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Twenty-eislith Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1933
No. 189.
Medford Mail
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By PAIL MA1.LON"
Copyright, 1033, By Paul Mallon
Repeal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The best
financial advisory service told Its cus
tomera confidentially last week that
the conservative phase of the new
deal was over.
It prophesied the expansion of
stronger socialistic policies from now
on.
That Is only half of It.
The new deal appears to have un
dergone a complete transition on the
inside during the past two weeks. It
Is NOT discernible to the naked eye.
Officials are trying to gloss It over.
They are announcing alterations In
policy piecemeal. They want to make
It look as If they had these things
In mind all the time.
Actually the transition appears to
be a fundamental change in basic
strategy. It la a new deal.
NBA
Tou can see It in the new NRA
policy.
The original mistake of trying to
get every crossroads grocery into the
scheme has been rectified In the new
retail code. The blue eagle no longer
Blanket the country. Its talons cling
only to towns of more than 3.500
population and to merchants employ
ing more than five persons. There Is
one exception. That is the chain store.
It means the NBA is no longer all
for one and one for all. It Is one for
the big fellow, and all for the little
fellow.
Farm
The same thing has happened on
the Inside of the farm program.
A .trr,nr.ir nrlm boosting POllCT is
being effected with even smoother
guile.
. v..vt ncro the officials an
nounced they would make 10 cent
loans on cotton, men aemng miuw
...... Tf. nam NOT . ChanZO lh
policy of course. Just a little assist
ance to the downtrodden couon ionu-
A few days ago they announced 50
cent loans on .corn. Tne same auma
Then came hints that perhaps simi
lar loans would be maae on osai.
peanuts, beans and dairy products.
The truth is that behind these in
dividual helpful steps is a concerted
rew movement to raise the price of
ALL farm product through making
loans on them above the prevailing
market price.
It cannot be concealed much long
er. The next announcement will prob
ably admit it.
whllhpp
Anyone with half an eye open csn
see where we are being .
. - i. .... rlarrmininff the
ine oooad ,u, -
course Mr. Roosevelt Is charting Is
trial and error. Every um .
relops an error, another step Is taken
toward the leu.
You cannot accurately call It a step
toward aoclallsm. radicalism, dictator
ahlp. All those old terms are obso
lete. A new word Is needed to de
scribe it. The best probably would be:
TtOOSEVELTISM."
That seems to mean a very prac
ttcal and restrained radicalism which
Is something Webster 'unabridged'
neyer thought of and Punk and Wag-
... V. . . J Af
nans nriei iv.
It has no limits or doctrines, but
onl.v, an objective.
Mr. Roosevelt was very conservative
.limt.inn at the etsrt.
The value of the free moving dollar
abroad was as low as o.i ttn ....
weeks before the President took hold
of It by bidding up gold prices.
ever It wss 69.4 cents the day before
he started. His first gold bid wss
equivalent to devaluing the dollar to
3 9. The second Md brought the dol
lar down to a theoretical value of
65 6 and the third to 85.1.
H has very craftily concealed his
objective but the smart boys think
thev have figured It out.
They predict a 50-cent dollar about
ftiveniber 20. They do not believe Mr
Poosevelt will try to bid It any lower
than that thrown the go'.d price me
dium. If that level falls to bring the
price objective he desire", then hf
probably will take other means.
"ford
There are inner indications thst
' Oneral Johnson Is being physically
held away from Henry Ford like a
bulldog on a leash.
ApnarentW the leash Is In the
hsnds of the President. At the White
House there seems t, be considerable
respect to ford's standing and popu
Isrlty in certain sections of the coun
try. A'.l signs indicate the administra
tion w".l NOT back down, but that It
will proceed with extra caution so as
to he sure of its ground.
It cannot afford to make a mistake.
