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Twenty-eighth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934.
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By PAUL MALL ON
(Copyright. 1034. by Paul Mallon.
WASHINGTON, March 9. The real
reason Richard Washburn Child la
being sent to Europe la to act ft
traveling salesman for Roosevelt &
Co., Yankee traders.
He will handle the tariff bargain
ing sales line while the company's
other European salesman, Norman
Davis, la handling the disarmament
line.
Apparently, our European branch
offices have not been bringing In
the business and these two boys aie
supposed to go out and get it. Our
executives have some private doubts
as to whether either Mr. Child or Mr.
Davis will bring In enough business
to pay .their expenses.
That Is why both their departures
were partially hidden behind a mass
of public announcements.
More Confusion.
Another reason for the confusion
about Mr. Child's exact status was a
little inside Jam he got into before
he left.
The White House announcement of
his appointment said he was to be
economic adviser to State Secretary
Hull.' But when three newspapermen
immediately went to see Mr. Child, he
failed to mention Mr. Hull's name.
He talked about himself and the
President wanting to work out this
or that plan. Obviously he and the
President had not considered . Mr.
Hull. i
On Mr. Child's word, the newsmen
published a story that he in reality
was to be Mr. Roosevelt's economic
adviser.
It did not take that news long to
get back to Mr. Hull. He has a news
ticker machine in his office. On it
he saw ft bulletin reflecting Mr.
Child's view of the situation.
The state department spanking
corps went Immediately Into action.
Spanking.
The same three newsmen who In
terviewed ' Mr. Child received word
that Mr. Hull's assistant, -Mr. Phillips,
would like to see them.
Mr. Phillips took the floor and said
some confusion had arisen as to
whose adviser Mr. Child was. To
clarify it he read Again the official
announcement that Mr. Child was
economic adviser to Mr. Hull.
The newsmen looked at Mr. Child
and he looked at them, some say Im
ploringly. At any rate, they said "Yeah" with
out putting an "Oh" in front of It.
Mr. Child was obviously relieved
when they departed.
' Facts.
The truth seems to be that Mr.
Child was Mr. Hull's adviser, at least
while he was in Mr. Phillips' pres
ence. The only embarrassed parties to the
Incident were the newsmen who had
to change their stories for the third
time.
Mr. Child could not have been par-
tlcularly embarrassed, because either
f way he will get an ambassador's sal
ary of $17,500 a year, which la a lot
of money for a traveling salesman
these days.
Standing.
Leon Henderson, new head of the
NRA planning and research division,
called a secret meeting of his em
ployes the other day to give them a
new rule for success.
Ha told them how he got his job,
In parable style, by relating an inci
dent from his school days.
He was trying out for the basket
ball team at Swarthmore. The coach
paid no particular attention to Hen
derson because he Just stood around
x and the day came when uniforms
were to be handed out to members
of the team. The coach called off
all the names and Henderson was not
among them. But there was an extra
suit and Henderson was the only
left-over still hanging around, so the
coach towed, the suit to him.
. "Which proves." fatd Mr. Hender
son to his workers, "you may get
somewhere by Just standing around."
Bump.
House leaders are having their
troubles. Inner discipline is lax.
For the third time this session, a
Democratic representative contested
Speaker Ratncy's assignment of a bill
the other day. Nothing like that ever
happened when Loneworth and Gar
ner were speakers. The man in their
parties who challenged them knew
that he was likely to awaken some
morning with a political bump on
his head.
The third cha'.Icnce came on the
communication bill. The White
House gave it to Chairman Fayburn
of the interstate commerce commit
tee, because Ray burn la a trusted
ally, and the bill refers to interstate
commerce.
But the Democratic chairman of
the committee on merchant marine,
radio and fisheries contested tbe as
signment and staked a fight for h
bill that went as far as a roll-call
before he lost.
The peculiar part about it wax that
the Democratic foor leader, Byrns.
failed to upho'.d Ralney and voted
"present.
