting to note
that In 1932 our own Jackson
county, right here in southern Ore
gon, was the heaviest producer of
gold in the state, with a total of
1137 ounces 36 per cent of the
state's entire production.
WILL BE SOUGH!
FINANCE PROJECT
Would Make Cheap Power
Available for Other Cities
in District From Huge
Plant On McKenzie River
EUGENE, .Sept. 18. (P) The Eu
gene water board operating this city's
municipally owned power plants, is
the sponsor for a project to build ft
huge new plant and dam on the upper
McKenzie river. The Mountain States
Power company now operate In this
district, comprising 32 cities, and
sponsors of the publicly owned proj
ect have discussed the plan of taking
over that utility.
Flan Big Plant.
The plan takes the form of an ap
plication to the federal public works
administration to have it build a
$12,000,000 plant at the Eugene
board's so-called Rennie dam site,
below Blue river. The plant would be
built by a federal corporation to be
known as the Rennie authority.
The Eugene board would then lease
the plant from the government and
sell power wholesale throughout he
territory to Albany, Corvallls. Cot
tage Grove, Roseburg and all towns
within reach. It la proposed to build
necessary transmission lines If Moun
tain States will not sell at a reason
able price.
Could Sell Power Cheap
The clalrii is made that the Eugene
board could wholesale ita power as
cheaply aa iyA cents a KWH and that
this would enable localities to retail
at a price comparable to the present
average 2.06 per KWH in Eugene
now. The present average retail
prtce of Mountain States in this ter
ritory Is given aa 3.38.
The proposed Kennie plant would
have an, ultimate capacity of 81,000
horsepower to be built In three units.
Would lilve Jobs.
Claim is made that an average of
1500 could be kept employed for three
years on the project and that work
could start now. The board has had
surveys underway at the site for some
time and elaborate engineering data
and diagrams are appended.
The Eugene Realty board has ben
active In promoting the idea. The
claim Is made that many of the com
munities affected have petitioned Eu
gene to get Into the field.
Engineer and general manager of
the Eugene system Is J. W. McArthur,
a close adviser of Governor Meier on
power matters.
California Oregon Power company
officials here stated they were un
aware of the above plans, ar.d had
no ttatement -to make upon It.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., .Sept. 18.
iF In a courtroom filled with arm
ed guards, the first panel of 12 Jur
ors was called today to be examined
for service in the kidnap trial jf
Harvey Bailey and II others accused
of participation in the abduction of
Charlea P. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil
millionaire.
The chief defendants. Bailey. Al
bert Bates, R. a. Shannon, his wife
and his son. Armon, were kept under
heavy guard in an Iron barred "bull
pen" on the floor below the federal
tower courtroom until the Jurors fill
ed the box and the methodical pro
pounding of routine questions began.
WASHINGTON, .Sept. 18. (&)
President Roosevelt signed the long
sought code for the bituminous coal
industry late today.
JEAN HARLOW WEDS NO. 3
IN AIRPLANE ELOPEMENT
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18. (AP)
Jean Harlow, original "platinum
blonde' of the screen, eloped by air
plane to Yuma,
Ariz., early today
and married her
third husband.
Harold G. Rosson,
38-year-old movie
p h o t o g r apher.
brother of .lark
Rosson. director.
They snatched a
bite of breakfast
and flew back
here, arriving at
United Airport,
Bur bunk, at 6:59
a. m.
The rrrcmony
. ; jEn MAt.L0v r.8 performed by
At ZieemsU, Yumt "ounyu
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CLOUDBURSTS BRING FLOOD, TRAGEDY TO COLORADO
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Above is a mountain road scene typical of the devastation spread by a 20-foot wall of water which
swept down 18-mile long Bear Creek canyon, near Denver, after sudden cloudbursts. Three bodies
'vera recovered from the debris and at least two othera were believed to have been drowned. (Asso
rted Press Photo)
DEWEY CHILDREN'S
The 30 school children of Dewey
District, No. 29, who were barred
from Medford schools today because
of overdue tuition payments, which
the .district failed to meet, will be
going to school again tomorrow, It
waa revealed late this afternoon,
when tax money was turned Into the
county treasury.
Dolph Phipps of the Dewey school
board was conferring with Superin
tendent E. H. Hedrlck of the Medford
schools when the Mall Tribune went
to press, and It was understood that
the tax money would be turned over
to Medford aa a tuition payment. In
that case a new contract will be en
tered into by the two districts and
school bells will ring again for the
grade children of the Dewey commu
nity. Last Saturday the district was 9100
short of Its goal and It was under
stood this afternoon that -the money
had been raised. The school bus, the
driver of -which waa under a two
year contract to continue operation,
arrived from Dewey this morning,
but without any grade children. A
few pupils appeared as Individuals
and were registered by teachers, who
were not aware of the. situation.