Cirrei ox
To k"fp the record straight, the M
kuvir: faMa should he citrd. correct
ing materia in recent columns. A'.l
f-e d:s:nvered bv renders who lt
nr.:i;n; ptss. (1' The railroad h!c.h
doub'.e-tracked by the Russians
not the Vanchunan but the Trsns
5 berla; 2i The Cummlncs criticized
the fe-iTM rvrve council w
T-As:ry S?TftA y Wood Ins
ant and n;.t a::o:ney frnera'.; 3
Want Commissioner Refrain
From Issuing Temporary
Permits Thousands Lost
To State is Assertion-
SALEM. Oct. 30. (AP) Mandamus
proceedings to compel enforcement
of all provisions of the bus and
truck law were filed In circuit court
here today by Pierce Auto Freight
Inc., and 34 other companies.
The plaintiffs asked that State
Utilities Commissioner C. M. Thomas
desist from Issuing temporary per
mits. Also that he start proceedings
to collect from carriers who have
been operating since the law went
into effect, but who have not been
paving fees required by the statute.
Circuit Judge L. O. Lewelllng
granted an order making the writ
returnable Monday afternoon. Novem
ber 13.
The petitioners allege that con
tract carrier permits are being issued
without posting or required bonds
and without securing required In
demnity Insurance.
The petition states that no tem
porary permits shall be granted. The
petition further points out that the
law provides anyone who violates,
procures, aids or abets In such vio
lation shall be guilty of a misde
meanor. The petition was filed by Ralph
J. Staehll, manager of the Allied
Truk association. Staehll declared
that the state has already lost
$300,000 by Thomas' failure to en
force the law, and that a total of
$500,000 will have been lost by the
time the moratorium proclaimed by
Thomas has expired.
A further suit to collect these
losses from Thomas' bondsmen will
be filed soon, Staehll said.
TOMSCHECK OUT
REST OF SEASON
CORVALLIS. Ore.. Oct. 30. (AP)
Bill Tomscheck, Ore?on State lert
guard who ru injured in Saturday's
game with Washington State college,
will be out of the lineup for the reat
of the conference season, but may
play post-conference games, Dr. R. L.
Bosworth, team physician, said today.
A complet X-ray examination dis
closed that Tomscheck's back Injury,
described as "a fracture of the trans
verse processes of the first and second
vertebrae," ia not serious but that
two weeks of quiet will be necessary
for complete healing. The "trans
verse processes" are described collo
quially as "horns" of the vertebrae.
IS TRAGEDY HINT
OOREGON CITY, Oct. 30. &)
Deputies from the sheriff's office here
were today attempting to get a line
on an automobile submerged in the
Clackamas river about two mile east
of here. The swiftly racing stream
made their work difficult.
Pear Markets
CHICAGO. Oct. 30. (AP) (U-S.D.
i A.) Three cars, three Oregon, one
'Missouri, two Washington arrived; 20
i rars on track. 10 cars sold. Orecon
j Boac 1068 N5XP, ex fancy 1.90-2.30,
(average 2.16; 888 fancy 180-2.13, av
j erace 2.08.
Bartletts. 400 boxes extra fancy
1 35-1 80. average 1.7a; 320 fancy 1 60
1 85. average 1 44.
Washington Anjous. B5 bo extra
fancy 1 852.40, average 2.20; 1398
fanry 180-2.15. average 194. Flemish
1023 boxes extra fancy 1.50-1.85, av
erage 1.70; fan-y 1.50-1.70, average
1 68. California Base 760 box's. 2.00-
2 30. average 3 10. Hardy. 310 boxes
1.65-2 00, average 193.
I NTW YORK. Oct. 30 ( AP) (TJ.
: 8 D. A ) Twenty-nine cara arrtv
ed. 10 California, 8 Oregon, Wash
ington unloaded, 20 on track; mar
! ket steady. Orecon Bosc 5430 extra
: fanT. f 1 .75 1 2 40 average 12 OG;
Ifan'-y si .Va '2 "5, avtv.-ge 1195; fan
Icy and bM'er ? ", .f 5 2 30, average
2 05, AnJ- un. 1530 baxwi. extra fan
1 cv. 2 15 -r '2 avrrace 2 30; fancy
,I1M2 25. n-erag 12 07.
j Washington Anjout ?4i,0 boxes, ex
tra funcv 11 75-2 35. averse 12
'fancy : "5-7 '0, avert m l 81. un
' clasM.'sed ' "5,
I Pmih 720 boxes extra fancy n 50-
1 65, average I 5fl. Boc 570 boxes,
extra fancy fl o-l 75. a vera ire 11 B;
fsncv H 63-1 8V aver see IMt Ci'l-f.-vr:i:a
Bow 2 i0 b-3::e. 4'l-?:y t-e-sre
H'mJh 1500. II 102 40.