Sole.
The new Ru:on embassy has been
f very quiet since lta opening. No b:g
parties recepf.ons. press conferen-e
or statement..
(Continued on Pag Seven)
RAISEDJO EIGHT
Private Sell Falls in Florida
Lieutenant Wienecke in
Ohio Two With Sell
Injured in Bomber's Crash
WASHINGTON, March 9
(AF) Senator Fess (R. Ohio),,
called to the attention of the
senate today the death of two
army filers carrying the malt and
said that the administration was
guilty of "Inhuman, un-American,
and Indefensible conduct."
He explained he took this ac
tion In order to express the hope
that the . "airmail business be
discontinued until arrangements
for more safety are made."
DAYTONA BEACH, Pla.. March 8
(AP).-Pih'Me Ernest B. Sell
killed Instantly near here today In
the crash of an army bomber mall
plane within a few minutes after It
had taken off from the local airport
headed south.
Lieutenant W. M. Reld. pilot, and
Floyd Marshall, a private, were In
jured. The motors failed and the
plane fell In a heavily wooded section
two miles south of this city.
Since the army took over the mall
nights, seven other army pilots have
been killed. The seventh fatality came
near Chardon, Ohio, this morning
when Lieut. Otto Wienecke, flying
from Newark. N. J., to Cleveland,
crashed In the midst of a snowstorm.
Private Sell's skull was crushed
He never regained consciousness after
the crash. Marshall suffered a broken
arm and bruises and was rushed to
the hosDltal. Lieut. Reld waa the
least seriously hurt of the two in
jured. Ho refused to go to the hos
pital for an examination until he
had made a report of the accident
to authorities In Jacksonville and
Miami.
CHARDON, O., March 9 (API
Army Air Mall Pilot Otto Wienecke,
flying from Newark. N. J., to Cleve
land with the mail, crashed to his
death In the midst of a heavy snow
squall this morning on a farm north
west of Burton, near here.
Chardon la about 20 miles directly
east of Cleveland.
The plane was destroyed, but 10
bags of mall were salvaged and
brought to the postofflce here.
John Hess, a farmer In whose pas
ture the plsne crashed, said he and
several neighbors heard the plsne'a
motor about 5 a.m. (EST) . It appar
ently waa sputtering, and Hess rushed
out In time to see the crash.
Coroner Philip Pease reported look
ing at. the ship's altimeter and find
ing a reading of 600 feet.
Hess said wienecke apparently had
no opportunity to save himself. His
safety belt was still hooked when
the farmer reached his side.
WASHINGTON, March . (AP)
Doubt was expressed today by Rep
resentative Byrns, Democratic leader,
that the house "in lta present mood'
could agree upon veterans' leglsla
tion acceptable to the president.
Both Byrne and Speaker Ralney.
however, said at their press confer
ences that the house would not pass
a bill over the president's veto.
Arranging to call up the veterans'
amendment Monday or Tuesday, as
part of the Independent offices ap
propriation bill. Byrns aald the first
motion to be voted upon would be
on acceptance of the liberalisations
voted by the senate.
THREE CWA WORKERS
KILLED BY CAVE-IN
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 9
(API Three CWA workers were
known to hsve been killed and six
others entombed by the caving In of
a atorm sewer in tne southwestern
part of the city late today.
VET LEGISLATION
LOOKS DOUBTFUL
Squaws Want Right to
Talk but. Not to Vote
SALES!, March 9. (AP) Indian
women want the right to talk but
'not to vote.
1 Objection to suffrage In the pro-
(posed self-government phase of the
I Indian bill of rights under conald -
ratlon at the Northwest Conference
of Indian Tribes today waa voiced by
a spokesman for ft group of Indian
women.