Their continuance In the system to
morrow, however, waa dependent
payment of the shortage turned In
this afternoon.
ROAD PLEA LATER
SALEM. Sept. 18. rTT) The Oregon
state highway commission's answer io
the demand of Portland for an addi
tional $1,000,000 federal funds allotted
to the state for allocation in Mult
nomah county, will be issued from
here either late today or tomorrow.
Chairman Leslie M. Scott, chairman
of the commission, Announced tod a v.
Scott waa here in conference with
highway dpeartment engineers," and
said he would prepare an informative
statement to accompany the decision
to the com m 1m ion. Carl Washburne,
Eugene member of the commission,
expected back from a vacation trip,
will likewise be consulted.
While the commission did not an
nounce Its stand, those closely 'n
touch with highway matters predict
ed a negative reply.
Justice" of the peace, who has mar
ried many Hollywood film couples.
"We hsd been friends for nearly
two years," said Miss Harlow as ahe
stepped from the plane at Burbank.
"and several months ago our friend
ship became love."
Modlshly attired In fur-trimmed
black velvet, she seemed fresh as a
daisy, despite the hurried trip in the
dead of the night.
Rom on hsd nothing to My at the
airport and his bride had to persuade
him to pose with her for photographs.
"We decided laat night," said Miss
Harlow, "that we win ted to get mar
ried right away. Because I am work
ing on a picture, we decided on
rw.it airplane elopement to Yuma
I ami bat if"
EN1
The circuit court term, scheduled
to open today, has been delayed until
next Monday, September 25, due to i
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton being de
tained longer than anticipated with
cases in Josephine county.
The Jury list for the coming term
will be drawn from the 20 names re
maining on the old panel, exhausted
during the ballot theft trials. If fur
ther veniremen are required they will
be drawn by the sheriff from the tax
rolls of the county In the manner
prescribed by law. Most of the origi
nal Jury list wan exhausted by reason
of disqualifications, which Included
death, physical defects, removal from
the county or other legal reasons.
Civil actions are listed as first to
be called. There are 35 cases of this
nature. Many are minor actions.
I which can be heard without calling
a jury. Some art? equity cases and
will be heard without a Jury.
It Is the plan of the court to call
criminal matters whn opportunity
offers.
Criminal caws on the docket In
clude Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, presi
dent of ihf, self-styled "Good Govern
ment Congress," Indicted for "riotous
conduct," and her father, C. H.
Brown, Indicted for "slandering a
bank."
Other cases on the criminal calen
dar Include Fred Wolf, Blrdseve creek
rancher, Indicted for manslaughter,
Mervyn (Sonny) Gleason, Central
Point Indicted for assault and bat
tery; Clarence Day and Thomas King.
Indicted for larceny of livestock;
Thomas Price and W. L. Ray, Indicted
for violation of tha mining engineer
code, and Joe Cave, city policeman,
indicted for Involuntary manslaughter.
GIRL SCOUT COMMITTEE
MEETING ON TUESDAY
Girl Scout community committee
will meet at 10:30 a. m., Tuesday, at
the Girl Scout headquarters. 500 East
Mam street, it was announced today.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18. (API
Two persons, one a young woman,
were fatally Injured yesterday when
the automobile In which they wero
passengers was wrecked on the Mount
Hood loop highway about 15 miles
east of here alter being sldeswlped,
police said, by a racK.
The dead: '
Al Cain, 48, Portland restaurant
proprietor.'
Miss Alleen Oazeley, 35, of Portland.
The car waa being driven by Mrs.
Oazeley'a flsnce, Walter E. Taylor, of
Portland, who escaped with minor in
juries. Cain waa dead before an am
bulance arrived from Portland. Mrs.
Oazeley died an hour after she was
taken to a Portland hospital.
Mrs. Oazeley is survived by a small
son, her parents and two brothera,
all of Portland, and a sister, Mrs. Ed
win E. Bush, of Los Angeles. Cain
la aurvlved by his widow, a son and
a' daughter, all of Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 18. (ZD
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Grenfell of
McMlnnvllle. Ore., psrents of Ed
ward Grenfeli, chief of the Portland
fire department, were critically In
jured yesterday when an automobile
driven by Chief Orenfell akldded in
loose gravel on the Pacific highway
U miles south of here and over
turned. , .
FATHER OF MEDFORD .
MAN DIES IN 'FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. (P)
Robert Lee Crooks, retired Ban Fran
cisco real estate and Insurance man,
diedhere Sunday. A son, Matthew
Robert, resides In Medford, Ore.
M. R. Crooks resides at 1634 East
Main street.
SALBM, Sept. 18. (pi John Car
son. Salem attorney, waa today ap
pointed by Governor Julius L. Meier
to serve on the state parole board in
place of Charles P. Pray, superintend
ent of state police, who resigned.
