Gold Hill Fair Opens Friday Morning- -Free Salmon Bake 5 p. m. The Weather Medford Mail TRIFJNE Forecait: Cloudy with ihoaers to night and Thursday. Not much chance in tmeperature. Highest yesterday til Lowest this morning 4H Watch the TRIBUNE'S CLASSIF1LD ADS . . . Loti of (ood bargains thit mean genuine savings. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1933. No. 155. imju 36JN mm Comment on the ' Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. "FF for the C. 0. C. camp at Lake J o" the Woods. Officers and men there have Invited some of the folks up from town to look them over. This writer, for one, glad of the chance to look one of these outfits over. rjASSINO the bt Oeory ranch on A Klamath lake. Crews nusy Har vesting crop of bent grass seed, new crop In this vicinity, Looks good, and Is pretty good; but not as good as It would have been it the grasshoppers hadn't worked on It. Grasshopper damage reported at about one-third. Parmer's life Just one thing after another as this writer, who grew up on a farm, knows. THE grasshoppers climb up the stem. Ignoring the grass blades, which don't matter so much, and eat the seed, which DOE8 matter, the value lying largely In the seed. Trust the darned grasshoppers to cause all the harm they can. That la t way they have. FIRST they fought the' hoppers In the ordinary way poisoning, etc. Then they brought In big bands of turkeys. ' The turkeys eat the grasshoppers, checking their ravages and getting fat at the same time. Great scheme. FIRST the grasshoppers eat the bent grass seed. Then the tur keys eat the grasshoppers. After a while we'll eat the turkeys. Then Interest and taxes will eat us up. It's a great life, isn't H? . ARRIVE at camp site, which has been carved since last spring out of heavy virgin timber. About as lovely a spot aa could be Imagined. Tree troopers at this camp come from Middle West mostly from Illi nois. Boy I What a sight these big trees must have been Jor these young sters from back there I They're worth a look, even from us natives. CAMP conslstsof tents grouped In a square around a big mesa hall which Is aa It ahould be. Eating Is the big thing In a fellows life out In the wooda. And how these klda did eat when they firat arrived. Their officers tell the tale, and grin happily aa they tell It. It tickled these hsrd-bolled regular army men to see those youngs ters fill up on good, outdoor food. You know how that goes. You'd have been tickled yourself. It'a good to see a hungry boy eat. ONE YOTJNGSTErT they relate, came around through the mesa line SEVEN times. Another ate TWENTY-ONE pancakes at his first breakfast not these dinky little ckes the women like to fry, but the big saddle blanket affairs a regular he-man cook puts up. And get a load of this: The boys in this camp have gained, an average ef TWENTY pounds since they ar rived last apring. I And it isn't fat, either; It's good hard muscle. You can see that by looking at them. The outdoors has done them good. THEY'RE a nlce-tooklng lot, these kids clean, pleasant, smiling fsces; regular American boya. You've heard how they eat. Now listen to this: They do their work, and LIKE IT. Their officers leave no doubt as to thu. They're sll for these youngsters, and after getting a good look at them this writer la all for them too. YOU'VE heard" aiot"of hooey about the TERRIBLE meals they serve at these CCC camps. Here a the meal they served us the other evening, and tiey itreesed the fact that It was JusT regular evening meal no special f;ing for visitors: T-bone stesk. mashed " potatoes. f", vegetable salad, gravy, bread and butter, coffee and cake. Not hard ,0 take, ia it? Especially the wy ' M cooked. No wonder they gained Ml a' ?r.isf W 30 pounds this summer. ' (Conuaued, oo Paga four OF IE TO BE Bridge Bottle-Neck to Be Abolished by City and Private Fund State Will Pay for Riverside Job A street widening and improve ment program, involving the expend iture of $36,500, with (20.000 of the total aum coming from federal funds, allotted to the state of Oregon, will be started in Medford In the immed iate future, It was revealed here to day with the arrival of Engineer Carter of Nthe state highway commis sion, and report of action taken last night by the city council In regular