"The Indian women do not want
th privilege of voting which would
, be extended to both men and women
withtn the communities." the spokes-
man nated. The women also protest
tie community property plan, m In -
PRESIDENT SUMS
President Franklin D. Roosevelt believes the moat salient fact of
the firat year of his administration was the amazing increase In the
Intelligent Interest which the people of the nation took In the subject
of government He summed up the year In an address at exercises at
the American university, Washington, held In connection with the In
stallation of a new chancellor. After the addreaa, which he la ahown
giving, he waa awarded the honorary degree of LL. D. (Associated
Press Dhoto)
BY BLAST DEBRIS
MARSH FIELD, Ore., March 9.4JP)
Circuit Judge .James T. Brand was
recovering in a hospital here today
from injuries suffered late yesterday
from a OWA project dynamite blast
near his home.
Judge Brand was treated for se
vere concussion and shock, caused by
being struck; by rocks and dirt seat-
tered by the blast.
by
Several teeth
were knocked out.
He was working in the yard of his
home when the dynamite charge 'was
exploded. The blast rendered htm
unconscious. It was believed he
would be moved to his home from
the hospital today. s
The Brand residence adjoins ft park
in which the OWA workers are em
ployed. L
PORTLAND, March 9. () N"W
business amounting to 44.819,000
feet, or about 84 per cent greater
than the three-year weekly average
for February, and 18 per cent over
the previous week, waa reported by
the Western Pine association today
for the week ending March 3.
Shipments for the week were 37,
040.000 feet, "and production. 27,
677.000 feet. Production Increased
2.955.000 feet over the previous week.
Current orders were 113 per cent
greater than orders accepted during
the corresponding week a year ago.
Pierce-Allen Gets
Carload of Dodge
Brothers Trucks
Tlie PIcrce-Allen Motor company
Medford Dodge and Plymouth dealers,
are unloading a carload of Dodge
Brothers trucks In Medford today,
according to W. W. Allen, head of
this concern. The new trucks repre
sent the very latest In commerclsl
Jobs and three out of the shipment
of fotir are already sold, Mr. Allen
ssld today.
With a steady upturn In general
business conditions, Pierce Allen Mo -
j tor company reports increased truck
sales with prospects bright for a
i recora Business along mis una iur
1 1934.
terpreter informed the commissi oner 'a
staff. t
Most of the objections heard dur-
ing the early sewlon today to the
, Wheeler-Howard measure came from
' a bloc of "mixed breeos." Older mem -
bera of former war councils and chief.
tains today were virtually converted: BAN DIEGO, Calif, March 0 (AP)
J in favor of the proposals fta ft whole, 'Four members of the crew of the
while many of the younger groups , locally-based submarine Nautilus, in-
favored the principle of the act from j jured last night In an explosion t
i the outset. jsea. were rushed to port here today
A program of entertainment to be
Vated by the Chemawa Indian school
( where thr conference mas being held
jwtll close Utt aewloa toolgUt.
UP FIRST YEAR
FRUIT. WINE PACT
PARIS, March 9. (UP) The fruit
and -wines deal between the United
States and Franca, designed to spur
trade in these commodities waa ex
tended for several months today.
Mutual concessions were made on
both sides, the French granting the
United States an apple and pear im
port quota of 5000 tons for the sec
ond quarter of this year. The On td
States for her part granted the
French a quota of 2,100,000 gallons
of
wine for shipment to America
during March and April
Unlike the December frult-and-wlncs
agreement, the extension ne
gotiations did not Involve new bar
gaining. Each nation merely agreed,
without argument, to give the other
a favorable quota. .
AT SACRED HEART
The rirst high mass In anticipation
of the Easter season will be held at
the Sacred Heart Catholic church thla
coming Sunday, Sebastian Apollo, or
ganist and director of the choir, An
nounced today.
A special high n.ass will be observed
on Easter morning, all participants in
the singing of which will be an
nounced at a later date.
Each year people of many faiths
go to the Catholic church for t'.ie
beai'-irul Easter services, and a sim
ilar -Tongregatlon is expected this
yer- The weather will Insure ft
At '?r abundance of blossoms for
ob.rvsnce of the holy day, th.n
usually available.