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HITS EAST COAST
Runaway Gale Continues On
From Lower Seaboard to
Smite at Maine North
Carolina Is Worst Hit
NEW BERN, N. C Sept. 18. (AP)
The casualty list from the tropical
hurricane which awept the North
Carolina coast Friday and Saturday
went to 14 today aa additional re
ports came in and the property dam
age waa ateadlty mounting toward
3.000.000.
A terse message received from a
patrol boat at Morehead City said
four members of one family drown
ed when the schooner Dale of Sea
Level waa wrecked: James Hamilton,
owner of the vessel, and his three
sons Nelson, Charlie and Ralph.
Up until laat night, 10 persons had
been reported dead from the storm.
Six persons were missing.
A patrol boat which visited Ocra
coke radioed the coast gusrd station
there waa "badly damaged," but "six
houses need Red Cross aid," and that
only one house at Portsmouth Island
was down.
A boat waa sent to Hatteraa and
other points north to work through
to Msnteo today to check for damage
and posalblo other fatalities.
NEW BERN, N. 0., Sept. 18. (AP)
A story of a girl drowning as the tide
slowly flooded her storm-wrecked
home while her father struggled to
free her earns to light todny as relief
was carried forward In the aoctlon
atrlcken by Saturday's hurricane.
T. W. Haywood, of Oroatln, brought
the report to New Bern. Haywood
sam ne aia not learn tne girl's name,
but was told she and her family lived
In the Bachelor section of Craven
county.
The story as he hesrd It waa that
as the home was wrecked by wind a
timber fell across the glrl's'arm, pin
ning her In the wreckage.
Her father and nelghbora worked
frantically to free her, but could not
move the timbers and meanwhrle the
tide, was creeping higher. At last tha
waves began to swish through the
wreckage, each one advancing a Httle
further with Its promise of quick
desth If the girl were not released.
Still they struggled helplessly. The
timbers could not be moved. Pare-
wella were said and the water engulf
ed the wrecked home and the traoned
girl sa the reat of her family fled to
ssiecy.
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MANAGER FIGHT
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. .(P) Sally
Hand, the fan dancer, walked Into
a police station today, displayed a
bruise under her right eye and de
manded the arrest of Sam Balkln, .
manager of the night club In which
she has been, appearing. She asld he
hsd "clouted" her In an argument
over her aalary.
'Police aooompanled her to the club.
where they ssld Bslkln readily sd
mltted his psrt In a battle with her
and showed teeth marks on hia arm.
and said Sally put them there.
Both signed complaints charging
the other with disorderly conduct and
each posted 123 cash bond pending
appearance In court later today.
JURORS STAGED TUMBLES
TO TEST LAMSON THEORY
SAN TOANCISO, Sept. 18, IT)'
The Examiner, In a copyrighted ar
ticle today said members of the Sen
Joae Jury which convicted David A.
Lamson of murder, tried falling
against furniture to test the defense
accident theory.
The article, under tha signature of
Oeorge H. Kegerlch, a member of tne
Jury, said one member "held out" at
first for the possibility that Lamson's
wife may have fallen, aa tha defense
contended, In the bathroom of the
Stanford campus home.
"To try this out," the article said
"we constructed a 'bathroom' In the
Jury room with chairs and deska.
That waa why we asked for the maps
and charta of the Lamson home snd
the big picture of Mrs. Lsmson's body
in the tub. We wanted to build our
'bathroom' aa close aa wa could to
the one In the Lamson home.
"Then all of ua tried to fall out of
that tub In some way so that we could
hit our heads on a washbowl hard
enouah to flsah our brains out. I
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Carmen Velex, 18, will reign at
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celebration In Lot Angolea, (Asso
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FRUIT HARVESTING
CUTS ATTENDANCE
AS
School opened thli mornlnR
throughout the Medford system with
a total enrollment of 3311. The llg
ure. slightly under last year's total
for the first day, waa accredited by
school officials to the absence of
number of students, who are aiding
the fruit harveet. They have been
encouraged, Superintendent E. H.
Hedrick stated, to atay with their
Jobs for a few weeks In order to lea
sen the burden for parents.
The total enrollment In each school
at noon was; 483 In the senior high
school; 65B In Junior high school
201 in the Jackson school; 344 In the
Lincoln school; 310 In the Roose
velt school, and 326 In the Washing
ton. The lighter enrollment waa noticed,
particularly In the Junior and senior
high schools. "In the belief that all
Ktudenta. who are really Interested
in school would be able to make up
the loss of the first two weeks," Su
perintendent Hedrlck stated today,
"we have encouraged all with Jobs
to keep them or at least that period
of time. In thin ' way they will be
able to lighten tho financial burden
for their parents and after a little
extra work will be able to carry on
with their elaases.'
