MEDFORD MAIL TRTTJUXE, W.DFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1934.
PAOE FIVE
TO
PLAYS THIS WEEK
Four rural group win present plays
this week to b Judged in th third
annual county-wide dramatics con
test. On Monday evening, Feb. 10, it
the Central Point Qranse hall, the
Central Point Orange will present
torm Before Sunset,' a tragedy of
a South American storm. The play Is
directed by Mrs. Marlon Blackford.
The same evening the Roxy Ann
Grange will present "One Hundred
Dollars," a drama of a wife's struggle
for independence. Ila Evans Is direct
ing the play which will be presented
at the Roxy Ann school house.
Tuesday evening, Feb. 20. Bellvlew
and Eagle Point Oranges will present
their plays at their respective grange
halls. At Bellvlew "The Dear Depart
ed," a very effective comedy will be
presented under the direction of Mrs.
Geo. Andrews. At Eagle Point, "Miss
Maria." a drama will be presented un
der the direction of Mrs. Madeline
Barrett.
These plays will compete in "he
preliminary showings and the winners
in the three districts will be an
nounced Wednesday, February 21. The
three district winners will be present
ed In Medford at the Junior nlh
school, Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8:00 p.
m, for the final Judging.
The winning play of the final con
test will be entered In the final state
contest at Oregon State college, March
2, during the fourth annual Home In
terests conference, where Jackson
county won the state championship
last year. Other counties competing in
the state contest are Josephine, Clack
amas. Columbia and Lane.
The Jackson County Dramatics con
test Is held annually, and Is one of
the Home Extension projects In rec
reation and dramatics under the su
pervision of Mabel C. Mack, home
demonstration agent. The County
Dramatics committee, Claire Hanley,
chairman, Victor B. Bursell, and Mrs.
Elsie Hoover are in charge of general
arrangements.
The first of the rural contest plays
was presented by the Oak Grove com
munity, Friday evening, Feb. 16, to a
capacity crowd. A short program pre
ceded the play which opened wkh
community smglng led by Vaughn
Quackenbush of Phoenix, accompani
ed by Miss Vera Humphreys of Med
ford. Mrs. Mabel C. Mack, home dem
onstration agent, explained the pur
pose of the Dramatics Institute and
Contest and welcomed the entry of
the Oak Grove Communiy club. The
pupils of the Intermediate room of
the Oak Grove school sang a group
of songs followed by two piano solos
by Cyril Sanders. The school children
also presented a radio play and Alice
May Brill played a violin solo.
The rural contest play, "Be a Lit
tle Cuckoo." directed by Mrs. Elste
Werner was next presented, followed
by songs and Jigs by three boys. Mus
ic was furnished by the Hansen's
Home orchestra.
The program was followed by an In
vitation by the principal of the Oak
Grove school for all to visit the vari
ous grade rooms and the basement,
where delicious refreshments consist
ing of sandwiches, cake and coffee
were served The tables were attract
ively decorated with the George
Washington motif red, white and
fclue hatchets and red cherries.
The play. "Be a Little Cuckoo,' !s
competing with the Applegate exten
sion unit and Bellvlew Grange plays.
1. 0. 0. F. INSTALLS
AUXILIARY AND
Members of Canton and Auxiliary
Siskiyou No. 18. Patriarch Militant,
I. O. O. P.. gathered at the hall
Friday evening at 8:30 for a. cov
ered dish aupper. and a large attend
ance vu present. Mrs. Llllle Clark
was In charge of the arrangementa
for the dining room, and a pleasant
time was had by the chevaliers and
the ladles.
The business meeting of the or
ganization followed, after which offi
cers for the new year were Install
ed. '
Major P. Z. Redden was the In
stalling officer for the canton, and
the new officers are: Captain. A. L.
Gall: lieutenant, Cliff Hazelwood:
ensign, C. E. Clark, and the clerk
and accountant.
Elective officers for the auxiliary
were Installed by Capt. W. P. Rec
tor, and are: president, Carrie Mse
Blckert: Tlce president, Ethel Weed;
secretary, Anna Bateman, and treas
urer. Carrie McDannel.