T
Facilities available at the Medford
airport for handling the air mall
i ,Prvlce. anticipated here in the near
1 (llture were investigated yesterday
j bJf cpt. j. c. Kennedy of Pearson
. ,ltId during an Interview with City
i superintendent Fred Scheffel. Condi
tlons under which space in the
hangar building could be rented were
also discussed by Captain Kennedy.
The army official also conferred
with Postmaster Frank DeSoun, re
garding the amount of airmail going
out from this city, when the service
waa available. He made no statement
regarding Just when the airmail op
eration would be resumed, but left
local officers with the Impression it
j would be In the very near future. He
left last night for Vancouver.
p0IJR OF SUB CREW
j HURT IN EXPLOSION
,
! aboard the destroyer Barry for treat-
mnt at the naval hospital
nrxrt from the Mo prat at n ted
jtbat all ait ujxxtcU to recover.
PRE-EASTER MASS
SALES TAX FILED
WITH SECRETARYlTO FINISH TERM
Action Insures Vote On ;
Measure at May 18 Elec
tionGrange' and Labor
Leaders Behind Petitions
SALEM. Ore. March 9. Completed
petitions referring the sales tax
measure enacted by the special leg
islative session last December to a
vote of the people were filed with
the state department here Thursday
afternoon by Ray W. Gill of Portland,
master of the State Grange, and by
Ben W. Osborne, of the State Fed
eration of Labor. The petitions filed
Thursday contain 22,105 verified sig
natures of bona fide voters, accord
ing to GUI and Osborne, who an
nounced that additional petitions
containing so vera, thousand more
names would be filed before 5 o'clock
thla afternoon, which la. the dead
line for referendum petitions.
Filing of the petitions Insures a
vote on t.he sales tax measure at the
special election May 18, unless the
referendum move is defeated through
court action.
Sponsors of the referendum in
clude the Oregon State Grange, State
Federation of Labor, Independent
Merchants' association. Property Own
ers Protective association. Civic
Emergency federation. Tax Reduc
tion league Multnomah County Fed
eration of Unemployed, Retail Cigar
Dealers' Association of Oregon, Rail
road Brotherhood Legislative league,
Housewives' Council, Inc., Oregon
Educational and Co-operative Union,
Malheur County Taxpayera league,
Ontario Commercial club, Ray W.
Gill and A. Slaughter.
SALEM, Ore., March 9. (AP)
The privilege tax on manufacture
and distribution of beer and wines
1 will become effective at midnight
tonight. The measure was among
the most important of those passed
at tho special session of the legis
lature which becomes effective after
90 days of adjournment.
The bulk of the 98 statutes ap
proved carried the emergency clause
and became effective upon the sig
nature of the governor. Only 39 of
the entire group either could not
carry the emergency because they
were revenue raising measures, or
were not of sufficient importance.
38 Laws Effective
One of the acts yseterday was re
ferred When enougti petitioners were
listed to ptace the sales tax pro
posal upon the ballot next May.vleav
ing but 38 laws effective tomorrow.
Firty-nlne carried the emergency
clause.
The tax on manufacturers or im
porting distributors of alcoholic bev
erages was fixed in the act at 62
cents per barrel of 31 gallons on all
malt beverages containing not more
than 4 per cent of alcoholic content
by weight, and II per barrel of 31
gallons on all malt beverages of
higher alcoholic content. There also
Is imposed ft tax of 10 cents for each
three-pound container or less on all
malt syrps for other than medicinal
or commercial baking purposes.
Provision also Is made for a tax
of 23 cents per gallon on all alco
holic beverages which in c Hide any
wine or similar fermented vinous liq
uor and fruit Juice, or other fer
mented beverage fit for beverage
purposes, containing more t,han one
half of I per cent of alcohol by vol
ume and not more than 14 per cent
of alcohol by volume.