Punllj who haven't Jobs are ex
pected to be In school this week.
How long the Medford students will
nttend school this year 1a still a
matter for -the taxpayers to decide.
Mr. Hedrlck stated, when Interviewed
by a number of parents this morning.
Contracts have been signed for a pe
riod of four and a half months. The
plan Is tn mske new contract at the
expiration of that period, provided
there Is sufficient tsx money on
hand to lust If v such action. Mr. Hed
rlck further stated that he waa of the
belief that there would he. A slight
nlckup In tsx payment wss realised
durmg the summer months and In
dications are that the taxpayera will
not permit business here to suffer the
decrease, which would accompany a
closing of schools.
The short contracts. Mr. Hedrlck
explained were signed to prevent
committing the Medford district be
yond the tax paying time. Flexible
contrscta are illegal under the Ore
gon law. which says that a definite
period of time must be named, in
cluding the time for opening arid
closing of school. It was therefore
necessary that contracts be signed
for a specific period and one which
would not exceed In expenditure the
amount of money forthcoming,
black and blue all over from falling
in various ridiculous positions."
Other excerpts from the article:
"E. O. Helnrlch, the defense crim
inologist, didn't convince ua of any
thing."
"The msttcr of premeditation was
never discussed."
"We didn't talk much about this
Sara Kalley, with whom the prosecu
tion said Lamson was carrying on an
affair."
"There was only one point on which
we srgued and argued, talked and
discussed over and over again. That
waa: Did David Lamson kill h; wife.
or wss her death an accident."
"In trying to convince ourselves
that we were wrong, we had con
vinced the holdout that we were
rtght."
The article said members of the
Jury "practiced hitting" with the
length of pipe tha prosecution de
clared with the death weapon, ana
concluded by "plain commoniienae"
that the fstal wounds could hS7C
COUNTY'S PURSE
WILL BE CLOSED
TO
Judge Day Opens Campaign
to Inform Squatters Slip
shod Relief Methods Not
Forthcoming This Winter
Problems of relief and finance con.
fronting Jackson county at tha ores.
ent time were tackled today by
county Judge Earl B. Day, with tha
inauguration of a program of educa
tion, on the relief angle, and the con
sideration of a plan, whereby tha
budget deficit will be reduced la tha
neighborhood of 25,000.
The COUntV lllrtca h. ......
. . ra - u.wu mra
naming of committees throughout the
county, whose duty will be to call
upon ins neaos or all transient fami
lies, and Inform them that .lAr-v.nn
county haa no funds tor relief and
ma irom now on It Is a case of hus
tle for yourself, and those who don'l
work, won't eat." The county Judga
holds that now Is the time to seek
employment snd provide for winter.
vnre ror northjr Only.
The county ludse anva t.hf tha
meager funds available will be de
voted exclusively to tha or. ..
worthy poor, of established local resl-
ucnvo, mo anown stability.
voro naa come to the county Judge
that In many or tha hill nH
districts, transients are again taking
uh it-oiuence in old cablna, under
the Impression that the same haphaa.
ard relief will be furnished as laat
winter, The Influx has been noted
since the opening of school, resulting
In increased attendance, and In soma
Instances disciplinary probloma- for
the teachers.
Reports circulate,, in .h-
districts that a county commissary
would be opened, la emphatically de
nied by the countv court "Kunnrt
the realm of possibility, or good busl-
in, county commissary
last winter entailed the expenditure
of $14,000, unauthortted In the budget
and la now one of the contributing
(Continued on Page Pour.)
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MEETS PATIENT
ST. PAUL, Sept. IB. (AP) A Civil
War nurse, Mra. Alice Carey Risley,
met George A. Gay, Nashua. N. H
today for the first time since Sheri
dan's ride.
She was a young nurse, then. She
is 8Q now. He waa a soldier of tha
Yankee army. He la 84 now. They
were with the Union forces with Oen-
eral "Spoon" Butler down south back
In '01. They renewed acquaintance!
at the annual convention of the
Grand Army of the Republic
WILL-
ROGERS
BEVKRLT HILLS, Cal., Sept.
16. Cuba, you better hurry
and get a dictator, a president,
a keeper or something, for one
more week is all you got to
stay on the front page.
When the Giants have won
two games, Washington two
and Notre Dame baokfield
starts percolating, Cuba just as
well be Tasmania as far as the
papers are concerned.
And that's what makes us ft
great, nation, we take tho little
things serious and the big ones
as a joke. Many, many people
out. of work, some even in ac
tual want. Yet carrying on in
confidence and hope.
When the little fellow, that
is actually in want, can have
faith in his government, by
golly the big ones should cer
tainly carry on, for they have
never missed a meal so far.