session. The long anticipated widening of East Main street, from Front to Almond, over the Bear Creek bridge, was authorized at last night's meet ing of the city dads. The widening of Riverside svenue through expendi ture of the 920.000 forthcoming from the state, will be started later In the winter. Main street Job $16,500 The widening of East Main street will cost approximately 816.500. City Superintendent Fred Scheffel stated today, of this amount 813,000 will be furnished by the property owners, who will finance widening of the atreet, with exception of. the bridge, nder the Bancroft act. The widening of the bridge, at an estimated cost of 4500, will be paid for by the city of Medford. The property owners of the section, who have advocated widening of the street for a long time, agreed to widen and light the street 11 the city would widen the bridge. Funda for thla project were Included In the emergency fund of the last city bud get. No definite action had been taken however, to apeed the work, until a committee of property own ers renewed their insistence a few weeks ago. Recommendations of the street and roads committee were presented the city council by Councilman Al Lit trell last night and were approved. Advertising for bids from contractors was then authorized by the council. Bids will be called for In about two weeks. City Superintendent Scheffel .-.tated. Fourth to Ninth Riverside avenue, under the pro- (Continued on Pass Three) SEVEN MILLIONS F WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The public works administration today approved an allotment of 17,034. 500 for 30 non-federal projects in U ttatea. The list was the third of non-federal allotments to be approved by the administration and Included bridges, gas plants. water plants and systems, sewers, schools, public build ings, power projects, dormitories, street improvements and lighting. The allotments Included: Salem. Oregon, water system (loan and grant, 11,500,000. Some of the allotments were made on the basis of a loan of 70 per cent of the cost of tha project, to be re paid with 4 per cent interest and 30 per cent of the cost of labor and ma terials as a direct grant. Several individual allotments were on the basis of an outright grant to be used in the construction work. PORTLAND. Ore- Spt. 20. (AP) The Journal said today that a sur f ti nrfiont nituation Indicates that Oregon has 'by far the best po tato crop in Its history' and that the yield will be considerably greater than that estimated in the latest s;ovrnment report. ! The ereet prrduc!.on is in the KamaTi Fall" territory, the survey in dlrated. "where they are now htfr- vesting by far the grratn crop In , the his'ory of any one section in, Oregon." ' -The Dechutes also has perhaps it greatet crop." th report said.: a to'.Pl of cle" to 600 carload be inc eum'ed there. Potatoes from that section are not yet ready for' maxiet." Thaw Back In U. S. V''S Harry K. Thaw, erstwhile mil llonaire and principal In the fam ous murder trial, It shown upon hit arrival In New York from a trip broad. (Associated Prea Photo) INC CASE IS . OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 30. (AP) The life of Joseph B. Keen- an, assistant attorney general leading the nation's drive against crime, has been threatened by George (Machine Gun) Kelly, It was learned on good authority today. Keenan received the threat in an airmail letter from Chicago at the end of yesterday's federal court ses sion In which Harvey Bailey, AlberJ Bates and ten other persons are on trial for the kidnaping of Charles P. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil million aire. Kelly, accused by the government of having aided Bates In carrying out the actual abduction of Urschel and his wife are the only two per sons indicted in the kidnaping who have not been apprehended. 4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (AP) Distribution of 100,000,000 pounds of pork purchased by tha agricultural adjustment administration for the needy will be started next week by the federal emergency relief adminis tration. The organization received word to day the pork Is ready. Notification was sent to the various state relief administrators. Farm administrators said approxi mately 120 000,000 has been spent of the 95C.000.000 they plan to disburse In ttvie emergency hog purchasing program.' It was designed to aid farmers In disposing of swine in areas in which feed shortages exist and to reduce the tuture potential mar ketings of h ogs . So far 3 ,500 ,000 pigs and 75,000 sows have been pur chased. 