Monev to Rum Board
All moneys derived from the oper
ation of this law after deducting
administrative costs, shall remain to
the credit of the .state liquor com
mission account subject to disburse
ment by the secretary of state on'
March ' 31, .Tune 30, September 30
and December 31 of each year.
Seventy-five per cent of the reve
nues disbursed shall be paid to the
treasurers of the several counties, In
proportion to their population, while
the remaining 25 per cent ah all be
credited to the general fund of the
(Continued on Page Four.)
PEIPINO, China, March 0, (AP)
i A Japanese official today asked ln
j formation regarding American mis
sion property In north China "In or-
der to avoid damage to these prop
; ertlea in the event the Japanese army
j found It necessary to come south
ward from the great wall in the near
future."
The Information was sought by a
Japanese official attached to Lhe Jap
anese military garrison at Tientsin.
The Americans approached said he
gave aa hi explanation for his ques
tion the statement that It was done
"in order to avoid damage."
The Identity of the Japanese waa
not disclosed but his activities threw
fnrelgn circles into a buz of apecu
Itiion aa to hat Iat hangs over
norVi China,
SEEK FEDERAL AID
Application for $250,000
Made by Oregon Fifty
Districts Facing Closure
During March and April
SALEM. March 9. Application
has been made for approximately j
250,000 of federal emergency relief j
funds with which to keep Oregon '
rural schools from closing short of
the minimum eight-months school,
term and to aid districts more than
a year behind in paying their war-!
rants, C. A. Howard, superintendent
of public instruction, announced to
day on his return from a conference
with federal oflclals in the east.
SO Face Closure.
Recent reports from county school
superintendents Indicated that ap
proximately 50 districts will close
during March and April with terms of
only five to eight months, unless the
federal emergency relief money Is
secured.
Superintendent Howard explained
that Oregon school laws were very
lenient in permitting school districts
to Issue warrants as long as any
teacher can be round who will take
them, and In several counties, dis
tricts were practically being "carried
on the backs of teachers unable to
cash their salary warrants."
Debt Astonishes.
"The laws of a number of other
states require that schools be closed
when their cash is exhausted, and
many tate superintendents with
whom Z talked while in the east were
astounded to lear nthat we had dis
tricts that were, two or three years
behind in paying their warrants !s
sued for teachers' salaries and other
expenses.
"If the application for federal re
ilel IJ1I1UO IB )jpiVtHI) llr Will urenu
a grant to financially distressed ills-
trlcts which were able to contract
this year for terms of only five to
eight months and a part or all of the
salaries of teachers In these districts
will be paid from relief funds up to
a normal length school term.
BE SUMMER JOB
The Crater Lake highway la sched
uled for resurfacing the coming
summer by the atata highway com
ml bb ton.
A contract for the repairing of the
highway from a point near the Agate
bend to the Butte Creek bridge is
scheduled to be let by the state
highway board ftt the March 32 meet
ing. Work la now scheduled to start
April IS on the laying of bitumi
nous macadam on the road from
Eagle Point to Rogue Elk, ft distance
of approximately 20 miles. Tne con
tract for this work has been awarded.
The Improvements cover the rough
est sections of the Crater Lake high
way. From Eagle Point to Trail the
road was straightened antf Improved
In 1931, but failed to stand up under
the heavy truck traffic of the next
year. Portions are now rutted and
patched.
The Agate-Butte Creek unit, owing
to a soft base and no drainage, has
never stood up sticcessfully under
the normally heavy traffic.
Excavating la now under way on
the work of widening the Pacific
highway In Ashland, from the south
end of the new pavement to w.here
the city paving begins. This project
also include the construction of an
overhead bridge.
Work on the widening of the Pa
cific highway In Oranta Pant from
the Rogue River bridge to the loop
will start tomorrow, the state high
way board haa announced.