Mary Dewson of New York, who
had charge of women's activities In
the Roosevelt campaign both before
and after the Chicago convention,
was installed as director of women's
activities of the democratic national
committee. (Associated Press Photo
OLD AGE PENSION
TOUT BETTER
Jackson county, like Its southern
Oregon slater counties "of Josephine
and Klamath, has made no provision
In Its budget for the Old Age Pension
law passed by the last legislature, and
effective January 1, next. Only a few
of the counties of the state have tak
en steps for observance, because of
financial stringency and tax delln
quency.
The budget committee, tentatively
listed $5000 for the old age pension,
to show good Intentions.
Figures compiled by the budget
committee show that the old age pen
slon would cost Jackson county ap
proximately 180,000 per year. With
a tax delinquency of 11,848.809 and
a $52,000 deficiency incurred through
the county commissary operation last
winter, and the "turmoil trial" ex.
pense, providing such a sum seems as
impossible. It was concluded It vaa
the better part of business discretion
and economy, to await more prosper
ous days to pay old age pensions.
Operation of the county poor farm
now costs $7,290.88 per year, and has
18 inmates over 70 years of age.
The 1930 United States census shows
1,724 people in Jackson county o7er
the age of 70 years. The budget com
mlttee estimatd 1,500 applications
for old age pensions would be filed,
and that 750 would be eligible. The
average pension per month was estl
mated at $20.
Between 400 and 500 letters have
been received by the county court,
see'klng information on the old age
pension law. Po5!b!y half this num
ber have called in person. No pension
application blanks have been issued
for some time as none have been is
sued from alem, when it became
known that a majority or me conn
ties were in no financial shape to
abide bv the new law.
The forthcoming ape11 session of
the legislature is expected to amend
the o'.d ae pension law, extend its
date of effectiveness, and make other
chanzea.
The law now provides fcr 15 years
residence in the state, and two years
In the county, and age minimum of
70 years, with a property exemption
un to $3000.
The California old age pension law
requires 30 years residence in the
I state, and five veara in the county.
! The recently adopted California
I salea tax. vleldlna $32,000,000 per y
'. in revenue, is expected to absorb the
j pension payments, as It now absorbs
a coodlY nortlon or tne ecnooi i
About the same time Oregon rejecwi
the sales tax, California adopted one
BURGLARS ENTER
City police were today Investigating
, the robbery of the Stearns grocery on
the Pacific highway, south, and the
burglary of the Montgomery Ward
atore on South Central avenue, both
of-which occurred last night.
I Ettrht dollars in cash and four car-
tona of cigarettes were taken from
' the grocery store, operated by Wal
lace Stearns, entranre having been
(rained by breaking the padlock on
(the back door, city police said. Noth
: Ing ele In the place wss disturbed.
The robbery, they stated, occurred
1 between 7 and 9 p. m.
At the Montgomery Ward store, the
combination was knocked from the
i safe, but nothing wss apparently
; taken, investigation snowed. Kntry
Inn the hu.ldlr.g was made by Jim-nivi-.i
the to k on the front door.
T-v'ls iert :n oreak the safe, wait
' taken fioai jtxt at Ue u.ret
Roosevelt's Manipulation Of
Gold Meets Varying Reac
tions In World Capitals
Today's Price $31.96.
By the Assorlatert Press
Stocks were given a momentary
flurry on the New York Stock
exchange and the dollar dropped In
value abroad as President Roose
velt's plsn to buy gold on the
world market met varying reactions in
the leading capitals.