Two new members, Florence La
Tourette and Mrs. L. O. Howard, were
mustered Into the auxiliary, and the
new officers of the two branches of
the order are planning for a good
year.
Chaa. P. Poole, acting department
commander. Is planning a trip to val
ley cantons and auxiliaries In the
near future, and It Is expects quite
. a delegation of the local members
will meet him at Orants Pass and
also accompany him to Klamath Falls
for an official visit to the order in
that place.
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GOVERNMENT CANCELS AIR MAIL CONTRACTS
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The government took the business of flying mall from all 14 concerns with which It held domestic
contracts and ordered the agency which first flew It, the army, to again take up the work. The blanket
abrogation of contracts, effective February 19, followed presentation to President Roosevelt o evidence
gathered by a senate committee In a long drawn etudy of the circumstances surrounding the letting of
he contracts during previous republican administrations. Above map shows present air mail routes.
AWARDS ARE MADE PREFERENCE HERE
The tenth annual scout father and
son banquet was held Thursday at
the Medford Junior high school with
336 scouts and their dads participat
ing. It was an Inspiration to see the
scouts and fathers take part in an1
event of this nature. Mothers of the
scouts of the various troops prepared
and served the food.
Don R. Newbury was the toast-
master. Larry Schade presented
troops Nos. 3, 8 and 16 with the
President Roosevelt Award. Troop No.
3 meets at the Roosevelt school,
Troop No. 8 at the Washington school
and Troop No. 16 at the Howard
school. These troops met the neces
sary requirements during the past
year, their record showing that they
have had an increase in membership,
with more than fifty per cent of the
new members being 12-year old boys.
Also the troop must hava conducted
satisfactory meetings throughout the
entire year. A large number of the
troops have had satisfactory meetings
and have had an Increase In mem
bership, but were unable to comply
with the requirement of a sufficient
number of younger boys.
The scoutmasters of the various
troops present were introdiced to the
group. The men giving liberally of
their time and efforts to the scouts
in the' Medford district are: Frank
Hull, Troop No. 3, Roosevelt school:
Prank Van Dyke, Troop No. 5, Rot
ary club: Jack Heyland, Troop No.
8, Washington school; E. B. Lucas,
Troop No. 14, Beagle P.-T. A.; Harold
L. Larsen, Troop No. 16, Active Club;
L. T. Cook, Troop No. 17, Gold Hill
Chamber of Commerce; E. A. Walton,
Troop No. 18. Eagle Point Grange;
E. R. White, Troop No. 35, Jackson
ville Chamber of Commerce.
A. O. Soderberg explained to the
fathers and sons the new challenge
that has been Issued by national
headquarters, Boy Scouts of America.
The challenge Is that during the year
1B34 all troops will make every pos
sible effort to have every member
of the troop In a complete scout uni
form. The troop having from 75 to
700 per cent of Its members correct
ly uniformed will receive a certificate
of appearance, which will be Issued
by national headquarters. The troop
having from 50 to 75 per cent of
Its members correctly uniformed will
receive the certificate of progress In
good appearance.
Each year the table decorations are
on a competitive basis, the troop hav.
lng Its table exhibit, which is along
scouting lines. Judged the best, re
ceiving the special award. This award
was won by Troop No. 8, which meets
at the Washington school. The ex
hibit of Troop No. 3. meeting at the
Roosevelt school, was Judged second
best.
Captain B. B. McMahon presented
the prlnciptal talk of the evening,
which was moat Interesting. Music
for the evening was furnished by
Stewart's orchestra.
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for Modern Fuel Oil deliveries.
OF
By Jane Is rail
In the production of the "Mikado,"
to be presented through the com
bined efforts of the students of
Medford high school, the public will
have an opportunity to see comic
opera at its best.
Comic opera is a combination of
dialogue and music, both specially"
composed In the spirit of comeny.