CRATER HAY
RESURFACING TO
Queen of Sheba s Lost
City Found by Airmen
By JOHN f.VAN
(Aasoelsted Pre Portlgn Stiff )
PARIS. March . ') Capt. Cor
ruption Molonler and Andr, Mslraux
tclrgraphPd from Prcneh aomalllsnd
laat nlht that they had found th?
lost capital of tha un of 8hba
Thejr reporal thla discovery to th
ntwspanrr Intrat Jiif ant that they
discovered the legendary city and had
photographed It.
It tovera are ttlll standing. t:icy
said.
It la locatd. they reported, at the
northern edge of tha t sandy
desert of Arabia called Ruba-El-Khsll,
and alao called Roubat-C-Khall and
Roubahl Kale. The point Indicated
Is a thoiuand mills aoutheaat of
Jrru.alom and 900 miles northeast
Iron frenh BsauU-m
Liquor Permits
Kept Secret Is
Boards Promise
SALEM. Ore.. March 0. (UP!
The state liquor commlsson today
indicated It fears (here are too
many "Caspar Milquetoasts" in
Orecon.
They blame, failure of many per
sons to obtain liquor permits due
to their prevailing fear their
their names would be made pub
lic. As a result, the commission la
expected soon to make some state
ment assuring prospective permit
holders their names will be held
in confidence.
A United Press survey conduct
ed today In five state departments
showed t,hat officials had failed
to purchase permits, most of them
and their assistants admitting
they feared lest it would become
generally known they held a ticket
entitling them to purchase "De
mon Rum."
STORE OPENS TO
A business total of approximately
60 waa reported for the first two
hours of operation here toda? of the
state-owned liquor store. The amount
wa divided into the l&sua of 26 per
mits and the purchase of $34.86 worth
of liquors.
The business waa steady through
out the two hours, the officials In
charge stated, no sudden rush of pat
rons following the opening of the
doors at 11 o'clock. Saturday is ex
pected to be e, busier day, the sec
ond day's business having exceeded
the first in all the othor stores opened
In the at etc.
With "Blackberry Cordial," "Lon
don Dry Gin" and ft bottle of rye on
the shelf, not to mention 77 other
varieties of fine drink, the Medford
liquor store opened at 11 o'clock this
morning In the Johnson building on
South Bartlett. There were no ob
vious Algn of celebration within the
store or on the street, but a digni
fied reception of the culmination of
repeal the long anticipated sale of
liquor through the legalized store.
Present for the official opening waa
W. E. Berry of Eugene, assistant sup
ervisor of the state liquor commis
sion. All members of the local staff were
on the Job to supply the public de
mand: I. E. Foy. manager of the
store: Harry Fredette and John Peter,
assistants, and Mrs. J. F. Reddy,
cashier.
Shortly before the hour of open
ing, groups of people were leisurely
peering through the windows at the
rows of highly colored bottles with
enticing labels, arranged In perfect
order, in the manner of store mer
chandise, upon the shelves.
The enthusiasm with which crowds
used to take off for Canada two years
ago to get Just what Medford has to
offer today, was obviously missing.
All people arriving at the store were
accepting the advent of "Hill and
Hill," "Crab Orchard," "Dixie Belle,"
"Old Taylor" and all the others in a
matter-of-fact manner.
Eighty lines of liquor are In stock
here today, their total measuring up
to 100 case. "H.ll and Hill," the
oldest whiskey on the shelf, dates
back 20 years, and costa 93.35 ft pint,
It Is also the highest In price. The
lowest will be "Cherry Orove" whis
key, 91.70 a quart.
"Crah Orchard" promises to be the
best seller here as well aa In other
sections of the atate. Manager Foy
stated this morning.
Permit for purchase of the liquor,
which will be required, are being
Issued ftt the store at one dollar each
Each one Is good for one year.
The liquors come In bottles of all
sires, thanes and colors, many re
sembllng those for which collectors
were but a few year ago taking great
pride in obtaining, little guessing
that they would be lined tip on store
shelves In Medford in 1934.