4 PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 20. F. C. Dlllard of Medford, with a bid of 1129.990, was low for the grading of 4.9 miles of the Willamette high way in Lane county near McCredle Springs, when bids were opened by the bureau of public roads here to day. The work Is being undertaken under terms of the national recovery forest program. E. L. Oates of Oakrldtre bid $139, 000. and Guy F. Atkinson of Port land. 144.316. FOR NEW YEAR PORTLAND, Sept. SO. (AP) At sundown tonight will begin the most holy ceremony In the rltusltlstlc year of Jewry the celebration of Rosh Hashsnah. or Jewish New Year. Connregattons of the synagogues in For'.lsnd will gather for the solemn tervlces which msrk beginning of the New Yesr and also the beginning of the ten days of penitence culmin ating In he day of atonement, or Yom Ktppur. Services tonlzht will crntr;- around the ritualistic first prsver for fnrglven.M. 10 be I'.talned by at day ol ttoaemtnt, , BYSEMLACE Agriculture Head Criticizes High Tariff Ideas Pro duction Control Must Be Keynote in Price Fixing CHICAGO, Sept. 20. (AP) Secre tary Wallace today told the Grain Dealers association that he still fav ors controlled inflation. Along with this, President Roose velt's secretary of agriculture criti cised high tariff psychology and warned that attempts to fix prices "without control of production Is doomed to failure." "Most of the price fixers are also Inflationists," he said. "If the pur chasing power of farm products does not Improve during the next three months, the price fixers and infla tionist, will have great power in congress this coming winter and there will be passed legislation which will make the agricultural adjust ment act seem extrs ordinarily con servative." SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. (AP) Praise of Secretary Wallace's analy sts of the long-range outlook for the American farmer under Inflation, in t the secretary's speech at the Chicago ! Clraln Piss at mvm aauulatUa came today from one of his most severe critics. Seth Axley, economist and writer on national economic problems, said the Wallace speech takes into account factors which are essential to rebuilding the national trade. "Here Is an indication of real vis ion," Axley said. "It is a recognition of the fundamentals of sound nat ional and world economy. . . , WASHINGTON, Sept. 80. (AP) An assertion President Roosevelt gradually was bringing about Infla tlon of the currency, but that "he would not even dare to admit It." was made today by Senator Thomas, (D.. Okla.) a leader In the Inflation movement to Increase farm com modity prices. "It la my opinion." Thomas told newspapermen, "that President Roosevelt does not want to make a statement on Inflation because If he even hinted It commodity prlcea would jump too fast and too high before the money .la distributed among the people. "When all these codea are algned up under the NRA and millions of people are returned to work, then the president will be free to openly concede Inflation. That time I now approaching rapidly." ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. (AP) A con tinued decline In the number of deaths and new cases reported strengthened the belief of scientists today that the "sleeping sickness" epidemic Is definitely on the wane In greater St. Louis. During the past twenty-four hours, only three deaths and 33 new cases were reported. This brought the death toil to 158 since the outbresk of the epidemic In mid-July. CARSON FOR BOYCOTT COULEE DAM POP PORTLAND. Sept. 20. (AP) A boycott on electric power from the proposed Grana Coulee dam In centiai Washington waa proposed by Mayor Joseph K. Carson here Tuesday In event the federal government ulti mately decides to eliminate the power development feature from the Bonne ville project on the Columbia river, cuts the proposed dam from 72 feet to 30 feet, and approves the structure for navigation improvement only. Few of "Boys in Blue" Able to Parade Agi ST. PAUL, Minn- Bpt. 12. fAP) The boys in blue marched again to daynot amid the shot and shell of the battlefields but to t.'ie martial music of yesteryear and the plaudits of 75,000 persons. Lga that carried them Into battle double time faltered today as the veterans plodded pavement proudly in th annual parade of the Orand Army of the Republic. Age had tafcfTi i 70 msrrhed of 1 reunion oi eooo aaivivots of taat BASEBALL American R. H. E. S S The score: St. Louts Washington . .1S II 0 Welle, Stllea, Braxton, McDonald and Hemsley; Crowder and Sewell. The score: R. H. B. Detroit . 