Its typical national forms have boon
the Opera Buffa of Italy, the Opera
Buffe of France, the Sing-spiel of
Germany, and later, the Gilbert and
Sullivan type In England. The last
type Is the most popular In the
United States, because It Is so easily
understood.
Comic opera first attained prom
inence in the eighteenth century.
In Italy It became customary to in
troduce Into the heavy and arti
ficial grand opera, light musical
sketches of everyday Uf. without
limitation as to form. These proved
popular and were presented as sep
arate entertainments.
In England Gay's "Beggar's Op
era" started the vogue of the so
called comic opera. It consisted of
a burlesque of the customs and
fashions of that day, with English
and Scottish ballads.
Modern English comic opera,
which finds its origin In the Ger
man and French comlo opera. Is
represented by the works of Gilbert
and Sullivan.
The people of Europe seem to en
Joy the opera more than we do, And
they devote more time to It. The
people of America go to musical com
edies more than the opera, but once
you have heard an opera you will
enjoy ft Just as much the nexit
time you see It as the first.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17. (AP) Dr.
Alice L. Wynekoop, reported by phy
sicians to be much Improved In
health, tonight pronounced herself
ready and anxious to go on trial for
the second time Monday for the op
erating table death of her daughter-in-law,
Rheta, last November 23.
The alllpg woman physician, who
recently observed her 63rd birthday
anniversary In the county Jail, was
Raid by attendants to have steeled
herself for the rigors of the trial.
Heart dls?ase and high blood pres
sure, which appeared to be menac
ing the defendant's life, halted the
first trial in Its twelfth day as the
prosecution was about to wind up Its
case.
INDUSTRY PLAN!
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (AP)
The Bonneville dam, across the Col
umbia river between Washington nd
Oregon, was described by the bureau
of fisheries today as "one of the
most serious menaces to the exist
ence of an Important fishery that
the bureau has yet encountered."
"Located near the mouth of the
Columbia river virtually the entire
run of salmon spawning in that
watershed must successfully sur
mount this obstruction on their up
stream spawning migration," a bur
eau report aald. "The returning
young must reach the sea without
injury If the salmon fishing indus
try is to continue."
T,he bureau has received $0,300
from the funds set aside for con
struction of the dam to make a
study and recommendations for a
flshway over the dam. Army engin
eers have asked for the data.
"Tagging experiments have shown
conclusively that the Columbia, river
Is the most Important parent stream
for Chinook salmon caught by trai
lers In the north Pacific from Mont
erey, Calif., to Juneau, Alaska," the
bureau said. "Not only will the ex
tensive canning Industry of Wash
ington and Oregon be directly af
fected but also every mild cured sal
mon packer and dealer on the Pac
ific coast, every fresh salmon buyer
and retailer and every salmon smoker
In the United States will feel the
effect of the dstructlon of the Col
umbia as a breeding ground for sal-mon."
The bureau said approximately 20.-
000 persons are directly or indirectly
dependent upon the salmon Industry
of the lower Columbia which "dur
ing the last 15 years has varied In
annual value from 2, 500,000 to $7,-
500.000."
Returns to Work Jack F. Madigan
of Heath's Drug store, returned to his
duties there Saturday, after having
been 111 for a few days.
Thank Goodness!
SALEM. Feb. 17. (AP) J. M. De
vers, attorney for the state highway
commission, today received a tele
gram from Senator Charles L. McNary
in Washington, D. C, which indi
cated that the long delayed wait for
arrival of tentative contracts for the
five Oregon coast bridges may soon
be over. .
Mormon Head III.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. ( AP) Heber
J. Grant, of Salt Lake City, presi
dent of the Church of Jesus Christ
of. Latter Day Saints, is confined to
his bed with a severe cold.
Severin Battery Service
Oregon Made flatteries
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VALLEY MINING
SALEM, Feb. 17. (UP) Four large
permits for appropriation of water
for mining purposes were filed with
the state engineer the past week.
Henry Van Horn of Lei and asked
for two second feet of water from
Fall creek, tributary of Rogue river,
for mining in Josephine county; W.