The American dollar closed In Lon
don at $4.79 In relation to the British
pound, a drop of Tt cents. At the
low price of the day. 4.83. the dollar
was down more than 10 cents.
The London Herald expressed the
belief that foreign Interests were tak
ing means to oppose the American
president's monetary plan, hinting
that the Bank of Englaid and the
Bank of Prance had Joined to buy
dollars, thus counteracting any sharp
drop of the American currency
abroad.
French See Hanger
. French financial interests foresaw
danger to the gold supply of the Bank
or France. Paul Reynaud, former fi
nance minister, talked of a limited
gold embargo, while one newspaper
came out for a complete shutting off.
The American dollar closed there at
H.15 francs against 17.26 francs Sat
urday. This was a cent's equivalent
per franc of 5.0023 against 5.78.
Financial Interests at Amsterdam
believed inflation was next for Amer
ica, with a heavy dollar drop expect
ed. While the price of gold waa un
changed there, the American dollar
went to 1.63 guilders from the week
end close of 1.684.
Up 14 Cents Today
The day's price in Washington was
$31.96. 14 cents up and a new high,
while the world figure sot In London
was boosted from $30.44 to $31.49.
New York financial interests were
described as not surprised at the
world buying move, regarding It as a
natural step, with some circles view
ing the possibility of a currency war
which might bring an end to the In
ternational gold standard.
Great Britain, these financiers be
lieved, might be forced to compete for
gold if the dollar drops abruptly.
In Washington, the plan was seen
as In furtherance of what was be
lieved President Roosevelt's desire to
first Increase and then control the
world price level of the previous
metal, all leading to the oventful goal
of a managed currency without Its
dally wild gyrations.
ASHLANOER HELD
AS EXTORTIONIST
Roy L. Hughes, 49, was arrested
near Ashland this morning by Deputy
United States Marshal C. O. Wel'.s,
on a secret indictment Issued by the
federsl grand Jury In Portland Octo
ber 27. Hughes la charged with de
positing a threatening letter In the
malls, with the intention to extort
money from another.
According to the Indictment, the
act wss allegedly committed on April
10, this year. Bond has been placed
at $2500. and Hughes is being held
In the Jackson county Jail. He will
be taken to Portland, probably late
this week by Deputy Wells.
As the indictment was secret, fur
trier Information concerning the case
waa not available, according to Of
ficer Well..
MUSI HELP JOBLESS
CTfTCAOO, Oct. 30. 4JTi M:s. Elea
nor Roosevelt to'.d the 1933 mobllizi
tlon for human needs conference to
day that the people who could still
afford to do so must come to the aid
of the needy unemployed.
THREE OF FAMILY KILLED
IN GUN FIGHT AFTER SPREE
! TACOMA. Oct. 30. fAP) The
deadly crack of rifles In a drunken
family brawl st Little Boston, Clallam
Indian settlement near Tort Gamble,
.took the lives of three Indian Jong
, shoremen, a father and two sons, and
.left two wounded, one probably fatal
J ly Saturday night.
The dead are: rtlchard Purser, CI,
land his sons, Robert 34, and James,
20, all residents of the settlement,
t Mrs. James Purser, widow of one of
jthe slain sons, suffered a bad fleeh
wound In her right srm. and Harold
Fulton. 25. shot throtiiih tne naht
luntr is in a seriovis con-i.tin at the
MCormlrk hotplftl a p- ".. n . .
1 A0COZ4.&C to an U'.eitlt,'lon in.
Canadian System Of Pack
age Purchases Gains
Favor Return Of Saloon
Mot Wanted By Any State
By II. Allen Smith
United Press Staff Correspondent
(Copyright 1933 by United Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (UP) With
repeal of the 18th amendment appar
ently only a matter of weeks, execu
tive and legislative bodies of the
various states are concerning them
selves with liquor control problems,
with Indications that the Canadian
system of package purchases will be
most popular throughout the country
a United Press survey showed today.