18 0 Philadelphia 1 S 1 Fischer and Hayworth, Pasek: Orove and Cochrane. The score: R. H. E. Chicago 3 13 0 New York 8 10 0 raber, Wyatt, Hevlng and Berry: MacFsyden and Rensa, The score: R. H. E. National Brooklyn 0 4 0 Pittsburgh 3 13 0 Beck. Shaute and Outen; Swift and Grace. FEDERAL COURT TERM WILL OPEN MEDFORD OCT. 3 The annual Southern Oregon term of the Federal court is scheduled to open In this city Tuesday. October S. Federal Judge James A. Fee will prob ably preside. The calendar of cases to be tried will be made up within the week and includes the usual grist of cases from the Klamath Indian reservation. Two or three civil actions are also scheduled for trial. The term of court is expected to last two weeks. Federal officials and attaches are due to arrive here next Monday, to prepare for the opening of court. The Jury list for the term, aa drawn, shows a majority of the veniremen from this county, and Is aa follows: Olen Ariwprner, Medford: Roy Aah pole. Eagle Point: K. Carl" Bennett, C. P. Blair, Fred J. Brands, Harold Bunce, Medford; Frank E. Bybee, Jackson ville: A. T. Cart, Wonder; Emmet Conger. Grants Pssa; Charles M. Counce. O'Brien: L. A. Crane. Med ford; Arthur H. Davenhill, Talent; Carl, von der Hellen, Eagle Point; Everett E. Eads, Edward A. Evenson, Medford; Thos. L. Farlow, Lake Creek; Hugo M. Frobach, MedforJ; Oeorge W. Godward, Jacksonville; Robert Harris, Grants Pasa; M. F. Hanley, Lake Creek: Dewey S. Hill, Prospect; Pete Ingram, Medford: J. O. Isaacson, Central Point: Albert C. Joy, Melvln E. Kaegl, Ashland; C. M. Kldd, Med ford; George M. Kramer, Ashland: Louis Lnraen. Ruch; W, C. Leever, Central Point; Austin D. Lewis, Sr., Prospect; Oeorge McDonald, Central Point; Myron J. Norrls, Medford; John W. Opp, Jacksonville; James H. Owen, Medford: Charles Owens, Rogue River; Albert Pankey. William Puhl, Gold Hill; A. H. Pracht, Ashland; Guy Pruett, L. A. Smith, Eagle Point; H. A. Thlerolf, Medford; Emery L. Tilton, Earl Ulrlch, Prospect; Gordon Voor- hles. Charles A. Wing, Medford. 4 FOR SHAW'S ESTATE Attorney T. P. Peterson, of Crescent City, transacted legal business In Medford and Ashland Tuesday. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. lone Wilson, of Los Angeles, accompanied him. Mrs. Wilson Is sole heir of Edwin B. Shaw, who died September lat, and while In Medford filed a petition for the appointment of M. O. Wllklns, ad ministrator of the estate. Mr, Shaw was owner of a ranch at Eagle Point and property in Del Nort County, Calif. It will be nec essary to have administrators In both Crescent City and Jackson county. E. M. Wilson, Leland Knox and W. G. Trill, were also named appraisers of the estate. LONDON. Sept. 20. fT) The Brit ish government told United States Ambassador-at-Large Norman H. Davis, on his recent visit here, that the American naval building program might make a bad impression on other countries on the eve of the disarmament conference. am one great army. Automobiles were In the line of march, carrying those too infirm for the mile march. Ot.hera sat In the grandstand, In cluding c. 8. Smith. Tuscola, 111., oldest veteran at th? encampment, Oovernor Floyd B, Olson reviewed the boya In blue. Fifes and drums heralded the approach of the Civil War musicians with "Rowley the Sec ond " a pet robin, perched on the I. O-Iy ab3ut:end of his masters fife, aa Dr. J. W. 60.) a'.tfndlnf ! tVnadom. 