B. Harlow of Jacksonville, one sec
ond foot of water from Boze gulch,
tributary of Rogue river, for mining
In Jackson county; Edith M. Bell of
Jacksonville for one second foot from
Forest and Bishop creeks for placer
mining In Jackson county.
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New Coos Projects.
MARSHFIELD, Feb. 17. ( AP)
Projects totaling 1100,000, contem
plated as CWA work In Coos county
on a program running up to May 1,
are to be submitted to the state com
mittee In Portland next week by
County Judge D. F. Thompson of
Coqullle, and Ben Chandler of Marsh
field, It Was announced today.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (API
Possibility of a war between the
United States and Japan was dis
counted tonight by Hiroehi Saito.
new Japanese ambassador. In a speech
here.
"It ,has been said by men to whom
Mars, the god of war. Is an over
powering giant, that even Great Brit
tain and the United States will ulti
mately go to war over rivalry in for
eign trade." he said.
"The argument that the two great
English-speaking countries will -ever
fight each other over foreign trade
la ridiculous, for you are each the
other's greatest customers. For what
lesser trade would it be worth the
while of either of you to go to the
expense of war and impair the buy
ing capacity of your best customer?
"A similar situation to this on the
Atlantic holds good on the Pacific.
There Japan and the United States
are each other's best customers."
Automatic Radio Is
Shown By Prultt
An automatic radio, which has
self -tuning, self-starting, self-selecting
and self-stopping features. Is
being displayed this week In the
Prultt Melody shop on West Main
street by Leonard Stenerson. who
constructed the machine, with the
assistance of Fred Jenkins.
Stenerson already has a patent on
the machine, which makes It possible
to select a program from 16 stations.
A clock Is displayed In the front of
the structure, and the programs one
wishes to hear may be Indicated on
the board next to the clock.
Extradition Denied.
SALEM, Feb. 17. (AP) Governor
Julius L. Meier today declined to ex
tradite Donald Eugene Rodeback who
is wanted in California on a charge
of non-support. Rodeback was ar
rested and held In Portland.
NEW DEAL KEEPS
SAYS GOP CHIEF
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M6.000.ooo. 000 we would still have
only half the per capita public drbt
that England has. They ask why
the people should complain, In view
of this fact. The people should not
complain if they are willing to pay
the bill."
Sanders then cited the si? of In
come taxes In England, giving as an
example the $311 the $3000-a-year
man pays In that country as com
pared with the $20 tax In thla.
"That is the side of the story which
this administration Is not putting
forth." Sanders added. "The people
are being led to believe that in some
miraculous way they are never going
to be compelled to pay the bills of
this administration. Yet nothing Is
more certain.
"That Is why there is no real pros
perity In such movements as the
CWA. Putting 4.000.000 individuals
on the public payroll is not indicative
of prosperity. It Is, to the contrary,
proof of the lack of it. Thla is con
trary to the 'new deal' philosophy.
which holds that the more Individuals
you have working for the state and
aepenaeni on tne state, the better
conditions are. That is the essence
of state socialism or sovietism. If
that were true, we could reach an
Ideal condition of prosperity and con
tentment by putting everyone on the
public payroll.
"The sophistry and danger of such
a PhUosoDhv can be hrmipht hrm n
every Individual if you would epplj
it locaiiy. ir an industry locates In
St. Louis, giving employment to 1000
men, that adda real buying power to
the community.
"But if your city adds 1000 men
to the municipal payroll, you are
adding to the expense of the taxpayer
In an amount equal to the salaries
of the 1000 employes. As taxes go up
beyond a certain point, they become
oppressive. When they become op
pressive, the buying power of the tax
payers declines. That is why adding
men to public payrolls Is far from
being the equivalent of adding men
to private payrolls."
Sanders said that the "forgotten,
man." much discussed in the Demo
cratic campaign, really would bear
the burden of the recovery program.
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We were talking to Bill Holloway the other day and he
told us it was remarkable how many people were not
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