While several states are without
any liquor laws at present, there Is
ample indication that none will be
without some form of legal machinery
by the time repeal becomes a fact.
The tendency In most sections Is to
set up some form of control which
will prevent return of the saloon.
Ten Adopt Control
Ten states already have adopted
new liquor control laws, five will re
vert to pre-prohlbltlon statutes unless
new laws are adopted, and the four
without laws all have commissions
working on regulation plans.
The situation in each of the 48
states follows:
Alabama To vote on state bone
dry law November 7th with little
prospect of repeal.
Arizona Control plan, similar to
Canadian system, with liquor licenses
to be Issued only to persons of good
character, la being worked out. Tax
commission Is given wide discretion
ary power for control of hard liquor.
Arkansas Statewide prohibition
law makes even beer illegal, though
some system of local option Is being
urged.
California Systen? of package salen
, for off-premlsea consumption, with
no saloons permitted Is provided In
new control law passed last spring,
contingent on repeal. Beer and wines
may be served only with meals at
hotels and restaurants. Tax question
Is unsettled.
Colorado Lestslature to devise new
control laws after repeal, with senti
ment sharply against return of the
saloon.
Connecticut Slate enforcement
law will be repealed automatically by
repeal of the 18th Amendment. Hard
liquor will be sold only In scaled con
tainers for home consumption, and
wines and beers only with meals at
hotels and restaurants.
Do In ware Liquor to be sold In
packages through groceries, delicates
sen stores, hotels and clubs, with nn
prcmlsea consumption permitted In
hotels, reau rants and clubs.
Florida Will vote on county option
amendment to state enforcement laws
next month. ,
Oeorgia No aclon taken on repeal,
with little likelihood of any.
Idaho The state dry law, prohibit
ing all but 3.2 beer, remains un
changed in the event of national re
peal. Illinois State liquor control com
mission Is preparing a program for
submlasion to the legislature, with
sentiment favoring ths package sale
system.
Indiana Liquor control will prob
ably be handled under the beer con
trol laws.
(Continued on Page Five)
IN WEEK-END STORM
Rainfall for Medford since Friday
morninjr. totals 1 12 Inches. accoM
Ing to a report this afternoon by W.
J. Hutchison, meteorologist at the
federal weather bureau here. This
amount, which is also ths total pre
cipitation for the month of October,
la above that of last year, when only
.70 of an Inch of moisture was listed
for the entire month.
This year the records show, the de
ficiency for the season is .22 of an
inch below normal, while last year
It was .43 of an Inch.
by Sheriff D. L. Blankenshlp of Kit
sap county, those involved were at
tending a party at which about eigh
teen members of the setllement were
present. In the home of Mra. Carl
: Sparks, rtlchsrd Purser's daughter.
Robert Purser, said to have been
i Intoxicated, Is reported to have mo
lested his sls:er, and disregarded the
warning of his brother, James, to re-
i frain.
1 A drunken fist fight between the
i brothers was follomed by another be
tween Richard Purser and Amore
George, a gue&t. The four carried the
fight from the hou to the moonlit
beach, only a few yard away, wheie
i U. struggle was resumed,
.
The name of Harold P. McCrrmlck (left), Chicago Industrialist and
former husband of the lata Edith Rockefeller McCormick, waa linked
to that of Mrt. Rhoda Tanner Doubleday (right), New York divorcee,
at the praecipe of a $1,500,000 ault waa filed for Mrs. Doubleday in
circuit court In Chicago. (Associated Press Photo)
T
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (AP)
Most of the country's retail stores
with millions of employees began
putting Into operation today the sin
gle compact applying equal standards
of trade honesty and fair competition
to alt.
. Officials regarded this NRA retail
code as the greatest experiment In
the Industrial recovery program, and
the start of its operation shared at
tention with big problems of the day.
Chief of these was up at the White
House. President Roosevelt Invited
the steel Industry's leaders to tell
him why they had not worked out
for their coal mines the labor agree
ment which he demanded three weeks
ago.