The British output of lfl.022 books
In 1933 was the highest on record
I with the exception of the 1930 pro-
1 ductlon.
Their message, teleithaphcd from
Kllboutl, Trench Somallland, r"i tho
east coast of Africa, read In part:
"We discovered the legendary city
of the Queen of Sheba. Twenty tow
ers or temples atlll atsnd. tt la at
the northern edge of Roubat-Zl
Kahll. Wt took photographa for In
tranalR-esnt."
If the two explorer, ar, correct In
their belief, they have ended a search
conducted by scientists for centuries.
locating city which la described In
tha 10th chapUr of Joshua as under
th, Jurisdiction of Simeon, with tha
words:
"And tha second lot cam forth to
Simeon, even for th tribe of the
children of Simeon, according to their
families; and their Inheritance WA9
T
Employment and Payrolls
Start Expansion in Mid
February Commodity
Prices Tending Upward
NEW YORK, March . (AP)
"Measured by every yardstick of com
parison," said the Dun & Bradstreet
weekly trade review today "business
generally shows Improvement over
the record for the same period of
last year, last month and last week."
The agency asserted that Increased
payrolls, the release of funds by re
opened banks, and the commence
ment of PWA activities are providing
"a powerful stimulus to the current
trade revival In nearly all districts."
"So long .have been the strides to
ward recovery," continued the review,
"that manufacturers now foresee
shortages of merchandise within the
next six months.
"With demand stimulated by the
special pre-Easter sales, the modera
tion In weather conditions brought
out throngs of shoppers, which on.
some of the most favorable days had
all the semblance of the Christmas
shopping period. Women's coats,
dresses, mllltnery, hosiery, shoes,
men's topcoats, hats, shirts and un
dcarwear moved In steadily rising
volume.
"Wholesale markets are assuming
much of the activity which charac
terized operations last fall when
frantic efforts were being made to
get orders placed before Imminent
price rises."
t
WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) A
more than usual business gain In
February and a moderat Improv-
(Continued on page fourteen).
BEST IN DISTRICT
For the ensuing month, the Med
ford CCC district flag will be flown
at the Pistol River camp, aa th re
sult of the 1022 company rating high.
est In the standings Issued by tha
district headquarters today. The flag
will be forwarded by Camp Kerby.
formerly highest rating company la
the district.
With ratings being made on ft
thousand point basis, with 600 points
for forestry rating, 300 points for ad
ministration and operation , and 100
points for Initiative and leadership
CCC, Pistol river scored highest.
Pistol River's rating waa 983, with
the other camps as follows: Appla-c.-vte,
078.5; Elk Creek, 958.4; Cape
Sebastian, 051.5; Port Orford. 044;
Kerby, 043; Evans Creek, 043; Carber
ry Creek, 920.3; Rand, 905.5; South
Fork of tho Rogue, 888.
Not Guilty Plea
Entered by Btden
Manzle Bidcn, local resident, In
dicted by the last grand Jury for
the alleged transmission of ft com
municable malignant ailment to an
other, was arraigned In circuit court
this morning and entered ft plea of
not guilty.
No definite date was set for the
trial of Biden, but tt will be heard
whenever a lull comes in the civil
case trials now under way.
WILL
ROGER?
"aaiC
'says:
SANTA MONICA, Cel., Mar.
8. Sec where tliey caught two
of the guards that got out. of
the in il with Dillintrer. Thcv
had him surrounded in Chicatro
hut he robbed a bank in South
Dakota that day, so they was
rinht on his trail, just three
states behind.
They can't .seem to agree on
the Wall Street control bill
(Tletcher-Riiyburn bilH. What
they ought to do with Wall
Street is like with the farmera,
say "how much gambling did
von do last vcar." "Your hon
or, I bet a hundred thousand
dollars." "Well this year we
want .you to cut it down to
seventy. five thousand and w
will pay you thirty thousand
for not betting (he other twenty-five."
Yours,.