01. Mrntirllv la . nla.vrf homo-msd lzutrumeaw E PASSEDTO CHIEF Control Provision Would Keep Minimum Price 10 Per Cent Above the ' Wholesale Delivered Price WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. yp) Two codes of fair competition, one cover ing the general retail trade and the other drug stores, were made public today by -Deputy Administrator A. D. Whiteside of the N. R. A. with the announcement that they were now up to Hugh S. Johnson for decision. As finally drafted, the codes car ried the much controverted price con trol provision framed so that every merchant would be required to keep his minimum prices at 10 per cent above "wholesale delivered price" of any merchandise except for special sales. Profit Not Fixed. Whiteside told newspapermen thla could in no sense be construed as a price fixing provision slnoe no profit, could enter a retail transaction un less the merchant obtained 3fl per cent above wholesale price. , He said It value would rest pri marily in limiting retailors' losses and preventing continuance of "loss lead er" selling by which merchant at tract customers with low priced goods in the hope they will buy items car rying a much higher profit. Ten Classes Affected. ' The general or master code was submitted ror 10 classes of retail trade: Department stores, furniture stores, general merchandise stores. hardware atores, limited prlc variety wore, mail order houses, .men a cloth' lng, music stores, shoe stores and women's specialty shops. It would become effective on the second Monday following approval by uie president.. Administration of the code would bo in a retail trade authority con slating of the N. R. A. administrator or his deputy, three members sp. pointed by President Roosevelt, all to sit sa members without vote on the national retail trade council, Drug Code ftepnrate. The drug code, though separate, Continued on Page Five) SURRlfllEF HAVANA. Sept. SO. (AP) An of ficial announcement at th Palace late today aald Juan Blaa Hernandez and his rebel followers had been aur rounded by government troopa on m ranch between the towns of Plna and Tamarlndo, In Camaguay province. The Information, the palace an nounced, came from the captain in Charge of government troops pur suing the rebel leader. The government said that a large group of followers of Blaa Hernandes had been dispersed and that the chieftain with six or seven lieuten ants were surrounded .at a rancrr called Plnca Pallnche. SALEM, Ore.. Sept. 30. (AP) The proposed special session for consid eration of unemployment and school relief will be limited to 30 days, but there will be no limit upon matters which may be brought up during the aesalon, except what rules are made upon the floor, It was determined by the secretsry of state here todsy. The constitution provides that no special session shall continue longer than the stated 30 days, but there Is no provision preventing the gov ernor to reconvene the leglslatora Immediately at the end of the 30 daya to continue for another period. There la no limit placed upon the regular session, the only provision being that the aa a day uompenaatlon ceasea after members have been paid 1 20. HOOVERS CHEERED BY CHICAGO FAIR CROWD CHICAGO. Seppt. JO. (AP Mr. Mrs. Herbert Hoover saw the world's fair today, but could not persuade officials and throngs of visitors to treat them as "ju.t folks," A booming of artillery In the 31- gun presidential salute and the cheers of about 0000 persona greeted their arrival at t,he Mth afrcn gate. The 'honored guest bowed and the former reeidenV waved, hi jifc Gets Diplomat's Job iaFiJ William Wallace McDowell ol Butte, former governor of Montana, was named minister to the Irish Free 8tate by President Roosevelt (Associated Press Photo IDAHO JOIN II LIST OF STATES By the Associated Treat, The acore card In the-fight over re peal read today: Repeal 31, prohibition 0. Idaho' and New Mexico, voting yes terday, approved the proposed 21st amendment, which would strike the 18th from the constitution. This placed the repeal forces In a position where they can spot the pro hibitionist three states between now and November 7 and still have na tional prohibition out of the consti tution In December. The next state to vote Is Virginia, on October 3. Florida votes on Octo ber 10 and six more North and South Carolina. Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsyl vania and Utah on November 7. The antt-prohlbitionist need only five of them to obtain the 3 atatea needed to amend the constitution. If they get the five, they expect the rormaiities of ratification to be con cluded In December. COIN ALLOTTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 yp) The public works administration today alloted M, 709,358 to the war depart ment for army housing eonetructlon. Secretary Ickes said the money will go to construction and recondition ing work, giving quick employment to thouaande. ' Of the total, H3 S73.307 goea for new Improvements and salvage work on 33 posts. ' The aum of 1.135 081 wiu be used In completing' fscllltlea now under construction and providing acces sories In connection with facilities at 31 posts. LONDON, Eng., Sept. 80. (API An International legal commission, which has been holding an Inpulry Into the Berlin relchstag fire, last February, found today that grave grounda exlated for auspectlng Uiat the building waa set afire by the nar.la rather than by the commun lata, whom the government has ac cused. The commission, an entirely unof ficial body, pointed out that any view or conviction it might express wss formed only by the material It had obtained, and that thla material was incomplete. 1 WEIMAR, Oermany. Sept. 30. (AP) The Thuringian government today prohibited and dissolved the Pre Christian 8cient(ts' Union. The property end funda of the un ion were confiscated. The action waa taken under the terms of a decree, signed by President Von Hindenberg March 2fl which waa denlgned. the government Announced, to effect "the protection of the at ate and the peo TAMMANY'S SLATE BADLY CRACKED IN Mayor O'Brien, Wigwam's No. 1 Man, Nominated But Controller Choice De featedBattles a Feature ny DALE HARRISON NEW YORK, Sept. 30. (P) Mayor John p. O'Brien, the number one candidate of Tammany hall, won walkaway nomination for mayor la yeaterday'a Democratic primary elec tion, defeating Congressman Lortng M. Black and Assemblyman Jerome O. Ambro by approximately three to one. The vot (3,737 out of 3,784 election dlstrelts): O'Br.en ......371.108 Black 0S.173 Ambro .... 37,309 Lose Some Feathers. In the scalping of Black and Am bro, however, the Tammany braves lost some head feather. t.i- clpsl dlsspplontment wss accomplish ed by Prank J. Prl 1, who won nom ination as controller. Prlal defeated ine Tammany choice, John N. Her man. The vote (3.730 nut Af A.701 iiutin. districts): Prlal .33",137 Herman 130,880 Herman was the nerannjil hnli. A John H. McCooey, Brooklyn ally of jonn curry, Tammany chief. Prlal, previously hsd virtually the solid support of the olty's civil service em ployes policemen, firemen, eohool teschers and others from whose ranka he has risen politically and In whose cause he has constantly luugm. oniraruy, rn civil service employes are the backbone of Tam many's voting strength. "Tin Box" Farley Shelved. . Other Tammany defeats Include! tho shelving by Democrata of the 14th assembly dlatrlct of Thomas M. Parley as district lesdsr. th. ni- going to Michael T. McCarron. Par ley, rormer sheriff of New York coun ty, was removed from office by Prank. Iln D, Roosevelt, then mv.mn. tal lowing disclosures made at the Sea- oury inveetigation Into city affairs. Aa a consequence of the Seabury tes timony Parley, lonsr an stinX Hn,. many figure, acquired the nlcKi-ne roriey. Several disorders marked th. In. especially in the 14th (Y-ork- (Contlnued on Page Three) L STARR'S REPLY TO PORTLAND, Sept. 30. (API O. It Starr, who has been asked by Oov ernor Meier to resign as chairman of the state board of higher educa tion, announced today that ho ex pects to mate a formal reply to the governor's request "late thla after noon." Starr declined further comment un. til his reply waa ready. WILL- ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Galif., Sept. 19. IIojio the o(l busi ness gets straightened out, for it is tough. Just today in a movie I was making, had s scene where I met an Indian. During our conversation I founl that he was an Osage. That's the rich tribo that lives by us down in Oklahoma. Why . when oil was going good an Osage wouldn't have even spoken to a poor Cherokee. They used Rolls Royces for trailers. . See now where the French are about to go off the gold. If we get as much enjoyment out of them going off as they did us, wo ought to fool great all winter. 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