With this session, ths president ex
pected to establish definitely whether
the steel men proposed to accept all
of his Industrial program including
the portion they liked least or to
challenge his authority and force a
test of the law's constitutionality.
Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery admln
Isrator, waited ths out-come to decide
definitely upon a plan for starting
almost Immediately on a westward
tour of the country. He wants to
make several speeches directed at
what he considers misunderstandings
of the Industrial program, and to ob
serve conditions at first hand.
The question of Henry Ford's com
pliance with the automobile code was
temporarily shelved, pending action
on government motor contracts,
establishment of Ford's intention In
regard to filing required data with
the national automobile chamber of
commerce, and revelations of his atti
tude on dealing with strikers at his
Rdgewater, New Jersey, assembly
plant.
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1250 Couples Wed
In Duce's Program
To Populate Italy
ROME. Oct. 30. (AP) Seven
hundred young couples from
Rome and 1.800 from the cen
tral provinces were married sim
ultaneously this morning In cele
bration of a new Fascist rite, "The
Consecration of Nuptuallty," cre
ated by Premier Mussolini to en
couraae a larger population.
The Rome couples first attended
private ceremonies In their own
parishes and then gathered at the
church of St. Mary of the Anpels.
where the Archbishop of Pallca
celebrated a special mass and Im
parted a Meoaing.
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PARIS, Oct. 30. (AP) France pre
pared s national funeral today for
one of Its Illustrious statesmen, Paul
Palnleve, who died yesterday of the
sams malady that forced him out of
public affairs heart disease. He
waa 70 yesra old.
He died within 34 hours after
"Pre-ldent Albert teebrun hsd ded
icated Saturday the new 'Palnleve
Amphitheater," Conservatory of Arts
and Trades.
Today plana were made for the
body to lay in state there until a
I national funeral, set for November
1 4. is tendered. Burial probsbiy will
be In the Pantheon.
Scholar, diplomat and statesman,
i hj alfo found time tn ride hard
j hobby which Interested him early
aviation; in 1908, he was Wilbur
t Wrights lint jpaaeenger in moo.
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PORTLAND, Oct. 80. (P) Although
IB applications covering 21 construc
tion projects have been forwarded to
Washington, D. C, by the Oregon
public works administration board.
there has yet been no word recelvod
of acceptance or rejection of any of
the proposals.
The 19 applications culling- for aUo
entlon of nearly $6,500,000 Include
somewhat more than $3,000,000 for
the five Oreon coast highway bridges.
The "gag" rule which hsd bound
the state PWA organization to reveal
no details of its work on applications
here, has been lifted by the national
organization, and c. C. Hockley, en
gineer of the rortland office, aald to
day he was pleased that hereafter his
office will be permitted to discuss ap
plications received from Oregon, al
though the bureau still may not an
nounce whether affirmative or nega
tive action is taken by It on any ap
plication. The federal bureau of publlo roads
has Its engineers at work on plans
for the five coast highway bridges, al
though applications for funds for
these structures hp.ve been forwarded
to the Washington, D. C, public
works bureau. The bureau of roads
wmk consists of checking specifica
tions so that everything will be ready
for bid letting when favorable word
Is received from Washington.
Among the applications already for
warded to the national capltol are:
Roseburg sewage disposal plant, $73,
000; Ashland Normal school gymnas
ium, $48,230; La Orande, training
school for eastern Oregon Normr.l,
$130,000; Corvallls, high school, $308,
000; Eugene, infirmary, University of
Oregon. $100,000: Klamath Falls, arm
ory building, $75,000; Oregon fish
hatcheries, state gsme commission.
$120,000.
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BY
PORTLAND, Oct. 80. (AP) Port
land had more rainfall In thi past
three days than la normal for the
entire month of October.
In the 24 hours ending at S a. m.
today the city received .89 of an Inch
of prcrlpltntlon. Most of it fell be
tween 11 a. m. Sunday and fl p. m.
Ths total rainfall for the three
days amounted to 328 Inches. Ths
normal precipitation for October is
3.12 inches.
The rains s'nt Willamette talley
streams stwoly upward. The Wil
lamette river rose 39 feet at Port
land over the week-end.
T
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Oct. 30.
( AP) Snow fell here this morning
following three daya of heavy rain.
It waa the first snow of ths season
and ths basin country waa quickly
blanketed. Continued storms were
predicted.
Two feet of snow was reported
from Crater Lake national park.
Travel wss made difficult on the
highways and a few tourist had
minor trouble In returning to Klam
ath Falls.
Lakes and atresmt In this district
were high with constant rata tines
last Friday
Sam Chisholm's Skull Frac
tured When Confused In
Trying Dodge Car Driven
By Eugene Resident.
Sam Chlsholm. 3, workman st the
Chsmplln El Oro ranch on roots
creek, was in the Sacred Heart hos
pital this afternoon in a critical con
dition. Buffering from a fractured
skull and other Injuries, received when
..o nnv, shuck oy an auto, driven by
Veltle Prultt of Eugene about noon
today, on the highway several miles
north of Oold Hill.
The elderly man received a sever
fracture of the left leg and cuts and
bruises In addition to skull Injuries
In the Impact, and little hope of re
covery was mslntalned for him this
afternoon. He had not regained con
sciousness at 3 o'clock and had ob
viously suffered a brain hemorrhage.
Became Confused
Aocordlnp to tho report told state
police, investigating the case, the el
derly man was walking down tha
highway, headed south, on the rlghl
side of the street, when the Prultt
auto approached, heading the same
direction. Seeing the man on the
wrong side of the highway, Prultt
stated that he turned left. At the
same time the man discovered the
car approaching and started across
the street in a run. He waa struck by
the main body of the auto or by the
trailer, behind It, the driver stated,
emg uncertain in tne excitement u
to Just what happened. The trailer
was thrown from the auto by Impact
and landed In a dltcn.
Driving with Prultt were D. L. Pru
ltt of Grants Pass and Merwvn Irish
of Eugene.
The Porl ambulance was lmmedlate-
' summoned unti hrnnvht .v i-i.
ed man to the Sacred Heart hospital,
where Dr. o. I. Drummond waa oad
about 13:30.
Diagnosis Incomplete
A thorough Hlunn.1. nf ft, m a .
Inttirlea COUTH not he m.ri. n-
Dmmmanri atnteri mnvln. im
his present cvndltlon would probably
prove IHVBi.
Mr. Chlsholm wu thought to be
n his wsy to Hooky Point to visit
Is daughter. Mra. Josenhlne Rob-
bins, when the accident occurred.
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Oct. 30. (flV-
Lewls Combs, 48, was fatally Injured
and four members of his family suf
fered less serelous Injuries, on the
highway near here early Sunday, when
they were struck by an automobile
while walking home from a dance.
Combs suffered a fractured neck,
and died en route to a hospital, Lucy,
a daughter aced A, received a frac
tured collar bone and arm while his
wire and two other children were
bruised.
Vlo McAllister of Coqullle, asserted
driver of the auto, which struck ths
Combs family, was accompanied by
Mrs. Gladys Graham of Medford, ac
cording to the report of the accident
In this morning's Oregonlan. A Mrs.
Graham resides on South Holly atreit
this city, and Is believed to be the
one figuring in the accident, although
no verification of the report could
be obtained here today.
ROSHBURG. Ore., Oct. 30.
Mildred Williams, 13. or Canyonvllle
was brought to Roseburg last night
suffering from a punctured lung and
severe bruises as the result of an au
to accident late yesterday afternoon
near Canyonvllle. She was riding with
Kenneth Stramer.
WlLLr
'says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct.
2$. Papers every day in big
headlines tell what gold ell
for, Just as well tell what radi
um sella for. Who has any of
cither J
Nevada has a great law.
When they vote on a bond issue
or any money to be spent they
have two ballots, one ia for pro
perty owners and one is for
non-property owners, and to
pass, it has to be a majority of
both.
Nevada will take your wife
away from you with represen
tation, but they won't let any
body who pays no taxes take
your property away from you.
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